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DBEDIT v .91 (Not quite fully cooked!)
Thank you for looking at this program. It allows you to edit a dBASE database
file in a manner similar to dBASE's edit command but with several enhancements:
* Mouse support
* Field carry on appends (rather than whole record)
* Carry from any record (rather than just last record)
* Scanning back and forth through records
* Locate (unindexed) and Find (indexed) records
* Pack database files
There are some shortcomings:
* Index files are read-only. This means that:
1. You cannot append records to an indexed database
2. Changing a key field corrupts the index - re-index with dBASE
* Only .NDX indexes are supported and LOCATE only works with string data
* dBASE IV's float data type is not supported properly
* Memo fields are not supported
* The command line interface is pretty primitive
These issues may be addressed in future versions if I have the time, the
interest, and the necessary file structure knowledge.
Run it once to learn the command line syntax. Once you get it going hit [F1]
for help. It's pretty normal and intuitive from there. Put it in your path.
I am semi-proud of DBEDIT. It was written as a QuickBASIC programming exercise.
To my knowledge it has never corrupted a database.
If you happen to be one of those people who likes to support shareware, I could
use the bucks! Contributions will be gratefully accepted. Advice will be
appreciated. Criticism will cause sleepless nights! Send any and all to:
Logical Logistics Software
1559 N. Pleasantview Road
Pottstown, PA 19464
If somebody you know needs a Logistics (Traffic, Distribution, Import/Export)
consultant or programmer, please give them the address above.
Thanks for your kind attention! Got to do the housekeeping now . . .
dBASE and dBASE IV are trademarks of Ashton-Tate.
QuickBASIC is a trademark of Microsoft.
This program is not warranted or guaranteed to be suitable for any particular
task. The programmer will not be responsible for anything that happens as a
result of using this program. There are no other warranties, expressed or
implied! Hope you like it anyway!