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OPEN

Version 1.00 · Hiroyuki Sekiya (v1.20 by Paulo Custodio)

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Description

OPEN will launch a built-in application when you specify a data filename as the program's command line parameter. You can use it to open a Database file with one action or to add data files to the Application Manager. Originally part of the software collection sold with the "HP200LX Software Bible" co-authored by Hiroyuki Sekiya and Hirotaka Hamada, published by Softbank, Tokyo, in April 1996 (ISBN4-89052-911-X). Now released as copyrighted freeware. New version fixes some bugs and adds some new features.

Technical details

File
open120.zip
Size
33.8 KB
Format
.zip
Year
1999
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
1999-04-20
Files inside
7
Author
Hiroyuki Sekiya (v1.20 by Paulo Custodio)
Path
anonftp/pub/open120.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 21.2 KB

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

  • OPEN.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 29.3 KB
  • SOPEN.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 12.5 KB

No need to put OPEN.TXT, OPEN.C, OPEN.JPN, RESOURCE.C, RESOURCE.H: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 21.2 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. Copy OPEN.EXE, SOPEN.EXE to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

It also needs 1

The manual mentions these files, which are in the archive:

The author's instructions 
[3] Installation

  Copy open.exe to a directory defined by PATH statement
  (a:\bin, for example).

Literal excerpt from OPEN.TXT, exactly as it came in the package.

Send to my palmtop

The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.

First time? How to connect the palmtop, step by step →

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