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║ DDGEN.PRG ║
║ dBASE III Database Data Dictionary Generator ║
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║ Author: Gene Clark (202)252-6363 ║
║ Created: October 20, 1985 ║
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One of my concerns about dBASEIII is its lack of a data dictionary
capability; that is, once you create a file structure, you may not be
able to remember the definitions of the fields you originally set up.
My solution to this problem is this command file, with its ancillary
files.
This dBASEIII command file program reads the structure of your
designated dBASEIII file and creates a data dictionary, containing the
data file's structure and a description of each data field. You
supply the field description ("DEFINITION"), and this program supplies
the rest.
The resulting data dictionary is actually another dBASEIII data base
file with the same filename as your data base file, but with an extent
of ".DIC". Once the .DIC file is created, it can be USEd like any
.DBF file as long as you USE it with the fully qualified name. You
will be asked to provide the dBASEIII data base file name, a 54-
character description of the file, and a 54-character definition of
each field in the data base file.
Files in this ARChive Library:
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-READ.ME- is this file of descriptive text.
DDGEN.PRG is the dBASEIII command file to generate the data
dictionary file.
DDPRINT.PRG is a dBASEIII command file to print the data
dictionary.
DDGEN.DBF is the structure of the data dictionary file.
DDGEN.DIC is the data dictionary for the DDGEN.DBF file structure.
Comments:
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If you have any comments or suggestions, feel free to share them
in the "messages" section of the "DARWIN" BBS (301)251-9206.
Gene Clark
12/30/85