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Thank you for trying my dBASE III Plus applications generator. I would
appreciate any comments or suggestions you may have. Please refer any
comments to "trp" on the Ashton Tate BBS.
1. Purpose - Creates a system of menus to manage a single
database application.
2. Features not offered by the APPSGEN (non advance)
a. Three menu system
(1) Main menu
(2) Utilities Menu
(3) Reports Menu
b. Ability to filter your records before listing or reporting
c. Uses up to four reports
d. User prompt for printer or screen output
e. List maker
f. Ability to view or print database structure
g. Key index search
3. Operation
a. Load the files in a seperate directory off of your
dBASE III Plus directory, i.e.,
C:\DBASE>MD ricks
C:\DBASE>CD RICKS
C:\DBASE\RICKS>COPY A:*.*
b. When you create a new application make a seperate
directory to hold all of the files needed by the
application. You may use the "RUN" command from
the dBASE dot prompt i.e.,
RUN MD dirname
RUN CD dirname
c. Set a path to the location of the RICKSGEN files, i.e.,
SET PATH TO C:\DBASE\RICKS
d. Start the RICKSGEN.prg program, i.e.,
DO RICKSGEN
e. Follow the screen prompts. The only mandatory names to enter
is your application name and the name of your .dbf file. Be
careful not to enter an erronous file name, if you do, you will
be bumped back to the MAIN MENU and you will have to start over
with the CREATE APPLICATION process.
g. The RICKSGEN program will create two files; yourapp.PRG and
LIBRARY.PRG. The LIBRARY.PRG file is a procedure file. The
routines within this file are called from your application file.
If you create many applications with this applications generator
you only need one LIBRARY.PRG file. Modify your application to
include the complete path to the LIBRARY.PRG location. CAUTION -
your application .prg file will be too large for the dBASE editor,
you must use another text editor to modify your file.
h. To run your new application enter the following commands;
SET PATH TO yourpath
DO yourapp
You may modify your application file to include the SET PATH
command. Put it on the first line of the yourapp.PRG file.
Remember the caution in 3g above.
i. To call up your application from the DOS prompt create a
batch file in the dBASE III Plus directory, i.e.,
@ECHO OFF
DBASE yourpath\yourapp
This will only work if you have added the SET PATH command to
the yourapp.PRG file.
4. If you would like the source code for this applications generator
leave me a note on the Ashton Tate BBS or write;
Rick Patrick
C/O R & M Computer Concepts
506 Chanticlar Court
Newport News, Va 23602