				HELP FOR KEYBOARD AND MOUSE NAVIGATION
				(C) 1991-1993 Copyright by Mark E Cowan
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■ Moving and selecting a menu or an object in a dialog box

	Keyboard   Use the Arrow keys or the Tab key to move from one
				menu or object in a dialog box to another

				Use the Down arrow key or Enter key to pull down a
				menu

				Use the Enter key to execute an objects function

				Use the Enter key to select an item in a List Box

				Use the Ecape key exit a dialog box and the program

	Mouse      Move the cursor to the desired menu or object in a
				dialog box and press the left mouse button to move from
				one object in a dialog box to another

				Double click on an object to execute that objects
				function (push buttons)

				Double click an item in a list box to select that item


 ■ Entering text in 'Edit' boxes

	Use the standard editing keys for moving the cursor to the desired
	position and enter the desired text

	Pressing the INSERT key toggles between insert and over write mode

							FILE MENU

■ Play Files

	This will display a dialog box which will enable you to select and
	play Create Labs Voice files (.voc) and CMF music files (.cmf)

	When playing voice files, a dialog box will be displayed allowing
	the file to be paused, continued, or stopped.

	When playing music files, a dialog box will be displayed allowing
	the file to be paused, continued, or stopped.

	Also, there is a Clear button displayed. After pressing this
	button, the current voice or music file being played is discontiued
	and the file queue is cleared.  This button is neccessary while
	playing files in Loop mode to discontinue file playing from the 
	queue.  You may obtain further help on playing files by selecting
	the Help button or by pressing F1 key while the Play file dialog
	is shown on the screen

■ Record Files

	This will display a dialog box which will enable you to record
	voice files (.voc)

■ Dos Gateway

	This will bring you to the Dos Prompt, allowing you to run Dos
	commands and programs.  Type 'exit' to return to this program

■ About

	A message box will display compile date information important when
	reporting bugs

							UTIL MENU

■ Card Status

	A message box will display the Sound Blaster Card address found,
	interrupt setting, and Voice Driver Version

							HELP MENU

■ Help

	Type F1 to quickly access help

■ Register

	Select this to obtain information required to register this
	program, and how to contact the author

■ Volume Controls
							
	For Sound Blaster Pro and Sound Blaster 16 card owners, there                                                        
	are volume controls for all channels.  You can click on the up
	or down arrows for raising or lowering the volume of each 
	channel. You can select a volume setting from 1 to 10.

	You can also activate the desired arrow by using the Tab key,
	and then press Enter to activate that control.
							
							ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
     
	Before running VBLASTER.EXE, make sure your environment
	variables are setup.  There are two variables, one points to
	the directory of your main Sound Blaster programs, the other
	sets up the port address, interrupt, DMA number, and the Sound
	Blaster card type.  VBLASTER uses the card type to determine
	which voice driver to load if it cannot find the driver in the
	directory specified by SOUND.  Here is a description:
     
	SOUND=C:\SBPRO
     
	This specifies C:\SBPRO as main directory, then the directory
	search for the CTVDSK.DRV is C:\SBPRO\DRV as dictated by
	Creative Labs.  Make sure this is set by your AUTOEXEC.BAT
	file. You can type:  SET   at the Dos prompt to see all
	environment variables.
     
	The second environment variable specifies the I/O configuration
	and card type.  Here is an example:
	
	BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T2
	
	where:  A - specifies the base I/O port used
		I - specifies the interrupt request line
		D - specifies the DMA channel
		T - specifies the card type:
		       1 for SB 1.5
		       2 for SB Pro
		       3 for SB 2.0
		       4 for SB Pro 2.0
		       6 for SB 16
	
	Make sure this is setup correctly for your card.  It probably
	is if you have a SB Pro or higher.  If you have a SB 1.5 or SB
	2.0, you will need to set this up in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file so
	that you will not get the warning message at the beginning of
	the VBLASTER screen every time.  Use the above BLASTER=...
	example, changine only the 220 for port address, 7 for the
	interrupt, 1 for the DMA channel, and 2 for your card type.
	Refer to your SB card manual to find out which card type you
	have.  You probably can use the above example changing only the
	2 for the correct card type for your card. Here are some
	examples, exactly as they should appear in AUTOEXEC.BAT
     
	EXAMPLE CODE               DESCRIPTION (do not include)
	=====================      ============================
	BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T2      (for SB Pro)
	BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T1      (for SB 1.5)
	BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T3      (for SB 2.0)
   
	The VBLASTER program uses the above environment variables to
	first locate the CTVDSK.DRV voice driver.  If the driver 
	cannot be located in the directory as dictated by the SOUND
	environment variable (ie: (SOUND)\DRV), then VBLASTER will
	load the appropriete VBLASTER.D?? for your sound card as
	dictated by T? component of the BLASTER environment variable.
	
	************************* NOTE *****************************
	* NOTE: A bug was found in the CTVDSK.DRV driver that was 
	shipped with SB 16 cards.  The included driver VBLASTER.D16
	has this bug fixed.  Generally, you may assume that your 
	CTVDSK.DRV driver is OK if it has a later date than 10/25/93.
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