This is the PDS*BASE Data Base System  
Utility Program.  It will allow you    
to create BASIC programs to print      
mailing labels, to export and import   
PDS*BASE data to and from standard     
ASCII files.                           
                                       
This program is is Shareware.  Please  
register for continued use.            
                                       
  Copyright 1987 By PRO DEV Software   
          545 Grover Road              
        Muskegon, MI  49442            
                                       
                                       
                                       
  The next screen is the Help Menu.    
          Main Help Menu               
 A = Set Your Hardware Defaults        
 B = Define/ReDefine Label Program     
 C = Generate Label Printing Program   
 D = Define Mail Merge/Export/Import   
 E = Generate Mail-Merge Program       
 F = Generate Data Base Blanking Prog  
 G = Generate File Export Program      
 H = Generate File Import Program      
 I = Modify Or Resize Data Base Files  
 J = Disk Directory & Free Space       
 K = Delete/Rename Disk File           
 L = Print Utility Instruction Manual  
 M = Print Any ASCII Disk File         
          Labels Sub-Menu              
                                       
You probably did not have to Setup the 
hardware defaults with the Setup Sub-  
Menu, as you should put the program in 
the same hard disk sub-directory or you
should have copied the PDSBSE.CFG file 
to the floppy disk containing this     
program.  Thus, you should be ready to 
define and create the BASIC language   
programs covered by this Sub-Menu.     
                                       
The Define/Modify Label Program Sub-   
Menu will allow you to define a Label  
Definition File (with an .LDF file name
extender) that will contain the Data   
Base file and field numbers for the    
fields that are to be printed on your  
labels.                                
                                       
Highlight the Define/Modify Sub-Menu   
selection with the cursor arrows and   
press Enter.                           
                                       
As the PDSUTIL.EXE program needs to    
know the data base definition, it is   
necessary to type the data base .DEF   
definition file name.  As the .DEF file
name(s) are shown, you can highlight   
the desired .DEF file name and press   
Enter.                                 
                                       
You need to type the name of the new   
Label Definition File and press Enter. 
If you wish to modify an existing LDF  
file, the existing file names are shown
so that you can highlight the desired  
file with the cursor keys and press    
Enter.                                 
                                       
At this point, you will see the screen 
where you enter the data file number   
and field numbers for each label row to
be printed on the labels.  When you are
finished entering the file and field   
numbers, press the F2 key.             
                                       
You can have several (up to 40) fields 
on EACH label row.  As you enter the   
data file and field numbers for each   
label row field, you can press the PgUp
and PgDn keys to review or change label
row file and field numbers.            
                                       
For each label row field, you can type 
optional header and trailer characters 
that are to be printed ahead of or     
behind each label row field.  This     
is how you tell the label printing     
program that you wish blank spaces or  
other characters between label row     
fields.  For example, you should enter 
a comma and a space after the label row
field for the City.  Be sure that the  
optional Header and Trailer characters 
are enclosed within quote marks.       
                                       
To enter data for the next label row,  
press the down arrow cursor key.  You  
can enter data for up to 8 label rows. 
                                       
You can use the up and down arrows to  
move between rows and the PgUp and PgDn
keys to move between fields in a row.  
                                       
Press the F2 key when you are finished 
defining or re-defining a Label        
Definition File (LDF).                 
                                       
At this time you can specify the sort  
formula for the program that will be   
generated from this definition.  If you
are going to modify the sort formula,  
you should understand both the BASIC   
language and have read-up on this      
feature in Section 4.2 of the manual   
that you printed from the PDS*BASE Data
Base PDSBASE.DOC file. Press Enter when
you are finished with the sort formula.
                                       
If you were modifying a previous LDF,  
you can re-name it by typing a new LDF 
file name or you can overwrite the old 
version.                               
                                       
  Generate The Label Printing Program  
                                       
Highlight the Generate Label Program   
Sub-Menu selection with the cursor     
arrows and press Enter.                
                                       
As the PDSUTIL.EXE program needs to    
know the data base definition, it is   
necessary to type the data base .DEF   
definition file name.  As the .DEF file
name(s) are shown, you can highlight   
the desired .DEF file name and press   
Enter.                                 
                                       
You need to type the name of the old   
Label Definition File and press Enter  
so that the PDSUTIL.EXE program will   
know which definition to use.  The     
existing LDF file names are shown so   
that you can highlight the desired file
with the cursor keys and press Enter.  
                                       
