Here, you may download an Update of HORCOM8P to the newest state !

Or additional Place-Files for Europe ( see below ! )

The list of alterations of HORCOM8P,You can get with the following line :

If new items are present which may interest You,You may download an update with the following line :

Before doing this,it is advisable to

For the download please note the following points :

 - The update-file is named HORCUPZE.EXE

 - The update contains only the files which may have altered and is not executable  alone.
   First the bulk of the program must be present,which You get via line 5 of the menu at the homepage.

 - The update-file is self-expanding.You need no own zip-program !

 - For expanding after the download make a double-click at the HORCUPZE.EXE

 - First,You will be asked in which path the directory \HORCOM is positioned.
   For example : If \HORCOM is in the path  C:\PROGRAMS You write this in the edit-line.
   Please do not eventually write the word HORCOM in that line.

 - In the next dialogue, You then press expand resp. extract.

 Thereafter,You will have the new edition to Your disposition.In the headline of the HORCOM-menu You see the new date of edition.

 If the program does not start correctly after the update,You should look ,if in the allready present directory \HORCOM  has been created a second one.Then You should delete this second \HORCOM and repeat the above mentioned steps with naming the right path.

If You have displaced the original directory \HORCOM,You must enter the new path in installing the update and thereafter execute the program INSTALH.EXE.

About getting the full version of HORCOM8P,see line 6 of the menu at the homepage.

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Download of additional Place-Files for Europe :

With the following line,You may download additional Place-Files for europe ( ca. 445 000 places overall ) in HORCOM-Format.
The files are contained in a zipped,executable file,named \BIGFILES.EXE.
You need no own zip-program.
After download  ( time for download with modem up to 1/2 hour ! ),You start \BIGFILES.EXE with a doubleclick ( It generates a directory,named \BIGFILES ) :
The first dialogue which appears is only an ad from the Provider of the ZIP-program ( DATA-Becker , Germany ).
You quit this and will be asked in which path the file should be extrakted.

Here,You  enter the path of ..\HORCOM\SPEZ_ORT,so that after expansion,the directory \BIGFILES is positioned as :
..\HORCOM\SPEZ_ORT\BIGFILES.
This hierarchy should be maintained for optimal operation.

The big files contain also very small places and are therefore divided in groups of characters,where the first two characterize the country and the further the character-groups.
F.e. UK_A_K.INT are the names for United Kingdom,character A to K.

The list of Country-Codes after NIMA ( = National Imagery and Mapping Agency ,USA ) will be displayed below,if needed.

Registered users of the full version of HORCOM8P can order similar place-files for most countries  world-wide with ca. 2.2 millions of names on CD.

-  For this You send me an order via e-mail.
-  Before payment,wait until You have my confirmation of Your order via e-mail.
- Send EURO 30.- to my bank-account ( see below ).
- You get the CD within two weeks after my confirmation of Your order.
- If customs-tax is due.it's Your charge.

 My E-mail-adress :

robert.rettig.horcom@t-online.de