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- RockBase Plus: Version 1.00 (Evaluation Version)
-
- This version of the program is a full working copy which allows all the
- functions of the full version, however it contains only a very restricted
- database of 19 Artists instead of the 40,000 Artists in the full version.
- The Artists in this trial version are: Beatles, Jack Bruce, Roger Chapman,
- Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Phil Collins, Cream, Derek & the Dominoes,
- Fairport Convention, Family, Freddie King, Manassas, John Mayall (The
- Bluesbreakers), Spirit, Stephen Stills, Streetwalkers, Tina Turner, Steve
- Winwood, Yardbirds.
-
- To order RockBase Plus call Cravenplan Computers Ltd on 01895 444603,
- the cost is just £49.95 including VAT & postage.
-
- Thank you for trying out RockBase Plus, we hope and trust that you will find
- it easy, fun and useful. The program has been developed over a period of one
- and a half years and at the time of going to press we know of no problems
- however, in common with most other software developers, Cravenplan Computers
- Limited can accept no responsibility for any bugs or other problems caused
- by the use of this program. If you find any problems or if you have any
- suggestions for improvements please call Chris Stanbury on 01895 444603.
-
- Alternatively please fax your suggestions/problems on 01895 449599
-
- We strongly suggest you view the help screen "Quick Introduction" (it only
- takes a minute), this will give you a lot of useful tips on getting the best
- from RockBase Plus.
-
- The Name and Address information asked for on installation is used only to
- save writing your details on the corrections sheets which you may wish to
- send to Terry Hounsome in order to add to the data. The only Mandatory fields
- are Name and Phone Number, if you object to giving these then feel free to
- enter a false name and number. Please return the registration card to
- Cravenplan Computers Limited, it costs nothing and will enable us to keep
- you informed about special offers on new releases and provide you with FREE
- technical support on 01895 444603.
-
- The program and any VBX's or DLL's required are all loaded into the Rockbase
- Directory. To remove RockBase Plus from your system all you need to do is
- remove this directory. The only exception to this rule is a small amendment
- to the file VB.INI and the placing of the file ROCKBASE.INI in the windows
- directory. If you are not running Visual Basic this file will be added for
- you when RockBase Plus is installed and can be deleted if you remove
- RockBase Plus from your system.
-
-
-
-
- Installation:
-
- Installation will create directories as follows, and put the following files
- onto your hard disk.
-
- Assuming you choose C:\ROCKBASE as your install directory,
-
- C:
- |
- |_____ROCKBASE
- | |___DATA
- | | |___FULL
- | |___MACROS
- |
- |_____WINDOWS
- |
- Etc
-
-
-
- In C:\ROCKBASE
- ROCKBASE EXE
- ROCKBASE HLP
- README.TXT (This file)
- CLST RPT
- MAIN RPT
- VBRUN300.DLL
- COMMDLG DLL
- CRPE DLL
- MSABC110 DLL
- MSAES110 DLL
- PDCTJET DLL
- PDIRJET DLL
- PDBJET DLL
- VBDB300 DLL
- CRXLATE DLL
- MSAJT110 DLL
- VBASM DLL
- CTL3D DLL
- CMDIALOG VBX
- THREED VBX
- SSDATA2 VBX
- CRYSTAL VBX
- TRUEGRID VBX
-
- C:\ROCKBASE\DATA\DEMO
- ROCKBASE MDB
- ROCKBASE MDA
-
- C:\ROCKBASE\MACROS
- Files will be added if you save search macros.
-
- C:\WINDOWS
- VB INI
- ROCKBASE INI
-
-
-
- Removing RockBase Plus:
-
- Files are installed as above for your convenience, so that to delete the
- complete RockBase Plus installation, you need only remove the ROCKBASE
- directory and it's sub-directories, plus contents. If you have limited
- disk space, you may at your own risk, if you identify duplicate files
- (likely to be .VBX or .DLL files)(name, size and date) in \ROCKBASE and
- \WINDOWS\SYSTEM, remove the duplicates from \ROCKBASE, NOT from
- \WINDOWS\SYSTEM. This is the only method recommended; if you remove one
- file too many, and RockBase Plus fails to operate, you can then re-install
- RockBase Plus. We take no responsibility for any errors that you make
- deleting files from ANY OTHER DIRECTORY.
-
-
-
-
- SHARE.EXE:
-
- It is necessary to install SHARE.EXE or it's equivalent (see below) in
- your AUTOEXEC.BAT for database access to work. RockBase Plus installation
- will install this for you, if it cannot find it in your AUTOEXEC file. If it
- carries out the installation, you will need to reboot your computer to
- make it effective. Since the installation does not know where SHARE.EXE
- resides on your computer, it places SHARE.EXE after any PATH command, in
- the expectation that PATH will allow SHARE to come from a directory
- in your PATH eg C:\DOS or similar.
-
- If by chance SHARE.EXE is not found on re-boot, you will need to modify
- the AUTOEXEC.BAT entry to for example C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE /L:500, including
- the full path as it actually is.
-
- If your AUTOEXEC.BAT has been amended, the older version will have been
- saved as AUTOEXEC.RB. Hence if you have any problems after installation,
- please compare these files.
-
- On newer versions of Windows (3.11), and on Windows 3.1, if you are
- running in 386 enhanced mode, you may have VSHARE.386 in place which
- fulfills the function of SHARE.EXE and makes it redundant. If you
- are SURE that this is the case you can remove SHARE.EXE from your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT. You should however allow it to be installed first, or
- RockBase Plus will fail to install.
-
-
-
-
- VB.INI:
-
- You will see that the RockBase Plus installation will install a very small
- file called VB.INI in your WINDOWS directory. This is necessary for some
- of the printing options to function.
-
- If you are a Visual Basic user, and have this file already, it may have
- added a small entry to your existing file. In that case it will have saved
- the existing file as VB.RB for you to refer to. Only if you are a Visual
- Basic programmer, who is programming with Databases, may you have had an
- existing entry with possible conflict. In that case, you will have seen a
- warning issued by RockBase Plus during installation. If you change the
- SytsemDB entry from the entry made by Rockbase, you will need to restore
- the RockBase entry for RockBase to work. We assume that if you need this
- information, and need to act on it, that you are an experienced programmer,
- and are able to edit the VB.INI file for yourself. Alternatively,
- re-installing RockBase Plus will restore VB.INI to the status required.
-