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    ³ THE ROBOCOMM REGISTRATION  AGREEMENT  DOES  NOT ALLOW MULTIPLE ³
    ³ USERS TO USE ROBOCOMM!!!   However,  for those  of  you  whose ³
    ³ spouse or children are using YOUR registered copy of ROBOCOMM, ³
    ³ Dan  Parsons  has  chosen  to  permit  this  without  charging ³
    ³ additional registration fees.                                  ³
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If you would  like  "separate"  ROBOCOMM  programs,   "separate" BBS lists,
"separate" AGENDAS OR "separate"  AVAILABLE/DOWNLOADED  FILE  LISTS,   this
message explains the BEST way to do it!!!

For ALL those ROBOCOMM users that have sought a solution for multiple users
or multiple databases, here is the solution as explained by Dan Parsons via
a recent telephone conversation:

From  your  main  ROBOCOMM  directory create "subdirectories" with distinct
names (ie.  ROBOHIS, ROBOHERS, ROBOPRVT, ROBO-1, ROBO-2, ROBO-3 or whatever
names you choose).

Now  after the desired directories have been made,  COPY ONLY THE FOLLOWING
FILES into EACH of the newly created directories:

 *.DBV        (all .DBV files)
 *.DBF        (all .DBF files)
 ROBOCOMM.MEM
 ROBOFONT.VGA
 COLOURS.DEF
 ROBOUSR.DEF  (registration KEY)

Once THESE files have been moved into EACH of the NEW DIRECTORIES,  you may
then  DELETE  each  of  them from the main ROBOCOMM directory.   ALSO,  you
should DELETE ALL .NTX and .FTS files as they will be re-created in each of
the new directories.   LEAVE ALL OTHER FILES in the main ROBOCOMM directory
so that they remain as "common  files" and are available to EACH subsequent
ROBOCOMM program run.

MAKE  SURE  THAT  YOUR  ROBOCOMM  DIRECTORY  HAS  BEEN  ADDED  TO YOUR PATH
STATEMENT WITHIN YOUR AUTOEXEC.BAT!!!  (ie.  PATH=C:\ROBOCOMM)

NEXT...  create batch files to execute ROBOCOMM from WITHIN each of the NEW
SUBdirectories that you have created.  It is VERY IMPORTANT to use the FULL
PATHNAME for executing ROBOCOMM (ie. C:\ROBOCOMM\ROBOCOMM.EXE).

Here are SAMPLE batch files that for ROBOHIS and ROBOHERS:

  This BATCH file is in the           This BATCH file is in the
  C:\ROBOCOMM\ROBOHIS directory.      C:\ROBOCOMM\ROBOHERS directory.
  
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  ³ ROBOHIS.BAT              ³        ³  ROBOHERS.BAT             ³
  ³                          ³        ³                           ³
  ³ @echo off                ³        ³  @echo off                ³
  ³ cls                      ³        ³  cls                      ³
  ³ cd c:\robocomm\robohis   ³        ³  cd c:\robocomm\robohers  ³
  ³ c:\robocomm\robocomm.exe ³        ³  c:\robocomm\robocomm.exe ³
  ³ cd c:\robocomm           ³        ³  cd c:\robocomm           ³
  ³ cls                      ³        ³  cls                      ³
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After running either of these BATCH files for the FIRST time, ROBOCOMM will
ask if there is  "ANOTHER  COPY  of  ROBOCOMM  CURRENTLY  RUNNING  IN  THIS
DIRECTORY" and you should SELECT "NO"!!!  This is because ROBOCOMM needs to
rebuild all the .NTX and .FTS files that it requires.

I  have  THREE  directories running THREE "separate" ROBOCOMM programs this
way and it works great!!!

And  thats it!!!   GOOD LUCK!!!