home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
High Voltage Shareware
/
high1.zip
/
high1
/
DIR31
/
BOOKSTAC.ZIP
/
INSTALL.DOC
< prev
Wrap
Text File
|
1994-02-03
|
3KB
|
106 lines
╔═══════════════╗
║ BOOK STACK ║
╚═══════════════╝
Please give copies of this program to your friends and colleagues.
INSTALLING FROM A FLOPPY DISK:
==============================
BOOK STACK can be installed from either drive A or B. For example if you are
using drive A change to that drive first:
A: <enter>
INSTALL <enter>
and then follow the on-screen prompts.
INSTALLING FROM HARD DISK
=========================
If you have downloaded this from a BBS you can install by just typing
INSTALL <enter>.
OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT BY INSTALLATION PROGRAM
==============================================
You will be asked which hard disk drive you want the program installed on
(usually C) and what name you want to give to the directory. If such
a directory already exists the installation program will go no further.
The two files 1.EXE and 2.EXE will be uncompressed (they are self-archived)
into the chosen directory.
When installation has been completed you will be left in that directory.
To run BOOK STACK you must type BOOK.BAT or just C:\BOOK (BOOK.BAT is on the
root directory)
Like most relational databases BOOK STACK needs to have open a higher than
usual number of files. This upper limit should be at least 40 and the
program will ask you if you want it to insert the following lines in your
CONFIG.SYS file:
FILES=50
BUFFERS=20
If you answer NO you will need to make the changes yourself or you will get
an error message saying "Too many open files". Changes to CONFIG.SYS do not
come into effect until you reboot the computer.
Please Note: this version is single user and must not be run on more than
one machine because the method of allocating unique record numbers will
not be able to keep track. If a database was created on one machine and then
transferred to another BOOK STACK directory on another machine, some of
the record numbers could be out of sync. So keep all your databases on one
computer in one BOOK STACK directory, at all times.
For details of site licences and multiple copy purchases call the number below.
MONO DISPLAYS
=============
If you have an LCD (Liquid Crystal) or Plasma type display you might find that
the colours in BOOK STACK (and other programs) do not show up well. Try including
the following line in the start up batch file BOOK.BAT
MODE BW80
This will cause the operating system to treat your display as Black & White.
To print out the manual type:
COPY MANUAL.DOC PRN
The modifications to CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT can be carried out after
installation by typing:
BOOK WW
If you have any problems with installation or running the program in any way
please call me on 0734 427333.
Mike McLoughlin
CIX mmc
Compuserve 100010,1150
Shareware Support BBS (0494) 431861