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P                                  ISR-20

P                    Intelligent Storage and Retrieval

P                              (Version 3.03)


P              This program is a work of the Tennessee Valley
P              Authority (TVA), U.S. Government, and is in
P              the public domain.

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P may be utilized or its applicability for such use, nor shall the fact of
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P knowledge, nor does TVA assume any liability, responsibility, or obligation
P arising from the use or malfunctioning of the computer program(s) or related
P materials.

P          ISR-20 is an easy to use system of twenty individual (If
P          this version is a compiled version, the system will run
P          without the dBASE III Plus operating system.) data bases
P          which uses the dBASE III Plus operating system.    ISR-20 is
P          written in the dBASE III Plus language and makes use of many
P          of its powerful commands to formulate a remarkable system of
P          data bases, each of which is flexible enough to keep track
P          of almost any type of information, according to your needs.
P          Each of the twenty data bases has a maximum capacity of over
P          7.7 million records, or over 154 million records for the
P          entire ISR-20 system.  (Of course, the storage capacity of
P          your computer system may limit the maximum number of records
P          to less than the maximum capacity of your ISR-20 system.)
P          You may set up each of the data bases to store and keep
P          track of information which is completely different from any
P          of the other data bases in the ISR-20 system.  This is done
P          when you tell ISR-20 exactly what types of information you
P          want to store.  In this way, it becomes a simple matter to
P          set up your own information tracking system the way you want
P          it in only a few minutes time.  It is designed to track data
P          in such a way as to minimize human error, both in data entry
P          and retrieval.  Thus, it is called "Intelligent Storage and
P          Retrieval."

P          ISR-20 is very different from most other data base systems
P          because of four of its primary features:

P               1.  The ISR-20 system will enable you to retrieve the
P                   desired records based upon only partially complete
P                   data.  As long as you can remember something about
P                   the record, ISR-20 can usually find it for you.
P                   For instance, partial names, partial addresses,
P                   partial street names in addresses, partial street
P                   numbers, partial Social Security numbers, partial
P                   names of locations, and partial ID codes are all
P                   examples of information sufficient for ISR-20 to
P                   find the desired records.  Multi-conditional data
P                   searches based upon either complete or partially
P                   complete data are also supported.  A global "due
P                   date" search is available which will search all
P                   twenty data bases for all records with due dates
P                   within the range you specify and print them out
P                   according to the definitions which you have placed
P                   on each individual data base.

P               2.  ISR-20 is a system of many data bases, and they are
P                   all user-definable.

P               3.  The date recognition and date checking ability of
P                   ISR-20 extends into the 21st century.  It is
P                   intelligent enough to know when you are using 21st
P                   century date and when you are using a 20th century
P                   date.  This means that it can be used during the
P                   years just before and after the turn of the
P                   century with no modification.  You only have to
P                   use the last two digits of the number for any year
P                   which ISR-20 can STORE.  The limits for date
P                   STORAGE are 90 years in the past or the year 1900,
P                   whichever is the more recent date, and 9 years
P                   into the future or the year 1999, whichever is
P                   further into the future.  For data searches,
P                   virtually any dates, almost without limitation may
P                   be used, provided that the format shown on the
P                   data entry page is adhered to.  (Please Note:  If
P                   the present year is the year 1993, then the date
P                   storage limits would be from the year 1903 to the
P                   year 2002.  If the present year is 2010, then the
P                   limits would be from the year 1910 to the year
P                   2019.)

P               4.  ISR-20 is very forgiving with respect to data
P                   input.  It is designed throughout to process your
P                   data entries and to "fix" errors in that input, if
P                   possible.  For example, ISR-20 takes all spaces
P                   out of ID codes.  A similar procedure is used for
P                   the interpretation of certain date entries and to
P                   discriminate between them and the dot commands
P                   sometimes used with them.  Some of the error
P                   detection and data repair routines are done in the
P                   background so that, in certain cases, you may not
P                   know that you have made a mistake, because ISR-20
P                   may understand you correctly anyway.

P          It is not necessary to have a full understanding of all the
P          capabilities of ISR-20 in order to use it.  However, the
P          user must have a basic understanding of some of the more
P          important features.  In depth instructions are given later
P          on.  You may not have need for all twenty data bases.  Just
P          use as many as you need.

P          ISR-20 sends a maximum of 131 characters and spaces per
P          printed line to your printer.  If your printer uses paper
P          which is 8.5 inches wide, it still may be able to satisfy
P          this requirement of being able to print 131 characters and
P          spaces per printed line, if it can be set to a condensed
P          print or small print mode.



P                      GENERAL OVERVIEW OF SYSTEM FEATURES

P          ISR-20 divides all data for each data base into three major
P          categories.  These categories may be almost any categories
P          you might need, and they may be given names according to
P          your choice.  Among the data entry fields in each of the
P          categories, two of them are fields in which beginning and
P          ending dates may be entered, if desired.  Category 1 is
P          different from categories 2 and 3 in that it does several
P          logical date checks on each record.  It also assumes that
P          the time interval between the two dates entered is a
P          monthly inverval (1 to 98 months).

P          (PLEASE NOTE:  THIS IS A GENERALIZED EXPLANATION WHICH MAY
P          BE HARD TO UNDERSTAND BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY RUN THE DATA BASE
P          SYSTEM.)

P          Categories 2 and 3 may also be classified according to the
P          your choice.  Any date entries which are made in these
P          categories are not checked at all.  Therefore, you may
P          enter any dates you wish into these categories.  This may
P          be used to advantage when the time interval between the
P          dates entered is not a monthly interval.

P          Category 3 is different from from categories 1 and 2 in
P          that records which are classified as being in ONLY category
P          3 will be hidden from one of the types of data searches
P          commonly used in the ISR-20 system.  This is to your
P          advantage if you do not want to see records in a certain
P          major classification during certain record searches.  (You
P          may gain access to those records simply by choosing a
P          different type of data search.)  This category may, in many
P          cases, be used for the storage of historical records.  But
P          it can be just about any category you desire.  Category 3
P          is also different in another way.  Items in either
P          categories 1 or 2 may also be classified to be in category
P          3.  Categories 1 and 2 are normally completely exclusive of
P          each other unless they are related to each other by having
P          some or all of their records classified as also being in
P          category 3.

P          Each category is divided into three subcategories.  You may
P          also name these as you wish.  The three subcategories
P          may be whatever you want them to be.  The system is
P          flexible so that any record may be included in any or
P          all of the three subcategories, if that is what you
P          desire.  The three subcategories must be the same for all
P          three major categories.

