Msg: 5007 *Conference*

03-13-94 08:28:09

From: RICHARD HANSON

To : CHRIS BARNES

Subj: REPLY TO MSG #5006 (SPLCHK.BA)

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Yes Chris, I know exactly what's going on.  You downloaded the .BA program file
but did not download the .DO documentation file.  Also, the short description
information accompaning the library file listings prove helpful.  The following
is from the (1)Text listing in the library.

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 SPLCHK.BA       1771    (08-26-91)
 SPLCHK.DO       1948    (08-26-91)

A spell checker written in Basic for the M100/102 or M200 and POWR-D or TS-DOS
(with DOS ON), you must have DCPREP.100 or DCPREP.200 to prepare a text file.
One advantage of SPLCHK.BA over SPELL2.CO (even though it's slower) is that you
can have more than one dictionary disks.
                                                                               
 DCPREP.100      5558    (08-26-91)
 DCPREP.200      4499    (08-26-91)
 DCPREP.DOC      1369    (08-26-91)

Prepares a text file for SPLCHK.BA, you must save the file to tape or disk
before using DCPREP as it strips and sorts the file into a word list. 

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As you can see, this is quite a program--and you have to build your own
dictionary disks and prepair them for use.  So, when it asked you to insert a
disk, it was asking for one that you're previously prepaired.  The error
message simply indicates that you either did not insert a disk or that the disk
you did insert was not properly prepaired, or that you are not using TS-DOS
with the DOS-ON feature turned on.  These are all important steps.

Hope this helps.  At your service... -Rick-