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C H A R A C T E R S C R E A T I O N
C O M P A T I B L E A D & D F O R W I N D O W S
Distributed as shareware.
Copyright 1995, Francis FAULHABER
All Rights Reserved
AD&D is a registred trademark owned by T.S.R., INC.
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I N S T A L L A T I O N
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Before you can use the CHARACTERS CREATION COMPATIBLE AD&D
program you have to run the setup program from the Windows
environment so as to ensure its proper work on your computer.
You can not just copy the files from the CHARACTERS CREATION
COMPATIBLE AD&D disk on to your hard disk. The files on the
distributed disk are packed in a special way to save space on
the disk. The setup program unpacks those files and builds them
on your working disk.
1. If the computer prompts you from the DOS, go to the
Windows environment by typing "WIN" then pressing the
"Enter" key.
2. Activate the window of the "Program Manager".
3. Select the "File" menu from the "Program Manager",
then select "Run". This will open the "Run" dialog box.
Insert the CHARACTERS CREATION COMPATIBLE AD&D disk in
your floppy drive. Type in the dialog box the command
that will run the setup program:
If you insert your floppy disk in the Drive "A", type:
"A:SETUP".
If you insert your floppy disk in the Drive "B", type:
"B:SETUP".
The "Run Minimized" box must not be selected. If it is,
then unselect it by clicking it.
Next click the "OK" command button (or press the
"Enter" key).
N.B. : The procedure of setup may be blocked by one of
programs present on your hard disk. The case
goes usually for the ver.dll (or ver.dl) file,
which you can find in the Windows directory.
You just have to delete it. Then, run the
procedure of setup again.
4. After a while a dialog box will prompt you into
chosen your language. Select it and then click the "OK"
command button (or press the "Enter" key).
5. Then you will be prompted by a dialog box to specify
the location where you want your CHARACTERS CREATION
COMPATIBLE AD&D files to be placed. It will suggest you
a drive and a directory: "C:\CHARACRE".
If you want to install the CHARACTERS CREATION
COMPATIBLE AD&D program files on a different drive or
directory, just click to the right of the characters
you want to change to place the cursor, backspace over
the ones you want to erase, and then type in the new
designation.
6. The setup program unpacks the necessary files and
places them into the destination directory. While the
setup program is running, the status of the operation
is progressively displayed. If the CHARACTERS CREATION
COMPATIBLE AD&D software is constitued by more than one
floppy disk, you will be requested to insert each
floppy disk during the unpacking operation.
N.B. : The procedure of setup may be blocked at this
stage. Some computers fail to run correctly the
setup progam from the "program manager". Then,
run the setup program from the "file manager".
7. The setup program automatically builds a CHARACTERS
CREATION COMPATIBLE AD&D icon and adds it to your
program manager.
8. The setup program notifies you when the installation is
completed.
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SOLUTION TO UNCOMPLETE INSTALLATION
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If the setup program can not complete the installation of the
software, you must install it manually.
1. Insert the disk in the floppy drive.
2. Go to DOS. If you are in the windows environment,
activate the window of the "Program Manager". Select
the "File" menu from the "Program Manager", then select
"Exit Windows". Quit the windows environment by
clicking the "OK" command button (or by pressing the
"Enter" key).
3. When the computer prompts you, select your destination
drive by typing its letter followed by ":", and press
the "Enter" key. For example, "C: or "D:".
4. Go to the root directory by typing "CD\", then press
the "Enter" key.
5. Create the destination directory with the "MkDir" DOS
command (abbreviation: MD). Type "MD " followed by the
name of the directory, and press the "Enter" key. For
example, "MD CHARACRE".
6. Now go to the newly created directory. You can move to
any directory using the "ChDir" DOS command
(abbreviation: CD). Type "CD " followed by the name of
this directory, then press the "Enter" key. For
example, "CD CHARACRE".
7. Unpack the files of the program. You must use the
EXPAND.EXE program supplied with the software package.
Type the following commands, then press the "Enter" key
after each of them:
"A:EXPAND A:CREPERSO.EX_ C:\CHARACRE\CHARACRE.EXE"
"A:EXPAND A:CREPERSO.HL_ C:\CHARACRE\CHARACRE.HLP"
"A:EXPAND A:CREPERSO.RE_ C:\CHARACRE\CHARACRE.REL"
"A:EXPAND A:DRAGON1.RE_ C:\CHARACRE\DRAGON1.REL"
"A:EXPAND A:COMMDLG.DL_ C:\CHARACRE\COMMDLG.DLL"
"A:EXPAND A:MSAFINX.DL_ C:\CHARACRE\MSAFINX.DLL"
"A:EXPAND A:SETUPKIT.DL_ C:\CHARACRE\SETUPKIT.DLL"
"A:EXPAND A:VBRUN300.DL_ C:\CHARACRE\VBRUN300.DLL"
"A:EXPAND A:CMDIALOG.VB_ C:\CHARACRE\CMDIALOG.VBX"
"A:EXPAND A:PICCLIP.VB_ C:\CHARACRE\PICCLIP.VBX"
"A:EXPAND A:SPIN.VB_ C:\CHARACRE\SPIN.VBX"
"A:EXPAND A:THREED.VB_ C:\CHARACRE\THREED.VBX"
NOTES: * If your floppy drive is the drive "B", you
must replace the "A:" by "B:" in the commands.
* In the above commands, "C:" corresponds to the
destination drive. If you have chosen a
different drive, replace it by yours.
* In the above commands, "\CHARACRE\"
corresponds to the name of the destination
directory. If yours is a different one, use it
in place of indicated directory. Do not forget
to type the first backslash after the name of
the destination drive, and the last backslash
just before the name of each file.
8. Next, copy the documentation files on the destination
disk. Type the DOS command "COPY A:*.TXT" and press the
"Enter" key.
NOTE: If your floppy drive is the drive "B", you must
replace the "A:" by a "B:" in the command.
9. Return to the Windows environment by typing "WIN"
then press the "Enter" key.
10. Activate the window of the "Program Manager".
11. Select the "File" menu from the "Program Manager", then
select "New". This will open the "New" dialog box. Add
a new group of programs by clicking the corresponding
option. Name the group of programs ("CHARACTERS
CREATION COMPATIBLE AD&D") and the group file
("CHARACRE.GRP"), and then click the "OK" command
button (or press the "Enter" key).
12. Select the "File" menu from the "Program Manager", then
select "New" again. This will open the "New" dialog
box. Add a new program by selecting the "Program Item"
option, and then click the "OK" command button (or
press the "Enter" key). Click the "Search" command
button and choose the CHARACRE.EXE program. Name the
program ("CHARACTERS CREATION COMPATIBLE AD&D") and
then click the "OK" command button (or press the
"Enter" key).
13. The installation is now completed.
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