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- TypeRight Corporation
- 336 Swain Blvd.
- Greenacres, Florida 33463-3342
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- (407) 969-3643
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- SSTPATCH
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- Copyright (C) - All rights reserved
-
- Program For Patching Microsoft Quick Basic EXE Files With "Customer
- Name, Date & Serial Number"
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-
- COMMAND FORMATS
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- For Full Screen Menus & Help Screens, enter...
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- SSTPATCH <...Hit "Enter">
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- For "FAST" operation from the DOS Command line, enter...
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- SSTPATCH/filename/Someone's Name/12345 <...Hit "Enter">
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- The above command would Patch the file called "FILENAME.EXE" with
- a name of "SOMEONE'S NAME" & a Serial Number of "12345".
-
- When running from the Command Line, the following rules apply.
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- - "EXE" File Names are limited to a maximum of 8 characters.
- - Registered Names are limited to a maximum of 30 characters.
- - Serial numbers range from 1 through 99,999 (5 character max).
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- SOURCE CODE PREPARATION FOR PATCHING
-
- The instructions on how to prepare your source code for patching
- are located in a Basic Source code file named "SAMPLE.BAS".
-
- "SAMPLE.BAS" is saved in ASCII format, and can be read in the same
- manner as any other "DOC" or text file.
-
- "SAMPLE.BAS" is written as both instructions and a demonstration
- program. If you have Quick Basic, you can load, run and compile
- "SAMPLE.BAS". For those who do not have Quick Basic, we have already
- compiled the same program into "SAMPLE.EXE" for you.
-
- "SSTPATCH" has two methods of patching EXE files. One will patch a
- single EXE file, and the other will automatically patch and prepare
- multiple disks for mailing (eg: for sending updates or demos).
-
- To try out the "SSTPATCH" program, run "SSTPATCH". Then...,
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- - Choose Menu Selection "A" (Patch By Hand) from the first menu.
- - Name "SAMPLE.EXE" as the file to be patched.
- - Enter any name in the "Customer Name" field.
- - Enter any number in the "Serial Number" field.
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- "SSTPATCH" will then patch those entries into SAMPLE.EXE, which
- (when run) will display the new patch entries you just entered.
-
-
- Sample.Bas shows you how to do the same thing to any of your own
- Quick Basic source codes. It's Simple!
-
- We specify "Quick Basic" EXE files because we ARE positive that
- SSTPATCH will work with them. We are NOT positive if SSTPATCH will
- work with EXE files created by other programming languages, as there
- are several types that Users have informed us that it WON'T work with.
- We suggest that you "Try-It-Out" and see if it works with your EXE's.
-
- To try out the "Automated" multiple disks method of patching,
- choose Menu Selection "B" from the first menu.
-
- - Place a blank "FORMATTED" disk in drive A:
- - Name "SAMPLE.RAN" as your "SST" input Name & Address file.
- - Name "SAMPLE.EXE" as the file to be patched.
- - Answer "Y" (for Yes) to all of the other menu questions.
-
- "SSTPATCH" will read the names and addresses from the "SAMPLE.RAN"
- file. If the record has no serial number, is marked "DELETED", or has
- no entry in the "Last Name" field, it will be skipped (no patch made).
-
- All other records will be patched and processed.
-
-
-
- "WHO.DAT" & "DO.DAT" Files:
-
- "WHO.DAT" is a hidden ASCII (text) file that will be created
- on the disk in drive A:. It will be a maximum of 30 bytes long, and it
- will contain the name that was patched into the "EXE" file.
-
- "WHO.DAT" is "hidden", which means it will not appear in disk
- directories and most customers will never know it's there. But YOU can
- avoid getting disks mixed up by simply reading "WHO.DAT" with the
- command "TYPE A:WHO.DAT" (this is a "blessing" with archived files).
-
- "DO.DAT" is another ASCII (text) file which YOU create. It
- contains a list of commands you wish to have "SSTPATCH" perform for
- handling the "bulk" mailing of many disks.
-
- "DO.DAT" should contain commands pertaining to "Formatting
- disks, Archiving files, Re-dating files, Copying files and so on. Of
- course, all files referenced by your command lines must be in your
- default directory or path.
-
- "DO.DAT" can be created with any ASCII text editor, and can
- contain up to nine separate command lines. Each command can be any
- length necessary (up to 256 characters) and should be entered in the
- order in which you want each command to be processed.
-
- To get an idea of how this works, read the sample "DO.DAT"
- file which we have included with this package.
-