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EXPORTS AND IMPORTS AUXILIARY FILES  ("Lite" version)

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  This package contains auxiliary files to allow EXTRACT to work with
  the monthly "US Exports of Merchandise" and "US Imports of Merchandise"
  CD-ROM discs.  This is a compact or "lite" version of the auxiliaries
  designed to require only limited hard disk space (130 kilobytes instead
  of 3.5 megabytes).  Relative to the regular version of these auxiliaries
  destributed in FTDAUX.EXE, FTDAUXEX.EXE, FTDAUXM1.EXE, and FTDAUXM2.EXE),
  the "lite" version relies on the commodity descriptions as they already
  exist on the CD-ROM rather than storing somewhat more readable versions on
  the hard disk.

  The consequences of using the "lite" version are noticed only when
  selecting records by commodity.  Commodity descriptions are shown
  upper-case only, and when selecting 10-digit commodities, the 2-, 4-,
  and 6-digit commodity hierarchy is not visible.  Display of the commodity
  menus is also much slower.  If you make only infrequent use of the imports
  and exports discs, this may be a reasonable tradeoff in order to save 3.4
  megabytes of hard disk space.
 
  The package contains the following files:

     FTD_READ.ME  [this text file]
     FTDAUXLT.EXE [auxiliary files for all Foreign Trade discs, compressed]

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** Installing these files for the first time **

1.  Create a new directory on your hard disk, and make this the current
    directory.  (Do not use a directory in use for other auxiliary files.)

       MD \FTDAUXIL                    <ENTER>
       CD \FTDAUXIL                    <ENTER>

2.  Uncompress the files onto your hard disk:

       a:FTDAUXLT              <ENTER>

    The FTDAUXLT.EXE file is a "self-extracting" archive that contain
    catalog, data dictionary and other auxiliary files which EXTRACT needs
    in order to select and display data from the Export and Import CD-ROMs.

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** Installing these files in place of previously installed auxiliaries **

1.  Erase the auxiliary files previously in your \FTDAUXIL directory

       CD\FTDAUXIL
       ERASE *.CT*
       ERASE *.D*
       ERASE *.NDX
       ERASE *.TXT

2.  Uncompress the new files onto your hard disk:

       a:FTDAUXLT

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** Starting EXTRACT to work with Export and Import files **

1.  Make the directory with EXTRACT.EXE in it the current directory:

       CD \EXTRACT                       <ENTER>

2.  Start the program.

       EXTRACT                           <ENTER>

3.  You will be asked to specify some drives and directories.  If your
    configuration includes a CD-ROM reader, you must specify a CD-ROM drive
    letter.  This is the letter you assigned when you first installed the
    reader; often, the reader is assigned the letter "L".  You also will be
    asked to specify a "work directory."  This is any directory on your hard
    disk (e.g., \WORK), which EXTRACT uses to store temporary files; be sure
    to create the directory before using it in EXTRACT!

    When the system asks for the location of auxiliary files, specify the
    subdirectory where you installed these files, e.g. c:\FTDAUXIL.

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** For More Information **

See the documentation, EXTRACT.DOC, available on Economic Census CD-ROMs or
compressed within EXTRCT13.EXE, available separately.

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