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- NGDD.EXE Version 1.2 07/10/88
- Norton Guides Database Decompiler
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- A Database Decompiler For Norton Guides
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- Copyright (c) 1988 Omni Software Associates
- All Rights Reserved
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- R.C. Ascheri
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- GENIE: AMIGAMAN
- BBS: PC EXCHANGE
- (714) 956-5468
- CLIPPER BBS
- (714) 731-3946
- BUENA PARK BBS
- (714) 821-5014
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- (714) 545-1706
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- Copyright (c) 1988 Omni Software Associates
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- NGDD.EXE Version 1.2 07/10/88
- Norton Guides Database Decompiler
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- NO-NONSENSE LICENSE
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- All versions of the Norton Guides Database Decompiler,
- starting with version 1.0, are placed in the public domain
- and are hence known as shareware software. You may make as
- many copies of this software and distribute it freely.
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- No fee, charge or other compensation may be accepted or
- requested for any version of NGDD.EXE by anyone other than
- the author.
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- NGDD.EXE may not be distributed in conjunction with any
- other product where a charge exists for the original product
- without written consent from the author.
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- The NGDD package consists of NGDD.EXE, NGDD.DOC,
- REGISTER.TXT and any update notices, bug reports etc..
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- If you find this utility useful please register your copy
- with the author $25.00. See the section on ordering infor
- mation for more information.
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- The source code for NGDD.EXE can be obtained from the author
- for the price of $100.00. This shall include one diskette
- with the Turbo Pascal 5.0 Source Code, any and all libraries
- required, along with the documentation, etc.. To order the
- source code, fill out the order blank and mail it to the
- addressee according to the instructions at the end of this
- documentation.
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- WARRANTY
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- Omni Software Associates makes no warranty of any kind,
- neither express or implied, including without limitation,
- any warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a
- particular purpose. Omni Software Associates shall not be
- liable for any damages, whether direct, indirect, special or
- consequential arising from a failure of this program to
- operate in the manner desired by the user. Omni Software
- Associates shall not be liable for any damage to data or
- property which may be caused directly or indirectly by use
- of the program.
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- IN NO EVENT WILL Omni Software Associates BE LIABLE TO YOU
- FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS OR
- OTHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF
- YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM, OR FOR ANY CLAIM
- BY ANY OTHER PARTY.
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- Copyright (c) 1988 Omni Software Associates
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- NGDD.EXE Version 1.2 07/10/88
- Norton Guides Database Decompiler
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- 1.0 ABSTRACT
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- What is The Norton Guides? The Norton Guides is an excel
- lent on-line reference library. The guides is a memory
- resident utility that can be accessed at the touch of one
- key stroke. Imagine that! At the touch of a keystroke you
- can have all of your Borland manuals, assembler manual,
- debugger manual, database manual and desktop publishing
- manual on-line. The guides comes complete with a database
- compiler that will allow you the user to create your own
- Norton Guides Databases. This will allow you to enter in
- all of those manuals that are not available from Norton
- Computing.
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- What is a Norton Guides Database? A Norton Guides Database
- is a file that contains all of the reference information for
- a particular subject. At the present time Norton Computing
- has the Turbo Pascal, Turbo C, Microsoft Assembler, PS/2 and
- other databases available and Nantucket has a clipper data
- base available.
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- 2.0 PROBLEM
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- So if Norton Guides is so great what's the problem? The
- problem is that it takes a long time to create a good Norton
- Guides database. Think of typing in a whole manual by
- yourself and you suddenly realize how difficult it is. Now
- think about having to update it every time someone comes out
- with a new version of there product. For example, when
- Norton Computing first came out with The Norton Guides,
- Borland's Turbo Pascal Version 3.0 was available. So Norton
- Computing created a database for this version. Since then
- Borland has released Turbo Pascal Version 5.0. At the time
- of this writing the Norton Guides database for Turbo Pascal
- version 5.0 update is NOT available. Will they write one?
- I don't know. If they do that's all well and good, but if
- they don't then you've kind of thrown your money away.
- Well the Norton Guides Database Decompiler is a solution to
- this problem. Now you the user can decompile your purchased
- copy of any database, into an original source code format
- that can be edited by you and recompiled. You can finally
- update your old versions of Turbo C, Turbo Pascal, Clipper,
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- NGDD.EXE Version 1.2 07/10/88
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- 3.0 OPERATION
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- NGDD is a command line driven utility. The syntax of this
- utility is as follows:
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- d:\> NGDD ? <RETURN>
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- d:\> NGDD [d:\path\]filename.ext <RETURN>
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- The first form above will display the syntax of how NGDD
- must be called. The second form will start the decompiler
- by decompiling the specified file into the current directo
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- The decompile process will create several files. A main
- file based upon the specified filename "filename.lnk",
- several support files of the form "FFFFNNNN.DES", where the
- FFFF represents the first four letters of the filename and
- NNNN represents a number between 0000 and 9999. The decom
- piler will also create a general make file so that the
- database can be automatically recreated using a make utility
- (such as the Borland make utility). This make file will be
- of the form "filename.mak".
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- The decompiled source files can be edited using any text
- editor that uses standard ASCII characters. Graphics char
- acters can also be placed into the decompiled source files.
- For example, the PC line drawing characters work well to
- separate special information. For more information regard
- ing the creation of Norton Guides Databases consult your
- Norton Guides Reference Manual.
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- 4.0 CONCLUSIONS
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- The Norton Guides Database Decompiler was written to allow
- the end user the capabilities of updating his/her legal
- database. It is NOT to be used as a means of plagiarizing
- the work of the authors. Any newly created databases are
- still copy written by the original authors. You CANNOT
- redistribute it as your own work, even though you have added
- to it! The original authors have put a great deal of time
- and money into the creation of the database you are updat
- ing. Give them the credit and the money they deserve.
- After all, without there original efforts you would NOT have
- a database to update in the first place!
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- If you have any questions regarding this utility, or bug
- reports, please send them to Richard Ascheri via:
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- GENIE: AMIGAMAN
- BBS: PC EXCHANGE, Rick Ascheri
- (714) 956-5468
- CLIPPER BBS
- (714) 731-3946
- BUENA PARK BBS
- (714) 821-5014
- 1139/SOUTH
- (714) 545-1706
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- Also, if you find the program useful why NOT go ahead and
- register your copy. By registering your copy you are enti
- tled to receive future updates of this utility.
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- Norton Guides Is A Registered TradeMark Of Norton Computing.
- Turbo Pascal Is A Registered TradeMark Of Borland Interna
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- NGDD.EXE Version 1.2 07/10/88
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- ORDERING INFORMATION
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- To register your copy of NGDD.EXE and or purchase the source
- code fill out the order form provided with this software
- package (REGISTER.TXT) and mail it to the appropriate mail
- ing address as listed below:
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- Attn: Richard Ascheri
- Omni Software Associates
- 15027 Watkins,
- La Mirada, CA. 90638
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- For registration you will receive an IBM formatted 360K
- diskette containing the latest version of the utility along
- with the updated documentation.
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- For source code purchases you will receive an IBM formatted
- 360K diskette containing the Turbo Pascal 5.0 source code
- and all of the library files necessary to create a new
- NGDD.EXE file.
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- All versions of the NGDD.EXE remain the sole property of
- Omni Software Associates. Under no circumstances will
- anyone be allowed to redistribute any versions of NGDD
- without the express written consent of the author. The
- source code purchase does NOT, under any circumstances, give
- the purchaser the right to distribution. The source code is
- made available so that other Norton Guides utilities can be
- easily created.
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