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MAKECRD
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Make A Windows Cardfile from a TAB Delimited data file
OR a fixed format data file.
August 8, 1993 in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
Guaranteed 100% Pure FREEWare.... I know.... I wrote it!!!
Enjoy!!!
MJM
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Variable Format Input Data File Format:
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Position 1-40(or less): Index Value followed by a TABCharacter
Up to 10 fields of 40 characters(or less) separated by a TABCharacter
Example:
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Smith, John~555-1212~7941 Noname Avenue North~Brooklyn Park, MN 55444
Jones, Jim~555-1213~3532 NoName Avenue South~Minneapolis, MN 55406
Where ~ is my notation for a TABCharacter (CHR(9))
See TESTDATA.DAT file for another example.
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Fixed Format Input Data File:
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LASTNAME Position 1 for 18
FIRSTNAME Position 19 for 16
INITIALS Position 35 for 3
PHONE Position 38 for 9
LOCATION Position 47 for 33
See TESTFIX.DAT for a sample file.
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Run the program like this:
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MAKECRD testdata.dat Runs Program with Variable Format Input
File created will be named TESTDATA.CRD
MAKECRD testfix.dat X Runs Program with Fixed Format Input
File created will be named TESTFIX.CRD
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Files:
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README.DOC The file you are looking at right now!!!
MAKECRD.EXE Executable - Created with Clipper 5.2b & Blinker 2.10
MAKECRD.PRG Clipper 5.x Source Code
CL.BAT Compiles and Links MAKECRD.PRG into MAKECRD.EXE
BLINK.LNK Blinker 2.10 linker input command file(RTLINK will work too!)
TESTDATA.DAT Sample Variable Format input file
(TAB character between fields)
TESTDATA.CRD Output CRD file after executing MAKECRD
TESTFIX.DAT Sample Fixed Format input File
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