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

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 08:17:19 06/02/02

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On June 02, 2002 at 11:09:18, Terry Ripple wrote:

>On June 02, 2002 at 09:29:28, David Dahlem wrote:
>
>>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
>----------
>Hi Dave,
>I tried this and it won't work! I emailed you with more information what i did.
>
>Best regards,
>Terry

Hi Terry
As i said in my reply to your email, it worked for me, and other users too,
using these exact directions. I also no longer have the earlier service pack,
since i was using a different computer, which is in computer heaven now. :-)
Regards
Dave



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