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ST2TO3 1.0
Copyright 1991 Everett Kaser
All rights reserved
ST2TO3 is a quick and dirty utility to:
1) convert the layouts (up to 10 of them) from a Solitile 1.x or 2.x
SOLITILE.DAT file into individual .LYT files for use with Solitile 3 (only
needed if you modified or added layouts in an earlier version of Solitile)
2) If you had a WINs directory set up with an earlier version of Solitile
(versions 2.4 through 2.8), ST2TO3 will convert those WIN directories
into Solitile 3 "solved boards" lists in your .PLY (player configuration)
file.
NOTE: ST2TO3 *MUST* be run from the directory containing your old SOLITILE.DAT
file. Also, Solitile 3 should be installed into its own sub-directory before
running ST2TO3, as ST2TO3 will need to create or edit the .PLY file of your
choice (when adding WINs), and it should exist in the Solitile 3 sub-directory.
Therefore, the steps that should be followed to make use of this are:
1) Make sure that you know the path to Solitile 3, and the name of the
.PLY file to which you wish for the Solitile 2 WINs to be added. (If you
have no WINs directory set up from a previous version of Solitile, don't
worry, everything else will work fine.)
2) CD to the directory containing the old version of Solitile (the directory
that contains the SOLITILE.DAT file), for example:
CD \games
3) Put the disk containing ST2TO3 into a drive and run ST2TO3, for example:
A:ST2TO3 \games\solitile\everett.ply
This example assumes that I have created a sub-directory called SOLITILE
under the GAMES directory, and that I've already copied Solitile 3 into
that sub-directory. It also assumes that the player configuration file
that I want the Solitile 2 WINs added to is EVERETT.PLY, where 'EVERETT'
is the name used by me when playing Solitile 3. If your name is Tom,
Dick, or Harry then your .PLY filename would be TOM.PLY, DICK.PLY, or
HARRY.PLY. Even if you didn't have a WINs directory from a previous
version of Solitile, ST2TO3 requires a .PLY pathname as an argument (I
told you it was a quick and dirty utility!). The .PLY file need not exist
when ST2TO3 is run. If there are WINs to transfer to the .PLY file and
it doesn't already exist, ST2TO3 will create it for you.
4) If you have made NO changes to layouts in your Solitile 1.x or 2.x, you
should answer 'N' to all 'Convert this layout?' prompts (or just press
ENTER, as the default response is 'NO'), as all previous Solitile 1.x
and 2.x layouts are already included in the Solitile 3 distribution as
individual .LYT files. Your .PLY file will still be created/updated
with your Solitile 2.x WINs, even if you don't convert any layouts. If
you did modify or create new layouts in Solitile 1.x or 2.x, then you
should respond with 'Y' when prompted whether to convert those particular
ones. ST2TO3 will present you with a default .LYT filename to which
to save the layout. On previous versions of Solitile, the layout name
could be up to 12 characters long, but are now limited to 8, due to the
limitations of DOS file names. Because of this, ST2TO3 makes it's best
guess at how to abbreviate the name. If you're happy with it, just press
ENTER; if not, type in the new name (has to be a valid MS-DOS file name)
and then press ENTER.
Registered users of Solitile are welcome to call for help if they encounter
difficulties trying to use ST2TO3. (See the file SOLITILE.DOC or the
copyright screen of Solitile for the phone number.)