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

Author: Terry Ripple

Date: 09:22:15 06/02/02

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On June 02, 2002 at 11:17:19, David Dahlem wrote:

>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
-----------
Hi Dave,
Thankyou for your reply. I believe my problem is that i need that service pack
that was presented last year from Chessbase for the H732

Regards,
Terry



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