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- Last revision: July 4, 1986 at 8:35
-
- BROWSE.PRG a Clipper emulation of the dBASE Browse command.
-
- by: H.M. Van Tassell of Watchung, NJ
-
- One of the dBASE features that is sorely missed in Clipper is Browse.
- Sometime ago I got a copy of the procedure written by Stephen J. Straley.
- I had judged the procedure as not usable because the code had just not
- been finished. After waiting a goodly long time and not seeing a
- revision, I finally decided to "have at it" and do a complete rewrite.
-
- While this procedure offers most, but not all, the features of the
- dBASEIII browse command, don't use it if the database contains 80+
- character long fields!
-
- As contained in the ARC file, the code will compile to a stand-alone
- program but can also be used as a procedure in your programs by just
- changing the items mentioned in the BROWSE.PRG file. You may well
- want to make some other changes to customize to your preferences.
- If the database file is already opened, be sure to comment out the
- "DO B_OpnFil". In your program you may call the procedure with
- "DO Browse WITH "FileName". Don't need to use file extension.
-
- So that there is no cursor flashing, I use an assembly language
- module called CURSOR which contains CursOn and CursOff. The
- assembly language source plus the .OBJ file is in the ARC. Just
- include the CURSOR.OBJ file, same as any other .OBJ file, when
- linking the final program to generate the .EXE file.
-
- My work on this program is hereby contributed freely into the
- Public Domain with no restrictions on use. Ain't that what Public
- Domain is suppose to be? I sure as hell regret that anyone ever started
- this whole damn idea of shareware, freeware, beggarware, or as I like
- to call it "Send A Donation ware". Get it? - SADware! <giggle>
-
- Hope you find this useful...
-
- Cheers
-
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