About Digital Buddha Vacana 
HandheldPC Edition 1.0.1
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Digital Buddha Vacana is the digital version of the book Buddha Vacana: Sacred Literature of Buddhism.  This book contains extracts from some of the discourses of the Buddha and some post-canonical writings.

Rendered into readable English, presented so that one extract can be read and reflected upon each day for a year.  With HandheldPC Edition 1.0, you can start your HandheldPC to a new reading daily, benefiting from the Teachings of the Buddha.

The original book Buddha Vacana was compiled by Venerable Dhammika and was published by the Buddha Dhamma Mandala Society. Transcription was done by the group leaders of the Camp Nirvana Singapore (CNS) organised by Nanyang Technological University Buddhist Society (NTUBS).

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RELEASE NOTES
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Last Updated on 01 February 2005

1.0.1 Notes
Patch release. This release implements correctly the autorun feature. DBVHPC will now reschedule itself for autorun according to the preset time after running.

This 1.0.1 package is also released as a combined zip file. It contains all the binaries of the different devices. The resource file buddhavacana.zip is still a separate download.

1.0 Notes
This Final Release of Digital Buddha Vacana HandheldPC Edition 1.0 released on 30 January 2005 contains the set of application build 1.0 and is shipped with data files (BuddhaVacana.pdb) revision 1.21.

Version 1.0 released on 30 January 2005

www.buddhavacana.net

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FILES
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Files in this package:
1. Readme.txt		This file
2. DBVHPC.mips.EXE	Main DBV HPC App for MIPs processor HandheldPC
3. DBVHPC.arm.EXE	Main DBV HPC App for ARM processor HandheldPC
4. DBVHPC.sh3.EXE	Main DBV HPC App for SH3 processor HandheldPC
5. DBVHPC.sh4.EXE	Main DBV HPC App for sh4 processor HandheldPC

Files in buddhavacana.zip
1. buddhavacana.pdb	Verse data file (Palm pdb format)
2. dbv.wav		Chime file

You also need to download the resource file buddhavacana.zip separately.

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INSTALLATION
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Unzip all files from both the dbvhpc_###.zip and buddhavacana.zip files into any directory:
eg \Program Files\DBVHPC or \Storage Card\DBVHPC

That's it. Just run dbvhpc.exe and you will be prompted on the first run to configure the settings for Chime and AutoRun. Yours settings will be saved to dbv.dat and subsequent runs will use these settings. If dbv.dat is deleted, you will be prompted again when you run DBVHPC.

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HISTORY
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Application 			Dat file 
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Version		Date		Revision	Date
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1.0.1		01 Feb 2005	1.21		12 Jan 2004
1.0		30 Jan 2005	1.21		12 Jan 2004
0.3b		25 Jan 2005	1.21		12 Jan 2004
0.2b		24 Jan 2005	1.21		12 Jan 2004
0.1b		22 Jan 2005	1.21		12 Jan 2004

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Changes & Bug Fixes
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1.0.1	01 Feb 2005
*	Fixed DBVHPC will not auto schedule following first autorun
*	Released Combined zip package to include binary for all devices
*	Updated readme.txt

1.0	30 Jan 2005
*	Final Release
*	Resource info updates
*	Added AutoRun Notice

0.3	25 Jan 2005
*	Beta Release
*	Enabled "AutoRun" for HPCPro devices (WinCE 2.11)
*	Tested on HandheldPC Pro Emulator (WinCE2.11)
*	Tested on IBM z50 (HPCPro, WinCE2.11) by Chris Tilley
*	Tested on NEC MobilePro 790 (HPC2000, WinCE3.0)
*	Tested with external storage card (CF card)

0.2b	24 Jan 2005
*	Beta Release
*	Updated Settings
	General
	*	"Settings" dialog to display on first run
	*	Settings saved to binary config file "dbv.dat"
	Chime
	*	Implemented Chime option
	*	dbv.wav to be stored in the same directory as DBVHPC
	AutoRun
	*	Implemented AutoRun for all HPC2000 devices (WinCE3.0)
	*	Support on HPCPro devices (WinCE2.11) are not known and untested.
*	Tested on HandheldPC Pro Emulator (WinCE2.11)
*	Tested on NEC MobilePro 790 (HPC2000, WinCE3.0)
*	Tested with external storage card (CF card)

0.1b	22 Jan 2005
*	Beta Release
*	Implemented main DBVHPC.exe app
*	Implemented Palm pdb file reader class
*	Added Month Calendar control support
*	Added "Settings dialog"
*	Tested on HandheldPC Pro Emulator (WinCE2.11)
*	Tested on NEC MobilePro 790 (HPC2000, WinCE3.0)
*	Tested with external storage card (CF card)

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Known issues
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LICENSE AGREEMENT
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The Sacred Literature contained within the Software Package (DIGITAL BUDDHA VACANA HANDHELDPC EDITION 1.0 FINAL RELEASE) is distributed free for the welfare and benefit of all sentient beings. All Sacred Literature contained within the software are extracts from discourses of The Buddha or from post-canonical writings which were translated to English in the book Buddha Vacana.

NO PARTS OR WHOLE OF THE SACRED LITERATURE MAY BE ALTERED. 

The Software Package containing the Digital Buddha Vacana including all accompanying documents and files are FreeWare, BUT no parts or whole of the Software Package may be altered without a prior written agreement by the author. The author reserves all rights to the software Digital Buddha Vacana.

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Disclaimer
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All attempts were made to ensure that the Software Package and the Sacred Literature contained within is error-free. Should any errors in any of the above mentioned items be found, please forward the errors found to buddha_vacana AT yahoo DOT com.

May All Sentient Beings Be Well And Happy!