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F I L E D U M P FILEDUMP is a File/Record - Dump/Viewer/Extract/Search utility that allows viewing ANY MS-DOS file in ASCII, HEX, or EBCDIC. Large files up to 1GB and records up to 14000 characters are supported. Output can be sent to screen, printer, Disk file, .dbf (xBASE) file, or comma delimited file. THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT ALTER THE ORIGINAL (Input) FILE IN ANY WAY. Supported printers are Epson, Okidata, and HP LaserJet. If Disk, .dbf, or comma delimited output is selected you have the option to write non-selected records to a separate file. If the output File Exists you can OVER WRITE it, select a New File, or Append to the existing File. If .dbf output is selected the input file must be a .dbf. This option creates a subset of the input file (records) but can not change the structure of the .dbf. NOTE: This version does NOT handle memo fields. The pointer into the .DBT is written with the record, so if the original .DBT file is copied with the new name, your application will run. If Comma Delimited output is selected a table file containing a one record per field description is needed, it is of the from XXXXX,YYYYY. This is a fast and simple way of converting ascii files into files compatible with many different programs. All you do is describe your ascii file and we do the rest. XXXXX is the staring position in the record of the field YYYYY is the length of the data field Both have a max length of 5 characters and may have lead zeros, sample file DELTEST included. The order of the output fields does not have to be the same as the input, and only pieces of the input may be selected, or may be used more than once. The order that these items appear in the table dictate the order in the output delimited ascii file. If XXXXX is greater than the length of the input record a null field is output. If (XXXXX + YYYYYY) - 1 is greater than then length of the input record from XXXXX to the end of record will be used. When each field is moved to the output all trailing blanks are suppressed. Many programs can accept data in the comma delimited ascii format, such as Lotus 123, dBase III+ / IV, word processors, etc. NOTE: If input is a .dbf (xBASE) file remember that the first byte (character) of each record is the delete flag. FILEDUMP was created for users who had a need or were curious about the internal file structures or formats used by different software packages. Now has Mouse support Will run as a DOS app under Windows/WFW 3.0/3.1 in window or full screen. PIF file included. You will need to use the PIF Editor to change the path to point to where you installed the executable. From the Windows Progran Manager select Main then PIF Editor then File Then Open -- the Filedump.PIF and change Start-Up from C:\UTIL to where you copied FILEDUMP.EXE. If you want to be able to Shell out of FILEDUMP you need to change both KB Required & KB Desired to 256 or more, the amount of KB is based on the program you want to run. Will run in a DOS window under OS/2 2.1. INPUT FILE TYPE S = Standard file dump -- The file is divided into 80 character pieces. Used when file structure is unknown or not one of other listed options. This option will work for ANY MS-DOS file. i.e. .EXE .COM D = .DBF Data Base file dBASE III, dBASE III PLUS and dBASE IV and CLIPPER Filedump will get the record size from the database. Filedump will then ask for the starting record number which maybe 1 thru 325 MB. For taking a look into .DBF files without having a full featured database program. F = Fixed length records -- may or may not end with CR LF For this option to work correctly ALL records in the file MUST be the same size. Filedump will ask for the record size, this maybe 1 thru 14000. Filedump will then ask for the starting record number which maybe 1 thru 325 MB. Use F option for .DBT (Memo field) files with record size = 512 V = Variable length records -- each record MUST end with [CR] LF. This is a standard ASCII file, also works with UN*X files. Z = Variable length records -- each record ends with X(xx). Where X(xx) the record terminator is supplied as a 2 character Hex code by the user. Maximum record size is 14000 characters for all types except "S" F I L E D U M P M E N U Esc = Exit Menu to Exit program question. F2 = Toggle Show All of record or only first line "Short form" -- Default ALL. F3 = Toggle Display of HEX representation of characters -- Default HEX Off. F4 = Toggle Display of Count Grid line under data display ex. 1...|....*....|. Default No count grid. F5 = Toggle ASCII/EBCDIC for display (character) representation -- Default ASCII F6 = Toggle Search mode (Find ALL) -- Locate all occurences of specific data. Enter the search arugment (string) in the format A'=ASCII E'=EBCDIC X'=Hex. No ending delimitor is used so that the apostrophe can be used in the search argument. ex. A'Stan's X'3a0d0a (:/CR/LF) Enter/Return key only to use a table (file) of search arguments, or a range of values. Enter Table of values Range of values > user enters a "T" or "R" The table file may contain up to 500 entries, and use up to 5000 bytes of storage, sample file MESSDROP.TXT included. At the end of run each element of the table is displayed along with a count of how records matched this element. NOTE If a record has more than one element in it only the first one is counted. A range of values, max length of range entry 36 bytes. The high range must be greater than the low range, and must be the same length. Use Alt F1 to set the starting position. The length is taken from