The PDSUTIL.EXE program will soon write
a BASIC language program for you.  It  
will be tailored to the LDF file that  
you have defined.  Type the name of the
program to be generated.               
                                       
Use up to 8 letters and/or numbers to  
make up your program name. Consult your
DOS manual for legal file name         
characters. If you use bad characters, 
this program will CRASH!               
                                       
If you wish to reuse one of the BASIC  
program names that may be shown        
presently on the screen, use the cursor
keys to highlight the existing file    
name and press Enter. If you do reuse  
a name already on the disk, you will be
asked if you wish to over write the    
existing file by that name.            
                                       
There are many different label stocks. 
Some are one label across and others   
are 2 or 3 labels across the printed   
page.  Further, the height and width of
the labels can vary.  The PDSUTIL.EXE  
program has loaded a special file named
LABLSIZE.TYP that contains information 
about a variety of stocks.             
                                       
If you know the stock number you wish  
to have your generated program use as  
the default, type in the number and    
press Enter.  If you wish to see the   
available choices, press the Space Bar 
to show each choice.  Press Enter when 
the desired choice is displayed.       
                                       
The generated program will load the    
LABLSIZE.TYP file so that a last minute
decision can be made when running the  
generated program.  You are just       
picking the default label stock number 
at this time.                          
                                       
At this time, you will be asked if the 
file names used by the generated BASIC 
program should include drive letters.  
                                       
This is a rather important question if 
there is room for all of the files on 1
floppy disk or you are using a hard    
disk. You may wish to run the programs 
on various drives where you set the DOS
default drive prior to running the     
programs. If this is the case, you do  
not want the programs to look for the  
data base files in a fixed drive       
letter. If this is the case, Answer N. 
                                       
However, if your DOS default drive is  
A: or C:, etc., but the data files will
always be in drive B:, then you will   
answer Y. This may be required if you  
are on a Local Area Network and your   
programs are running from the DOS      
default of K: and you have linked drive
letter F: to the location on the LAN   
that contains your data files. These   
drive letters are just for example.    
                                       
       End Of Generated Program        
                                       
You are about to cause the PDSUTIL.EXE 
program to write a BASIC language prog-
ram for you.  When you RUN this program
and then the program ends, where do you
want to end up?                        
                                       
   M = RUN the menu program MENU.BAS   
       that will allow you to run other
       BASIC programs or return to the 
       DOS prompt.                     
                                       
   B = Return to the BASIC Ok prompt.  
       Then you will have to type      
       RUN"progname to run another     
       program or type SYSTEM to return
       to the DOS prompt.              
                                       
   D = Return to the DOS prompt.       
                                       
Define/Modify Mail Merge/Import/Export 
            Definition                 
                                       
The Define/Modify Mail Merge Program   
Sub-Menu will allow you to define a    
Mail Merge/Export/Import program       
Definition File (with an .MDF file name
extender) that will contain the Data   
Base file and field numbers for the    
fields that are to be printed to a disk
file to be used for a Mail Merge file  
with your word processor or for an     
input file to another data base system 
or spreadsheet program.                
                                       
The same .MDF file is used to generate 
a program to Import data from a comma  
delimited ASCII file to a PDS*BASE Data
Base file.  The comma delimited file   
can be one produced by another data    
base system or spreadsheet program.    
                                       
Highlight the Define/Modify Mail Merge 
Sub-Menu selection with the cursor     
arrows and press Enter.                
                                       
As the PDSUTIL.EXE program needs to    
know the data base definition, it is   
necessary to type the data base .DEF   
definition file name.  As the .DEF file
name(s) are shown, you can highlight   
the desired .DEF file name and press   
Enter.                                 
                                       
You need to type the name of the new   
Mail Merge Definition File and press   
Enter.  So that you can modify an      
existing .MDF file, the existing file  
names are shown so that you can        
highlight the desired file with the    
cursor keys and press Enter.           
                                       
At this point, you will see the screen 
where you enter the data file number   
and field number for each field that   
you wish to export or "print" to a disk
file.  Use the PgDn and PgUp keys to   
move to defined fields so that you can 
view and/or make changes.              
                                       
Press the F2 key when you are finished 
defining or re-defining a Mail Merge   
Definition File (MDF).                 
                                       
At this time you can specify the sort  
formula for the program that will be   
generated from this definition.  If you
are going to modify the sort formula,  
you should understand both the BASIC   
language and have read-up on this      
feature in Section 4.2 of the manual   
that you printed from the PDS*BASE Data
Base PDSBASE.DOC file. Press Enter when
you are finished with the sort formula.
                                       
