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Some Notes on BBDIR
by Stephen M. Leon
BBS (201) 886-8041)
Voice (201) 886-1658 (eves)
I think this program is pretty much self explanatory. It takes a
little while to take your current file list and add directory codes to it -
but once that is done - it took about 8 minutes for me to produce 12
directories from a master list of some 1400 items.
It will read in your standard directory list in the add function.
You will the have to edit each item to add a code or codes. Then append
it to the main file (MASTER.DBF) and it will be in both alphabetical and
date order. You can print all of your directories, or any of them. A
directory called NEW.DIR is also created - with any cutoff date you give
it.
Once added to MASTER.DBF, you can edit, delete, etc. any entries.
If you note the note at the top of the source file - I have not yet
switched over to the new release of Clipper. As a result, the BROWSE
leaves something to be desired in that the old version I use does not
allow you to leave fields out. As a result - you still still have the
pad fields in them.
Once you set it up - just read in your 99.DIR as files are
added (you can also manually add the files if you want to). Edit them to
add the codes and when you append - they are automatically in index
order. I then just copy a blank 99.DIR to overwrite the old one.
I have not deleted the items in my directory list - so as to
show you how simple it is (the titles are added as headers to the .DIR
file). One note of caution - when you create 99.DIR - do not put a
header on it - since the program will read in the header as a file.
Don't forget to make a blank 99.DIR after you read it in.
What I do when I add programs that I downloaded from other systems
is dir a DIR > DIR.TXT to the disk, edit the file DIR.TXT to have the
directory information - and then read it in using the add mode. My system
is on a network and I just read 99.DIR from the server, do a few minutes
worth of work and then copy fully updated directories back to the server.
I hope you enjoy the program and would appreciate your feedback
and suggestions.
First time it runs - the program will create its index files.
You can erase them at any time and it will recreate them - although
you can reindex and pack on the maintenance menu. The directory
names are added from the maintenance menu.
These are the files in this set:
TECH DIR 12868 1-25-87 sample of directory written by BBDIR
BBDIR EXE 158736 1-31-87 Bulletin Board Directory Utility
BBDIR PRG 38056 1-31-87 Source code for BBDIR.EXE
PROC PRG 18092 1-31-87 procedure file for BBDIR.PRG
MASTER DBF 322 1-19-87 empty master data base file
DIRLIST DBF 724 1-19-87 data base file for directory list
TEMP DBF 322 1-19-87 required temporary data base file
READ ME 3791 1-31-87 what little documentation there is
DIR TXT 0 1-19-87 sample read in file
The source code is provided. It compiles with the standard
CLIPPER AUTUMN '86 release. If you wish to change the code for your
own use - please feel free to do so. If you want to make a code
change and release copies of your code - PLEASE DO NOT. My address
is in the code and the material is copyroght protected. Unauthorized
distribution of a version could well make me use my law degree. If you
have a change, send it to me and we will try to incorporate it into a
later release. Thanks.
Steve Leon