This is a Database of general and touristic Informations about China, accessable through the Information Management System "VCBOOK" VCBOOK-Features ============== VCBOOK is a Windows/Windows 95 Multimedia, Data Base Aplication. It combines the conventional book structure with Multimedia and Data base techniques. Through this combination, the students can conveniently and easily access and find contents and topics in the data base. Also the contents are presented very clearly. Important keywords are emphasized through an outstanding text style. With hypertext, hyperlink students can also check relavant topics through a simple click. About the Data base =================== This database summarizes the most important informations about China, its geography, people, goverment, economy, communication, education etc. Included are 31 districts(Municipalities, Provinces, Autonomous Regions, Taiwan, Hongkong and Macao). Numerous touring spots are also described in this database. Up to 70 maps of Municipalities, Provinces, Autonomous Regions and major cities are supplied. Installation ============ Download chninfo.exe. Put it in a separate directory like C:\Chninfo and then run it under DOS. After that you can run the vcbook.exe unter windows. To run vcbook.exe under windows, start windows file manager, change to the directory where you installed chninfo before and double click vcbook.exe. chninfo2.exe contains the maps. We recommend you use this information too while reading the text information. To use maps, please download chninfo2.exe and put it in the same directory as above. Run chninfo2.exe under DOS. This will replace chninfo.mmd file. chninfo2.exe can be found on ftp site: ftp.ifcss.org under pub/software/ms-win/edu Good luck ! If you have questions or suggestions, please contact us. Thank you for using. !!!!! VCBOOK is also a very good tool to make information databases, i.e. for electronic magazines. We would be very pleasant to help converting your electronic magazines (or other informations) into databases, so that its user can access them more quickly and conveniently. ********************************************************************* Ingenieurbuero Dr. Gao Tel: +49 89 - 743 9334 Fax: +49 89 - 743 9041 Email: 100527,2504@compuserve.com *********************************************************************