If you were modifying a previous MDF,  
you can re-name it by typing a new MDF 
file name or you can overwrite the old 
version.                               
                                       
    Generate The Mail Merge Program    
                                       
Highlight the Generate Mail Merge Pro- 
gram Sub-Menu selection with the cursor
arrows and press Enter.                
                                       
As the PDSUTIL.EXE program needs to    
know the data base definition, it is   
necessary to type the data base .DEF   
definition file name.  As the .DEF file
name(s) are shown, you can highlight   
the desired .DEF file name and press   
Enter.                                 
                                       
You need to type the name of the old   
Mail Merge Definition File and press   
Enter so that the PDSUTIL.EXE program  
will know which definition to use.  The
existing MDF file names are shown so   
that you can highlight the desired file
with the cursor keys and press Enter.  
                                       
The PDSUTIL.EXE program will soon write
a BASIC language program for you.  It  
will be tailored to the MDF file that  
you have defined.  Type the name of the
program to be generated.               
                                       
Use up to 8 letters and/or numbers to  
make up your program name. Consult your
DOS manual for legal file name         
characters. If you use bad characters, 
this program will CRASH!               
                                       
If you wish to reuse one of the BASIC  
program names that may be shown        
presently on the screen, use the cursor
keys to highlight the existing file    
name and press Enter. If you do reuse  
a name already on the disk, you will be
asked if you wish to over write the    
existing file by that name.            
                                       
At this time, you will be asked if the 
file names used by the generated BASIC 
program should include drive letters.  
If your files are on a hard disk you   
should probably answer N.  If you have 
the data files on a drive other than   
DOS default drive, answer Y.           
                                       
You are about to cause the PDSUTIL.EXE 
program to write a BASIC language      
program for you.  When you RUN this    
program and then the program ends,     
where do you want to end up?  M=Return 
to the MENU.BAS program, B=leave you at
the BASIC Ok prompt and D=Return to the
DOS prompt.                            
                                       
                                       
      Generate DB Blanking Program     
                                       
Although, the PDSBASE.EXE program will 
create the blank data base files, you  
may be writing programs for someone    
else that does not have the PDS*BASE   
program disks.  Thus, you wish to have 
a BASIC program that can create blank  
PDS*BASE Data Base files at any time.  
                                       
Highlight the Generate DB Banking Pro- 
gram Sub-Menu selection with the cursor
arrows and press Enter.                
                                       
As the PDSUTIL.EXE program needs to    
know the data base definition, it is   
necessary to type the data base .DEF   
definition file name.  As the .DEF file
name(s) are shown, you can highlight   
the desired .DEF file name and press   
Enter.                                 
                                       
The PDSUTIL.EXE program will soon write
a BASIC language program for you.  It  
will be tailored to the DEF File for   
your Data Base.  Type the name of the  
program to be generated.               
                                       
Use up to 8 letters and/or numbers to  
make up your program name. Consult your
DOS manual for legal file name         
characters. If you use bad characters, 
this program will CRASH!               
                                       
If you wish to reuse one of the BASIC  
program names that may be shown        
presently on the screen, use the cursor
keys to highlight the existing file    
name and press Enter. If you do reuse  
a name already on the disk, you will be
asked if you wish to over write the    
existing file by that name.            
                                       
As blanking out data base files will   
destroy any data in an existing data   
base file, you will want to Password   
the generated BASIC program.  This is  
the time that you can specify the      
actual password.  Type in your desired 
password and press Enter.  The password
will be included in the generated BASIC
program as an encrypted string to      
prevent a casual LISTing of the program
from revealing the password.           
                                       
At this time, you will be asked if the 
file names used by the generated BASIC 
program should include drive letters.  
If your files are on a hard disk you   
should probably answer N.  If you have 
the data files on a drive other than   
DOS default drive, answer Y.           
                                       
You are about to cause the PDSUTIL.EXE 
program to write a BASIC language      
program for you.  When you RUN this    
program and then the program ends,     
where do you want to end up?  M=Return 
to the MENU.BAS program, B=leave you at
the BASIC Ok prompt and D=Return to the
DOS prompt.                            
                                       
     Generate File Export Program      
                                       
Highlight the Generate File Export Pro-
gram Sub-Menu selection with the cursor
arrows and press Enter.                
                                       
