Refs 7.0

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6 October 1993



Introduction

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Refs is a program for creating browsing and maintaining academic

reference databases.  The program uses the common ASCII Unix refer file

format and so is compatible with Unix refer, and also bibliography programs

such as WinRefer.



Refs can also import data files in other formats, in an easily expandable

way.  Modules are supplied to read ISI and Medline files.



It is shareware, and the distribution should contain the following files:



        REFS.EXE        The program itself

        REFS.HLP        The help file

	REFS.INI	INI file

	TEST.REF	Example Unix refer data file

	IMPBIDS.DLL	BIDS (ISI) Import DLL

	IMPMED.DLL	Medline Import DLL

	IMPCHEM.DLL	Chemical Abstracts Import DLL

        BWCC.DLL        Borland's custom control library

        README.TXT      This file



The program will work with Windows 3.1 or higher.



Changes since Refs 6.32:

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Lots of them!  This is a major change, possibly the biggest in any release of

Refs.



* MDI Interface, and associated cut/paste between bibliography windows.  This has

  resulted in two new drop-down menus, Edit and Window.



* Edit form changed considerably:

   1) Journal title box is now a drop down combo box to allow storing of

      frequently used journal names

   2) New 'Ok and New' button, for rapid entry of multiple references.



* Bibliography menu removed (functions either moved elsewhere or are now

  obsolete).



* Bibliography now consolidated to a single window, with formatted and list

  display toggle.



* Many file menu options are now obsolete and have been removed (such as 'save

  displayed references').



* Various and sundry bugs fixed: Reference sorting, dialog behaviour and others.



* Bug in IMPMED.DLL fixed.  It doesn't ignore the abstract any more.  :-)



* New Chemical Abstracts DLL supplied by Mats Villi



Installation

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You will need PKUNZIP 2.04 or later to extract this file.



1. Copy the files REFS.HLP, REFS.EXE and TEST.REF into any directory.

   TEST.REF is merely an example data file and may be deleted.



2. Copy IMPBIDS.DLL and IMPMED.DLL to the same directory, or another directory

   on the path.  If you do not require these DLLs, delete them and remove their

   entries in REFS.INI.



3. Copy BWCC.DLL into your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.  If you have a more recent

   version already from another program, use that, and ignore this step.  Use

   File, Properties... in File Manager to find the date the file was created.



4. Copy REFS.INI into either your WINDOWS directory or the same directory as REFS.EXE

   This is important.  Certain parts of Refs will not work correctly if REFS.INI cannot be

   found, or is incomplete.



5. That's it.



Helpful suggestions, registrations and/or bug reports should be sent to:



tjrc1@cus.cam.ac.uk



T J R Cutts

194, Vinery Rd

Cambridge

CB2 3EJ

UK



The registration fee is 30 pounds sterling.  More details can be found in the

help file.