ProBoard uses different files than RA to store the file area and message area configurations. Therefore, to run any of your RA utilities that use the files CONFIG.RA, FILES.RA or MESSAGES.RA you must first run a conversion program to create compatible versions of these files. Which conversion you need to run depends on which version of RA the utility you want to run was written for.

Use the CONVERT utility (Supplied with PB_220.ZIP) to create the following files from your ProBoard system files.

  FILES.RA
  MESSAGES.RA
  CONFIG.RA

If the utility you want to run was written for RA v1.1x then you need to run “CONVERT SIMUL1”. If the utility you want to run was written for RA v2.xx then you need to run “CONVERT SIMUL2”.

The CONVERT SIMUL<x> routine will place these files in the directory where you run CONVERT SIMUL<x> from. We strongly suggest running it from your ProBoard system directory (usually C:\PB).

You must run this conversion before you attempt to use your favorite RA utilities. Since it is possible for the wrong version of the files CONVERT SIMUL<x> creates to be present from an earlier conversion we suggest running CONVERT SIMUL<x> from a batch file each time you call a utility that needs these files. An example is as follows:

CONVERT SIMUL2 run RA 2.xx utility here…

later…

CONVERT SIMUL1 run RA 1.1x utility here…

You should run the correct “CONVERT SIMUL<x>” each time before you run one of your RA utilities.

Option: When running CONVERT SIMUL<x>, you can specify the “-U” parameter (CONVERT SIMUL<x> -U). This will allow CONVERT to create up to 10,000 file areas in FILES.RA instead of the first 200 only.