0.5  HUT2EDIT.EXE Information  {03/28/07 edit}
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IGM Utility:  Village Hut Player Database Editor

This utility program was created by Donald Tidmore.
HUT2Edit is based upon the Chasware LPEdit utility.

Status:  v1.00 was officially released on Aug. 14th, 2007,
	using the HUT220.ZIP and HUT2ED10.ZIP distribution archives.

Compile Date:  August 13, 2007.

This program is dedicated to Ken Davis and Seth Able Robinson.

The Village Hut IGM and Hut2edit utility programs are
officially released as of Aug. 14th, 2007.  Distribution
of the IGM's two distribution archives will be done on
Aug. 15th, 2007.
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Section 1:  HUT2EDIT Program Usage Notes:
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  Note:  For access to revise the LORD Player Number field,
  use the command HUT2EDIT /DEBUG to run the Player Database
  Editor utility.  ** READ the Warning about this event's
  usage before using it!!  **
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  Use only the HUT2EDIT files that are inside HUT2ED10.ZIP
  or HUT220.ZIP.  All references to hut2edit.zip inside
  this file are applicable to the HUT2ED10.ZIP official
  release distribution archive file.
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  ** Obtain copy of the hut2edit.zip archive. Primary
     distribution sources are my Castle Camelot, Camelot
     LordNews FDN web-sites.  Along with the BBS Archives
     web-site and the Fidotel BBS's LORD archives files area.

     See hut2edit.zip for documentation files updates that I
     periodically post to the Castle Camelot web-site.

     While program is in beta development, contact me for
     the latest IGM archives via email.
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  1) The first time you run the utility, it will ask you for
     the path to the Village Hut IGM directory.  Type it in,
     and press ENTER to exit the dialog box prompt. The
     HUT2EDIT.CFG file will be created in that directory.

  2) HUT2EDIT has only one screen of data.  It shows database
     fields in the order they are listed in the player database
     record structure (usually).  Each value, with one exception,
     may be set to any value that is valid for it.  The LORD
     Player Number field is display-only.  That is because I
     don't see any valid reason to allow users to fiddle around
     the LORD Player Number field.

     NOTES:   HUT.EXE is the ONLY program that is normally
     allowed to alter a player record's Player Number field, in
     regards to The Village Hut IGM.

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     Exception:  If the utility is run using the /DEBUG parameter,
     then the user is allowed to modify the value of the LORD
     Player Number.

     The user *MUST* use extreme caution in doing *ANY* changes
     to this field while using the HUT2EDIT.EXE utility.

     Do *NOT* mess with the LORD Player Number variable's value
     UNLESS YOU KNOW ABSOLUTELY that it is invalid.  Use either
     DOS LORD's LORDCFG.EXE Player Database Editor or my Chasware
     LPEdit v1.40 utility to obtain the correct values *BEFORE*
     you try to change this IGM database stat's value.

     The IGM uses very specific program code in its IGM
     Maintenance process for correcting an invalid LORD Player
     Number stat's value.  Use HUT2EDIT to do so *ONLY* if you
     are ABSOLUTELY sure that you know what you are doing!!!
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  3) When you exit HUT2EDIT, it will resave the HUTPLAY.DAT
     file so that any changes you made will be accessible to
     the IGM.

Note: Even if you just view records in HUT2EDIT, without
    changing a single value, the editor utility will still
    resave the HUTPLAY.DAT file when you exit.  The program
    has no way to know if the user changed values in the
    records or not.

           End of Notes for HUT2EDIT usage.
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Section 2:  HUT2EDIT VERSIONS HISTORY:
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	 HUT2EDIT v1.00:  Officially released on Aug. 14th, 2007.
	 Usage: v1.00 is ONLY for use with The Village Hut v2.20.

	 This program is not usable with Ken Davis's 1997 v2.00
	 IGM, or with its RTE200 patch update version.
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Section 3:  HUT2EDIT DEVELOPMENT NOTES:
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	 -- Initial Development cycle started on Feb. 09. 2006.
	 -- Primary development stage ended on Aug. 13, 2007. (v1.00)

	 -- Uses Player Database structure revised on March 02nd, 2006.

	 -- It uses only the HUTPLAY.DAT and HUT2EDIT.CFG data files.
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Section 4:  The Village Hut IGM Files Distribution:
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  HUT2EDIT v1.00 download links:
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  http://www.filegate.net/camelot/lordfile/hut2ed10.zip
  http://camelot.legendarydragons.com/Lordapps/hut2ed10.zip
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  Beta download links:
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  http://camelot.legendarydragons.com/IGM-Beta/hut2edit.zip
  -- Only contains the HUT2EDIT.* files.

  http://camelot.legendarydragons.com/IGM-Beta/hut-work.zip
  -- Primary IGM distribution archive.

End of HUT2EDIT.TXT Section.
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Source code distribution notes:  Added 08/13/07
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If you wish to see all of the Pascal source code files used
by The Village Hut programs, you may download the igm's
source code archive from the Castle Camelot web-site.

http://camelot.legendarydragons.com/IGM-Code/hut-code.zip

You are granted viewing rights only to these Pascal source
code files.  No one is allowed to use the source code files
on their own without my explicit permission, with the exception
of their usage to make similar LORD programs of your very own.
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Notes: The modified DDIGM tool-kit source code unit files used
by this IGM are inside the hut-src2.zip archive, which is
inside hut-code.zip.  You are welcome to use them, as long
as you recognize that they belong to the tool-kit's creator.

The TechnoJock's Gold Toolkit, which is no longer supported or
available for purchase online, is used to make HUT2EDIT.  If
you wish to use my set of TPU files for it, let me know.  Just
be aware that its authors are not available for technical
support or product purchase/registration.
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The Village Hut Files Copyright Information:
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HUT.EXE:      Copyright 1995-1997, 1998-2005 by Ken Davis.
              Copyright 2005-2007 by Donald Tidmore.

HUTCFG2.EXE:  Copyright 2005-2007 by Donald Tidmore.

HUT2EDIT.EXE: Copyright 2006-2007 by Donald Tidmore.

HUT2EDIT.TXT was created on Feb. 17, 2006.

Revised on:   August 14, 2007 at 11:50 pm.

