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- ->PC ANSWERS CD COMPILATIONS DEPT
-
- How to set up this stuff:
-
- How it works the program VIEW.EXE does the work it looks in the root
- directory of the CD for the file DIRS.TXT. It reads this to tell it
- where it should look for files.
- Each line in DIRS.TXT gives the path and the content.
- When you run VIEW this is the first thing it displays.
- When you move the lightbar to one of the directories and hit return
- it looks in the named directory for a fill called 00_INDEX.TXT.
- This latter file contains a list of the files in that area.
- Both of these files can be edited to put in header messages if you
- want to. Any lines begining with a space are not treated as a file
- or directory but will just display.
-
-
- VITAL: The files VIEW.EXE, CDROM.CFG and DIRS.TXT MUST be in the
- CD root directory.
-
- The file CDROM.CFG contains the message and setup information used by
- VIEW.EXE you can edit this to change the messages. It also references
- the directory called UTILS which contains unpackers viewers etc,
- so the UTILS directory must be in the right place or you won't be
- able to unpack ZIPs or view PCX files.
-
- WINDOWS PROBLEM: Although VIEW will work fine under Windows, it's
- PCX viewer may not as it can run ito conflicts with existing screen
- drivers. You might add a note to users to run VIEW under RAW DOS
- if they have this problem.
-
-
- If you have any problems please call me. I would like to have a sample
- of your first one BEFORE you go to press with it.
-
-
- PS I have changed the setup slightly from the April disk. I have now
- put all the directories under PDSL but VIEW.EXE, DIRS.TXT and CDROM.CFG
- still need to go in the root directory. It goes like this:
-
- ROOT--VIEW.EXE
- | DIRS.TXT
- | CDROM.CFG
- |
- |----PDSL
- |_GAMES
- |
- |_GRAPHICS
- |
- |_INFO
- |
- |_MUSIC
- |
- |_SPORT
- |
- |_TVFILM
- |
- |_UTILS
- |
- |_WIERD
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- VITAL - THE DIRECTORIES "INFO" AND "UTILS" WITH ALL THIER CONTENTS MUST
- GO ON EVERY MONTH.
-
- The other directories, ie Games, Graphics, Music, Sport, TVfilm and Weird
- are put on just one per month.
-
- DONT FORGET-
-
- 1)to edit DIRS.TXT to remove the directories you are not using
- for the month.
-
- 2)to edit CDROM.CFG to change the month.
-
- 3) to delete this readme file
-
-
- Kind regards Rod PDSL 0892 663298