
DRS Explorer Documentation

DRS Explorer Version 1.1.98 - Age of Empires Data Resource (.DRS) Explorer Utility
Copyright (C) 1998 RoeBuck Software. All rights reserved.
Written by Daniel Roe, roebuc2@ibm.net
		       RoeBuck.Software@bigfoot.com
Posted to: AoE Heaven, http://age.gamestats.com/age/
	   Telecontar's AoE, http://age.gamesmania.com/
This program is freeware for Windows 95 and Windows 98.
Please e-mail me for bug reports, suggestions, and comments.

Age of Empires is a game by Microsoft and Ensemble Studios.
Windows is an operating system by Microsoft.
All trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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CONTENTS
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Introduction
(Un)Installation
Usage
Feedback and Support

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INTRODUCTION
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DRS Explorer is a Windows utility to make it easier to use Stoyan Ratchev's ex-
cellent DRSBUILD utility, documented in the file "drsbuild.txt".  DRS Explorer
supports everything that DRSBUILD can do: adding, replacing, deleting, and ex-
tracting files from data resource (*.drs) files.

I owe much to Stoyan Ratchev, whose DRSBUILD utility inspired me to write this
Windows application to simplify using that application.

This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED!  USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!  I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT THIS PROGRAM
DOES ON YOUR COMPUTER!

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(UN)INSTALLATION
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The original package is a zip file called "DRSXPLOR.ZIP", which contains the
setup program for DRS Explorer.  Extract the file(s) to a (preferably) empty folder
and run "drsxplor.exe" from there.  Setup will walk you through the installation
process.

If you wish to remove DRS Explorer, then click Start...Settings...Control Panel
...Add/Remove Programs.  Scroll through the list and double-click on the entry for
DRS Explorer.  Setup will walk you through the uninstallation process.

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USAGE
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DRS Explorer is a utility to allow people to use Windows, but access the func-
tionality of DRSBUILD, a DOS program.

To start this application, click Start...Programs...DRS Explorer and click the
DRS Explorer shortcut you will find there.  You can launch this readme file by
clicking "Readme" in the aforementioned group, or by selecting "View Readme" from
the Help menu of DRS Explorer.

First, click the "Select DRS File" button to select the .drs file you want to
perform transactions upon.  A classic Windows Open dialog box will appear.  The
default folder is "C:\Program Files\Age of Empires\data".  Use the normal steps
for selecting a file in Windows '95, and click "Open".  If you have selected the
wrong DRS file, or after the current transaction you wish to do another with a
different DRS file, you can click the button at any time.

Second, if you wish to add or replace a file within the DRS file from a file that
is located outside of the DRS file, you have previously selected, click the "Select
File" button below the "Select DRS File" button.  Select the file you wish to add
or replace.  Make sure this file has a name following the customary guidelines for 
DRS files like gra00002.slp (see "drsbuild.txt" in the folder you installed Data 
Explorer in for more detail or click "View DRSBUILD Readme" on the Help menu of Data
Explorer).  Then, simply click "Add/Replace File" or "Replace File", and the duty
corresponding to each respective button will be carried out.

To extract or delete a file that is already within the DRS file, click your mouse
inside the "File Name:" text box.  Then type in the filename (such as 
"gra00023.slp").  Such a filename may include the "?" character and the "*" char-
acter.  "?" represents one character of any kind, and "*" represents any number of
characters of any kind.  Then you can click delete to delete it from within the DRS
file.  To extract the file into the directory containing Data Explorer and DRSBUILD,
click "Extract File" with nothing in the "Extract to folder:" text box.  If you wish
to extract to a specific folder on your hard drive, type it in the "Extract to
folder:" box and then click "Extract File".

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FEEDBACK AND SUPPORT
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There is no guaranteed support with this product.  However, I will be glad to take
a look at your problems.  If you have any, send me an e-mail and I will see what 
I can do about it.

Please send your feedback and bug reports to me!  I am always glad to receive them,
and DRS Explorer 1.2 will be better for it.

Daniel Roe
RoeBuck Software
roebuc2@ibm.net
RoeBuck.Software@bigfoot.com