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Vendor Information
This file provides information for Shareware Distributors, Disk
Vendors and BBS Sysops who would like to distribute our program(s).
For information, contact: Rob W. Smetana
Pro~Formance (415) 863-0530
132 Alpine Terrace
San Francisco, CA 94117
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1. Program Information
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Name: Pro~Formance Data Tool (PDT) Version: 2.6
Distribution
Name: On BBSs, please distribute PDT in one file:
PDT_26.ZIP (or PDT_26.ARJ or PDT_26.LZH, etc.)
Categories: DATABASE, dBASE, EBCDIC, FILE EDITORS
Keywords: Browse, Edit, dBase, Database, EBCDIC, Pro~Formance
Files: Readme.Bat
What's.New
Install.Doc
Install.Exe
PDT.Exe
PDT.Doc
PDT.Ref
Translate.Exe To scrub high ASCII characters
when printing manuals.
License.Doc
Sample_1.Dat
Sample_2.Dat
Sample_2.Str
Catalog.Doc Describes our many programs
To-Order.Doc
Vendor.Doc
File-ID.Diz
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2. Descriptions
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1-liner PDT 2.6, The ultimate, 2-gig file editor!
10 lines Pro~Formance Data Tool (PDT 2.6) File Editor
* PDT is an enormously powerful program!
It's data-file editing features are NOT
available in any other program.
* View and edit ANY file: dBase, data files,
EBCDIC, executable -- ANY file up to 2
gigabytes in size (or 4 files at once)!
* PDT automatically formats dBase "DBF"
and other fixed-length data files into
logical rows and columns. Easy editing!
Full
Very simply, PDT is the finest file editor available! And if you
ever have a need to edit database, binary or EBCDIC files, or repair
any file, you won't be able to be without PDT.
* You can view and edit ANY type of file: dBase or other types of
data files, executable files (eg., .Exe or .Com files), EBCDIC
files, ASCII files, font files -- any file.
* You can view and edit ANY SIZE file -- up to two gigabytes --
with NO NEED for extra memory! Jump from the top to the bottom
of any size file instantly. Search with blinding speed.
And you can open up to 4 files at once. View and compare
different files. Or work in different areas of the same file.
Since each file can be up to two gigabytes in size, you can work
with up to 8 gigabytes of data at once!
* With PDT, you can manage database files like you've never been
able to before. PDT's unique features help you manage dBase or
ANY fixed-length file (data or font files, etc.).
- PDT detects dBase ".DBF" files, formatting your "view" of them
so fields are automatically laid out for you.
- With other fixed-length data files (like those created by
programs written in C, Pascal, BASIC, COBOL, etc.), PDT lets
you easily and quickly define their "structure."
Once you define a file's structure, which is easy to do, PDT
formats your "view" of these files in logical rows and columns
and offers other features as well.
Introduction (continued)
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- Once PDT knows the structure of a file, you'll be able to:
-- Easily view and edit the file, tabbing quickly from field to
field. You can even press a key to edit numeric fields
stored in "packed binary" form.
-- Mark blocks (either columns or records) and then: Export
them, Copy them, Erase or Fill them, etc.
-- Expand or Shrink the width of fields. And, if you like, PDT
will automatically update the dBase header and its own
"structure" files to reflect the change.
* PDT even manages EBCDIC files -- like those found on, or
downloaded from, large IBM computers.
- PDT's dynamic EBCDIC-to-ASCII translation lets you view AND edit
EBCDIC files in easy-to-understand ASCII mode. Changes you make
to the file are saved to disk in EBCDIC.
- PDT will even translate EBCDIC files to ASCII, or vice versa.
* PDT can also help you:
- Repair files -- regardless of their type or size.
- Determine a file's structure (record or field length, etc.).
- Edit executable files to customize their messages or options.
* Finally, PDT makes editing all types of files safe and straight-
forward. Move around files using cursor (arrow) keys -- as you
would in any word processor or editor. Pull- down menus, keyboard
hot keys and on-line help simplify and speed up operations.
Distributing PDT
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Bulletin board Sysops, clubs and shareware distributors may
distribute "user supported" versions of this program, provided:
*** Your company name IS NOT: California Freeware ***
American Freeware
US Freeware
or any other firm, group or association which uses the
terms "freeware," "free software," etc. to misrepresent
"user-supported" software.
We further ask that:
(1) You distribute our program in complete, unmodified form.
(2) You include, unmodified, all files mentioned under "Files"
above and, if appropriate, in our "Packing.Lst" or "Readme"
files.
(3) You charge no more than $8 US as a "disk distribution fee."
(4) You state YOUR fee is NOT payment or registration for OUR software.
(5) You clearly encourage registration by stating that continued
use requires sending contributions to the developer.
(6) You obtain our ***written*** permission to distribute our
software via CDs, "racks," vending machines.