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  5. ##       M A N U A L  ->  'B B A S E 2 - V I E W  V1.00'        ##
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  9. ## BBASE2VIEW V1.00 IS SHAREWARE ! IF YOU`RE GONNA USE IT, SEND ##
  10. ## ME A SHAREWARE-FEE OF  DM 10  OR  US$ 7 DOLLAR.              ##
  11. ##                                                              ##
  12. ##   MICHAEL BIALAS, FREIBURGERSTR.2, 6200 WIESBADEN, GERMANY   ##
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  15.  
  16. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  17. Introdution
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  19.  
  20. What is 'BBASE2VIEW' ?
  21.  
  22. 'BBASE2VIEW' is a DataViewer with Printoption, especially written for
  23. Databases created with the DB-Prog. `BBase2 VERSION 5.32`.
  24.  
  25. BBASE2VIEW V1.00 REQUIRES AMIGA-OS2.0 + ASL.LIBRARY
  26.  
  27.  
  28. Why `BBASE2VIEW` ? -> The Author......
  29.  
  30. Well, I was very confused by using the original `BBase2` to view some 
  31. Databases. A fast scanning through the Bases was not possible (68000CPU).
  32. The loading and processing of large Databases always tooks some Time. Also
  33. the limit of 600 Records or 50KB Databases disturbed me.
  34. So I determined to write a faster Base-Viewer for `BBase2`.
  35.  
  36. The Result.....
  37.  
  38. As `BBase2View` was completly in assembler written, a fast scanning through
  39. large Bases, the loading and processing Time are very optimized. The limit
  40. of Database-Intems is only a Question of available Memory.
  41. (To scann fast through the Base, use the Cursor-Keys)
  42.  
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  45. Distribution-Info
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  47.  
  48. It is allowed to distribute `BBase2View` in anyway (Disks/BBS`s...), when no
  49. change is made to the original Files.
  50. The following files MUST BE included on the Distribution-Disk.
  51.  
  52. BBase2View_V1.00
  53. BBase2View_V1.00.info
  54. BBase2View.English-Doc
  55. BBase2View.English-Doc.info
  56. BBase2View.Deutsch-Dok
  57. BBase2View.Deutsch-Dok.info
  58.  
  59.  
  60. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  61. Getting started
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  63.  
  64. You can start 'BBASE2VIEW' by double-clicking on its Workbench-Icon or from
  65. CLI with its Filename. If you`re using `Run BBASE2VIEW_V1.00`, you are able
  66. to use your Cli as long as you type `Endcli`.
  67.  
  68. After loading `BBASE2VIEW`, it will open up a Window with many Gadgets which 
  69. will be explained now.
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  73. GadgetFunctions & WindowStructure
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  75.  ___________________________________________________________________________
  76. |                                                                           |
  77. |          THE WINDOW TITEL-BAR INCLUDES THE CURRENT DATABASE-NAME          |
  78. |__________________ ________________________________________________________|
  79. |                  |                                                        |
  80. |     VIEW-FIELD   |                                                        |
  81. |        FOR       |                                                        |
  82. |    RECORD-NAMES  |             MAINVIEW-FIELD FOR RECORDINTEMS            |
  83. |                  |                                                        |
  84. |                  |                                                        |
  85. |__________________|________________________________________________________|
  86. |                  |    |    |   |     |   |    |    |     |     | | |      |
  87. |RECORD-NR.:  0000 | |< | << | < |PRINT| > | >> | >| | GO% | GO# |?|L| QUIT |
  88. |__________________|____|____|___|_____|___|____|____|_____|_____|_|_|______|
  89.  
  90.           ^          ^    ^    ^    ^    ^    ^    ^    ^     ^   ^ ^   ^
  91.           |          |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |   | |   |
  92.  CURRENT RECORD-NR.  |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |   | |   |
  93.                      |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |   | |   |
  94.  TO FIRST RECORD-----|    |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |   | |   |
  95.                           |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |   | |   |
  96.  10 RECORDS BACKWARDS-----|    |    |    |    |    |    |     |   | |   |
  97.                                |    |    |    |    |    |     |   | |   |
  98.  1 RECORD BACKWARDS------------|    |    |    |    |    |     |   | |   |
  99.                                     |    |    |    |    |     |   | |   |
  100.  PRINT CURRENT RECORD---------------|    |    |    |    |     |   | |   |
  101.                                          |    |    |    |     |   | |   |
  102.  1 RECORD FORWARD------------------------|    |    |    |     |   | |   |
  103.                                               |    |    |     |   | |   |
  104.  10 RECORDS FORWARD---------------------------|    |    |     |   | |   |
  105.                                                    |    |     |   | |   |
  106.  TO LAST RECORD------------------------------------|    |     |   | |   |
  107.                                                         |     |   | |   |
  108.  GO TO PROCENT-AMOUT OF THE CURRENT BASE----------------|     |   | |   |
  109.                                                               |   | |   |
  110.  GO TO RECORD-NUMBER OF THE CURRENT BASE----------------------|   | |   |
  111.                                                                   | |   |
  112.  INFORMATIONS ABOUT BBASE2-VIEW V1.00-----------------------------| |   |
  113.                                                                     |   |
  114.  LOAD NEW DATABASE--------------------------------------------------|   |
  115.                                                                         |
  116.  QUIT BBASE2VIEW !!!!!--------------------------------------------------|
  117.  
  118.  
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  120. The Cursor-Key Functions.......
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  122.  
  123. To move through the current Database, you also can use the Cursor-Keys. The
  124. Functions are as follows.......
  125.  
  126. CURSOR     UP  ->  GO TO FIRST RECORD
  127. CURSOR   DOWN  ->  GO TO LAST RECORD
  128. CURSOR   LEFT  ->  1 RECORD BACKWARDS
  129. CURSOR  RIGHT  ->  1 RECORD FORWARD
  130.  
  131.  
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  133. Other things...
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  135.  
  136. This Version of `BBase2View` is especially written to use DataBases, created
  137. with `BBase2` VERSION 5.32. If a new Version of `BBase2` is released and
  138. the DatabaseStruktur has changed, YOU CAN`T USE BASES CREATED WITH THE NEW
  139. VERSION OF BBASE2 IN BBASE2VIEW V1.00. Just try it out. Anyway, until a new
  140. Version of BBase2 is released, a new Version of `BBase2View` isn`t far.
  141.  
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  144. Disclaimer
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  146.  
  147. The author cannot be held liable for the suitability or accuracy of 
  148. `BBASE2VIEW`. Any damage directly or indirectly caused by the use or misuse
  149. of `BBASE2VIEW` is the sole responsibility of the user her/him self.
  150.  
  151. Don`t get shocked...
  152.  
  153. Before releasing, `BBASE2VIEW V1.00` has been tested several times. Under 
  154. correct and responsible use `BBASEVIEW` can`t cause any damage.
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  159.  3/8/1992 M.Bialas 
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