NO YES Do you have a hard disk Do you want to copy the files anyway Screen attribute installation not successful! Insert dBXL distribution disk into drive Copying files into This does not appear to be the correct disk. Checking for CONFIG.SYS was altered. The original CONFIG.SYS is in CONFIG.OLD. CONFIG.SYS was not altered. The current contents of CONFIG.SYS are The dBXL Installation Program Press any key to continue... CONFIG.SYS is too big. Error seeking in config file. Error writing in config file. bytes written. Enter for This INSTALL program performs three functions which prepare your
computer to run dBXL: 1. INSTALL checks your computer's memory specifications (in your
CONFIG.SYS file) and creates or modifies them as necessary. 2. If your computer has a hard disk, INSTALL copies dBXL's files
from the distribution disks onto your hard disk. 3. INSTALL invokes dBXL's SETUP program. You do not have to run the INSTALL program. To install dBXL yourself: 1. Modify your CONFIG.SYS file to include the lines:
FILES = 20
BUFFERS = 22
and then reboot your system. 2. If your computer has a hard disk, copy the files on the dBXL
distribution disks into a single directory. 3. If your computer is not 100%% IBM PC-compatible or if you want
to set other dBXL parameters, run SETUP. If these instructions seem clear to you, feel free to quit the INSTALL
program and install dBXL yourself. Press Q to quit or any other key to continue... HARDDISK From which drive does DOS boot (ENTER for C:) ? FLOPPYDISK From which floppy drive do you want to copy dBXL's files (ENTER
for A:) ? CONFIGMARK CONFIG.SYS, a file that specifies the organization of your
computer's memory, must be checked (and altered if necessary) to
ensure dBXL's proper execution. Before altering an existing CONFIG.SYS
file, INSTALL makes a backup copy of it called CONFIG.OLD. PLACEDISKS1 dBXL distribution disk 4 must be in drive A for INSTALL to check
CONFIG.SYS. Double check this and press any key to continue... PLACEDISKS2 Your DOS boot disk must be in drive A: and your dBXL
distribution disk 4 in drive B: for INSTALL to conduct its check
of CONFIG.SYS. Make sure your DOS disk does not have a protect tab
on. Double check this and press any key to continue. PLACEDISKS3 No CONFIG.SYS file was found on your DOS disk. Install is now
copying the sample CONFIG.SYS provided on the distribution disk
onto your DOS disk. PLACEDISKS4 No CONFIG.SYS file was found on your hard disk's root directory.
Install is now copying the sample CONFIG.SYS provided on the
distribution disk onto your hard disk's root directory. COPYDBXL On which hard disk drive do you want to copy dBXL (Enter for C:) ? In which directory do you want to copy the dBXL files (ENTER for \DBXL) ? Unable to create directory, try again! Install error, returning to DOS prompt, to allow you to
identify and correct any errors that may have caused this
problem. Common causes include full disk, or disk drive
malfunction. If you are using a network, double check that
your assigned user clearance allows the creation of files.
After checking for problems, repeat this program to complete
the installation process. HARDREBOOT1 You are now ready to begin using dBXL. Restart your computer by
pressing Ctrl, Alt, and Del simultaneously. When the DOS prompt
appears, change to the dBXL directory. Once in the new directory,
enter "DBXL". dBXL will begin running. FLOPPYREBOOT1 You are now ready to begin using dBXL. Insert your DOS disk in
the A drive and the first copy of your dBXL backup disks in the B
drive.Then restart your computer by pressing Ctrl, Alt, and Del
simultaneously. When the DOS prompt appears, enter "b:" to log
on to drive B. Once on drive B, enter "dBXL". dBXL will begin
running. HARDREBOOT2 You are now ready to begin using dBXL. After this INSTALL program
terminates and the DOS prompt returns, enter "dBXL" to start running
dBXL." FLOPPYREBOOT2 You are now ready to begin using dBXL. Insert disk 1 of your dBXL
backup disks into drive B, and disk 2 into drive A.
