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MUZFMT.DOC containing file formats used in MUZAK.BAS and MUZAK.EXE
By Aaron Ross Priven
540 Sylvan Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94403-3214
16 February 1986
Note: In all cases, two items separated by putting them on separate lines
can be separated by putting a comma between them instead.
Format to a MUZAK file without words:
"The first line shown in the box"
"The second line shown in the box"
"The third line shown in the box"
Number of music lines there are
"Music line"
"Music line"
"Music line"
.
.
.
"Music line"
Format to a MUZAK file with words
"The first line shown in the box"
"The second line shown in the box"
"The third line shown in the box"
Number of MUSIC lines there are
"Lyric line"
"Music line"
"Lyric line"
"Music line"
.
.
.
"Lyric line"
"Music line"
Note: The last character in the lyric line before the quote is important.
If there is a vertical bar (|) just before the quote then the next lyric line
will appear on the screen below this one. If there is not a vertical bar,
then the next lyric will appear next to this one. Check out GOODMORN.MUZ
and RICHMAN.MUZ for some good examples.
Format of a "type of music" file
How many songs there are
"What to display at the top of the 'pick a song' menu"
Word flag,"Filespec of song","What to display on the 'song' menu"
Word flag,"Filespec of song","What to display on the 'song' menu"
Word flag,"Filespec of song","What to display on the 'song' menu"
. . .
. . .
. . .
Word flag,"Filespec of song","What to display on the 'song' menu"
Note: Word flag means "Are there lyrics in this song?" A zero means "yes"
and a one means "no."
Format of DEFINTN.MUZ, the file containing the
information for the "what kind of music" menu
Number of music types
"Filespec of song","What to display on the 'type' menu"
"Filespec of song","What to display on the 'type' menu"
"Filespec of song","What to display on the 'type' menu"
. .
. .
. .
"Filespec of song","What to display on the 'type' menu"
Note: It is almost always best to include just the filename and extension
of a file in a filespec, and not any drive or path information, so that
anything may be put anywhere and still work.
=Aaron Priven=
16 February 1986
ot any drive or path information, so that
anything may be put anywhere and still work