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- README FILE FOR VIDEODRV 5.00
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-
- Well, there is yet a new file format for VIDEODRV.DBF. Actually, it is
- just the same old file format, but I have added yet more information to
- the file, as I add new features internally. Thus, there is a new
- CONVERT.EXE which converts VIDEODRV.DBF from the version 4.00 format
- to the version 5.00 format. Please note that you should only use the
- CONVERT.EXE that is supplied with version 5.00 if you are using version
- 4.00. If you are using an earlier version (assuming you have not been
- using it for more than the 30 day evaluation period) then you basically
- need to delete your VIDEODRV.DBF file, and reinstall your drivers files
- again for the purpose of building a new VIDEODRV.DBF.
-
- NOTE that your old VIDEODRV.DBF will NOT work with this version of
- VIDEODRV. Thus, you need to convert it into the 5.00 format, or
- delete it and rebuilt it again, by reinstalling drivers from your
- manufacturer's distribution disk.
-
- CONVERT.EXE is text mode OS/2 program that should be run from a command prompt
- (after changing to the directory in which your VIDEODRV.DBF file is located).
-
- CONVERT.EXE is really a half-way solution, because the information in the
- old DBF file is less than that in the new file. All that CONVERT.EXE does
- is to put that information into the new file format. By using it, you
- will not get the benefits of the extra information in the new file format
- (this basically concerns updating references to fonts in the Win-OS/2 INI
- files). Please note this point.
-
- CONVERT.EXE converts the data in VIDEODRV.DBF and puts it into a file
- called CONVERT.DBF. After conversion, you need to back up your old
- VIDEODRV.DBF, delete the copy on your hard disk, and then rename
- CONVERT.DBF to VIDEODRV.DBF.
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