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Subject: Re: Anyone know the procedure in adding the" improved" book to Hiarcs732

Author: pete

Date: 01:49:38 07/01/00

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On July 01, 2000 at 01:15:17, Terry Ripple wrote:

>On June 30, 2000 at 16:03:55, pete wrote:
>
>>On June 30, 2000 at 15:37:38, Terry Ripple wrote:
>>
>>>On June 30, 2000 at 14:59:30, pete wrote:
>>>
>>>>On June 30, 2000 at 12:57:26, Terry Ripple wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>There is a service pack to add to Hiarcs732 and they recommend adding it to
>>>>>Fritz's general book. This will then be used for Hiarcs732. Does this mean that
>>>>>you don't use the book that came with Hiarcs at all and that you are now using
>>>>>fritz's general book with the add on book for Hiarcs?
>>>>>
>>>>>Plus, it says that the add on book must be converted if the files of hiarcs are
>>>>>before July 99. How do you do this the proper way and then add this to the
>>>>>general book?
>>>>>
>>>>>Could i add this "add on book" to the Hiarcs book instead of Fritz's book?
>>>>>Confused, please help!
>>>>>
>>>>>Best regards,
>>>>>Terry
>>>>
>>>>Here is the readme : which part is the one you have problems with ? ( Then much
>>>>easier to answer .. )
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>By courtesy of Mark Uniacke and Eric Hallsworth, a clearly improved book has
>>>>been made available to Hiarcs732 users. There is no need to do the conversion if
>>>>the files on your CD are dated July 1999 or later.
>>>>
>>>>To create the new Hiarcs book, please do the following:
>>>>
>>>>0. Download the Hiarcs732 Service Pack and install it.
>>>>
>>>>1. Copy the file h732book.hbk into your root directory C:\\ It will work nowhere
>>>>else! You can delete it afterwards.
>>>>
>>>>2. Start Hiarcs732 and create an empty book (Book - New Tree). Call it, say
>>>>H732.ctg
>>>>
>>>>3. Press Alt-Shift-G to start the conversion. You will get some "Internal
>>>>messages", ignore them, they are harmless.
>>>>
>>>>4. Create a tree of strong modern grandmaster games. Taking the General.ctg book
>>>>of Fritz5.32 is a good choice.
>>>>
>>>>5. Right-click in the book window of the grandmaster tree and call "Weed Tree"
>>>>with the default parameters.
>>>>
>>>>6. Call "Import Tree" to import H732.ctg (created under 2 and 3) into
>>>>General.ctg.
>>>>
>>>>7. General.ctg is now your new Hiarcs732 book.
>>>
>>>Hi Pete,
>>>This is exactly what i performed as instructed:
>>>
>>>1.I downloaded the service pack into a file that i have marked as downloads in
>>>my c:\\
>>>2.There is now a zipped file that i unzipped that went into a file marked
>>>unzipped on my c:\\
>>>This now became two files: H732book.hbk and a readme file
>>>3.I then started Hiarcs and created an empty book and called it H732.ctg
>>>4.I now hit save which saved it in Hiarcs folder but should i have made a
>>>seperate folder under Hiarcs for this? It shouldn't matter i believe!
>>>5.Then a empty book tree appeared and i proceeded to the next step:
>>>6.I pressed Alt,Shift and then G and also clicked all the keys at once but
>>>nothing happens!
>>>So this is where i stopped,can you help me from here?
>>> Best regards,
>>>Terry
>>
>>Hi Terry ,
>>
>>I understand your problem now much better ; in fact you are right : the
>>instructions aren't clear here .
>>
>>The problem is in fact _before_ you started with the books :-)
>>
>>The "service pack " and the " new book " are two different things ; you need to
>>install the "service pack " to be able to install the new book I think .
>>
>>The update is at http://www.chessbase.com/Support/index.htm and is called
>>Hiarcs7.32 ( Oct 99 , 1,5 MB ) ; this is the "service pack" ; download it to any
>>place on your computer , doubleclick on it and then it will install .
>>
>>After that you should try the Alt-Shift-G with your new book ( empty ) and the
>>hiarcs.hbk copied to C:\ again .
>>
>>If this doesn't work , just ask again :-)
>>
>>pete
>
>Hi Pete,
>I installed the service pack and still this problem exists! I would really like
>to know the right keys to press on step #3 as the other guy says that he
>believes there was a misprint on the proper keys to press on this step.I hope
>someone can shed some light on this subject.
>
>Waiting for help,
>Regards,
>Terry

Hi Terry ,

I am puzzled .

I just tried it again to verify .

I copied the file H732.hbk out of the zip-file to C:\\

Created an empty tree under Hiarcs7.32 in the Hiarcs-folder called test.ctg.

Pressed ALT-SHIFT-G and it works without problems ( means translation starts ) .

You should press ALT and hold it , SHIFT and hold it and then g and the
conversion starts . ( SHIFT is the key you use to write uppercase ) .

At the moment I have no further idea what could cause the problems you
experience.

regards.

pete



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