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!Merge/!Help

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Using !Merge 
---------------

!Merge is a utility for maintaining and combining application or !System
directories.

From time to time, Acorn may release new modules or modify existing
applications to provide new or enhanced facilities. To ease the problems of
updating applications Acorn supplies the !Merge utility to manage this
process.

Startup the !Merge application by double clicking on it. A dialogue box
like this will appear:-

   +---------------------------------------------------+
   |                                                   |
   |                      +------------------------+   |
   |  Master application: |                        |   |  << Upper box
   |                      +------------------------+   |
   |                                                   |
   |                      +------------------------+   |
   |     New application: |                        |   |  << Lower box
   |                      +------------------------+   |
   |                                                   |
   |       Drag the original application into          |  << Messages
   |                 this window                       |
   |                                                   |
   +---------------------------------------------------+

Drag the master application to anywhere in the !Merge dialogue box. The
upper box (for the master application) should change to show a path name
containing your master application. You should now drag the application
which you wish to add to or consolidate with your master application. The
pathname for this will appear in the lower box. (If you use a purely floppy
based system you may have to change discs during this process. If there are
no problems the applications will be consolidated and the message
"Application updated" will appear. If there are problems, you should read
the error messages and take appropriate actions. The only common error
message you may see is "disc full" which should not occur if you are merging
onto a new disc. If you have additional files on the master disc you should
move them elsewhere.


If an error occurs !Merge will report "Update failed. Correct problem
then drag the ...". Once you have resolved the problem you can restart the 
merge process. 

When !Merge is finished you can quit the application either by menuing on
the !Merge window and selecting QUIT or by selecting the CLOSE (�) icon
on the window.
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*
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*
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*
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*
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*
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