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┌────────────────┐
│ MAIN FEATURES: │
└────────────────┘
■ mouse support, and 25/43/50 x 80/132 screen displays
■ edit/view in page(s)-per-record mode, with user-defined format
■ edit/view in traditional row-per-record mode
■ edit/view record in column mode
■ input via translation maps
■ set/make indexes, filters and relations
■ create/merge/convert database files
■ conversion between database and text, that protects memos
■ execute user-defined action tasks such as printing etc
■ perform user-defined business transaction interface
■ allow cutdown on edit/view power to suit end user
■ command line initialisation of database, index etc
┌────────┐
│ FILES: │
└────────┘
DBM112.ZIP contains the following files
readme - this file
dbm.exe - database manager
dbm.ovl - must be kept with dbm.exe
dbm.hlp - help file for database manager
dbm.doc - document on dbm.exe
demo.bat - a demo for command line options
readme.bat - show readme via dbm.exe
iron.com - iron any of four options to dbm.exe
screen.com - set screen for VGA to 132x25 or 132x43 display
stock.dbf - example database for stock
stock.dbm - screen format database file
stock.dbp - print design database file
stock@@@.dbf - database file to store invoices
stock_m1.dbp - another print design for stock
stock_m2.dbp - print design for other purposes
stock.hlp - helpfile for using stock.*
taxclass.map - map database file used by stock.dbm
addr.dbf - example database for address
addr.dbt - companion of addr.dbf
addr.dbm - format file for address
addr_1.dbm - another format for address, with direct
display of memo field
addr_2.dbm - a variation of addr_1.dbm
addr132.dbm - format file for 132x25 screen display
surname.ntx - an index file for addr.dbf
country.map - map file for country names
category.map - map file for categories
medium.dbf - sample medium database
large.dbf - sample large database
text25.asc - example of converted text file
text25.dbm - sample format for plain text
There are three scratch files, _IDX@#$.TMP,
_PRN@#$.TMP and _DBM@#$.TMP, which DBM might use without
issuing any warnings.
┌────────────────┐
│ CONFIGURATION: │
└────────────────┘
There is no strict requirement on the hardware, though a good
machine configuration could be:
386/486 + EGA/VGA + mouse + extended memory + DOS 5.0
Also I have never run into any problems on conventional memory
when there are over 600K available.
┌─────────────┐
│ DISCLAIMER: │
└─────────────┘
DBM version 1.12 is provided *AS IS* without any warranty,
expressed or implied. While great efforts are made to make
DBM as bug free as possible, the author will assume no
liability for damages either from the direct use of this
product or as a consequence of the use of this product.
The general rule of thumbs in database management is always
keep sufficient backups.
┌───────────────┐
│ DISTRIBUTION: │
└───────────────┘
DBM v1.12 is a "cardware" - it is free to all users.
If you find DBM useful to you, please send me a postcard as
an incentive for future upgrades. Please send the card to
Z JIANG, c/o DATA MIRACLES, Post Box 787, Armidale NSW 2351,
Australia.
┌──────────────────┐
│ VERSION HISTORY: │
└──────────────────┘
v1.1 - fix some bugs in v1.0
add support for monochrome monitor
add new memo field handling feature to formatted display
v1.11 - fixed several minor bugs due to the use of different
version of compiler
v1.12 - recompiled with new version of compiler, case sensitivity
in text search added