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IMPORTANT
To use the printer funtions ZEUS must be installed on drive C:\zeus or
nothing will print.
Put c:\zeus in your PATH statement in your Autoexec.bat and you can use Zeus
anywhere.
For best performance, create a RAM drive and copy Zeus.exe there - the speed
increase is phenomenal. NOTE only copy ZEUS.exe to the ram drive, leave all
the rest in c:\zeus.
Known Bugettes
The clock at the bottom of the screen only works properly if you install a
mouse.
The DBU will not append files from NTX to CDX formats or vice versa.
The screen designer will not work for CDX files with memo fields.
COVERTING FILES FROM NTX TO CDX
This ONLY needs to be done if the NTX file contains a memo field. If no
memos exist the CDX driver will read the NTX file without modification.
Write a program as follows
USE myfile new via 'DBFNTX' //old file
copy to newfile via 'DBFCDX'
close all
return
//done
MEMORY PROBS WITH CDX
Someone (at a Clipper conference) stated he either got memory problems with
the CDX driver or slow performance. The problem is that the CDX driver uses
lots of base memory if linked into the root of the application, yet if it is
overlayed in FULL it is slow. For people with Blinker (a registered
copyright of Blink Inc) I have developed CDX link file that allows
overlaying of most of the CDX driver yet with a minimum of performance hit.
This link file was uesed to create ZEUS and it works well, making Zeus have
a load size of only 256K.
Another tip is to eliminate the NTX driver from the link.
On registering, you will receive the link file and an .OBJ that will
eliminate the NTX driver and vastly reduce menory probelms. If you don't
have Blinker you ought to rush out and get it!!
HELP
Help (F1) is not currently available for the Data Base Utility.
CRASHES
The COMPILE / LINK / RUN & PRINT options all involve shelling out to DOS.
This can cause conflicts with memory managers. However, your file is saved
prior to using these functions, so you wont lose your data if you bug
out.
RUN TIME REQUIREMENTS
Zeus MKII has been linked via a DOS extender and base meory is not
important. However, extended memory is important and 2 megs or more is
required to run Zeus.