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PCBDBF Ver 1.0 By Bill Shields (Freeware/non-Nagware (like all my programs))
PCBDBF is a database program that stores information in a PARADOX format. You
can easily create a database from an ASCII text file. Below is an example of
the BBS.DAT configuration file:
A4 BBS Area Code
A10 Phone number
A20 BBS name
D Date last on (MM/DD/YY)
N Rating (1 to 10)
- The "A" tells the program that this field is alpha-numeric, the number after
it is the field size.
- The "D" is for a date field. The date must be entered in the format MM/DD/YY.
Invalid dates will abort the data entry process.
- The "N" designates a numeric field and currency field. This permits 15
digits.
- An "S" will permit the range of signed integers betwee -32,767 and 32,767.
The string following the field type identifier is the fieldname. The
fieldname can be up to 25 characters long with spaces. The fieldname can
have any printable character except ",[],{},#,(), and the combination ->.
The fieldname cannot duplicate another field name in the same database.
LIMITATIONS:
MAX FIELDS - 20 (twenty lines in filename.DAT file)
MAX FIELD SIZE - 60 (length of input)
RECORD SIZE - 4000 bytes
DATABASE SIZE - 256 MB
NUMBER OF RECORDS - What ever will fit in 256MB
NOTE: The "MAX FIELDS" and "MAX FIELD SIZE" are hardwired into the program as
such. PARADOX will actually support 255 fieldnames. For this "test"
application I kept it at 20.
MENU OPTIONS: The programs main menu will provide you with the option to
A)dd, S)earch, or Q)uit the program. If a search is successful you would be
provided the opportunity to continue search, edit, or delete data.
USAGE: pcbdbf <"title of program"> <database name>
The "title of program" must be enclosed in quotes if it is longer then one
word. This title will be displayed at the top of the screen. The database
name supplied must not have an extension!
CREATING A DATABASE: You must have a filename.DAT file, which follows the
above format, in the default area to create a database. The program will
create a filename.DB file from the configuration file. Once the filename.DB
database file is created the filename.DAT configuration file is no longer
needed. Soooo, after the application database is created you only require
two files; PCBDBF.EXE and the database.DB file.
Programmers notes:
This initial release is the results of two days work. I just bought the
PARADOX engine ver 2.0 and this is my first program (basically testing its
capabilities). In its current state I imagine it may be of use to you, however
bear in mind that this is not a full blown database package. It will allow
you to add, edit, and delete data from a database (supposedly supporting a
mult-user environment; haven't tested it yet).
This will be a public domain, supported, program. In my job some of my best
ideas come from people who use my programs. If you have some ideas for the
program, by all means let me know (on the SALTAIR) it may make its way into
the next release. Right now I have to many programs on the front burner to
go into this one like I would like to. There is a pin-hole-of-a-light at the
end of the tunnel which means that this package will grow in time...
Meanwhile I'm setting this package aside to finish packages previously
started.
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