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- From: sscrivan@nyx.cs.du.edu (steve scrivano)
- Subject: Importing ascii files to Profile 16
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.014534.12066@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Keywords: Xenix 6000 Profile 16
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- Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 01:45:34 GMT
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- I wonder if anyone has developed a utility that will read ascii files
- into Profile 16 or perhaps construct a "key" file from an ascii file.
- Profile 16 runs under Xenix on Models 16/6000. Such a utility would be
- useful because ascii data that is created on variety of other machines
- including portable lap tops, etc., could be easily imported into your
- main Profile 16 database. Any ascii file with a standard number of fields
- per record and standard field delimiters in my opinion should be able to
- be imported into Profile 16. There are a number of uses for such a
- utility. Imagine scanning bar codes on another machine to create an
- ascii file or using a serial card reader to import ascii text, or leaving
- your office with a laptop to do some work and being able to upload it
- to your main machine later. Or, perhaps you want to run a company bbs
- that allows customers to place their own orders with some other ascii
- based database maker that doesn't require all of the termcap definitions
- that Profile 16 does and be able to import that data later.
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- Just another idea.......
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- Steve Scrivano
- sscrivan@nyx.cs.du.edu
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