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Installing MCBase from an archive file.
========== I M P O R T A N T ================
SET VALUE FOR "FILES=xxx" IN YOUR SYSTEM'S CONFIG.SYS TO A
MINIMUM VALUE OF 40, AS IN:
FILES=40
OR HIGHER! SEE "MCBASE REQUIREMENTS" IN THE DOCUMENTATION FILE
"MCBASE.DOC" FOR FURTHER INFORMATION!
===================================================
IMPORTANT NOTE: this section discribes the installation of
MCBase from the original "ZIP"-type archive file. It is very
lightly that the various BBS-sysops will convert this original
archive file to a format that is standard on their system. Two
other common archivers, that you might encounter, are ARJ (by
Robert K. Jung) with the filetype "ARJ" and LHA (by Haruyasu
Yoshizaki) with the filetype "LZH".
Normally, you will have received the shareware version of MCBa-
se as the archive file MCBxxx.ZIP (xxx = version number). If
you did NOT receive MCBase as this archive file, then please
make sure, you have at least the following files after extrac-
tion of the archive:
MCBASE.EXE - MCBase executable file, for XT-compati-
bles and up.
MCBASE.DOC - MCBase documentation file (as an
ASCII-text file).
ORDER.MCB - MCBase order form.
LICENSE.MCB - MCBase license agreement.
REVISION.MCB- MCBase revision history.
GENMCB.EXE - Utility to create a new (and empty) set
of database files.
INSTALL.DOC - MCBase installation guide.
README.1ST - IMPORTANT MESSAGE ON CONFIG.SYS.
FILE_ID.DIZ - Description file.
VENDINFO.DIZ- Description file, according to VENDINFO
standard.
The following files (a demonstration database set) should also
be included:
MCB1.DBF MCB2.DBF MCB3.DBF
MCB1.DBT MCB2.DBT MCB3.DBT
MCB4.DBF MCB5.DBF MCB6.DBF
MCB4.DBT MCB5.DBT MCB6.DBT
(Your copy could be incomplete and you might get the wrong idea
about the performance and documentation of the MCBase system).
You will need PKWare's PKUNZIP.EXE to extract the archive. Use
the following command to extract all files:
PKUNZIP MCBxxx.ZIP
In case of an ARJ-file format, use: ARJ x MCBxxx.ARJ
In case of an LZH-file format, use: LHA e MCBxxx.LZH
Installing MCBase on your system should not be very difficult,
if you follow these steps:
- 1) Copy the original MCBxxx.ZIP archive file to a floppy
disk and store it in a safe place.
- 2) Note: Among the extracted files, should be a demonstra-
tion database set. In case you don't want to use the
demonstration database (anymore), execute GENMCB.EXE to
generate a new set of datafiles. DELETE GENMCB.EXE
after use! It generates NEW and EMPTY databases, so you
wouldn't want to use it after you've been entering
data. (You can retrieve another copy from the
MCBxxx.ZIP archive file, should you need it).
- 3) Create a new directory for the MCBase system, place the
archive file in it and extract all files.
- 4) Start your wordprocessor, import the ASCII-document
MCBASE.DOC and print it.
- 5) Run MCBase. If missing, the program will now create the
neccesary index files (MCBxKEYx.NDX) and the configura-
tion file MCBASE.CFG.
Note: If an MCBASE.CFG configuration file was INCLUDED
in the copy of the MCBxxx.ZIP archive file that you
received, then delete this MCBASE.CFG prior to execute
MCBASE.EXE. If the contents of this particular
MCBASE.CFG configuration file does NOT match YOUR
system's configuration, MCBase may not be able to com-
plete initialisation.
- 6) Access the dialog "Printer settings" (using the menu
items: "MCBase - Configuration - Printer". Consult your
printer manual for the correct commandset and see sec-
tion "Configuring MCBase", topic "Printer" for assis-
tance on printer configuration.
After these steps you'll be ready to run the shareware version
of the MCBase Music Collection DataBase system.