As the PDSUTIL.EXE program needs to    
know the data base definition, it is   
necessary to type the data base .DEF   
definition file name.  As the .DEF file
name(s) are shown, you can highlight   
the desired .DEF file name and press   
Enter.                                 
                                       
The PDSUTIL.EXE program will soon write
a BASIC language program for you.  It  
will be tailored to the MDF file for   
the Data Base fields that you wish to  
have written to a disk file.  Type the 
name of the program to be generated.   
                                       
                                       
Use up to 8 letters and/or numbers to  
make up your program name. Consult your
DOS manual for legal file name         
characters. If you use bad characters, 
this program will CRASH!               
                                       
If you wish to reuse one of the BASIC  
program names that may be shown        
presently on the screen, use the cursor
keys to highlight the existing file    
name and press Enter. If you do reuse  
a name already on the disk, you will be
asked if you wish to over write the    
existing file by that name.            
                                       
At this time, you will be asked if the 
file names used by the generated BASIC 
program should include drive letters.  
If your files are on a hard disk you   
should probably answer N.  If you have 
the data files on a drive other than   
DOS default drive, answer Y.           
                                       
You are about to cause the PDSUTIL.EXE 
program to write a BASIC language      
program for you.  When you RUN this    
program and then the program ends,     
where do you want to end up?  M=Return 
to the MENU.BAS program, B=leave you at
the BASIC Ok prompt and D=Return to the
DOS prompt.                            
                                       
     Generate File Import Program      
                                       
Highlight the Generate File Import Pro-
gram Sub-Menu selection with the cursor
arrows and press Enter.                
                                       
As the PDSUTIL.EXE program needs to    
know the data base definition, it is   
necessary to type the data base .DEF   
definition file name.  As the .DEF file
name(s) are shown, you can highlight   
the desired .DEF file name and press   
Enter.                                 
                                       
You are about to have the PDSUTIL.EXE  
program write a BASIC language program 
for you. It will be tailored to the MDF
file for the Data Base fields that you 
wish to import or read from an external
comma delimited file and have placed   
into a PDS*BASE Data Base file.  Type  
the name of the BASIC program to be    
generated.                             
                                       
Use up to 8 letters and/or numbers to  
make up your program name. Consult your
DOS manual for legal file name         
characters. If you use bad characters, 
this program will CRASH!               
                                       
If you wish to reuse one of the BASIC  
program names that may be shown        
presently on the screen, use the cursor
keys to highlight the existing file    
name and press Enter. If you do reuse  
a name already on the disk, you will be
asked if you wish to over write the    
existing file by that name.            
                                       
At this time, you will be asked if the 
file names used by the generated BASIC 
program should include drive letters.  
If your files are on a hard disk you   
should probably answer N.  If you have 
the data files on a drive other than   
DOS default drive, answer Y.           
                                       
You are about to cause the PDSUTIL.EXE 
program to write a BASIC language      
program for you.  When you RUN this    
program and then the program ends,     
where do you want to end up?  M=Return 
to the MENU.BAS program, B=leave you at
the BASIC Ok prompt and D=Return to the
DOS prompt.                            
                                       
           Resize Sub-Menu             
                                       
You desire to add, delete or resize    
fields, add files or change the maximum
number of records in a PDS*BASE  Data  
Base file(s).                          
                                       
Prior to selecting this Sub-Menu you   
must use the PDSBASE.EXE program to    
create a second (modified) data base   
DEFinition file.  You MUST use a       
different DEFinition file name, for the
revision, so that you will have 2 DEF  
files - One for the original data base 
DEFinition, and 1 for the new data base
DEFinition.                            
                                       
DON'T JUST MODIFY THE DEFINITION - THAT
DOES NOT MODIFY THE STRUCTURE OF THE   
ACTUAL DATA FILES.  You are going to   
generate 2 programs that will create   
the the NEW blank files and COPY each  
record from the old file to the new    
file via a temporary "clone" file.     
                                       
Highlight Load Old .DEF File and press 
Enter.  The existing DEFinition files  
will be shown.  Use the cursor keys to 
highlight the OLD DEFinition file name 
and press Enter.                       
                                       
Highlight Load New .DEF File and press 
Enter.  The existing DEFinition files  
will be shown.  Use the cursor keys to 
highlight the NEW DEFinition file name 
and press Enter.  Both files will be   
loaded into the PDSUTIL.EXE program and
all differences will be calculated.    
                                       
