README FILE
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HDO2HDB 1.0
By Joshua Foster
(c)2002 JF Software
http://www.angelfire.com/la3/JFSoftware/helio
joshua_70448_2@ureach.com


Description
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HDO2HDB renames any HDO files in its directory to HDB.  This is VERY useful
when you do a hard reset (pushing the Power and Reset buttons on your Helio
and deleting all data).  When you re-sync your Helio, VSync will rename all of
your applications from APO to APP, but it won't touch your HDO's.  Rather than
using Windows Explorer to click each one and rename it, you could run this
program.


Files in this Package
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HDO2HDB.bas (2.31KB) - The HDO2HDB source code, in QBasic 4.0.
HDO2HDB.exe (51.6KB) - The HDO2HDB program.
readme.txt  (2.48KB) - This readme document.


Installing HDO2HDB
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Copy the HDO2HDB.exe program to your \Helio Desktop 2.0\1\Acc folder (or
wherever all of your HDO files live at).  This program MUST be where the HDO
files are, or it won't work.  Now, make a shortcut to the program (anywhere
you want).  The program will run much faster through a shortcut than DOS
prompt (I have no idea why; any ideas?).


Using HDO2HDB
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Double-click your HDO2HDB shortcut.  The main screen will appear, and
depending on what switches you use (see later in this section), the screen
will show different things.  However, if the program can't get a directory
listing, it will tell you and quit.  I can't quite get that bug out yet, but
I'm working on it (deleting the dirlst.tmp file might do it).  The program
usage is:

HDO2HDB [/c|/v]

No switches - Only the current and total file numbers will be shown.  Example:
Copying file 56 of 112...

/c - Confirms the copy of each file.  Press Y to confirm, any other key to
     skip.  Example:
Copying file 56 of 112...
Do you want to rename README.hdb? (Y/N)

/v - Each file will be listed, with the new filename and the current file
     number.  Example:
README  .hdo >> README  .hdo (File 56 of 112)


Known Bugs
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* The program will run much faster through a shortcut than DOS prompt (I have
  no idea why; any ideas?)
* Every HDB file will be converted to ALL CAPS.  I can't fix this, because
  that's what each file's DOS 8.3 filename is.
* Occasionally the program will quit saying that it is "Unable to retrieve
  directory listing!"  This happens when it can't open the file containing the
  contents of the directory, called dirlst.tmp.  Delete this file and try
  again.