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HELP FOR KEYBOARD AND MOUSE NAVIGATION
(C) 1991-1993 Copyright by Mark E Cowan
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■ Moving and selecting a menu or an object in a dialog box
Keyboard Use the Arrow keys or the Tab key to move from one
menu or object in a dialog box to another
Use the Down arrow key or Enter key to pull down a
menu
Use the Enter key to execute an objects function
Use the Enter key to select an item in a List Box
Use the Ecape key exit a dialog box and the program
Mouse Move the cursor to the desired menu or object in a
dialog box and press the left mouse button to move from
one object in a dialog box to another
Double click on an object to execute that objects
function (push buttons)
Double click an item in a list box to select that item
■ Entering text in 'Edit' boxes
Use the standard editing keys for moving the cursor to the desired
position and enter the desired text
Pressing the INSERT key toggles between insert and over write mode
FILE MENU
■ Play Files
This will display a dialog box which will enable you to select and
play Create Labs Voice files (.voc) and CMF music files (.cmf)
When playing voice files, a dialog box will be displayed allowing
the file to be paused, continued, or stopped.
When playing music files, a dialog box will be displayed allowing
the file to be paused, continued, or stopped.
Also, there is a Clear button displayed. After pressing this
button, the current voice or music file being played is discontiued
and the file queue is cleared. This button is neccessary while
playing files in Loop mode to discontinue file playing from the
queue. You may obtain further help on playing files by selecting
the Help button or by pressing F1 key while the Play file dialog
is shown on the screen
■ Record Files
This will display a dialog box which will enable you to record
voice files (.voc)
■ Dos Gateway
This will bring you to the Dos Prompt, allowing you to run Dos
commands and programs. Type 'exit' to return to this program
■ About
A message box will display compile date information important when
reporting bugs
UTIL MENU
■ Card Status
A message box will display the Sound Blaster Card address found,
interrupt setting, and Voice Driver Version
HELP MENU
■ Help
Type F1 to quickly access help
■ Register
Select this to obtain information required to register this
program, and how to contact the author
■ Volume Controls
For Sound Blaster Pro and Sound Blaster 16 card owners, there
are volume controls for all channels. You can click on the up
or down arrows for raising or lowering the volume of each
channel. You can select a volume setting from 1 to 10.
You can also activate the desired arrow by using the Tab key,
and then press Enter to activate that control.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
Before running VBLASTER.EXE, make sure your environment
variables are setup. There are two variables, one points to
the directory of your main Sound Blaster programs, the other
sets up the port address, interrupt, DMA number, and the Sound
Blaster card type. VBLASTER uses the card type to determine
which voice driver to load if it cannot find the driver in the
directory specified by SOUND. Here is a description:
SOUND=C:\SBPRO
This specifies C:\SBPRO as main directory, then the directory
search for the CTVDSK.DRV is C:\SBPRO\DRV as dictated by
Creative Labs. Make sure this is set by your AUTOEXEC.BAT
file. You can type: SET at the Dos prompt to see all
environment variables.
The second environment variable specifies the I/O configuration
and card type. Here is an example:
BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T2
where: A - specifies the base I/O port used
I - specifies the interrupt request line
D - specifies the DMA channel
T - specifies the card type:
1 for SB 1.5
2 for SB Pro
3 for SB 2.0
4 for SB Pro 2.0
6 for SB 16
Make sure this is setup correctly for your card. It probably
is if you have a SB Pro or higher. If you have a SB 1.5 or SB
2.0, you will need to set this up in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file so
that you will not get the warning message at the beginning of
the VBLASTER screen every time. Use the above BLASTER=...
example, changine only the 220 for port address, 7 for the
interrupt, 1 for the DMA channel, and 2 for your card type.
Refer to your SB card manual to find out which card type you
have. You probably can use the above example changing only the
2 for the correct card type for your card. Here are some
examples, exactly as they should appear in AUTOEXEC.BAT
EXAMPLE CODE DESCRIPTION (do not include)
===================== ============================
BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T2 (for SB Pro)
BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T1 (for SB 1.5)
BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T3 (for SB 2.0)
The VBLASTER program uses the above environment variables to
first locate the CTVDSK.DRV voice driver. If the driver
cannot be located in the directory as dictated by the SOUND
environment variable (ie: (SOUND)\DRV), then VBLASTER will
load the appropriete VBLASTER.D?? for your sound card as
dictated by T? component of the BLASTER environment variable.
************************* NOTE *****************************
* NOTE: A bug was found in the CTVDSK.DRV driver that was
shipped with SB 16 cards. The included driver VBLASTER.D16
has this bug fixed. Generally, you may assume that your
CTVDSK.DRV driver is OK if it has a later date than 10/25/93.
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