the range/search argument (Alt F2 is not needed or used here). ex. Enter Low Range Search argument >19000 Enter High Range Search argument >19154 If these are zip codes, this will pull all Zips >= 19000 and <= 19154 NOTES: All searchs are case sensitive. In Hex string a thru f can be enetered in upper or lower case. In table (file) input a ; in first position cause line to be treated as a comment/remark. Ctrl F6 = Toggle Search (Find)/First ONLY Will search for a match and when successful will go in to normal display mode, with the file positioned to the first record that matched the value(s)/range. NOTE: A table (file) of search arguments may also be used here. Ctrl F7 = Find NEXT/Display -- Repeat Last/Previous search. Used to find next match after a MATCH was found using Ctrl F6. Alt F1 = Change Starting postion in record to begin search -- Default 1st char. Used to limit search, most useful with records where data is in a fixed position, as in .dbf files. NOTE: When used with .dbf files, the first postion of the record is the delete flag, so all starting postions using a structure printout must have one added to them. Alt F2 = Change Field Size / Search area length -- Default entire record. Used to limit search, most useful with records where data is in a fixed position. If field size is larger than search arugment (string) than we will check for an "contains/embedded in" string. If both are equal and smaller than field size in input record than we will check for "Begins With" search arugment. Alt F6 = Toggle display of file pointer/line number after Search/Find match Used with F6, after each match a line with the file pointer--number of bytes into file, and also record/line number into file from where you started Search, of record is displayed -- Default is Off. F7 = Select Search condition Display/Print/Write records that are: equal / not equal / until equal / while equal -- to the search argument Default condition is equal to, used with F6 and Ctrl F6. Ctrl F5 = Select "V" or "Z" type records based on record size Equal / Not equal / Greater Than / Greater Than or Equal Less Than / Less Than or Equal to selected record size This option maybe used with F6 (Find All) or Ctrl F6 (Find First) F8 = Change maxmium number of records to Print/Display/Search/Write Default is the entire file. (325000000 records) F9 = Toggle Generate CR/LF after write of record to disk -- Default is Off. Alt F7 = Set File Filter -- you may use wildcards -- Default is *.* Used to limit the files that are shown -- ex. *.txt The system will bring up a display of files based on what the File Filter is set to. You then can use the arrow keys to highlight a file name and hit return, or if you have a mouse move cursor over file name and hit left mouse button. Hit ESC key and you can key in file name with PATH and Drive. Alt F8 = Change Logged drive Will display available drives and let you select the new default. Alt F9 = Change Current Directory -- will display current subdirectory and a list available subdirectories -- You then can use the arrow keys to highlight a directory and hit return, or if you have a mouse move cursor over directory and hit left mouse button. Hit ESC key and you can key in new Path Name (works just like DOS CD command) or Return (Current Path) to exit Alt F10 = DOS Shell -- Shell out of progran to DOS. Used to Run another program or DOS command. If program is unable to shell it will return the DOS error code. NOTE: IF run under windows the user will need to change the PIF file to get or memory, how much memory is needed depends on the program you want to run. Ctrl F8 = Toggle Fast Screen Write -- Default is On. Ctrl F9 = Nth Select -- Select every Nth record, range is 1 thru 32000. This option maybe used with F6 (Find All) or Ctrl F6 (Find First). Default is every 11111th record. If the Nth count is greater than the number of records in the file no records will be pulled. \ = Exit menu to main processing F10 = Go process new record range File Navigation Keys Up arrow Scrolls screen up one line/record Dn arrow Scrolls screen down one line PgUp Scrolls up one screen PgDn Scrolls down one screen Home Moves to top of file End Moves to end of file D I S C L A I M E R o f W a r r e n t: This program is supplied AS IS without any warranty, expressed or implied of any kind. In no case is Stanley R. Weiss or World Wide Enterprises liable for any damages resulting from your use of this program. Technical support policy: Free unlimited mail support to all registered users. Fixs, and updates are free for first year. This program will work with DOS up to and including Ver 6.20, Disk partitions > 32MB, Files > 32MB, CD-ROM's, and Novell Networks. This program require DEVICE=ANSI.SYS statement in your CONFIG.SYS File. Please sent comments about this program or suggestions for updates to: World Wide Enterprises 13084 Townsend Road Philadelphia PA 19154-1001 Attn: Stan Weiss TECHNICAL INFORMATION This program was written and assembled with the Microsoft Macro Assembler, Version 5.1 [MASM]. PLEASE REGISTER! If you find this program useful, please send a $15 contribution to the address above. DISCLAIMER This code is released with two restrictions as to its use. 1. The program must not be modified in any way. 2. The program must not be sold. The author has taken due care in writing this code, and the code is supplied as is. The author makes no expressed or implied warranty of any kind with regard to this code. In no event shall the author be liable for incidental or consequential damages in connection with or arising out of the use of this code.