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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!srinivas
  2. From: srinivas@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Srinivas Vuppuluri)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.databases
  4. Subject: Re: Reading dBase III+ Files
  5. Date: 7 Nov 1992 17:44:52 GMT
  6. Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
  7. Lines: 20
  8. Sender: srinivas@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
  9. Message-ID: <1dgvakINN4fu@uwm.edu>
  10. References: <1992Nov4.175300.2787@vela.acs.oakland.edu> <1992Nov5.091756.106@turtle.fisher.com>
  11. NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4
  12.  
  13. Why not display the data and log it to a text file? The latter can be edited
  14. with a standard editor or with a 3GL.
  15.  
  16. Try the following:
  17. SET HEADING OFF
  18. SET ALTERNATE TO TEXTFILE   /* (will be saved as TEXTFILE.TXT) */
  19. SET ALTERNATE ON
  20. DISPLAY ALL OFF
  21.  
  22. Is this too simp for what you wanted or am I missing something here?
  23.  
  24. Srinivas
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  30. *  srinivas@csd4.csd.uwm.edu                   I speak for myself.       * 
  31. *  University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee                                     *
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