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CONVERT DOCUMENTATION
CONVERT.EXE is designed to upgrade users of TRADERS v1.0 to the new database
format of versions 1.1 and up...
YOU WILL NOT NEED THE PROGRAM IF YOU ARE A NEW TRADERS USER !
FIRST: make sure your your program is using the older format before you
run this! You can determine the old format in two ways, pull a DIR of your
TRADERS directory and look for FORTS.DAT also take note of the size of your
TRADEWAR.DAT file. If FORTS.DAT exist then your using the older format and
must run CONVERT.EXE before using any of the other programs in this package.
A second way to determine format is the size of your TRADEWAR.DAT file...
older format = 236,236 new format = 283,283.
If you've determined that you do in fact have the older format and wish
to upgrade you must follow these simple directions:
1. Create a new subdirectory for convert to operate in...
[ MD\CONVERT [ENTER] ]
2. Copy the following files to the new directory...
CONVERT.EXE from this new zip file.
INITDATA.EXE from this new zip file.
TRADEWAR.DAT from your Traders directory.
FORTS.DAT from your Traders directory.
3. Move into (make current) the CONVERT directory...
[ CD\CONVERT [ENTER] ]
4. Rename TRADEWAR.DAT to TRADEWAR.A (or anything else)...
[ REN TRADEWAR.DAT TRADEWAR.A [ENTER] ]
5. Run INITDATA.EXE...
[ INITDATA [ENTER] ]
6. Run CONVERT.EXE...
[ CONVERT TRADEWAR.A [ENTER] ]
Now, you are updated to the new format and all your sector information has
been transfered to the new TRADEWAR.DAT file. Let's finish...
7. Copy the new TRADEWAR.DAT into your TRADERS directory...
[ COPY TRADEWAR.DAT C:\TRADERS [ENTER] ]
Substitute the correct directory names for your system!
8. Delete every thing else in this directory...
[ DEL . [ENTER] ]
9. Remove this directory as it is no longer needed...
[ CD.. [ENTER] RD\CONVERT [ENTER] ]
10. Now to complete your upgrade copy all the files from the new zip file
to your TRADERS directory and your finished.
11. Delete FORTS.DAT as it's no longer required...
[ DEL FORTS.DAT [ENTER] ]
Enjoy
Bill Rathbone