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BTedit features list
BTedit is designed for software developers who use Btrieve as the
database manager. In addition BTedit is extremely helpful to QA and
support staffs. Its primary use is to be able to look at Btrieve
records and to be able to search for a particular record for analysis.
If editing is required, it is very easy to look at a record in detail
format (HEX and ASCII) and to apply a change in either format. BTedit
was designed to get you there simply and fast. Its user interface is
probably not the most "fancy", but it is to the point.
There is very little need for documentation since every function
available is shown at the bottom of the screen when appropriate. The
only exception to that rule is the list menu which consists of three
rotating menus. Note that when on the list screen, ALL rotating menu
functions are AVAILABLE although only one menu is displayed.
Help is available when necessary. New users should scan all the help
at least once to become familiar with some time saving features.
BTedit will prompt you for confirmation of record deletion, file
replacement or any other function that could have dire consequences or
could give one result as opposed to another one. The morale here is
read the prompt and you will not get in trouble.
The following is a list of features with a few additional bits of
information not included in the help or the prompts:
1- View/Edit Btrieve files version 5.x and 6.x.
BTedit has been tested on stand alone systems with 5.12 and on a
Novell network with Version 6.10.
2- Set default owner.
3- Set default open mode of normal or accelerated.
4- Display of file statistics at all times.
5- Display of key statistics from record list screen and detail
editing screen
6- Display of active key, file name, open mode at all times.
7- Selecting next or previous key by one key stroke or from a
selection window (real handy for file with many keys).
8- Key search (ASCII as well as binary keys) with one keystroke.
9- Setting of default case (upper, lower) for ASCII data when
specifying key search.
9- Deletion of a single record.
10- Duplication of a single record.
11- Ability to mark single record (up to 32,000).
12- Ability to unmark single record.
13- Ability to mark and unmark records by one page at the time.
14- Ability to unmark all marked records.
15- Ability to export marked records to an ASCII file (Butil format)
or to a Btrieve file.
16- Ability to export ALL records to an ASCII file (Butil format) or
to a Btrieve file.
17- Ability to create ASCII or Btrieve (clone or current file) target
files if necessary by answering simple prompts to accommodate the
previous two features.
18- Ability to import records from an ASCII file (Butil format).
19- Ability to change or remove a Btrieve file owner.
20- Ability to resolve four types of binary data (int, long, Btrieve
date and time types).
21- Ability to edit a record in ASCII or HEX format.
22- Ability to reset a changed record to original status if necessary
(must be performed prior to committing changes to file).
23- Ability to perform an ASCII search and replace of key data as well
as non key data; search may be case sensitive or not.
24- Ability to cancel exporting of records.
25- Ability to clone current Btrieve file without going through the
record copy functions.
26- File pick list from file selection prompt; list is built according
to the search criterion typed in. Ex: *.*, *.dat, j:\dir1\dir2\file.*,
etc.
27- Deletion of all records from current Btrieve file (file owner is
retained if appropriate)
28- Column data replacement for marked records(NULLs and char 255 are
not allowed as replacement data).
29- Column data replacement for ALL records
History of Additions and Fixes:
Version 1.01
1- Smooth scrolling was implemented.
2- Ability to cancel exporting of records.
3- Ability to set file open mode.
4- Display of file open mode.
Version 1.02
1- Fixed ASCII search and replace for key data.
2- Show BTedit version at top right corner.
Version 1.03
1- Fixed ASCII search and replace to allow trailing blanks as
significant character in the search string as well as the replace
string
2- Added ability to clone current Btrieve file without going through
the record copy functions.
Version 1.04
1- Added file pick list from file selection prompt
Version 1.05
1- Added number of unique keys for a given key in Key statistics.
2- Fixed display of variable length records after editing
3- Fixed saving of variable length records after editing (Btrieve
error 97)
Version 1.06
1-Added deletion of all records from current Btrieve file (file owner
is retained if appropriate)
Version 1.07
1- Fixed key search for ZSTRING data type.
2- Fixed trailing blanks in ASCII search (This is a tricky one)
Version 1.08
1- Added column data replacement for marked records(NULLs and char 255
are not allowed as replacement data).
Version 1.09
1- Added column data replacement for ALL records.
2- Added marking and unmarking of records by page.
Version 1.10
1- Fixed positioning problem after getting match on ASCII search.
2- Fixed positioning problem after duplicating a record when resultant
records fall at the bottom of the record list
3- Fixed the record count when duplicating an existing record.
NOTE: All comments and bug reports should be directed to:
C-Soft, Inc.
4131 Wash Lee Court
Lilburn, GA 30247
Ph: (404) 279-9493
Compuserve ID: 75037,1605