When you re-DEFined the data base, you 
MUST reuse file and field names for the
new DEFinition for those files and     
fields that are still used in the new  
DEFinition.  If you use different      
file or field names, the resizing      
programs will assume that they are new 
files or fields.  Names that are NOT in
the new DEFinition will be deleted by  
the resizing programs.                 
                                       
You can reuse a field name (spelled the
same way) and change the size or type  
of the field.  Care must be taken if   
you change from a non-DATE field to a  
DATE field, as you must be sure the    
dashes appear in the 3rd and 6th       
positions in the new file.             
                                       
Highlight the Generate Resize Program  
Sub-Menu and press Enter.  Two programs
(PDS-OUT.BAS and PDS-IN.BAS) will be   
generated for you.  You can change     
these default program names if you     
wish to use different names.           
                                       
You will NOT be asked if you wish to   
have the generated programs use drive  
letters on the file names.  You will be
asked for the file letter when you run 
the generated resizing programs.       
                                       
You are about to cause the PDSUTIL.EXE 
program to write two BASIC language    
programs for you.  When you RUN these  
programs and then the programs end,    
where do you want to end up?  M=Return 
to the MENU.BAS program, B=leave you at
the BASIC Ok prompt and D=Return to the
DOS prompt.                            
                                       
           Set-Up Sub-Menu             
                                       
You have probably already defined your 
hardware defaults with the             
PDSBASE.EXE program.  This program can 
reuse the same Set-Up values.  If you  
place this program in the same hard    
disk sub-directory or copy the existing
PDSBASE.CFG file to this disk, you can 
reuse the defaults.  If necessary,     
define the defaults now.               
                                       
Use the "Save New Set-Up Values" sub-  
menu option so you won't have to do    
this again.                            
                                       
The "Color Graphics Adapter" sub-menu  
option allows you to let this program  
know if you have a Color Graphics      
Adapter (CGA/EGA) card. If you do,     
highlight this option, press Return to 
select the option and press the Y key. 
                                       
You may have a CGA card and a single   
color monitor - still press the Y key  
so this program will know how to show  
the cursor. If you have an EGA card,   
press the Y key.                       
                                       
If you do not have a CGA or EGA card,  
press the N key.                       
                                       
The "Color Monitor" sub-menu option    
allows you to indicate if you have a   
color monitor. Highlight this sub-menu 
option, press Return to select and     
press the Y key to indicate color. If  
you have a single color monitor (amber 
or green, etc.) press the N key.       
                                       
The "Drive A: Num of Bytes" sub-menu   
option is so this program knows what   
kind of disk drive you have. Highlight 
this sub-menu option with the cursor   
keys and press Return. Type in the     
number of bytes and press Return.      
                                       
If you don't know how many bytes your  
disk drive will contain, FORMAT a fresh
disk in that drive. Consult your DOS   
manual for how to format a disk. When  
the FORMAT program is finished, you    
will see the number of bytes free.     
                                       
The "Drive B: Num of Bytes" sub-menu   
option is so this program knows what   
kind of disk drive you have. Highlight 
this sub-menu option with the cursor   
keys and press Return. Type in the     
number of bytes and press Return.      
                                       
The "Is Hard Disk Present" sub-menu    
option will show a default of "Y" if   
you do have a hard disk (assuming that 
the PDSBASE.CFG file was created on    
your computer). You may wish to change 
the default to N if you are preparing  
data base systems to run on non-hard   
disk computers for someone else.       
                                       
To change the default, highlight the   
sub-menu option with the cursor keys   
and press Return to select this sub-   
menu option. Then press the Y or N key.
                                       
The "Printer Action Table" sub-menu    
option is so you can tell this program 
what printer you have. If you highlight
this sub-menu option with the cursor   
keys and press Return, you will see the
list of available .PAT files. Again,   
use the cursor keys to select your     
printer and then press Return.         
                                       
If you don't see your printer name, see
Appendix D of the PDS*BASE Instruction 
Manual for how you can create a new PAT
file for your printer. If you are      
creating BASIC programs for someone    
else, select the .PAT file for their   
printer. Be sure to select yours if you
are going to print the Utility Manual. 
                                       
                                       
The "Work Files Drive & Path" sub-menu 
is selected by highlighting it with the
cursor keys and pressing Return.       
                                       
If you have a 2 floppy disk drive      
computer, type "B:\"  (without the     
quotes) and press Return. If you have a
hard disk, you may desire to have the  
data base, definition and BASIC program
files in a sub-directory different from
the DOS default sub-directory where the
PDS*BASE system files are located.     
                                       
