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Version 5.5 of bBaseII incorporates a new "Note" feature that increases
the maximum total storage capacity of each record, from 414 bytes
(46 characters in each of a maximum of 9 fields), to 1534 bytes (414 in
the fields, plus 1120 in each "Note"). This is a 270% increase.
I found that, personally, I was storing miscellaneous information in the
fields, as there was no where else to put it. This was fouling up my
sort and search results. Therefore, I adapted the note area for this
information, which would not be sorted or searched.
Unfortunately, this has once again created an incompatibility between
the databases that were used in Versions 3 through 5.4, and the V5.5
of bBaseII. This is NOT a problem, however.
Enclosed in this package should be a program called "Convert". Just click
on it's icon from the Workbench, or type "Run Convert" in the Shell.
The program opens with an explanitory message, and asks you if you want
to convert a V3 - V5.4 database to the V5.5 format. If you press "Y" on
the keyboard, a file requester will appear, and you can select the
database you want to convert.
The program will read in the database, and write it back to the disk in
the new format. It is instantly available for use in bBaseII V5.5.
A normal precaution would be to copy your database to RAM:, and then
run Convert on the COPY of your database. Once you see that the database
works fine with V5.5, you can replace the old database with the new
one without worry.
Convert will have to be re-run for each database to be converted.
I apologize for the inconvenience, but I think the benefits justify it.
Also, in V5.5, I have eliminated the "Companion Program" which was
intended to possibly run on a 512K Amiga. In all the correspondence I
have received, people have asked for a larger database capability, but
no one has mentioned the smaller one. I assume is was not used much.
With the switch to the new format, I believe that a database that could
run on a 512K Amiga would be too small to be of any practical use.
If someone REALLY wants it, though . . . .
Regards
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