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- 23/02/95
- * Welcome to another Customer Hotline column. In case you have missed
- previous columns, the aim is to inform you of the latest happenings in the
- Customer Services Department at Acorn. This includes application notes you
- can obtain from us, and reminders on how to obtain technical support.
-
- * Application note time! If you have ever had problems with ViewStore, or
- wanted to write your own utilities to go with your ViewStore databases,
- here are the documents for you. The first is "ViewStore Hints and Tips".
- It covers a wide range of common queries from using ViewStore with DFS
- 0.90 to using the Convert and Import tools. The second document is called
- "How to write a ViewStore utility" and was written by Mark Colton, the
- author of View, ViewSheet and ViewStore. Not for the squeamish, this 31
- page document goes into the format of a utility and describes each ROM
- routine in turn. These routines cover using the data files, accessing
- fields and records, manipulating the indexes and controlling the printer,
- amongst other things. Both these applications may be requested free of
- charge from Customer Support.
-
- * There has been a good response from you to application notes mentioned
- in the column, but is there any particular subject you would like to see
- covered? If there is, let us know.
-
- * Just a reminder about writing to Customer Support. To ensure the mail
- reaches us quicker, the proper address is "Customer Support, Acorn Computers
- Ltd, Acorn House, Vision Park, Histon, Cambridge, CB4 4AE".
-