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- DBASE II'S "QUIT TO" UNDER Z33/Z34
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- dBase II writes a $$$.SUB file in the default user area of drive
- A when you use the "QUIT TO" command. That won't work under
- ZCPR33 or ZCPR34 if your dBase is running from a user area other
- than 0, because the CCP normally looks for $$$.SUB in user 0.
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- Some time ago Bruce Morgen suggested a solution using dBase's
- machine language interface, but the explanation was rather
- sketchy and probably not comprehensible to those who aren't
- assembly language programmers.
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- In this library you will find an automatic solution, based on
- Bruce's idea. Just put USER.HEX and QUIT.CMD in your dBase
- directory (drive and user area). When you want to quit dBase and
- run some additional commands, just type "DO QUIT".
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- You will be asked for the command line you want to run from the Z-
- System prompt. The command line may contain multiple commands
- separated by semi-colons. Do not surround the command line with
- quotation marks.
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- After you have entered the command line, the default user area
- will be changed to 0, dBase will be exited, and the command line
- executed. If you want to return to dBase automatically, just
- make "DBASE" the last command on the command line you enter.
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- If you have modified your system to look for $$$.SUB on a drive
- other than A (I use M, my RAM disk), that's a simple
- modification. Use ZPATCH or ZEDFILE to look for "$$$ .SUB"
- in the DBASEOVR.COM file (there is more than one occurrence).
- The byte just before the filename is the drive it will be written
- to; in this case "01" for drive A. Change that byte to match the
- drive you use for your $$$.SUB file, such as "0D" for drive M.
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- It is probably a good idea to have an alias in your ARUNZ
- ALIAS.CMD file that automatically logs you into the dBase
- directory before running dBase II.