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- Original_To: BITNET%"DBASE-L@TECMTYVM.BITNET"
- Original_cc: BURNFIELD
- Message-ID: <DBASE-L%92081410172600@TECMTYVM.MTY.ITESM.MX>
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.dbase-l
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 11:16:00 CDT
- Sender: "Discussion on the use of the dBase language and related
- dialects" <DBASE-L@NMSUVM1.BITNET>
- From: BURNFIELD@UTHSCSA.BITNET
- Subject: RE: Setting up Paths
- Lines: 34
-
- I don't have the original message handy and don't remember the exact question,
- but I'll throw in my 2 cents worth. I am completing a project in Foxbase+/Mac
- and have specified where my data files are located by using the VOLUME <x> =
- command in my config.fx. My config.fx file contains lines similar to the
- following:
-
- VOLUME C = "HD105:project:data" (The Mac OS uses ':' instead of DOS's '\')
- VOLUME D = "as_public:xfer"
-
- When I open my datafiles, I open them as follows:
-
- SELECT A
- USE C:database.dbf
-
- The D volume is used as a repository for a labels print file that my system
- generates. I write to it as follows:
-
- SET DEVICE TO PRINT
- SET PRINT TO D:labeldata.lis
- ... print labels stuff
-
- This has worked pretty well for me. I have a copy of config.fx on my machine
- that points to my data directory and a copy of config.fx on the users machines
- that points to their data directory. This makes it easy for me to update the
- system on my machine, using my data, and then transfer it to their machines and
- not worry about configuring the program to point to their data directory.
-
- Again, I use Foxbase, I'm not sure if dbase III+ supports the VOLUME statement
- in its config.db file.
-
- Dean Burnfield
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Bitnet address: burnfiel@uthscsa
- Internet address: burnfield@uthscsa.edu
-