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Subject: Re: Is it possible to convert H8 HBK book file into H7.32 interface

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 06:29:28 06/02/02

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On June 02, 2002 at 09:27:05, David Dahlem wrote:

>On June 02, 2002 at 03:54:58, Terry Ripple wrote:
>
>>I have H7.32 and was wondering if i downloaded the H8 tournament book update
>>which i already did and i seen that it's in HBK format and was wondering why it
>>don't convert like when i downloaded the service pack last year for the H7.32
>>and it was an HBK file just like this one for H8 and it converted great. Do i
>>need the H8 interface to convert this HBK file?
>>
>>Note: I placed the HBK file in the "C" directory just like i did to convert the
>>HBK file for H7.32
>>
>>Regards,
>>Terry
>
>I converted the H8 Tournament book to .ctg format in H732 using the old
>instructions. Below are the instructions i used.
><quote>
>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.
><unquote>
>
>Regards
>Dave

I forgot to say the H8 tournament book will have to be renamed to h732book.hbk.
Regards
Dave



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