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- M A S T E R F I L E 2 . 0 U P D A T E S
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- by Robert Cook
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- MASTERFILE was a generic database program we published on LOADSTAR 128
- #7. Then on LOADSTAR 128 #14 we published a greatly revised version called
- MASTERFILE II. These programs allowed you to set up a custom database of up
- to 500 or so items, with fields defined just as you wanted them.
-
- Robert Cook, the author, has kept up with MASTERFILE II and, thanks to
- feedback from users, has written some "updates" that will make the program
- work better. We don't have room to present the whole program over again,
- but if you run these three "UPDATE" programs, then insert your MASTERFILE II
- disk, the programs will update the MASTERFILE II file without your having to
- do any programming.
-
- In addition, Robert has come up with a MASTERFILE FILE CONCATENATOR
- that will allow you to append two MF data files together as one. This is
- handy if you have created two or more data files but later decide that you'd
- like to merge them so you can search or sort them together. You should copy
- the CONCATENATOR over to your MASTERFILE II disk where it will be available
- should you need it.
-
- NOTE: The update files are not full-blown LOADSTAR programs. In fact you
- might call them Q & D (quick and dirty). They aren't bootable from the
- LOADSTAR 128 menu and they don't return to LOADSTAR. To use them, just have
- a copy of your MASTERFILE II disk handy -- just in case, you should use a
- COPY of your MF disk, not the original -- and RUN each program in turn from
- the LOADSTAR 128 #18 disk. You'll be prompted to insert your MF copy at the
- right time. The file will automatically be loaded, amended, and saved.
-
- Here's what each update does:
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- UPDATE #1 - Corrects the formatting of column totals and adds a space
- between records.
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- UPDATE #2 - Corrects a problem in the "sort by date" routine.
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- UPDATE #3 - Adds a cursor bar to the number pad. 8 = up 2 = down
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- The filenames are "mfile 2.0 up#1", "mfile 2.0 up#2" and "mfile 2.0
- up#3". The concatenator is called "concat.mfile".
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- CONCATENATOR will prompt you for each of the filenames of your MF
- files. Just follow the prompts. Again, be prudent and use a copy of
- MASTERFILE II.
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- FT
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