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PURPOSE: Allows viewing/editing/appending/packing of any DBF
file from DOS.
USEAGE: VIEWDBF is very easy to use. Simply call the program
with the name of the file to work with as a parameter
or run it in a directory with .DBF files and a pick list
will appear.
EXAMPLE:
"VIEWDBF CUST" - work with cust.dbf.
"VIEWDBF CUST.DBF" - equivalent to the above statement.
"VIEWDBF" - displays a list of .DBF files in the current
directory.
GENERAL: Once you've gotten a file open, you can use the cursor keys
or the mouse to move from field to field and record to
record. The program will "pan" left and right and scroll up
and down if the database is "wider" and "deeper" than one
screen. You can edit any field by either pressing <F2> or
by typing new data into the cell.
Any record can be deleted by pressing <CTRL-U>. Such records
will appear with a red background (on a color monitor), and
the word "Del" will appear on the status line near the
bottom of the screen. Pressing <CTRL-U> on a deleted record
will undelete the record.
The top line presents a menu of additional commands:
^Z (CTRL-Z) : View DBF Structure
F1 : Edit current record
F9 : Make Index
Alt-F9 : Filter
F10 : File
F8 : Menu
Additionally, <F3> will append a new record, <F4> will
pack the file, <F5> will prompt for a record number
to reposition the file to, and <F6> will search an index
for a record containing the specified text. To exit the
program, press <ESC> at any time.