P          There are a number of pre-defined and user-defined commands
P          which are used for automatic data manipulation and for
P          category and subcategory classification.  This feature is
P          very time saving.

P          ISR-20 is capable of handling both singular and duplicate
P          record entries.  Nearly instant access to singular records
P          is available for both kinds of data organization when
P          either one of the two ID codes available for each record is
P          used.  If more than one record has the same ID code, ISR-20
P          will find the first record in the record block with equal
P          ease.

P          When the singular record option is used, ISR-20 prevents
P          the input of duplicate records.  In this mode it also
P          allows you to restore records which you have just deleted.

P          Either one or both of the ID code fields may be defined as
P          general data entry fields instead of ID code fields.

P          All general information fields and ID code fields in each
P          data base can be searched.  Data in the two ID code fields
P          may searched either as ID codes or general information,
P          regardless of how you have defined those fields.

P          All records (with the exception of the data obtained via
P          the global search routine, which may be printed only) may
P          be printed, viewed on the screen, or both.  Generally, this
P          also includes all records which have just been added,
P          modified, or deleted.

P          ISR-20 keeps up with the last process date of all records.

P          If you have a color screen, ISR-20 will allow you to select
P          a color display.

P          About once per month ISR-20 will ask you to allow it to do
P          data reorganization for each data base to enhance speed in
P          the retrieval of data and to decrease data storage space.
P          It keeps up with each data base individually.

P          If power failure or some other anomaly should ever occur
P          and index files be damaged, provision has been made to
P          rebuild the index files from scratch, if necessary.

P          System errors resulting from the printer not being ready
P          when you tell ISR-20 to print your selected records will be
P          eliminated if you use the "ISR" command entry routine when
P          you enter the ISR-20 system.  This does not apply if you
P          are simultaneously running another project on your computer
P          in the background.  Warnings in connection with whether or
P          not the printer is ready are given throughout ISR-20 in
P          case ISR-20 is run without using the normal "ISR" command
P          entry routine.  (PLEASE NOTE:  THIS PROTECTIVE FEATURE IS
P          NOT IMPLEMENTED ON THE PUBLIC DOMAIN VERSION OF THIS
P          SYSTEM.)

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P          The following are examples of how data bases within ISR-20
P          may be organized to effectively handle data.

P                                 EXAMPLE 1

P          Suppose that you are analyzing three major categories of
P          a certain type of financial account within a certain
P          financial institution.  The three major categories of this
P          specific account type could be the following:

P               1.  Active accounts.

P               2.  Overdue accounts.

P               3.  Closed accounts.

P          The three subcategories for each of the three major
P          categories listed above could be:

P               1.  Those accounts in which money is owed to the
P                   institution.

P               2.  Those accounts in which the individual owing
P                   the money is attempting to pay what he owes.

P               3.  Those accounts in which the individual owing
P                   the money has refused to pay what he owes.

P          Obviously, subcategory 3 cannot apply to major category 1,
P          and subcategory 2 cannot apply to major category 3.
P          Therefore, it is not necessary to have three subcategories
P          which can all apply to each of the major categories.  Dates
P          which were the previous due dates and the dates on which
P          the next payments are due might be necessary information
P          for major category 1.  In addition, you may wish to keep
P          the name, address, Social Security number, yearly income,
P          and the amount owed in connection with each person with an
P          account.

P          In major category 2, date checking is not as important
P          since it is already established that the account is
P          overdue.  Dates may be used if desired.  However, ISR-20
P          will not check them in this category.

P          In major category 3, date checking is probably least
P          important since these are closed accounts.  Dates may be
P          used, but ISR-20 will not check them in this category.  In
P          addition, one of the common types of record searches within
P          ISR-20 will automatically ignor those records which are
P          EXCLUSIVELY in category 3.  This is convenient, because it
P          is unlikely that you would often be as interested in closed
P          accounts as you would be in the open accounts.  However,
P          records in category 3 are still fully accessible since a
P          number of the types of record searches do include those
P          records in category 3.

P                                EXAMPLE 2

P          Suppose you are in charge of all equipment inventory and
P          maintenance in ten of your company's plants.  Some of the
P          equipment is maintained at the respective plants, and some
P          of it is calibrated, repaired, or stored at other
P          locations.  The three major categories of equipment might
P          then be:

P               1.  That equipment which is in active use.

P               2.  That equipment which is NOT presently in use.

P               3.  That equipment which is maintained by the plant
P                   where it is used.

P          The three subcategories might be:

P               1.  That equipment which is being calibrated.

P               2.  That equipment which is being repaired.

P               3.  That equipment which is in storage.

P          In this case all three subcategories are logically
P          compatible with major categories 2 and 3, but none of them
P          can apply to major category 1.  Those records which are
P          EXCLUSIVELY in category 3 will be automatically ignored by
P          one of the common types of record searches within ISR-20.
P          This may be convenient if you do not wish to include
P          category 3 in certain record searches.  Perhaps you do not
P          wish to always see those records on your printout since the
P          respective plants have primary responsibility for the
P          maintenance of that equipment in category 3.  If for some
P          reason, you wish to keep track of that equipment in
P          category 3 to the same degree as you do for categories 1
P          and 2, you may recategorize that equipment in category 3 to
P          categories 1 or 2.  At the same time you may also
P          categorize it to be in category 3 through the use of a
P          USER-DEFINED dot command.  In this way, you may force
P          specific records in category 3 to be processed as though
P          they were in category 1 or 2, according to your choice.  As
P          an alternative, they may be viewed as records which are in
P          two major categories at the same time, either categories 1
P          and 3 or categories 2 and 3.

P          Other information may be stored, such as the equipment name
P          or type, the location of the equipment, the ID number or
P          numbers on the equipment, the date on which it was last
P          calibrated or repaired, and the date (if any) on which it
P          is due to be calibrated again.

P          You may not have need of all three major categories or all
P          three subcategories.  Just use those which you need.

P          You may use the data entry fields to store the information
P          you want concerning each record.  You may name the fields
P          according to what you feel is appropriate.



P                              SYSTEM INSTALLATION

P          First of all, make one or more backup copies of this
P          diskette (your installation diskette).  To install your
P          ISR-20 system onto your fixed disk, just place this
P          diskette in drive "A:" and type the command "INSTALL".  You
P          will then see the instructions for installing the ISR-20
P          system.  In addition, certain other other valuable
P          information is given.  After you have read the directions
P          resulting from your typing the command "INSTALL", just type
P          the command "INSTALL" a second time, followed by a space,
P          and then the drive designation of your fixed disk.  After a
P          few minutes your ISR-20 system will be installed.

