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┌───────────┐
│ FIXYN.EXE │
└───────────┘
A utility for Spitfire and SFMGR.EXE.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When changing from one version of Spitfire to another, sometimes
the data files change. This is not always obvious as there is
extra space built into the data files for expansion. A BYTE in a
Turbo Pascal file can hold any value from 0 to 255. When one of
these unused bytes is put into use, it can be initialized to any
value in that range. If the new feature is a BOOLEAN variable, it
needs to be either a 0 or a 1. When a BOOLEAN value is initialized
out side of this range it can cause SFMGR.EXE to display some
garbage on the screen instead of the typical Yes/No, On/Off type
message.
FIXYN.EXE will go out and check all of the Spitfire data files and
ensure that all the BOOLEAN values are set to either 0 or 1. All
that you need to do is place FIXYN.EXE in your Spitfire Node
directory and run it once. This will fix all the BOOLEAN values in
all the Node specific files and those in the System and User files.
If you are running multi-node, run FIXYN with the /N parameter once
in each of the other Node directories. This will update just the
Node specific files and skip the System and User files. Once all
the BOOLEAN values have been set you should have no more problems
with displays and you can delete FIXYN.EXE.