Press any key when ready. After this INSTALL program terminates and the DOS prompt returns,
enter "dBXL" to start running dBXL. DBXLSETUP NO YES black blue green cyan red magenta brown white foreground background double single first second third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth eleventh Right Arrow Left Arrow End Home Ins Del Up Arrow Down Arrow Ctrl-Home Ctrl-End Ctrl-Pg Up Ctrl-Pg Dn Ctrl-Left Arrow Ctrl-Right Arrow Shift-tab Pg Up Pg Dn F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 Alt-A Alt-C Alt-D Alt-E Alt-F Alt-G Alt-I Alt-K Alt-L Alt-M Alt-P Alt-U Alt-J Alt-S Alt-R Alt-+ Alt-- top left corner top right corner bottom left corner bottom right corner horizontal line vertical line bold on underline on blink on all text attributes off Did you observe any snow Do you want to use interrupt 10 for screen handling Will you be using dBXL on a color monitor Do you want to enter characters for drawing frames Is this correct Change Do you want to install dBXL for your keyboard Do you want to save the information you have entered Does DBXL.EXE reside on the current directory and drive escape sequence to get ready to accept color character sequence to lead in foreground color character sequence to delimit foreground and background color or to lead in background color character sequence to end color escape sequence The following refers to frame characters for a box with lines ASCII code for a character Quit Return to Previous Menu Select menu option Configure for MS-DOS PC (not complete IBM PC compatible) Configure for IBM PC (or complete IBM PC compatibles) Set screen size (for any PC) Help on using SETUP Change Screen Length Change Screen Width Do you want to see and enter numeric information in decimal form (Y/n) ? (If you enter 'N', hexadecimal will be used.) screen length screen width Current is Input new value New value is USER DEFINED Modify General Screen Attributes Modify Screen Scrolling Modify Text Attributes Modify Color Modify Frame Characters Modify Keys Press any key to continue. cursor addressing sequence Enter the escape sequence for addressing the cursor reverse video escape sequence standard video escape sequence escape sequence to clear the screen escape sequence to delete to end of line You may enter at most bytes Enter byte Press the dBXL cannot read this value .. please use a different key color parameter for escape sequence to lead in text attributes escape sequence to delimit text attributes escape sequence to end text attributes character sequence for turning Installing attributes for the Enter menu option scan code for key Error opening Error reading Error writing Error seeking in Searching .... please wait is not found in try again Please enter the drive from which DOS boots. Press RETURN for C: dBXL SETUP Main Menu User Defined MS-DOS Menu Screen Size Menu Color Menu Turn Color On Turn Color Off MS-DOS menu The dBXL Customization Program Version What SETUP Does A Word about SETUP Questions Color turned off. Position Offset Value SETUP prepares your computer to run dBXL by allowing you to customize
various screen and keyboard attributes. If you have an IBM PC or 100%% IBM PC-compatible computer, you do not
have to run SETUP, although you can if you wish to customize video and
keyboard attributes. If you have a computer that is not 100%% IBM PC-compatible, SETUP must
obtain information from you about your computer. After some SETUP questions, you are given a choice of responses in
parentheses, as in: Do you want to install dBXL for your keyboard (Y/n)? Press Y for yes or N for no, followed by ENTER. Notice that the Y is
capitalized. A capitalized letter in parentheses is the default, the
answer that is accepted unless you indicate otherwise. You can indicate
the default answer by simply pressing ENTER. If you are not sure how to answer a SETUP question, don't worry. The
default answer is almost always the best one. And, you can always go
back and change your answer if you make a mistake. INTERRUPT10 dBXL normally writes directly to video display memory to
create screen displays. Optionally, dBXL can use interrupt
10 for screen displays. Some systems that are IBM-
compatible in every other respect can only create screen
displays using interrupt 10. (Systems in this category
include those manufactured by Convergent Technologies and those
distributed by NCR and Burroughs.) In addition, some dBASE
utilities (such as Saywhat?!) and some operating systems
(such as MultiLink) require interrupt 10 screen handling. Screen displays form more slowly using interrupt 10 than
using direct screen writing. For best performance, you
should NOT use interrupt 10 for screen displays. To determine if your display screen generates "snow", watch for a
static like flickering during the following test. Snow is common
on many monitors and testing for it in no way harms your system.
Please watch the screen. Press any key to begin the test. Conducting snow test. Snow may be eliminated by inserting the line RETRACE = ON in the
CONFIG.XL file. However, this slows the generation of
new screen displays while using dBXL. Do you wish to eliminate snow by having this program alter
CONFIG.XL (Y/n)? DIRECTORY Press RETURN if DBXL.EXE resides on C:\dBXL. Otherwise enter the complete
drive and directory where DBXL.EXE is located NOTCOMPATIBLE DBXL.EXE not compatible with this version of the INSTALL program. MACHINEMENU dBXL must know your computer's video display and keyboard attributes
in order to correctly display screen output. To define these attributes,
enter the number corresponding to your computer from the list above.
(If your computer is not listed, enter 16 to define these attributes
manually. You will need your terminal's reference manual to answer
the questions that follow). APRICOT To use dBXL with some Apricots, you must install dBXL with
"replacement" function keys; the Apricot's own function keys
cannot be used by dBXL. When using an Apricot and installing
the function keys with this installation program, remember
to press a key combination other than the function key
itself. (This is most important for the F1 and F10 keys,
which are used extensively in dBXL's HELP and INTRO
systems.) INT10 Although not 100%% IBM-compatible, some machines support certain IBM
features such as the use of interrupt 10. If the machine you are
installing supports an IBM-compatible interrupt 10, dBXL can use
this interrupt to provide faster screen scrolling. Does your machine support an IBM-compatible interrupt 10 Does the screen scroll when a character is written to the bottom right
corner of the screen ESCAPESEQUENCES In the escape sequence that you have just entered, the row and column
coordinates always occupy a certain position. The first part of
the next question asks for the location of this information in the escape
sequence. Enter the sequence position that contains the column number,
counting the first byte of the sequence as 0. Enter the sequence position which contains the row number,
counting the first byte of the sequence as 0. Enter the constant offset for row and column. ATTRIBUTES The escape sequence format for setting text attributes is as follows: Ld P1 Delim P2 Delim ... Pn End where: Ld is 1 or more numbers which lead in this escape sequence.