P          Please note:  You should have the DOS commands "COMMAND.COM",
P          "BACKUP.COM", and "RESTORE.COM" in either the root directory or
P          somewhere in the path which you define when you enter the ISR-20
P          system.  If you have multiple hard disks, you may either use
P          them each as storage for a separate system of ISR-20 data bases
P          (by installing the ISR-20 system on each of them individually),
P          or you may use them all as a single giant data base system.  To
P          use them all as a single giant data base system, see the special
P          instructions to programmers at the end of these instructions.
P          You may see how to define any DOS path you wish in the SYSTEM
P          ACCESS section below.


P                                 SYSTEM UPDATE

P          If this version, version 3.03, is newer than an older version
P          of ISR-20 which you may have, you may update the version on your
P          hard disk without destroying any of your data base files by
P          placing your new installation diskette in drive "A:" and then
P          typing the command "UPDATE".  You will then see the instructions
P          for updating your system.



P                               SYSTEM ACCESS

P          The ISR-20 system may be accessed from the root directory
P          of your fixed disk by typing the command "ISR" followed by
P          a space and then the PATH and the NAME of the directory in
P          which your copy of dBASE III PLUS is.  For instance, if
P          your copy of dBASE III PLUS is in a directory named
P          "DATABASE", and if the directory "DATABASE" is a directory
P          directly branching off the root directory, then the PATH
P          and the DIRECTORY name would be:  "\DATABASE".  Access into
P          your ISR-20 system would be acheived by typing the
P          following:
P                                ISR \DATABASE

P          (Please note:  If this is a compiled version, then "ISR"
P          followed by a space and ANY VALID PATH NAME will enable you
P          to run the system.  Example:  "ISR \".)

P          The access system may ask you a question before it allows
P          you to gain entry into the ISR-20 system.  Just remember,
P          you may always answer that question correctly (if you are
P          asked) by simply pressing the RETURN key.  The default
P          answer will then be used.  You may also define a printer
P          buffer, if you wish.  For more details, just type the
P          command "ISR".  If you wish to have ISR-20 to access the DOS
P          commands from the main directory on hard disk "C:" when you are
P          operating from disk "D:", you would just add ";C:\" to the path
P          definition when you enter the system.  Corresponding to the
P          above example you would type:

P                                ISR \DATABASE;C:\

P          Using this approach, you may define any path which you want.


P                 SETTING UP DATA BASES IN YOUR ISR-20 SYSTEM

P          ISR-20 is user-friendly and primarily menu driven.  This
P          means that many of its functions are self-explanatory.
P          This tutorial will guide you through the reasoning to be
P          used in the initial set-up of a data base in the ISR-20
P          system.  After you learn the fundamentals, you may use your
P          own creativity in setting up other data bases to be most
P          effective in handling your data.

P          The first page which you will see when you have entered
P          ISR-20 is a page which spells out the present year, month,
P          day of the month, and the name of the day of the week.
P          This information is CRITICAL to the correct operation of
P          ISR-20.  Therefore, it gives you a chance to correct the
P          date if the system date of the computer is incorrect.

P          The second page (the main menu of ISR-20) lets you have
P          access to any of your twenty data bases.  Selection "U"
P          gives you other options, and selection "V" allows you to
P          exit ISR-20.  It should be noted that data loss may occur
P          if you exit ISR-20 using any other method than through
P          "QUIT"ting ISR-20 using one of its menu selections.  For
P          instance, it is possible to exit ISR-20 by either resetting
P          the computer or by turning the computer off.  Either of
P          these methods may result in data loss IF ISR-20 is in the
P          middle of a data modification or data addition routine.

P          To set up your data base, you must choose "U" for other
P          options.  The next page will give you five other options.
P          We want to select option "A".  This will give you another
P          menu, allowing you to choose the data base which you wish to
P          set up.  Let us choose "G" for DATA BASE 8.  Now we will
P          follow the logic of example 2 above.  After having chosen
P          "G" for DATA BASE 8, you should see the "DATA BASE OPTIONS
P          ENTRY PROCEDURE" page.  The first option is the data base
P          name.  We will call it "Equipment Inv & Rep", which stands
P          for the name "Equipment Inventory and Repair."

P          The cursor should now be in position for the column 1 name.
P          Let us name column 1 "Equipment Type".

P          Press the RETURN key and the cursor will be in position for
P          the column 2 name.  Let us call this column "Manufacturer".
P          Press the RETURN key and the cursor will be in the tiny
P          blank just to the right of the phrase "ID code ?".  You
P          should put either a "Y" or an "N" in this blank to tell
P          ISR-20 whether or not you want the information you put in
P          column 2 to be treated as an ID code.  In this case, since
P          we want the manufacturer's name in this column, we will put
P          an "N" in this blank.

P          The cursor will now be in position for us to give a name to
P          column 3.  We will name column 3 "Control No.".  Press the
P          RETURN key and the cursor will be in the "ID code ?" blank.
P          Again, you should press either "Y" or "N" to let ISR-20
P          know if you want the information you place in column 3 to
P          be treated as an ID code.  Obviously, since the control
P          number for each equipment item is an ID code, it should be
P          treated as an ID code.  Therefore, we will put "Y" in the
P          blank.  The cursor will now be in the blank just to the
P          right of the phrase "DUP REC ?".  This is the blank which
P          you use to tell ISR-20 whether or not there is a
P          possibility that there will be more than one item with the
P          same control number.  If that possibility exists, put a "Y"
P          in the blank.  However, it is very likely that most
P          companies have a separate control number for each item.
P          There are occasions for duplicate records.  For instance, if
P          concerning a given record, current information is to be
P          maintained in category 1 and historical information
P          concerning that record is to be maintained in categories 2 or
P          3, it may be necessary to have identical ID codes for
P          separate records.  Any records may also be related to each
P          other by using the same ID code for those records in either
P          columns 2 or 3.  In the case of this particular exercise,
P          however, we will put an "N" in the blank.  ISR-20 has a nice
P          protective feature in that if you put an "N" in the "DUP REC
P          ?" blank, it will be impossible to enter a duplicate record.
P          If you try to do so, ISR-20 will change the code you entered
P          in column 3 (in this case the control number) by adding a
P          question mark on to the front of the code.  This prevents a
P          duplicate code from being entered.  Also ISR-20 will let you
P          know about it if this should ever occur, and it provides a
P          way for you to easily make corrections.  You simply have
P          ISR-20 to search for all records (in the record modification
P          mode) which have the phrase "?" in column 3.  Please note
P          that column 3 will have the new name which you will have
P          named it.  You may search for the records in this way from
P          the menu page which is entirely devoted to conditional record
P          searches.  You may then choose to delete those records by
P          removing the information in column 1 of each of those
P          records.

