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- PROGRAM NAME: Newhead.COM
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- DESCRIPTION: Repairs dBASE III database file headers and damaged
- records.
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- FUNCTION: Copies a good dBASE III file header over a damaged
- one.
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- SOFTWARE VERSIONS: dBASE III, versions 1.0, 1.1
- dBASE III Developer's Release
- dBASE III PLUS
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- FILES NEEDED: Newhead.COM
- Damaged dBASE III .DBF file (preferably a copy)
- Empty dBASE III .DBF file whose structure
- matches the damaged one
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- SETUP INSTRUCTIONS: In dBASE III, CREATE an empty database file
- whose structure EXACTLY matches the damaged one, then QUIT. COPY
- Newhead.COM into the dBASE III directory of your hard disk.
- Floppy disk users, COPY it to the disk with the damaged .DBF if
- there is room; if not, put Newhead.COM in drive A: and the .DBF
- disk in drive B:. Type:
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- NEWHEAD <ENTER> (at the DOS prompt)
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- Enter the name of the damaged file, the one with the good header,
- and the record count in the damaged one. Guess high on the
- record count if you are uncertain. After the program is done,
- start dBASE, USE the file, then COPY it TO another; be sure there
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- is enough room for a copy. USE the copy. LIST STRUCTURE, LIST,
- EDIT, and APPEND to determine that damage is cleared. Rerun
- Newhead.COM if necessary.