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LOWCASE.EXE
Version 1.3, 30 June 1992
Copyright (C) 1992, Jack J. Chandler
Have read many queries on program to convert the names in
the PAF NAME2.DAT file to lower case. This program does
just that.
LOWCASE.EXE can be used with no charge as long as not modified
in any way. Program can be distributed as desired for the FREE
use of any and all users of PAF.
There is no error checking and program may crash if it runs into
bad data in the NAME2.DAT file. If NAME2.DAT file cannot be
found, you will be asked to re-enter or to quit the program Be
sure you have the correct location of your data files and try
again.
Some names may not be correctly converted. MCDERMITT will be
converted as McDermitt. MC DERMITT will be converted as Mc
Dermitt. MACDERMITT will be converted as Macdermitt. MAC DERMITT
will be converted as Mac Dermitt. J.J.CHASE will be converted
as J.J.Chase. J. J. CHASE will be converted as J. J. Chase.
JOHN HENRY, ESQ will be converted as John Henry, Esq, JOHN
HENRY,ESQ will be converted as John Henry,Esq, O'MALLEY will end
up O'Malley, and JONES-BUCK will end up Jones-Buck. JOHN'S
TAVERN will be converted as John's Tavern.
Names in parenthes or with a preceding question mark will be
converted as (WIDOW SMITH) to (Widow Smith) and ?WIDOW SMITH to
?Widow Smith.
Roman Numerals in the title field or in a name field, if separated
from other data by a space, will be left in upper case. This will
hold for those numerals up to XXX (30 arabic). Therefore, a name
like KING JAMES VII will be converted as King James III.
The two letter upper case postal abbreviations for the U.S. states will
be maintained. If you have intered these in your data base, you will
not lose them. MASSACHUSETTS will be converted to Massachusetts,
MA will remain MA, N.Y. will remain N.Y. and NY will remain NY.
This should give you an idea of what to expect and where to look
for names you may need to edit.
Be sure you are working on a BACKUP copy of the NAME2.DAT file
and check the modified file with FRCHK before discarding your
original NAME2.DAT file.
LOWCASE.EXE can be run from any drive:\directory.
The author assumes no liability for any loss of data do to the use
of LOWCASE.EXE.
No registration required, but if you do find this program of use
to you, a donation of not more than $5.00 will be appreciated.
Jack J. Chandler, 812 Vermillion Dr., Henderson, NV 89015