Enter the full drive and path with a   
trailing back slash and press Return.  
                                       
The "Save New Set-Up Values" option    
is so you don't have to provide the    
options every time you run the PDSBASE 
program. After entering your defaults, 
highlight this sub-menu option with the
cursor keys and press Return, Then,    
press the Y key. The new defaults will 
be saved to a file named PDSBASE.CFG.  
                                       
This file is read by both the          
PDSBASE.EXE and PDSUTIL.EXE programs   
when they are run.                     
            Tools Sub-Menu             
                                       
This sub-menu gives you several handy  
options to organize your disks and to  
print the Utility documentation. If    
you need to copy or move files while in
this program, I recommend that you     
obtain and register a copy of the      
Shareware "FileFriend" memory resident 
utility. Most Shareware distributors   
and many bulletin boards carry the     
ColePro FileFriend system.             
                                       
The "Disk Directory" sub-menu will show
you the names of the files on any drive
on your system. Highlight this sub-menu
with the cursor keys and press Return. 
You will be asked for the letter of the
desired drive. The current DOS default 
drive will be shown. Press Return for  
the default or press the desired drive 
letter key.                            
                                       
WARNING - This option works best if the
DOS COMMAND.COM file is present. If you
do not have a hard disk, try to have   
the COMMAND.COM file on the disk in    
drive A. Don't panic if you do not have
COMMAND.COM on the disk, the file names
may scroll off the screen if the quan- 
tity of files is large.                
                                       
The "Disk Free Space" sub-menu is handy
if you are planning to create a new    
data base or report definition file.   
You can highlight this selection with  
the cursor keys and press Return. If   
the number of bytes is low, you may    
wish to use another disk before you    
create a new file.                     
                                       
You will be asked for the letter of the
desired drive. The current DOS default 
drive will be shown. Press Return for  
the default or press the desired drive 
letter key to see the bytes free.      
                                       
The "Delete File" sub-menu option will 
be selected when you highlight the sub-
menu with the cursor keys and press    
Return. Type the full file name, with  
drive letter, colon (and path if the   
file is in another sub-directory) and  
press Enter. You will be asked to      
confirm the deletion.                  
                                       
The "Rename File" sub-menu option is   
selected by highlighting it with the   
cursor keys and pressing Return. Type  
the full file name, with drive letter, 
colon (and path if the file is in      
another sub-directory) and press Enter.
                                       
You will then be asked for the new file
name for the selected file.            
                                       
The "Print Utility Manual" sub-menu is 
selected by highlighting it with the   
cursor keys and pressing Return. This  
is better than using the DOS command   
COPY PDSUTIL.DOC PRN as this sub-menu  
option adds 7 spaces as a left margin. 
If you have previously specified a     
default Printer Action Table that has a
Near Letter Quality value, you will be 
asked if you wish to print Near Letter 
Quality. Answer Y for NLQ. This slows  
down most printers, but you really     
should do the best job possible when   
printing my beautiful manual. (Don't   
get sick). Press N for draft quality.  
                                       
During the printing, you can press the 
Esc key to stop printing.              
                                       
The "Print ASCII File" sub-menu (select
with cursor keys and press Enter) will 
allow you to print any ASCII or text   
type of file. You will be asked for the
full path and file name. If you wished 
to print (for example) a file you have 
created named TERRFIC.PDS on the B disk
drive, type B:TERRFIC.PDS and press    
Return. Press Esc to stop printing.    
                                       
