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║ Information About LOWCASE - From File LOWCASE.INF ║
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║ PAF Review - Edition 93.2 - April 1993 ║
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Converts the names in your PAF database to lower case.
Version: 1.8
Author: Jack J. Chandler
Address: 812 Vermillion Dr., Henderson, NV 89015
Version Date: March 1993
BBS File Name: LOCASE18.ZIP
Software Type: Shareware
Fee: $5 donation suggested but not required.
Read/Write: Updates NAME2.DAT file
Because of many queries for a program to convert the names in the
PAF NAME2.DAT file to lower case, LOWCASE was written. There is no
error checking and the program could crash if it runs into bad
data in the NAME2.DAT file. Be sure you are working on a BACKUP
copy of the NAME2.DAT file and check the modified file with FRCHK
before discarding your original NAME2.DAT file.
Some names may not be correctly converted. MCDERMITT will be
converted as McDermitt. MC DERMITT will be converted as Mc
Dermitt. MAC DERMITT will be converted as Mac Dermitt. J.J.CHASE
will be converted as J.J.Chase. JOHN HENRY, ESQ will be converted
as John Henry, Esq, O'MALLEY will end up O'Malley, and JONES-BUCK
will end up Jones-Buck. JOHN'S TAVERN will be converted as
John's Tavern. You have three options for handling names starting
with MAC followed by at least three letters, such as MACKNIGHT:
always convert to lower case (Macknight); always convert to
upper/lower (MacKnight); and present each one for your selection.
Names in parenthesis or with a preceding question mark will be
converted as (WIDOW SMITH) to (Widow Smith) and ?WIDOW SMITH to
?Widow Smith. Roman Numerals in the title field or in a name
field, if separated from other data by a space, will be left in
upper case. This will hold for those numerals up to XXXIX (39
arabic). Therefore, a name like KING JAMES VII will be converted
as King James III.
The two letter upper case postal abbreviations for the U.S. states
will be maintained properly. MA will remain MA, N.Y. will remain
N.Y. and NY will remain NY. LOWCASE also now handles the postal
abbreviations for Canada and other foreign countries.