P          The cursor will now be in the column 4 blank.  This is the
P          column which you use to enter beginning dates if you need a
P          beginning date for the record.  We will call column 4
P          "DT.Serv." for "Date Serviced", or the date the equipment
P          was serviced.

P          The cursor will now be in the column 5 blank.  This is the
P          column which you use to enter ending dates if you need an
P          ending date for the record.  We will call column 5 "Service
P          Due Date", which means the date the equipment is due to be
P          serviced again.

P          Press the RETURN key and the cursor will now be in the
P          column 6 blank.  We will name this blank "Plant Name",
P          representing the name of the plant where the equipment is
P          located.

P          Press the RETURN key and the cursor will be in the column 7
P          blank.  Column 7 expresses the time interval between the
P          beginning date and the ending date.  We will call the time
P          interval "Ser.Int." for "Service Interval."

P          The cursor will now be in the blank just to the right of
P          the phrase "Name for bottom (horizontal) column:."  We will
P          name this "Serv.Info.", representing service information on
P          the piece of equipment.  You have 131 spaces to enter the
P          service information.  This horizontal column is used to
P          store data which is generally to lengthy to fit in a narrow
P          column.

P          The cursor will now be in the "category 1:" blank.  This is
P          the category in which dates are checked.  However, there
P          must be a monthly interval (1 to 98 months) between the
P          beginning and ending dates.  Each record may or may not
P          have a different monthly interval.  In this case, we will
P          assume that each piece of equipment does have a monthly
P          service interval.  Therefore, we will name this category
P          "Operational", meaning that equipment which is presently
P          being used.

P          Press the RETURN key and the cursor will be in the
P          "category 2:" blank.  In this category, dates are not
P          checked.  There is no requirement to even use dates unless
P          you need them.  We will name this category "Being
P          Serviced".  The time interval between the dates in this
P          category is always designated as 99 months.  The "99" is
P          not the real time interval.  It is only a category
P          designator.  All records with "99" for the monthly interval
P          are in category 2.  This category is most conveniently used
P          for records in which dates have either less meaning than
P          those records in category 1 or no meaning at all.  If you
P          have records in which the time intervals between the
P          beginning and ending dates are not monthly intervals, then
P          you will have to use category 2 and/or category 3 for those
P          records.  These categories have no particular disadvantage
P          except that ISR-20 will not check the dates for you.

P          The next category is "category 3."  We will name this
P          category "In-house Ser.", meaning that the equipment is
P          serviced by the plant at which it is located.  Category 3
P          is ideal for this situation because one of the types of
P          record searches in ISR-20 (a special type of "date due"
P          multi-conditional record search) is designed to ignor all
P          records which are EXCLUSIVELY in category 3.  As in
P          category 2, dates may or may not be used, and ISR-20 does
P          not check them in this category.

P          The next blank is the dot command abbreviation which you
P          may assign to category 3.  You will use this abbreviation
P          in data entry pages to tell ISR-20 that you want a certain
P          record which is in either category 1 or 2 to be included in
P          category 3.  We will make the abbreviation ".IH." stand for
P          "In-house Ser.", which is category 3.  For example, you can
P          make ISR-20 force a record which is in either categories 1
P          or 2, to also be classified as being in category 3 through
P          the use of the dot command representing category 3.  This
P          can be very useful with certain types of logical
P          configurations for data bases.  (This was discussed in
P          Example 2 above.)  Therefore, this option is provided.  For
P          example, if you wish to keep up with this equipment to the
P          same degree as is available in category 1, even though it
P          is the plant and not you that is primarily responsible for
P          servicing it, you may simultaneously place it in categories
P          1 and 3 (with the use of the dot command for category 3).
P          A record is made to be EXCLUSIVELY in category 3 by making
P          the time interval "0".  The "0" is used as a marker or
P          category designator for all records which are exclusively
P          in category 3.

P          The next blank is used to name subcategory 1.  We will name
P          this subcategory "Retired".  This subcategory could be
P          applied to that equipment in categories 2 or 3 which is not
P          considered valuable enough to calibrate or repair, or
P          perhaps it is being sold or junked.  Please note that there
P          is a data search routine which will access all records in
P          both subcategories 2 and 3 together.  Therefore, if it is useful
P          to you to search for all records in any two subcategories
P          together, you should make those subcategories 2 and 3.
P          You probably would not have any real need to access the
P          records for that equipment which is retired and that
P          equipment which is either "In calibration" or "In repair"
P          together, but you might want to look at the records of that
P          equipment which is "In calibration" or "In repair"
P          together.  Therefore, subcategory 1 is chosen for that
P          equipment which is retired.

P          The next blank is for the dot command representing
P          subcategory 1.  We will make this dot command ".RET.", for
P          "Retired".

P          The next blank is used to name subcategory 2.  We will name
P          this subcategory "In calibration", which applies to that
P          equipment which is being calibrated.

P          The dot command for subcategory 2 could be named ".C.".

P          The name for subcategory 3 could be "In repair".  The dot
P          command for subcategory 3 could be ".R.".

P          Please note:  If you wish to delete the name of any category,
P          or subcategory, it is suggested that you place a period in
P          place of the name.  If you replace the name with spaces,
P          ISR-20 will replace those spaces with a default name when it
P          stores the definitions for that data base.

P          The next blank is for the title you wish to see on the
P          printout.  We could make it "EQUIPMENT INVENTORY AND
P          REPAIR".

P          The next blank is provided for you to tell ISR-20 what line
P          spacing should be used for the printouts for this
P          particular data base.  You may have your choice from 1 to 9.

P          The information which you place in the next blank will
P          determine how much paper will come out of the printer when
P          it finishes printing.  This one option is the only option
P          which is overridden by the global search routine mentioned
P          earlier.  The global search routine will advance the paper
P          by one line at the end of the printing procedure for each
P          data base in which there are records to be printed.  It will
P          then eject two pages at the end of the entire procedure.

P          ISR-20 will ask you if you are finished entering
P          information.  If you press "Y" for "Yes" it will store the
P          options you have made.


P          PLEASE NOTE:  General information columns may be used for any
P          kind of information, even more dates if you wish.  With some
P          thought, the user may be very creative.


P                LOGIC AND POWER OF USER-DEFINED COMMANDS

P          This section is NOT necessary for the majority of users.
P          Therefore, unless you are a programmer, you may wish to skip
P          it.

P          It is NOT required that dot commands have dots at all.  The
P          dots (or periods) simply serve serve as a help to the user to
P          keep the commands logically separated.

