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- ║ CLARION Professional Developer ║░
- ║ Version 2.1 ║░
- ║ **IMPORTANT** ║░
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- ║ This README file contains important information ║░
- ║ on the support and installation of the Clarion ║░
- ║ Professional Developer version 2.1. ║░
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- RTLINK is included with Version 2.1, if you plan to use RTlink as your
- linker you will need to place these two lines in your autoexec.bat:
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- SET LIB=C:\CLARION
- SET OBJ=C:\CLARION
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- Technical Support
- Clarion BBS
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- Clarion BBS - 24 hours a day - 7 days a week
-
- (305) 785-9172 300 / 1200 / 2400 8N1
- (305) 785-2594 9600 8N1 (Hayes V-Series CCITT V.42)
-
- New User Access
- ---------------
-
- The Clarion Bulletin Board System (BBS) is available for communicating
- with Clarion Software and with other Clarion users. Access to the BBS
- is restricted to -registered- users of Clarion Software products. The
- first time that you dial into the Clarion Bulletin Board, access to
- the various features and menu options of the board will be restricted.
- You will have fifteen minutes of access time from when you first log on.
-
- When you call the board, you will be asked for your first name, last
- name, and where you are calling from. You will also be asked to enter
- a password, and to provide certain option settings for each time you
- log on. REMEMBER HOW YOU SPELL YOUR NAME AND PASSWORD - the BBS will
- expect them to be spelled the same each time. If you initially log on
- as Robert, it will not recognize the name Bob in a future log on.
- Also, the password is case-sensitive.
-
- To register on the board, select the <N>ew Users section by pressing
- N. You will then be presented with a menu allowing you to <1> read
- instructions, and <2> Register on the board. To have your privileges
- raised, you MUST answer the questions asked in the online registation
- process. If there is any additional info that you wish to pass on to
- the Sysop, feel free to use the <M>essage area to leave a Message to
- Sysop. The sysop will review your registration, and if in order will
- raise your privileges on the board, usually within one working day.
-
- The registration form will request that you enter your own name, the
- name of your company if Clarion was purchased by a company, and
- whether you are registering as a user of the Clarion Professional
- Developer, the Clarion Personal Developer, or both. You will also
- be asked for your registration number which can be found on your
- warranty and registration cards (this applies to Professional Developer
- users only), and where you purchased your package. Again, you must
- answer the questions presented, or your access privileges cannot be
- raised.
-
- **** IMPORTANT ****
-
- WE MUST HAVE YOUR REGISTRATION CARD ON FILE
- BEFORE FULL ACCESS WILL BE GRANTED!!!!
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- 1. INSTALL process - Unsuccessful Installation
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-
- The Install Process, covered in Chapter 1 of the
- "Getting Started" manual should include the following:
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- If memory or disk space on the target machine is exhausted,
- the INSTALL program will abort. This problem can only be
- solved by freeing the necessary disk space or increasing
- the amount of available memory.
-
- In some rare cases, the INSTALL program may not be able to
- complete successfully or may not be able to install one or
- more files. This may be due to a defective distribution
- media, or a protected file of the same name that already
- exists in the target directory.
-
- Some memory resident programs affect the speed of the
- floppy drive. Some of these programs may prevent any files
- from being installed. In this case, run INSTALL with the
- /S option as shown:
-
- A:INSTALL /S
-
- If INSTALL is unable to install a file, a menu will be
- displayed. The menu appears as follows:
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- +---------------------------------------+
- | Archive error: Invalid crc |
- | |
- | [Skip this file] [Exit Installer] |
- +---------------------------------------+
-
- At the end of the Install Process, skipped files will be
- displayed and a message indicating whether the installation
- was successful.
-
-
- 2. Using OPT as a join field linker when joining files
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-
- When you join files by equating fields from each file, you may
- specify that the join equation (the field equation) is optional
- by selecting OPT.
-
- For example, suppose you want to join the CUSTOMER file to the
- REGISTER file. To do this, you will equate the CUS_NO field in the
- CUSTOMER file to the CUS_NO field in the REGISTER file. Since there
- may be some CUS_NO values in the CUSTOMER file that cannot find a
- corresponding CUS_NO value in the REGISTER file, you may want to select
- OPT as the field equation linker. Report Writer will still be able to
- process the CUS_NO field in the CUSTOMER file, even if Report Writer
- cannot find a match in the REGISTER file.
-
- Using these example files:
-
- CUSTOMER REGISTER
- ┌────────┬──────────────┐ ┌────────┬────────┐
- │ CUS_NO │ NAME │ │ CUS_NO │ REG_NO │
- ├────────┼──────────────┤ ├────────┼────────┤
- │ 100 │ ABC Corp │ │ 100 │ 2001 │
- ├────────┼──────────────┤ ├────────┼────────┤
- │ 101 │ XYZ Inc │ │ 102 │ 3000 │
- ├────────┼──────────────┤ └────────┴────────┘
- │ 102 │ P & Q │
- └────────┴──────────────┘
-
- Assume your join equation is set to YES. If the CUS_NO fields match,
- then all of the records can be accessed and processed. Your report
- would yield: 100, ABC Corp, 2001.
- 102, P & Q, 3000
-
- If your join equation is set to OPT, your report will yield:
- 100, ABC Corp, 2001.
- 101, XYZ,
- 102, P & Q, 3000
-
- See page 5-18 of the Report Writer User's Manual for additional information
- on the Join line.
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-