             Quit Sub-Menu             
                                       
Highlight the Quit Menu, press the down
arrow cursor key to highlight Yes and  
press Enter.                           
Be sure that the disk with the desired 
DEFinition is in the Work Files Drive. 
The DEFinition file is not in the Work 
Files Drive (and Path if you are using 
a hard disk).  Check the file name     
spelling or that you have inserted the 
correct disk.                          
Any existing Label Definition File     
names are shown on the screen.  You can
use the cursor arrow keys to highlight 
the desired file and press Enter or you
can type the name.                     
Any existing Mail Merge Definition File
names are shown on the screen.  You can
use the cursor arrow keys to highlight 
the desired file and press Enter or you
can type the name.                     
The LDF file name was incorrect or the 
file is not in the Work Files Drive And
Path.  Check to see if the correct disk
is in the drive.                       
The MDF file name was incorrect or the 
file is not in the Work Files Drive And
Path.  Check to see if the correct disk
is in the drive.                       
You pressed Esc to abort defining or   
re-defining a Label Definition File.   
If you wish to continue the definition,
press Y.  If you press Enter or N, all 
definitions not already saved to disk  
will be lost.                          
You pressed Esc to abort defining or   
re-defining a Mail Merge/Import/Export 
Definition File.  If you wish to       
continue the definition, press Y.  If  
you press Enter or N, all definitions  
not already saved to disk will be lost.
You have been mofifying an LDF file and
have pressed F2 to save.  If you wish, 
you can type in a different name to    
keep the old version on the disk.  If  
you don't change the ame, the old      
version will be overwritten.           
You have been mofifying an MDF file and
have pressed F2 to save.  If you wish, 
you can type in a different name to    
keep the old version on the disk.  If  
you don't change the ame, the old      
version will be overwritten.           
You are trying to generate a program   
and the DBOPSUB.SRC file is missing.   
This file is required as input by the  
PDSUTIL.EXE to be able to generate your
BASIC language program.  COPY this file
to the disk in the present DOS default 
drive.                                 
You are trying to generate a program   
and the MAILABEL.SRC file is missing.  
This file is required as input by the  
PDSUTIL.EXE to be able to generate your
BASIC language program.  COPY this file
to the disk in the present DOS default 
drive.                                 
You are trying to generate a program   
and the MAILMERG.SRC file is missing.  
This file is required as input by the  
PDSUTIL.EXE to be able to generate your
BASIC language program.  COPY this file
to the disk in the present DOS default 
drive.                                 
You are trying to generate a program   
and the DB-BLANK.SRC file is missing.  
This file is required as input by the  
PDSUTIL.EXE to be able to generate your
BASIC language program.  COPY this file
to the disk in the present DOS default 
drive.                                 
You are trying to generate a program   
and the DBEXPORT.SRC file is missing.  
This file is required as input by the  
PDSUTIL.EXE to be able to generate your
BASIC language program.  COPY this file
to the disk in the present DOS default 
drive.                                 
You are trying to generate a program   
and the DBIMPORT.SRC file is missing.  
This file is required as input by the  
PDSUTIL.EXE to be able to generate your
BASIC language program.  COPY this file
to the disk in the present DOS default 
drive.                                 
Before you can generate the Data Base  
Resizing program, you MUST load both   
the OLD and NEW data base DEFinition   
files.                                 
You are trying to generate a program   
and either the DBUTIL02.SRC file or    
DBUTIL03.SRC file is missing.  These   
files are required as input by the     
PDSUTIL.EXE to be able to generate your
BASIC language program.  COPY this file
to the disk in the DOS default drive.  
The Printer Action Table file (.PAT) as
called for in the Set-Up Sub-Menu is   
NOT on the DOS default drive disk.     
COPY the correct .PAT file to the disk 
in the present DOS default drive.      
The Printer Action Files on the DOS    
default drive (and path) are shown on  
the screen.  Use the cursor arrow keys 
to highlight the desired file name and 
press Enter.                           
For this Label Field, enter the file   
number from the Data Base DEFinition   
listing for the data file field.       
For this Mail Merge/Export/Import Field
enter the file number from the Data    
Base DEFinition listing for the data   
file field.                            
No file number was entered for the     
inserted field.  Enter a number or     
Delete the inserted field.             
The DEFinition file for this data base 
does not have that many files.         
For this Label Field, enter the field  
number from the Data Base DEFinition   
listing for the data file field.       
For this Mail Merge/Export/Import Field
enter the field number from the Data   
Base DEFinition listing for the data   
file field.                            
The requested file does not have that  
many fields.                           
This field is in a different file than 
you have been using so far.  What      
previously defined file will lead to   
this file.                             
Yor didn't enter a Lead To file number 
for this field.                        
The Lead To field that you entered     
wasn't a file and field previously     
called for in this definition.         
This field is in a different file than 
you have been using so far.  What      
previously defined file field will lead
to this file.                          
Yor didn't enter a Lead To file number 
for this field. Start over.            
You can only have 1 Detail file fields 
in this definition.                    
You have requested a Detail field that 
is NOT related to a Master field used  
so far in this definition.             
Do you wish to list the First, Last or 
All Detail records for each Master     
record.  Press Space Bar to toggle     
choices and press Enter or press F, L  
or A to select.                        
If you wish characters to be printed   
ahead of this label field, insert the  
characters (including spaces) within   
the quote marks.                       
You must have 2 sets of quote marks.   
One in front of the Header characters  
and one behind.                        
If you wish characters to be printed   
behind this label field, insert the    
characters (including spaces) within   
the quote marks.                       
You must have 2 sets of quote marks.   
One in front of the Trailer characters 
and one behind.                        
If you are defining a Label Definition 
File, you can have up to 40 fields per 
row.  If you are defining a Mail Merge/
Export/Import Definition, you are      
limited to 40 fields total.            
The total number of left and right     
parentheses must match.                
The File Name in the first line of the 
Data Base Definition file does not     
match the file name itself.  They must 
be the same.                           
The descriptions for the various types 
of label stock are contained in a file 
named LABLSIZE.TYP.  This file must be 
in the DOS default drive to continue.  
The asterisk  was removed from the     
LABLSIZE.TYP file.  It belongs just    
before the lines of label stock data.  
You entered a number higher than the   
quantity of data lines contained in the
LABLSIZE.TYP file.                     
You must enter a password to continue. 
If all else fails - just use the word  
PASSWORD.  Even I can remember that.   
Somebody or something has been messing 
with the SRC file that we are trying to
use. Check over your original disk to  
find a version of this SRC file that   
has "*31" as the last line. If you are 
"Registered" with PRO DEV Software, I  
will send you a new disk if you send me
the disk that I sent to you using a re-
usable disk mailer.                    
                                       