P          In the above example, if the dots had NOT been used with the
P          user-defined commands, the commands would be:

P               1.  "IH" for category 3, "In-house Ser."

P               2.  "RET" for subcategory 1, "Retired"

P               3.  "C" for subcategory 2, "In Calibration"

P               4.  "R" for subcategory 3, "In Repair"

P          In this case, if you ask ISR-20 to search for all records in
P          subcategory "In Repair", ISR-20 would in addition find all
P          the records in subcategory "Retired".  This is so because the
P          user-defined command "R" for subcategory "In Repair" is found
P          inside the user-defined command "RET".  That is, "R" is found
P          inside "RET".  This is very good if you wish all records in
P          subcategory "Retired" to be related to all records in
P          subcategory "In Repair" whenever ISR-20 searches for all
P          records in subcategory "In Repair".  If dots had been used,
P          the two commands would be ".RET." and ".R.".  As you can see,
P          ".R." is not found inside ".RET.".  Therefore, with the dots
P          included, the commands are kept separate.  However, by using
P          the above logic, two or more of the user-defined dot commands
P          may be related in the way that you wish so that you may have
P          more extensive control over the logic ISR-20 uses in record
P          searches which include all records in category 3, or
P          subcategory 1, or subcategory 2, or subcategory 3.

P          If you do not like dots with your user-defined commands, just
P          be sure that none of the user-defined commands are contained
P          within any other user-defined command for the specific data
P          base for which you define them.


P                 ENTERING INFORMATION ON THE DATA ENTRY PAGES

P          Data entry on the data entry pages should be self-
P          explanatory for most of the items.  A few of the items are
P          not explained by ISR-20 and, therefore, have to be
P          explained.

P          The command line is the blank where you enter commands for
P          automatic data manipulation.  You may use any combination of
P          the PRE-DEFINED dot commands in this line.  The dot commands
P          which you defined are to be used on the next line, the
P          "Category, subcategory" line.

P          The dot command ".D." or ".E." will always completely erase
P          the contents of the horizontal (bottom) column.

P          The dot command ".2." or ".2" or "2." will place a "99" in
P          the time interval field, making the record be classified in
P          category 2.  This may be done manually if desired.

P          The dot command ".3." or ".3" or "3." will place a "0" in the
P          time interval field, making the record be classified in
P          category 3 EXCLUSIVELY.  This may be done manually if
P          desired.

P          The dot command ".DD." or ".ED." will delete or erase both
P          dates IF the time interval field is equal to "0" or "99".
P          Either one of the above two commands may be used with this
P          command, if necessary, in order to make the ".DD." or
P          ".ED." commands operational.  The dates may be deleted ONLY
P          through the use of these commands.

P          The dot command ".O." temporarily overrides the date check
P          for records in category 1 until the next time the record is
P          processed.  This command will also work if entered
P          immediately before either one of the date entries on the
P          the date error correction pages.

P          The dot command ".PO." permanently overrides the date check
P          for records in category 1, except that it is canceled by
P          the dot command ".OF." (for override off) or by anything
P          which makes the time interval field equal to either "0" or
P          "99".  The ".PO." dot command may also be typed directly
P          before either of the dates on the date error correction
P          pages.

P          You may use the dot commands which you defined to classify
P          the records on the "Category, subcategories" line.  You may
P          use as many as you wish.

P          Dot commands may always be used in any order, and they will
P          work provided it is logical for them to work.  They work
P          ONLY for the record for which they are entered.

P          Dot commands may use the dot of the preceding dot command.
P          For instance, the three commands ".D.2.DD." are
P          equivalent to ".D..2..DD.".  The extra dots just take up
P          space and keep you from getting as many commands on the
P          line.  In this case, the above commands will delete all data
P          in the horizontal column, change the category of the record
P          to category 2, and delete or erase both dates.

P          Dot commands may be entered in either upper or lowercase
P          letters.


P                EXPLANATION OF THE DATE FUNCTIONS OF ISR-20

P          At certain times ISR-20 displays the date in detail (name
P          of the day of the week, name of the month, the day, and the
P          year in four numerals) when this could very possibly reduce
P          human error.  If a mistake has been made, an opportunity is
P          given to correct it.  Both the date recognition and date
P          checking system has been designed to automatically
P          recognize 21st century dates when they are encountered.

P          ISR-20 does several logical date checks on each set of
P          dates within category 1.  The beginning date is entered,
P          the ending date is entered, and the month interval (1 to 98
P          months) difference between the dates is entered.  If the
P          beginning date is further in the past than the month
P          interval is from the present date, ISR-20 will consider the
P          date to be in error.  This is because it is normally
P          illogical for a beginning date to be so far in the past
P          that the computed ending date is also in the past.  Why
P          keep a record of it in category 1 ?  Categories 2 or 3 are
P          better suited to keep track of historical records.  In
P          addition, if the beginning date is even 1 day into the
P          future from the present date, the date will be considered
P          to be in error.  This is because ISR-20 is designed to
P          eliminate human error whenever possible, and the future is
P          hard to predict.  In this way, better control is maintained
P          with respect to extremely critical items for which mistakes
P          are to be kept to an absolute minimum.  This applies only
P          to category 1.  You may store any dates in categories 2 and
P          3.  In fact, they DO NOT even have to be beginning or ending
P          dates.  They may be any dates you desire.


P                        DATE CHECKING IN CATEGORY 1

P          If the beginning date appears to be logical to ISR-20, the
P          ending date is checked to see if it corresponds to the
P          computed ending date.  If it does not correspond, it is
P          considered to be in error.  It should be noted here that
P          ISR-20 will accept an ending date which is usually up to
P          about 5 days previous to the computed ending date, without
P          indicating that an error has been made.  One of the reasons
P          this is provided is to allow you some freedom in being
P          conservative with the ending date.

P          Just before ISR-20 begins checking the records, it gives
P          you a choice as to whether you want to correct any date
P          errors as soon as they are found, or whether you want to
P          correct them all at once after all the records being
P          processed have been checked.  If there are a multitude of
P          records to be checked, it is to your advantage to choose
P          the latter choice so that you may do something else while
P          the computer is processing the records.  When ISR-20
P          processes records, it not only checks the dates of those
P          records in category 1, but it carries out all the dot
P          commands and category manipulations which you have
P          instructed it to perform.

P          Provision has also been made to override the date checking
P          mechanism of those records in category 1.  If you wish to
P          enter a date in category 1 which appears to be illogical to
P          ISR-20, you may either temporarily or permanently override
P          the date checking mechanism for any individual record.
P          This is discussed in greater detail in the dot command
P          section above.  Two different date overrides are available
P          through both the normal data entry pages and the date error
P          correction pages.

