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SeedMaster OLBWORDS.DOC
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ｺ Copyright (c) 1993 White Harvest Software, Inc. ｺ
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GENERAL
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In Online Bible combination databases, words are indexed across all
Bible texts. If a program wants to find out if a word is used only in
a given translation, it must read in all possible verses and check for
that word (slow).
Because SeedMaster displays more search verses at a time, and because
background verification of words in a particular text is impractical,
as a default, we do not verify the existance of a word in a given text
as Online Bible does.
As an alternative, we have provided the OLBWORDS.EXE program to create
a supplemental database SeedMaster can use to verify a word's existance
quickly. Two supplemental files are created. A .WDS and a .XRF file.
The prefix of the filename is the directory containing the Online Bible
TEXT.DAT file. For example, running OLBWORDS on C:\BIBLE\SCHOLAR
results in SCHOLAR.WDS (72606 bytes) and SCHOLAR.XRF (375943 bytes).
SeedMaster will look for these file in two places:
* The same directory as the TEXT.DAT file (PREFERRED). The default
operation of OLBWORDS creates the two supplemental files in the
same directory as TEXT.DAT. This is the preferred option, but is
not practical for CD-ROM implmentations.
* The directory where the SeedMaster OPTIONS.DAT file is stored.
This path support is included for CD-ROM implementations.
To create these files, OLBWORDS must search for each word, read in
every appropriate verse for that word, and search for the word in
each translation. As you can imagine, that process is time consuming.
On a 33MHz 386, this program takes about 2 hours to run on the SCHOLAR
pak, and takes about 450K RAM. You may wish to run it overnight.
NOTE
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If you have a Online Bible database with only one Bible text, there
is no reason to run OLBWORDS on it.
Also, the differences between particular translations is often very
slight, and you may find a benefit in searching across two or more
translations simulatneously. Therefore, you may be happy with the
standard features of SeedMaster searches and choose to not use
OLBWORDS at all.
WARNING!!!!!!!!
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OLB2SM is a utility program. We tested it and use it ourselves. We only
open OLB files in read-only mode, but there is no guarantee that the
program has not been corrupted in the Shareware process, and therefore
could perform unexpectedly. THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD BACK UP YOUR FILES
ON YOUR HARD DISK BEFORE RUNNING OLBWORDS. White Harvest Software, Inc.,
hereby disclaims all warranties on OLBWORDS and any responsibility for
any damages which may arise from its use or miss-use.
SYNTAX
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Simply type: OLBWORDS <Enter>
and OLBWORDS will provide the command syntax:
OLBWORDS [olbpath] [optpath]
Where:
[olbpath] = The path to the Online Bible directory containing
TEXT.DAT. Example: C:\BIBLE\SCHOLAR
[optpath] = An optional path for the new supplemental files.
NOTE: The [optpath] is intended only for CD-ROM based
Online Bible databases.
Example for a Standard Scholar Pak installation on a hard disk:
OLBWORDS C:\BIBLE\SCHOLAR
<Enter>
Revised 7/15/93