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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. American Coders LTD ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
American Coders, LTD.
Post Office Box 97462
Raleigh, NC 27624
(919) 846-2014
Copyright 1993 American Coders LTD Raleigh NC USA
Programming Solutions For Your Business
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. How To Execute ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
From the command line simply type PMFLCOMP at the prompt.
Or set it up in one of your folders. For instance, where you keep your
productivity, utility or programming tools.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. What It Is ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
PM File Compare reads and compares the text lines of two files. When any
file's data doesn't have a match the mismatched line is shown in the Comparison
List Box.
Future releases will include hex/binary comparison.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1. The Main Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The main window is made up of 4 pulldowns, File, Type, Options and Help; two
entry fields and the comparison list box.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2. File Pulldown ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The File pulldown contains 6 choices:
o Old File
o New File
o Compare
o Print
o Refresh
o Exit
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2.1. Old File Choice ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
When you select the Old File choice you will get the standard PM File Dialog
box. Use this dialog box to select the older of the two files you wish to
compare against. This is an alternate method refer to Old File Entry Field.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2.2. New File Choice ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
When you select the New File choice you will get the standard PM File Dialog
box. Use this dialog box to select the newer of the two files you wish to
compare against. This is an alternate method refer to Old File Entry Field.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2.3. Compare Choice ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
When you select the Compare choice you start the comparison function. The
compare function will not start until both the Old File and New File have been
selected.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2.4. Print Choice ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select this to print the contents of the comparison listbox.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2.5. Refresh Choice ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select this to erase the contents from the comparison listbox.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2.6. Exit Choice ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select this to exit the program.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3. Type Pulldown ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Not yet implemented at this time. All choices off of this pulldown currently
are disabled.
o Text
o Binary
o Hex
o Checksum
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4. Option Pulldown ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Not yet implemented at this time. All choices off of this pulldown currently
are disabled.
o Ignore Leading Spaces
o Ignore Trailing Spaces
o Translate Tabs
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.5. Help Pulldown ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.6. Within The Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Inside the window there are two entry fields and one list box.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.6.1. Old File Entry Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Enter the Old File name to select the older of the two files you wish to
compare against. This is an alternate method refer to Old File Choice.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.6.2. New File Entry Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Enter the Old File name to select the older of the two files you wish to
compare against. This is an alternate method refer to New File Choice.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.6.3. Compare List Box ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The list box shows the differences between the Old and New files. If a line is
found in the Old File that has no matching New File line it shows up in the
listbox as
Del(#xxxx) yyyyy
where xxxx is the line number in the Old File and yyyyy is the mismatching
text. Similarly, if a line is found in the New File that has no matching Old
File line it shows up in the listbox as
Ins(#xxxx) yyyyy
where xxxx is the line number in the New File and yyyyy is the mismatching
text.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. What It Ain't ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
PM File Compare can compare almost any file.
Its main objective is to compare ASCII text file. You could compare binary
files with the program, but the output would be useless.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1. Suggestions and Bugs. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Please call or write to us at our address with suggestions or to report bugs.
We are working on a hex/binary comparison version of the program.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. What Else American Coders Can Do For You ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Programming PM apps is our speciality.
Also, we do mainframe programming. With an emphasis on programming CICS
applications that communicate to DOS and OS2 applications via APPC.
There is more. We have written a VRexx application that creates a shell, yet
compilable, PM program. It accomplishes this function by parsing your .RC and
.DLG files. Look for RCDO_Cxx.ZIP on a BBS near you. Or send a check in the
amount of $25.00 along with a formatted floppy to our address. North Carolina
companies and residents must include sales tax.