P          Date errors are corrected through two different data entry
P          pages specialized for date correction.  One page is
P          specialized toward "beginning date" correction, and the other
P          page is specialized toward "ending date" or "next date"
P          correction.  However, either or both dates may be corrected
P          through the use of either page.  Both pages not only display
P          all the information in the record, but they clearly point out
P          what ISR-20 considers to be the error.  On the "ending date"
P          or "next date"  correction page, ISR-20 will tell you the
P          ending date it was expecting to see if the beginning date and
P          time interval between the dates were correct.  After you make
P          any date correction, ISR-20 will check the dates for that
P          record again to be sure that another error has not been made.

P          On the general data entry pages, the date format is constant.
P          If a date which does not exist is entered in a date entry
P          blank on any of the general data entry pages, the cursor will
P          remain in that date entry blank until the date entered is
P          changed to a date which does not exist.

P          For all other parts of the ISR-20 system (including the date
P          correction pages), the dates may be entered using a number of
P          different formats.  You may experiment with different formats
P          which you may think of, to see if they work.  For example,
P          "09/07/1929", "9/7/1929", "9/7/29", "9-7-29", and "9 7 29"
P          are all equivalent.  Use the format which suits you.

P          While checking multiple records, ISR-20 may display a record
P          counter.  When ISR-20 encounters a date error, it may
P          temporarilly interfere with the operation of the record
P          counter and make it appear that certain records may have been
P          skipped.  NO RECORDS HAVE BEEN SKIPPED.


P                      A SPECIAL TYPE OF RECORD SEARCH

P          It should be noted that selection "A", on the page which is
P          entirely devoted to conditional record searches, is a very
P          special type of date search.  It does not look at actual
P          dates, but rather does an internal number comparison with
P          numbers generated and stored at the time each record was
P          processed.  It completely excludes all records in category
P          3 and includes all records in category 2.  It also includes
P          all records which exist in category 1 with date overrides.
P          Using a number comparison method, it will also correctly
P          access the proper records in category 1.  It should also be
P          noted that since this type of date search includes all
P          records in category 2, it is unnecessary to choose this type
P          of date search and also choose to "restrict the search to
P          those records in category 2".  Therefore, if you choose
P          selection "A", ISR-20 will assume that you DO NOT wish to
P          restrict the record search to those records in category 2.


P              ID Code and Duplicate Record Recognition System

P          To enhance the power of your ISR-20 system, you should
P          avoid having column 2 having any data entries which are
P          identical to those in column 3.  The reason for this is
P          that ISR-20 retains the capability to treat all data
P          entries in columns 2 and 3 as ID codes, even if you have
P          designated that information to be general information
P          rather than ID codes.  You may use this powerful feature
P          for your benefit if you design your data base so that column
P          2 and column 3 will not have identical data entries.  For
P          example, if a number of the data entries in column 3 were
P          the phrase "blue diamond", then you were to ask ISR-20 to
P          look for all records with the ID code "blue diamond", ISR-
P          20 would find all records with the ID code "BLUE DIAMOND"
P          in COLUMN 3, even if column 3 had previously been
P          designated for general information.  (If you had designated
P          column 3 for ID code use, ISR-20 would have taken your data
P          entry "blue diamond" and stored it as "BLUEDIAMOND", taking
P          out all spaces.  No matter how you have designed your
P          data base, ISR-20 will always store data entries for columns
P          2 and 3 in the upper case format.)  It should be noted here
P          that all records with the ID code of "BLUE DIAMOND" in
P          COLUMN 3 would be found.  If column 2 also had certain data
P          entries ("BLUE DIAMOND" in this case) which were identical
P          to those in column 3, only those records corresponding to
P          data entries of "blue diamond" in column 3 would be found.
P          The reason for this is that when ISR-20 is directed to
P          search for data in the form of ID codes, it first searches
P          column 3.  If it finds any matching ID codes in column 3,
P          the assumption is made that all records with that ID code
P          have been found.  If no matching ID codes are found in
P          column 3, ISR-20 searches column 2 for all matching ID
P          codes.  Therefore, even if you have designated column 2
P          and/or column 3 for the storage of general information, you
P          may direct ISR-20 to look at that information as though it
P          were ID codes.

P          It should be noted that you may ALWAYS make duplicate data
P          entries in column 2.  ONLY column 3 has the restriction
P          that you may not enter duplicate data entries, and this
P          restriction only applies if you have defined the particular
P          data base which you are in to allow only singular data
P          entries in column 3.


P                 Requirements for Record Storage in ISR-20

P          ISR-20 will allow any particular record to exist within the
P          system only if there is a data entry within column 1 of
P          that record.  The information in column 1 is that
P          information which is placed in the top data entry line of
P          any of the general data entry pages.  If the information in
P          column 1 of any record is deleted, ISR-20 will
P          automatically delete that record.

P          For the "singular record mode" there is also the
P          requirement that a data entry be made in column 3, which
P          corresponds to the information in the fifth line of any of
P          the general data entry pages.  IF NO INFORMATION IS ENTERED
P          HERE (IF THE DATA BASE IS OPERATING IN THE "SINGULAR RECORD
P          MODE") THAT RECORD CANNOT BE ADDED TO THE DATA BASE.  In
P          addition, you may NOT use a question mark as the first
P          character of the data which you enter for column 3 (if you
P          are in the singular record mode).  The question mark is
P          reserved for ISR-20 to indicate to you that you have entered
P          a duplicate record (a duplicate data entry in column 3) while
P          you are in the singular record mode.

P          It should be noted that when ISR-20 checks records which
P          you have just ADDED to one of the data bases, it may
P          occasionally delete an empty record.  This is necessary
P          whenever you have generated an empty record as the last
P          record in your record additions.  If you try to print that
P          record, ISR-20 will try to give you a printout, but the
P          record information for that record will be missing, since
P          there wasn't any information in the record.  If you try to
P          view that record on the screen, you will not be able to do
P          so.


P                          OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

P          If you decide that you have made a mistake while you are
P          BACKING UP (NOT RESTORING) a data base, and you would like
P          to escape from that procedure, you may press the "Ctrl-
P          Break" keys with no damage to the data base on your fixed
P          disk.  However, the information content on your floppy
P          diskette(s) will be only partially complete in that case and
P          should not be used to restore the data base information to
P          your fixed disk.  IT SHOULD BE NOTED HERE THAT A SEPARATE
P          FLOPPY DISK (OR A SEPARATE SET OF FLOPPY DISKS, DEPENDING ON
P          THE SIZE OF THE PARTICULAR DATA BASE YOU ARE BACKING UP) IS
P          REQUIRED FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL DATA BASE FOR WHICH YOU MAKE A
P          BACKUP COPY.

