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VCDROM 1.10 beta 1
Copyright (C) Roland De Graaf 1992
**Note: VCDROM is intended for use with VBBS 5.6 and higher.
It may not be suitable for some earlier 5.52 implementations.
VCDROM is a utility for creating the file listings databases for shareware
CD-ROMs. Supported formats are PC-SIG CDs, and Night Owl CDs. More formats
will be added as possible.
VCDROM will create the essential database .DAT and .BIN files.
Each pair of <filename>.DAT and <filename>.BIN files constitutes
one database.
For PC-SIG CDs:
VCDROM will create one database, containing the listings for the entire
CD-ROM. Before processing starts, you will be asked for the <filename>
you use. You will also be asked for the name of the description file
on the CD, since this varies from volume to volume. The description
file is in the CDROM \DOD directory, usually with an extension of .UPP.
To find the file, do
dir X:\DOD\*.UPP (X = Your CDROM Drive Letter)
**Note: For PC-SIG CDs, VCDROM will also generate the proper
<filename>.FDX file. (This is the index that VBBS uses to list files
in sorted order.)
For Night Owl CDs:
Night Owl CDs are organized much nicer than PC-SIG CDs -- they are
almost in an ideal format -- multiple directories, with each directory
contain files specific to one topic (ie.. Utilities, Games, Etc).
VCDROM will create one or more databases, depending on how many
sections are on the CD. VCDROM will use the filenames DIRx, where x is
1 to however many sections are on the CD. (ie, DIR1, DIR2, DIR3, etc)
**Note: For Night Owl CDs, VCDROM will not generate the <filename>.FDX file.
(This is not a problem since VBBS will automatically do that anyway.)
When processing is complete, you should then copy the generated .DAT, .BIN,
and if applicable, .FDX files into your VBBS Database Directory, and set the
database(s) up under VCONFIG Database Config, Files Section.
Note: When configuring the database, set the 'Files Path' setting to 'X:\'
where X is the actual drive letter of your CD-ROM.
This is a signal to VBBS 5.6 and up that the downloads in this file
listings database are on a CD-ROM (read only device).
For a CD-ROM based file area like this, the Files Path setting is
not used to derive any paths.
VBBS will derive the true path to the file using data that VCDROM
has saved in the database records as it created the databases.
This is necessary for CDs like PC-SIG which use a really nasty format.
Future of VCDROM:
More CD Formats
VCDROM is a very *new program. Please report all discrepancies
to the author for immediate attention.