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BLDBTB.EXE - A Utility to Create .BTB files from Btrieve files
April 23, 1992
Introduction
First things first. If you don't use BTFILER (currently
BTFL13.ZIP) this program is about as useful as tap shoes would
be to a fish. Don't despair: you can download BTFL13.ZIP and
then you can use this program. Of course, all this assumes that
you have Btrieve and some Btrieve files.
BTFILER allows you to create files using description files
(.BTrieve Build or .BTB files). Description files are in some
ways more useful than interactive file creation tools, in that
the results can be repeated by reusing the description file, or
the results can be altered by modifying the description file.
Would I like BTFILER to have an interactive file create utility?
You bet. However, in the meanwhile, I've got bills to pay, etc.,
so this will have to do.
Why would I use this?
I was in the process of modifying an existing system. While
doing that, I struck a deal with the user of the system that
rather than hand coding a C routine to create the files, I would
use .BTB files and my BTFILER utility. This presented me with
the problem of either typing in many .BTB files from existing
statistics information and then modifying those .BTB files or
creating a program that would generate the .BTB files from the
existing data files and then modifying the program generated
.BTB files. Being a fairly bad typist (only about 30 NWPM on
the really neat WORDRATER Typing/Word Processing Employee
Selection test that I wrote on my "day job") but a fairly good
programmer, I choose the "write a program to do it" route. This
program is the result of that effort.
How do I use this program?
This is pretty straightforward: Simply type BLDBTB followed by
the name of the Btrieve file that you want the .BTB file created
for and the filename for the .BTB file. You may also specify an
owner name by using a third parameter in the form of
-Oownername. As I have said, the most useful thing about
building .BTB files is that you can use the .BTB file as a
template for creating a similar but not identical file with
minimal retyping.
If you forget the usage pattern, simply type BLDBTB and press
ENTER. The syntax will be displayed.
This is copyrighted material, but you may distribute it as you
see fit. Obviously, unless some other Btrieve Utilities
developer starts using the .BTB format, if you distribute this
to folks who don't use BTFILER you are wasting their and your
time. But, just so you know, it would be legal. <G>
Where do I get more info?
For more information, contact:
ACCESS MICROSYSTEMS INC.
404 Midstreams Road
Brick, NJ 08724
(908) 892-2683
CIS: 74040,607
BTFILER, our Btrieve File Maintenance and Recovery Utility
Program, is currently available for single user's at a price of
$29.00 + $4.00 S & H, or $129.00 per site. BTFILER is shareware,
so of course you are welcome to try it out before you buy. The
latest version of BTFILER is always available on CompuServe's
NOVLIB forum (currently named BTFL13.ZIP. The name will always
be BTFL??.ZIP where ?? is the major rel number followed by the
tenths of the release number).
Also, we have a public domain C++ wrapper class that is
generally available on CompuServe's NOVLIB forum called
BFILE2.ZIP. And of course, we are available for any C/C++
programming project, with or without Btrieve as a file manager.
Thank you.
Douglas J. Reilly
President (FWIW)
ACCESS MICROSYSTEMS INC.