Short Readme for MAKEMAP.EXE          (C) 2003 Johannes Postel - Freeware


 MAKEMAP.EXE is a tool for Ruben Spaan's "Chip's Challnege MAPMAKER".
 Although MapMaker offers many different varieties of creating a level map,
 it is sometimes a bit complicated to handle and does not support creating
 several maps at one time.

 MAKEMAP will present you a dialog form for comfortable inputting your
 preferences of your maps.

 REQUIREMENTS:  The ONLY version of MapMaker supported by MAKEMAP is 2.2
                The program will perform a CRC to ensure that an unmodified
                program file MAPMAKER.EXE of version 2.2 is in use. On
                detecting any other or modified version of MapMaker, the
                program will cancel.
		The WWW offers many sources for downloading the unmodified
		version 2.2 - just seek them using a common search engine.

		Furthermore, the file MAPMAKER.BMP and the level set to read
		from must be located in MAKEMAP's directory.

 KNOWN LIMITATIONS: Because it is written in assembly language, the program
		has no full error handling. If you input a level file that
		does not exist, the program will abort. If you choose to
		map out more than one level and enter a starting number
		larger than the end number, the program will continue asking
		for map properties but will not produce any map. The program
		would either have been unnecessarily larger in size or
		presented a bad layout had I programmed a repetition loop to
		handle bogus inputs. Therefore, it's the responsibility of
		the user to provide correct data.

 NOTES:		- Before loading the dialog, the program checks the existance
		  of MAPMAKER.EXE and MAPMAKER.BMP. If one or both files
		  are missing, the program cancels.
		- A CRC is performed both on MAPMAKER.EXE and MAPMAKER.BMP.
		  If the CRC of MAPMAKER.EXE does not match, the program
		  cancels. If it fails for MAPMAKER.BMP, the program will
		  ask you whether to continue anyway.
		- MAKEMAP is entirely written in assembly language. Therefore,
		  it should run on any MS-DOS compatible system or in a
		  emulator box of Windows XP at a reasonable speed.
		- You may alter the name of the output file only if just one
		  level is to be mapped out. Otherwise, MAKEMAP uses the scheme
		  LEVEL???.BMP.
		- Please note that MAKEMAPS is only possible because of MAPMAKER
		  written by Ruben Spaans. I would like to thank him for his
		  excellent work and make clear that MAKEMAP (hopefully) 
		  simplifies MAPMAKER's use, but does not enlarge ist's
		  functions and abilities.

 CONTACTING THE AUTOR: If you want to tell me something about MAKEMAP, just
		write an eMail to  makemap@pigsgrame.de