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Subject: Re: Usable in Fritz 7, Shredder 6 and Hiarcs 7.32 also

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 06:29:39 05/17/02

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On May 17, 2002 at 06:30:15, Chessfun wrote:

>On May 17, 2002 at 04:25:27, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On May 16, 2002 at 13:11:30, Chris Taylor wrote:
>>
>>>This is just a guess, but it looks like the same format as Hiarcs 7 for dos.
>>>That being the case, it just might work in Haircs 7.  Then again......?
>>
>>You can use it Fritz 7 and Shredder 6 and Hiarcs 7.32 also.
>>
>>For Fritz and Shredder, use the same procedure as for Hiarcs 8.
>>
>>For Hiarcs 7.32:
>>
>>1. Copy the file h8.hbk into your root directory C:\ It will work nowhere else!
>>You can delete it afterwards.
>>
>>2. Start Hiarcs7.32 and create an empty book (Book - New Tree). Call it, say
>>H8.ctg
>>
>>3. Press Alt-Shift-G to start the conversion. You will get some "Internal
>>messages", ignore them, they are harmless.
>>
>>(didnt test this, but it should work)
>>
>>--
>>GCP
>
>
>
>Since those are the instructions for converting the original Hiarcs 7.32 book it
>should.
>
>Difference with Hiarcs 7.32 was adding another book like (General.ctg) to the
>process.
>
>>
>"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 nowherePeople who didn't understand how to create the Hiarcs 8 tournament book from the
>instructions would have had fun making the 7.32 book.
>

>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."
>
>Sarah.

"People who didn't understand how to create the Hiarcs 8 tournament book from
the instructions would have had fun making the 7.32 book."

Sarah, are you saying step one in creating the H8 OB should have been clear to
anyone, regardless if they had never done this procedure before?

Terry





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