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- ' #################### Max Reason
- ' ##### XBasic ##### copyright 1988-2000
- ' #################### Windows XBasic readme.txt file
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- ' http://www.maxreason.com/software/xbasic/xbasic.html
- ' http://www.egroups.com/group/xbasic
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- ' for Windows XBasic
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- ' XBasic installation is discussed at the bottom of this file.
- ' XBasic will not work properly or at all if you install it improperly.
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- ' After you start this software for the first time, select HelpNotes
- ' from the menu bar in the main window and read the release notes for
- ' this and some previous versions. The release notes describe known
- ' bugs, problems, and incompatibilities in this software.
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- ' Also select HelpNew to see what features have been added recently.
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- ' In fact, review all the Help menu entries to find lots of helpful info.
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- ' XBasic is subject to GPL and GPLL licenses, copies of which are
- ' included with this distribution in files gpl.txt and gpll.txt for
- ' your reference. Which license applies to a particular file is
- ' specified in the file. a*.x sample programs are public domain.
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- ' ############################
- ' ##### install XBasic #####
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- ' This following is the installation process for Windows XBasic only.
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- ' All XBasic files are packaged in a single self-extracting file,
- ' probably named "xbpro.exe" or "xbpro.zip". Both files are the same,
- ' but some versions and/or configurations of Netscape browsers trash
- ' the file during downloading by adding a 0x0D byte before every 0x0A
- ' byte in the file. If you downloaded the ".zip" file, you can simply
- ' rename the extent from ".zip" to ".exe". In a DOS window, enter:
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- ' ren xbpro.zip xbpro.exe
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- ' To install Windows XBasic, find xbpro.exe with Windows Explorer
- ' and double click on it, or start a DOS window and enter "xbpro".
- ' You must extract into the root directory of one of your hard drives,
- ' for example "c:\" or "d:\". Make SURE "recreate directories" is
- ' checked in the window the self-extraction program displays.
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- ' This will create an \xb directory and put ALL XBasic files in
- ' the \xb directory and subdirectories of the \xb directory.
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- ' The installation process does not alter the Windows system registry.
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- ' IMPORTANT : Windows95 has a bug that makes it necessary to create
- ' a duplicate copy of \xb\xb.dll called \xb\xb.dup - do not forget.
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