P          It is very unlikely that your ISR-20 system will ever crash
P          or malfunction in any way.  Great effort has been made to
P          keep this from happening.  One thing which will force a
P          system crash is for your fixed disk to become completely
P          full.  If this happens, you MAY not have to restore the
P          records to the data base if the crash occurred during any
P          procedure other than a record modification procedure.  If
P          this happens, do the following things:

P             1.  Reset the computer and reboot DOS.

P             2.  Enter the ISR-20 system again.

P             3.  Do not immediately enter the data base which you were
P                 in, but rather choose the letter selection "U"
P                 (Other options) from the main menu.  Then choose
P                 selection "C" to rebuild the data base which you were
P                 in, just in case any index files were damaged in the
P                 system crash.

P             4.  If you choose to be on the safe side, you may
P                 restore the data base information to your fixed disk
P                 from your backup diskette(s) instead of using step 3
P                 above.  (If the crash occurs during a record
P                 modification procedure, you will have to restore the
P                 data base information from your backup diskette(s).)

P          If you are a programmer and you import data from other
P          data base files into the ISR-20 data base files, the associated
P          index files will become effectively damaged.  The simple way
P          to overcome this problem is to follow step 3 above.  The
P          associated index files will then be automatically rebuilt.
P          In this way, you may import data without causing system
P          errors.  You must then tell ISR-20 to modify all the records
P          you imported and in that way make ISR-20 process all the
P          imported records so that it may generate and store special
P          numerical values in connection with the records.  ISR-20
P          depends on these numerical values to function properly.

P          If you should make some mistake such as asking ISR-20 to do
P          something very time consuming such as to modify many
P          thousands of records simultaneously (even if you have
P          enough disk space available for ISR-20 to carry out such a
P          request), you should reset the computer and follow steps 1,
P          2, and 4 above (unless you have the time to wait).

P          Printed output from ISR-20 is a maximum of 131 characters per
P          line.  Therefore, your printer must be capable of printing at
P          least this number of characters per line.


P                                  CAUTIONS

P          1.  Do not break out of ISR-20 using any method other than
P              the method provided in some of the menus to "QUIT."  If
P              you do, you may have to restore the information to the
P              data base you were in, from the backup diskette(s) for
P              that particular data base.

P          2.  Protection has been programmed into the dBASE III Plus
P              system to protect against breaking out of any dBASE III
P              Plus program accidently when the "Esc" key is pressed.
P              However, this protection will not always work properly.
P              Therefore, the "Esc" key should never be used.

P          3.  ISR-20 sends a maximum of 131 characters and spaces per
P              printed line to your printer.  If your printer uses
P              paper which is 8.5 inches wide, it still may be able to
P              satisfy this requirement of being able to print 131
P              characters and spaces per printed line, if it can be
P              set to a condensed print or small print mode.

P          4.  When changing any particular data base within ISR-20
P              FROM the DUPLICATE record mode TO the SINGULAR record
P              mode, all systems in ISR-20 will work flawlessly except
P              one.  When you are in the singular record mode, ISR-20
P              will assume that there are no duplicate records in the
P              data base.  In this mode, when you delete records,
P              ISR-20 will give you the option to restore those
P              records which you have just deleted.  This option will
P              work fine IF there are no duplicate records (duplicate
P              column 3 data entries) in the set of records being
P              modified.  If there are duplicates and you utilize this
P              option, there is a possibility that not all the deleted
P              records will be restored.  If this happens, the total
P              number of records in the data base will NOT decrease.
P              Instead, one or more records with duplicate data
P              entries in column 3 will duplicate themselves so that
P              they will become carbon copies of one of the other
P              records with an identical data entry in column 3.

P          5.  There is a possibility that ISR-20 could have a "system
P              crash" if you allow your fixed disk to get so full that
P              the amount of empty space on it for information storage
P              is less than twice the size of your largest data base
P              file in the directory on your fixed disk named "ISR-20".
P              (Occasionally, even more space may be required.)
P              Therefore, it wise to occasionally check the sizes of
P              your data base files and the amount of available disk
P              space.  ISR-20 needs a lot of working space for several
P              of the things it does.  For instance, ISR-20 must build
P              a temporary file holding the records you have selected
P              when you choose to either view records on the screen or
P              modify records.  Therefore, a crash is most likely to
P              happen when you are running out of disk space and you
P              choose to either view ALL records simultaneously on the
P              screen or modify ALL the records simultaneously which
P              are in the data base which you are using.

P              To generally avoid this problem, don't ask ISR-20 to
P              let you view on the screen or modify more than several
P              hundred records simultaneously.  To print the records on
P              the printer usually requires very little or no extra disk
P              working space, regardless of how many records you tell
P              ISR-20 to print.  The exception to this is when you tell
P              ISR-20 to search for records through the use of an ID
P              code.  In this latter case, printing the records will also
P              require ISR-20 to build a temporary file holding the
P              records you have selected.

P          6.  ISR-20 requires more than 256K of random access memory
P              for its operation.  It is recommended that your computer
P              system have at least 384K of RAM.

P          7.  It is a good practice to have at least two backup copies
P              of each data base.  Separate floppy disks (or sets of
P              floppy disks) must be used for each data base which you
P              back up.



P                     ADDITIONAL NOTES FOR PROGRAMMERS

P          All the data base files in the ISR-20 system have an ending
P          of ".DBF".  The data base file "DATA2.DBF" corresponds to
P          selection "B".  The same logical pattern follows through
P          selection "T", which corresponds to "DATA20.DBF".

P          In case you wish to import data into the ISR-20 system, you
P          will need to know the names of the main data storage fields
P          and certain system control fields.


P          1.   "INST_TYPE"

P               a.  This is a general information variable, the
P                   contents of which appears in column 1 of the
P                   printout.

P               b.  Data must be entered into this field before record
P                   storage is allowed.


P          2.   "SERIAL_NO"

P               a.  This is a general information variable, the
P                   contents of which appears in column 2 on the
P                   printout.

P               b.  This field is indexed.

P               c.  This field can be defined as an ID code field.  In
P                   such case, there should be no spaces in front of
P                   or between the characters entered as data in this
P                   field.

P               d.  Duplicate data entries may ALWAYS be made in the
P                   various records, in this field.


P          3.   "TVA_NO"

P               a.  This is a general information variable, the
P                   contents of which appear in column 3 of the
P                   printout.

P               b.  This field is indexed.

P               c.  This field can be defined as an ID code field.  If
P                   it is, there should be no spaces in front of or
P                   between the characters entered as data in this
P                   field.

