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- ┌───────────┐
- │ FIXYN.EXE │
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- A utility for Spitfire and SFMGR.EXE.
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-
- 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.