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- ENHANCEMENTS IN VERSION 3.0 OF PC-FILE+
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- FUNCTION
- * Supports .IF/.ELSE/.ENDIF commands in reports and letters
- * Improved editor with many more word processing features:
- word wrap, block operations, pop-up menu, "whoops" key, etc.
- * Alter Entry Screen Text command
- * Improved graphing: graph multiple variables, better display and
- printer support
- * New and improved PC-Label that's easier to use
- * Report menu has a "space after" option to select line spacing at
- the time the report is printed
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- CAPACITY
- * Maximum field length increased to 254 (was 200)
- * Maximum record length increased to 4000 (was 3000)
- * Complex search limit increased to 34 operations (was 17)
- * Increased report capacity--unlimited section sizes
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- EASE OF USE
- * Databases, report files, graph files and letters can now contain
- a user-supplied description, shown on file selection menus
- * Easier cloning ("Fast Clone")
- * Utility-Name command now displays Name, Mask, Constant and Calc
- at one time for the selected field
- * Import automatically detects dBASE II vs. dBASE III file formats
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- MISCELLANEOUS
- * New manual binding can lay flat
- * Now includes a program which prints a report for a database:
- Lists field names, lengths, constants, calculations, masks, etc.
- * Initialization is much faster than before
- * New Unique number assignment method
- * Painted constants now default to *A (Add-only)
- * Masks and constants now applied during global modify
- * Can now perform relational lookups into 70 field database
- * (Ctrl)R now memorizes from current cursor position (instead of from
- the beginning of the field)
- * Can import PC-Calc+ 2.0 spreadsheets
- * Reduced Command editor to 400:80, Free Form to 148:200
- * Better support for LaserJet series II printer
- * Free Form report "System Field" menu includes Record Number
- * Data can be added to total buckets in Heading and Footing sections
- * Superfields and window fields no longer print indented
- * Allow drive specification in relational lookups in reports
- * Can now flip up to 254 characters