P               d.  Duplicate data entries in the various records in
P                   this field are forbidden ONLY IF the logic used in
P                   the particular data base forbids duplicate record
P                   entries.  Also, in this case only, the first
P                   character in the field should not be a "?"
P                   (question mark).

P               e.  If the logic of the data base forbids duplicate
P                   record entries, data must be entered in this field
P                   for proper operation of ISR-20.

P               f.  All letters of the alphabet entered into this
P                   field should be upper case letters.


P          4.   "CALIB_DATE"

P               a.  This is a date field exclusively, and the date
P                   entered into this field appears in column 4 of the
P                   printout.

P               b.  All records in category 1 (and all records in
P                   category 3 which are logically attached to
P                   category 1 type data processing) view this date as
P                   a "beginning date."

P               c.  For records in category 2 or 3, this field may
P                   contain any date (not necessarily a beginning
P                   date) within the bounds of date storage for ISR-
P                   20.  This field may be left blank for records in
P                   categories 2 or 3.


P          5.   "CAL_DUE_DT"

P               a.  This is a date field exclusively, and the date
P                   entered into this field appears in column 5 of the
P                   printout.

P               b.  All records in category 1 (and all records in
P                   category 3 which are logically attached to
P                   category 1 type data processing) view this date as
P                   an "ending date."

P               c.  If a record is in categories 2 or 3, this date may
P                   be any date within the bounds of date storage for
P                   ISR-20.  It does not have to be an ending date.
P                   For categories 2 and 3, this field may be left
P                   blank.

P          PLEASE NOTE:  The limits for date storage are 90 years in
P          the past or the year 1900, whichever is the more recent
P          date, and 9 years into the future or the year 1999,
P          whichever is further into the future.


P          6.   "LOCATION"

P               a.  This is a general information variable, the
P                   contents of which appears in column 6 on the
P                   printout.


P          7.   "CALIB_INT"

P               a.  This is a one or two digit integer number variable
P                   only, the contents of which appear in column 7 of
P                   the printout IF a category 1 record (or a category
P                   3 record which has category 1 type processing
P                   forced upon it) is printed.

P               b.  For category 1 records (and those records in
P                   category 3 which have category 1 type data
P                   processing forced upon them), this variable
P                   represents the monthly interval between the two
P                   dates.

P               c.  For category 2 and category 3 it is used as an
P                   internal control code which designates categories.
P                   If it is "99", the record is in category 2.  If it
P                   is "0" (zero), the record is EXCLUSIVELY in
P                   category 3 and does NOT share the data processing
P                   of either categories 1 or 2.


P          8.   "LAST_UPDAT"

P               a.  This date variable is controlled internally and
P                   represents the last date upon which the
P                   information in each record was processed and/or
P                   checked.


P          9.   "REMARK"

P               a.  This is a general information variable, the
P                   contents of which appear as the 131 character
P                   horizontal "column" printed beneath the other
P                   information.  If it is empty, it is not printed.


P          10.  "SUBCATID"

P               a.  This is a general information CONTROL variable
P                   only.  USER-DEFINED dot commands indicating the
P                   subcategory or subcategories, and/or the USER-
P                   DEFINED dot command joining category 3 records to
P                   the processing in either category 1 or category 2,
P                   are entered into this field.

P          11.  "COMLINE"

P               a.  This is a general information CONTROL variable
P                   only.  PREDEFINED dot commands are entered into
P                   this variable.


P          After information has been imported into the above
P          variables, you should direct ISR-20 to do the following
P          things in the following order:

P               1.  Rebuild the particular data base (choosing the "C"
P                   option from the menu) as though the data base was
P                   damaged (since the index files will be effectively
P                   damaged).  This will automatically rebuild the
P                   index files.

P               2.  Direct ISR-20 to modify all the records which you
P                   imported.  If the records which you imported do not
P                   fit in any of the data search categories available
P                   within ISR-20, just have ISR-20 to modify all the
P                   records in the data base.  In this way, the other
P                   control codes which ISR-20 uses to make logical
P                   decisions will be automatically generated and
P                   stored in certain other data base control
P                   variables.  The special "ending date" search
P                   routine (selection "A" on the page which is
P                   entirely dedicated to various data search routines)
P                   will not function properly until the records have
P                   been processed.  Before the records are processed,
P                   it is recommended that all data searches (those
P                   used to place all the records which you have just
P                   imported into the modification mode to be
P                   processed), be limited to data searches which do
P                   not involve searches based upon categories or
P                   subcategories of records.


P          Procedure For Making a Large Single System Among Several
P                             Hard Disk Drives

P          The index files associated with the various data bases use a
P          particular system in how they are named.  There are two major
P          index files for each data base.  The index files for
P          DATA1.DBF are DATA1TV.NDX and DATA1SN.NDX.  The index files
P          for DATA2.DBF are DATA2TV.NDX and DATA2SN.NDX.  The same
P          system follows through to the twentieth data base DATA20.DBF
P          which has the index files DATA20TV.NDX and DATA20SN.NDX.  You
P          may copy the desired data base files and their associated
P          index files to the particular disks which you wish them to
P          occupy.  You must then delete the SAME data base files and
P          their associated index files from the disk on which you
P          installed the ISR-20 system.  To make the system work, you
P          must then define a PATH to those data base files when you
P          enter the ISR-20 system to run the system.  For example, if
P          you installed the ISR-20 system on hard disk "C:" and you
P          copied some of the data base files and their associated index
P          files to the main directories of hard disks "D:" and "E:",
P          you would enter the ISR-20 system by including the main
P          directories of hard disk "D:" and "E:" in the path you
P          define.  In example, if the directory in which the dBASE III
P          Plus system is located is a directory called "DATABASE", and
P          the directory "DATABASE" branches directly off the main
P          directory of disk "C:", then you would enter the ISR-20
P          system with the "ISR" command followed by special syntax
P          similar to the following:

P                   ISR C:\DATABASE;C:\ISR-20;C:\;D:\;E:\ 9

P          The "9" in the syntax sets up a printer buffer of 63K in the
P          computer memory.  The "9", of course, is not a necessary part
P          of the syntax.  The default would be a "1" which sets up a
P          buffer of 7K automatically (whether you typed the "1" or not).
P          The printer buffer is not available for the public domain
P          version.

P          If this version is a compiled version, then the above command
P          would be "ISR C:\ISR-20;C:\;D:\;E:\ 9".

P          It is hoped that this system will prove to be very useful to
P          you.  The author would very much appreciate your comments
P          concerning this system.



P                                             Marty L. Jamieson