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- Some Notes on BBDIR
-
- by Stephen M. Leon
- BBS (201) 886-8041)
- Voice (201) 886-1658 (eves)
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- I think this program is pretty much self explanatory. It takes a
- little while to take your current file list and add directory codes to it -
- but once that is done - it took about 8 minutes for me to produce 12
- directories from a master list of some 1400 items.
-
- It will read in your standard directory list in the add function.
- You will the have to edit each item to add a code or codes. Then append
- it to the main file (MASTER.DBF) and it will be in both alphabetical and
- date order. You can print all of your directories, or any of them. A
- directory called NEW.DIR is also created - with any cutoff date you give
- it.
-
- Once added to MASTER.DBF, you can edit, delete, etc. any entries.
- If you note the note at the top of the source file - I have not yet
- switched over to the new release of Clipper. As a result, the BROWSE
- leaves something to be desired in that the old version I use does not
- allow you to leave fields out. As a result - you still still have the
- pad fields in them.
-
- Once you set it up - just read in your 99.DIR as files are
- added (you can also manually add the files if you want to). Edit them to
- add the codes and when you append - they are automatically in index
- order. I then just copy a blank 99.DIR to overwrite the old one.
-
- I have not deleted the items in my directory list - so as to
- show you how simple it is (the titles are added as headers to the .DIR
- file). One note of caution - when you create 99.DIR - do not put a
- header on it - since the program will read in the header as a file.
- Don't forget to make a blank 99.DIR after you read it in.
-
- What I do when I add programs that I downloaded from other systems
- is dir a DIR > DIR.TXT to the disk, edit the file DIR.TXT to have the
- directory information - and then read it in using the add mode. My system
- is on a network and I just read 99.DIR from the server, do a few minutes
- worth of work and then copy fully updated directories back to the server.
-
- I hope you enjoy the program and would appreciate your feedback
- and suggestions.
-
- First time it runs - the program will create its index files.
- You can erase them at any time and it will recreate them - although
- you can reindex and pack on the maintenance menu. The directory
- names are added from the maintenance menu.
-
- These are the files in this set:
-
- TECH DIR 12868 1-25-87 sample of directory written by BBDIR
- BBDIR EXE 158736 1-31-87 Bulletin Board Directory Utility
- BBDIR PRG 38056 1-31-87 Source code for BBDIR.EXE
- PROC PRG 18092 1-31-87 procedure file for BBDIR.PRG
- MASTER DBF 322 1-19-87 empty master data base file
- DIRLIST DBF 724 1-19-87 data base file for directory list
- TEMP DBF 322 1-19-87 required temporary data base file
- READ ME 3791 1-31-87 what little documentation there is
- DIR TXT 0 1-19-87 sample read in file
-
- The source code is provided. It compiles with the standard
- CLIPPER AUTUMN '86 release. If you wish to change the code for your
- own use - please feel free to do so. If you want to make a code
- change and release copies of your code - PLEASE DO NOT. My address
- is in the code and the material is copyroght protected. Unauthorized
- distribution of a version could well make me use my law degree. If you
- have a change, send it to me and we will try to incorporate it into a
- later release. Thanks.
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- Steve Leon
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