P1 ... Pn can be 1 or more numbers that are the parameters of text
attributes being sent.
Delim is a delimiter that separates the attribute parameters.
End is 0 or more numbers that indicate the end of this escape
sequence. Now, enter attribute parameters for the escape sequence defined above. COLOR The following is the escape sequence format for setting color: Ld Fg Delim Bg End where : Ld is 1 or more numbers that lead in this escape sequence.
Fg can be 1 or more numbers that represent the foreground
color parameter to be sent.
Delim is a delimiter that separates the foreground and background color
parameters. In some machines, Delim is the lead-in for background
color. In this case, Fg must end with the End of foreground
color, and Bg must end with the End of background color.
Bg that can be 1 or more numbers that represent the background
color parameter to be sent.
End is 0 or more numbers that indicate the end of this escape sequence. Please describe your machine's escape sequences for setting screen color. If your machine doesn't support any one of the following sequences, make
sure that the particular entry is null if it is not already so. Do this by
answering 'y' to Change (y/N)?, and pressing ENTER when prompted
for the first number. Some screen drivers require an escape sequence to be sent
before they are ready to accept color escape sequences, e.g., Apricot F1.
However, most machines do not operate this way. If such an escape
sequence cannot be found in your machine's technical manual, press
ENTER after the following question. Some machines, such as the TI PC, require (or allow) text
and color attributes in the same escape sequence. Other
machines do not. Does your machine require (or allow) these
attributes in the same escape sequence FRAMES Some machines have special graphics characters for outlining boxes.
The following questions require input of the ASCII values for such
characters. If no such graphic characters exist, enter the ASCII
value of the characters you would like to form the frame. The following refers to additional single line box drawing characters. ASCII code for a single down-joint character (an upside down T). Enter the ASCII code for a single up-joint character (a right-side up T). Enter the ASCII code for a single cross-joint character (a cross). ASKCURSOR dBXL can be installed to recognize the function, alternate,
and cursor control ("arrow") keys of your keyboard. For most
systems, this step is optional. However, for systems not
having standard function keys (such as those manufactured by
Apricot), you must answer Y to the following question and
install alternative keys. SAVECURSOR Do you want dBXL's default cursor key information to be
the cursor key information you just entered (y/N)? If
you answer Y, the next time you run SETUP, the cursor
key information you just entered will display as the default. KEYBOARD In this section, you will be asked to press certain keys
from the keyboard. This program records your keystrokes and
installs dBXL to recognize them. When using dBXL's HELP and INTRO systems, you must use the F1 and F10
function keys extensively. However, some computers do not have function
keys that dBXL can recognize. In these cases, you must "teach" dBXL to
recognize alternative keys. For example, in this installation program, you
might press Ctrl-1 when asked to press F1, thereby defining the Ctrl-1
combination to represent F1. Then, when you need to press F1 in dBXL, you
can press Ctrl-1 instead. dBXL does not recognize the cursor keys on some computers,
such as those manufactured by Apricot. If you press a cursor
control key that dBXL is unable to recognize, dBXL will indicate
to you that you pressed an unusable key and give you an
opportunity to specify another key. You can then
define another key to be used in place of that cursor key. For example, you might choose Ctrl-9 to represent the
left arrow cursor control key. Then, when you need to
move the cursor to the left in dBXL, you can press Ctrl-9
instead of the left arrow. You can use dBXL even if you do
not install it to recognize alternative keys, because the
default cursor controls are Ctrl-S (left), Ctrl-D (right),
Ctrl-E (up), and Ctrl-X (down). Important note: If you choose a new key combination to
represent one of the keys, make sure you note and remember
that key combination. If you forget the key(s) you have
installed dBXL to recognize, you will be unable to use that
key with dBXL and will have to reinstall it. Also, you should choose keys that have not yet been reserved for some
special purpose by dBXL. For example, Ctrl-W is normally used by dBXL
to save an edit. A list of reserved keys may be found in the keyboard
section of the dBXL's help system or in Chapter 5 of the dBXL's manual. In the following installation sequence, when prompted for a
key, enter the key combination you want to use to represent
that key. For most computers, press the key that is asked
for, i.e., if asked for F10, press F10. If you wish to use
another key or key combination to represent that key, press the
key or key combination instead of the requested key. If you install
dBXL, and it does not seem to recognize the newly installed keys,
re-run this program, and enter alternative key combinations.
