BGASoft welcomes you to the shareware release of DirecTREE v1.0! This README file contains the following information: ---------------------------------------------------- OBTAINING A COPY OF THE MANUAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 GETTING STARTED (for users familiar with DOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 CONTENTS OF THE DirecTREE v1.0 SHAREWARE DISTRIBUTION DISKETTE . . . . . 3 WHAT TO DO IF YOUR ACAD.LSP FILE IS COMPILED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 WHAT TO DO IF YOU RECEIVE THE MESSAGE: "SHELL error: insufficient memory for command" . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SEND YOUR COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS DIRECTLY TO BGASoft. . . . . . . . . . . 6 DirecTREE v1.0 Shareware Comment Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 DirecTREE v1.0 README.NOW OBTAINING A COPY OF THE MANUAL After you have finished reading this file, make a printout of the "DTMANUAL.DOC" file which is located on your shareware distribution diskette. Turn your printer on and at the DOS prompt type: COPY DTMANUAL.DOC PRN NOTE: The manual contains pricing and ordering information. When you register the DirecTREE program, you will receive a professionally bound and printed manual; refer to the "Product Registration" section of DTMANUAL.DOC. DirecTREE v1.0 1 README.NOW GETTING STARTED (for users familiar with DOS) NOTE: You MUST use the installation program "DTINSTAL" to place all of the DirecTREE files into the proper subdirectories on your hard drive! Several new "custom" files will be created by the installation program. 1) Run the "DTINSTAL" program included with the shareware distribution package. 2) Run the "DTCONFIG" program which is now located in the DirecTREE subdirectory. 3) Reboot your computer to allow the changes to your DOS PATH to take effect. 4) Run the DirecTREE program by typing DTREE. (Press [F1] after the program loads up to see a list of the DirecTREE functions. A quick reference page is provided in the file "DTMANUAL.DOC" to help you get aquainted with the program.) 5) Use DirecTREE to quickly select and load a drawing file: a) Locate the Highlight Bar on the directory that contains the drawing file that you wish to load. i) Press [Alt][D] if you wish to change to a different drive. ii) Press [+] if you wish to change to the highlighted subdirectory. Press [-] to change to the parent directory. b) Press [Enter] to move the Highlight Bar over into the File Window. c) Locate the Highlight Bar on the file that you wish to load and Press [Enter] to "select" the highlighted drawing file. e) Press [Esc] (the Exit Window will appear) and press [Enter] to "Load AutoCAD". The AutoCAD program will automatically be executed. The Main Menu will appear on the screen as usual. You will not be placed into the drawing editor at this time, however, notice that the drawing file that you have just selected is supplied as the default. f) Edit the selected drawing file by choosing menu selection 2, press [Enter] to accept the default file name. The selected file will then be loaded into the drawing editor. NOTE: If you are running AutoCAD from a batch file, make sure the format of the command is "ACAD %1 %2", otherwise no file name will be supplied for the default. Also, be sure that there is a path to the DirecTREE subdirectory as well as to your AutoCAD subdirectory. You may also run the DirecTREE program from within the AutoCAD drawing editor by typing "DTREE" at the AutoCAD "Command:" prompt (if AutoLISP is enabled). This will allow you to quickly load a second drawing file without ever exiting from the AutoCAD program. DirecTREE v1.0 2 README.NOW CONTENTS OF THE DirecTREE v1.0 SHAREWARE DISTRIBUTION DISKETTE README.NOW - This File DTREE.BAT - Batch File to Run DirecTREE DRECTREE.EXE - The DirecTREE Executable File DTREEHLP.DAT - On-Line Help Support File DTREEHLP.TXT - On-Line Help Documentation File DTCONFIG.EXE - The DirecTREE Configuration Program DTCONFIG.DAT - Configuration Support File DTINSTAL.EXE - The DirecTREE Installation Program DTINSTAL.DAT - Installation Support File DTREE.FIL - Installation Support File DTMANUAL.DOC - The DirecTREE manual. DirecTREE v1.0 3 README.NOW WHAT TO DO IF YOUR ACAD.LSP FILE IS COMPILED If you are using AutoCAD Release 9 or greater: ---------------------------------------------- 1) Before you proceed, make a back up copy of your original ACAD.LSP file and safely store it away. (The ACAD.LSP file is located in your AutoCAD subdirectory.) 2) Change into your AutoCAD subdirectory. CD \ACAD (if your AutoCAD files are not located in the \ACAD subdirectory of the current drive, substitute "\ACAD" with the appropriate AutoCAD path name.) 3) Rename your ACAD.LSP file to AutoCAD.LSP REN ACAD.LSP AutoCAD.LSP 4) Rename the DTREE.LSP File to ACAD.LSP. REN DTREE.LSP ACAD.LSP 5) Use a text editor to add the line (load"AutoCAD") to the end of the ACAD.LSP file. If you are using AutoCAD release 9.0, you will receive the message "invalid character" after ACAD.LSP is loaded. This message can be ignored. If you are using AutoCAD Release 2.6 or lower: ---------------------------------------------- 1) Because the ACAD.LSP file (located in your AutoCAD subdirectory) is compiled, there is no way to define DirecTREE as an AutoCAD command. To execute the DirecTREE program from within the drawing editor, you must always run the DirecTREE program by first issuing the AutoCAD "SCRIPT" command. Then in response to the "Script File .. " prompt, type "DTREE". DirecTREE v1.0 4 README.NOW WHAT TO DO IF YOU RECEIVE THE MESSAGE: "SHELL error: insufficient memory for command" You will be required to modify your ACAD.PGP file which is located in your AutoCAD subdirectory. By default, the DirecTREE program instructs AutoCAD to set aside 250000 bytes of RAM to run the DirecTREE program. You must change this number to a value that your system will allow. 1) Exit completely from the AutoCAD drawing editor and use your text editor to call up the ACAD.PGP file. 2) Locate the line that reads: "DTREE,DrecTREE,*,250000,0" 3) Change this number from 250000 to 200000. Save the file so that the changes will be written to disk. After you have made this change, call up the AutoCAD drawing editor and attempt to run the DirecTREE program again. If you are still receiving the same error message, you must exit from the AutoCAD program again and reduce this number from 200000 to a minimum of approximately 156000. The File Viewing option will be slower when this number is set this low, however, this will not be a major inconvenience. If the problem is still not resolved, make sure that no memory resident programs have been loaded into memory. DirecTREE v1.0 5 README.NOW SEND YOUR COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS DIRECTLY TO BGASoft. We encourage you to make suggestions and comments about the DirecTREE program. If there are features that you believe would make this a better product, feel free to write to us, we will carefully examine each suggestion. Please fill out the form that is provided below. 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