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Welcome to the CS-libraries.
A C++ database system.
The libraries are to be used with Borland C++ 3.1.
Both MS-DOS and Windows applications are supported.
The libraries are intended for programmers who
need some kind of database in their application but
are reluctant to use any of the vast DBMS's currently
on the market.
In other words: the supplied classes are not just
front ends for some database server but are doing
all their IO themselves.
For the non-Windows programmer, classes are included
which support in building the user-interface. The
included demonstration address-database is an
example of that.
An important part of the package is a program generator.
It generates the source for a database with automatically
updated indexes, easy access to fields, support for DATE
fields, conversion to-and-from ASCII and so on.
This program generator also produces a conversion function
to maintain compatibility with the dBASE file format.
In addition the package contains classes which go beyond
the traditional database.
E.g. classes for variable length records and a class
which works like a 'heap in a file'. This makes it
possible to maintain pointer structures on disk!
For more information please see the csdb.wp file in the
DOC directory.
Shareware distribution:
You probably have received this package in a '.zip' file.
Unless somebody has tampered with the original
distribution, this file contains subdirectories.
If by now you have all the files in just one
directory, you probably didn't used the -d option.
To do it right try:
c:\temp> pkunzip -d cslib15a.zip
Borland C++ 4.x
These libraries are compiled with and for Borland C 3.1.
Although not completely impossible, using 3.1 libraries with
a 4.x compiler is tricky at best.
Therefore, there will be a version of these libraries for
the 4.x compilers in the very nearby future.
Beta-testers wanted
I still have plans to expand this library with additional
classes and functions.
If you like to toy with it, send me e-mail.
The prerequisites are a smooth internet-connection and a keen
eye for bugs!