If you just got the PDS*BASE system    
disk from a distributor that includes  
this corrupted file, they should get   
you a good disk if they are worth      
anything. Of course, if you are a      
"closet" user that hasn't registered   
with me SEND ME MONEY and I will send  
you a good disk.  I have never issued a
corrupted disk to a distributor or to  
a user group, etc. PLEASE REGISTER !!  
While defining/re-defining the Label   
or Mail Merge definition, you modified 
the sort formula and created a BASIC   
syntax error. I suggest that you       
recheck your modification and, if      
necessary, consult the BASIC Primer    
manual that is on the PDS*BASE         
Documentation disk.                    
Type the full file name, with drive    
letter, colon (and path if the file is 
in another sub-directory) and press    
Enter.                                 
The requested file was not found.  It  
may have been spelled incorrectly or   
may be missing.  The drive and path may
not be correct.                        
One last chance to change your mind    
before you blow away this file.        
When entering the new file name for the
RENaming process, do not enter the     
drive letter.                          
If you insist on using this duplicate  
file name, DELete the file with the    
same name first.                       
Line up the paper and be sure the      
printer is turned on.  You can enter up
to 9 spaces for a left margin.  If your
file data is too wide, a left margin   
may cause problems.                    
Pick a Section - Any Section - Or pick 
'em all.                               
Be reasonable!                         
If the documentation file is in a      
different drive, press that drive      
letter.                                
By saying Yes (Thats like "Say Yes To  
Michigan") you can print a better      
looking document.                      
If you have DEFined your data base with
a special field that you will use to   
control whether or not certain labels  
will be skipped, you can let the Label 
Definition File (.LDF) know about that 
at this time.  If you are not using    
this feature, type zero and press Enter
at this time.                          
                                       
If you are using this feature, enter   
the file number for that "Skip Print"  
field.  Next you will be asked for the 
field in that file that is the "Skip   
Print" field.                          
Now that you have entered the "Skip    
Print" file number, enter the field    
number in that file that is the field  
that you will be using as the "Skip    
Print" field.                          
                                       
If you do not enter a number, you will 
be asked again for the "Skip Print"    
file number.  This gives you a chance  
to abort this feature by typing zero   
when again asked for the "Skip Print"  
file number.                           
You have told me the file and field    
numbers for the "Skip Print" field in  
your label data base.  Now, you need to
tell me just what character(s) you will
type into that label record "Skip      
Print" field for those label records   
you do not wish to print.  I usually   
leave that field blank for "live"      
records and type in a N to not print a 
particular label record.               
                                       
Later, you could define a similar label
printing program that will skip those  
records where the "Skip Print" label   
field is blank.  That way, you can     
print labels for just the ones that you
normally skip.                         
                                       
If you specify a blank, I will warn you
that you had better be aware that      
unless you put something in the "Skip  
Print" label field, those records will 
never be printed.  Thus, use blank on  
those special label printing programs  
where you wish to send letters to      
normally inactive persons in your label
list.                                  
