Before delving head first into the gory guts of the world of syntax and code examples, I wanted to give you some background on the MikePack packages, and why they exist.

MikePack started out as a group of a few loosely related 4D routines that I seemed to use in almost all of my projects.  I decided to set up a library of 4D routines that I could use from project to project.  That worked, but some of the routines were kind of slow.  Pascal came to the rescue.  I re-wrote all of the 4D library routines in Pascal, and had a set of 6 or 8 externals.

As I took on new projects, and new needs arose, this little grouping turned into over 100 routines in 6 separate packages!

I decided that these routines were certainly not "rocket science", they were simply faster, or easier ways to do things I was already doing in 4D.  That's why they're shareware, not commercial software.

I've broken the manual down into separate sections.  There's a table of contents, index, and one section of detail per package.  The routines are listed within their respective sections.

For each routine, there is a syntax explanation, a table describing parameter and return value usage, and a paragraph or two of how to use the command.  There's also a code example for most of the commands.

I hope that these routines save you time and effort in your 4D adventures, and that you can find new and inventive ways to use them.  The demo database simulates several pieces of general business routines, but hopefully you can devise even more creative methods of using MikePack!

Thanks for your interest and time!

Mike Jimenez
mjimenez@prubank.com

This has been converted from a MS Word document to Notebook Maker format by Owen Watson (owen@rsnz.govt.nz). See "MikePack as shareware" below for details of the individual packages.