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- The files in this drawer are example files that you can easily modify to suit
- your needs. Double click on the icons to start them or drag-and-drop the
- icons over an open db project.
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- DO read this text, otherwise you might miss nice features like how to
- make db show pictures, play sound, reformat input, or even control your
- CD player!
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- Addresses2:
- This is an example of an "addressbook" which also records telephone numbers,
- email numbers and a long comment line. It is designed with the US mail-
- label layout in mind and has the following views:
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- * Mainview -All fields visible.
- * Addresslabel -Only the address fields visible. Use this when exporting
- labels
- * Phonelist -This view can be used with the "Export view" menu to make a
- phonelist suitable to carry around in the wallet.
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- If you use db2.10+ you will find that this example also features a custom
- ARexx menu. Try it out!
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- Återförsäljare:
- This file is similar to the Addresses file, but for Swedish users.
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- Labels PS:
- This is a "label template" for PageStream.
- The labels are 7 x 3.6 cm and occurs 3 x 8 across an A4 page.
- The template is designed to suit an ASCII import from a View Export of an
- Addresslabel view in the Addresses and Återförsäljare databases.
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- Books:
- This file contains book information and is in plain ASCII.
- It demonstrates ASCII import. The file comes from Alan Wigginton's
- QuickFile program.
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- Music:
- This file contains information about songs a diskjockey might need.
- It comes from an Excel-file made by Mattias Johansson, Sweden. Thanks Mattias!
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- Windsurfing95:
- This file contains information about funboards for 1995.
- The database comes from a PC based database program and is made by
- Richard Starkenberg. Many thanks Richard!
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- Game reviews:
- This is a new example demonstrating the use of the new fieldtypes db is
- capable of handling: checkbox and cyclefields.
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- The example has two views. One main view and a second that is used when user
- needs to search or sort the database based upon values in the checkbox
- and cycle fields. This examples also serves as a demonstration of the
- flexibility of the RFF file format that db uses: You may load this database
- into an older version of db that can't handle these new field types, edit
- the fields and then reload the database into db2.4 (or later). The checkbox
- and cyclegadgets will then reappear. No errorcodes and no loss of information.
- RFF is a backward AND forward compatible file format.
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- Relations:
- This drawer contains an interesting example on how ARexx can be used to
- implement relations and enforce unique records in a database. Read more
- in the .guide file inside the drawer.
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- ARexxDemos drawer:
- The following exemples use ARexx but also some external files in this
- drawer. They can be revealed by choosing 'Show all files' from Workbench.
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- ARexxDemos/MultiMediaII:
- This demo shows how db can be made to handle pictures, long texts and sounds
- using a simple ARexx script. (It uses the RXFILE identifier in it's file.)
- Pictures, sounds and other forms of data are stored as external files, but
- the names (and path) are stored in the fields of each record. The files get
- activated by simply doubleclicking on their names.
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- It needs ARexx and Multiview to run. You can easily change file viewer by
- editing the ARexx scripts.
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- ARexxDemos/MagicFieldsIII:
- This demo shows how the AUTORXFILE RFF identifier can be used to
- automatically call ARexx scripts to perform a number of interesting tasks.
- It shows how field labels can be placed above the fields and also shows
- a read-only field, the "text" field.
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- ARexxDemos/ExpandII
- Like MagicFieldsII but with a more advanced expansion feature using a
- separate file to store expansiondata
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- ARexxDemos/Datefields
- Enter dates several formats and it will be converted to a standard
- date format.
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- ARexxDemos/CDsongs:
- This demo shows how you can use db to create a database of your CDs and play
- the correct track from within db. Just doubleclick on the song you want to
- hear!
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- It needs InfraRexx (see below) to control your CD player. You may have to
- change playcdsong.db to play tracks >= 10 on your CD player.
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- InfraRexx is a hardware and software project that allows your Amiga
- to control external devices and vice versa, via infrared signals.
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- ARexx commands sent to the InfraRexx Daemon commodity, cause
- corresponding infrared commands to be sent to external devices. Vice
- versa, infrared signals recognized by the Daemon can control software
- via ARexx.
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- InfraRexx is made by Leon Woestenberg and Jeroen Steenblik and can be
- found in the 'util/rexx' subdirectory at your favourite AmiNet site.
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- The demo is made by Anders Callertun.
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- The demo also shows how ARexx can be used to adjust data input. For example
- user can enter 325 in the 'Length' field meaning a song lasting 3 minutes
- and 25 seconds. This then automatically gets reformatted to 3:25
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- This demo supports different languages by reading the 'language' environment
- variable. In OS3.1 this variable is already set, but for earlier versions
- of the OS, I suggest that you do the following from shell:
- (example for Swedish users)
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- > setenv language svenska
- > copy env:language envarc:
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- /David Ekholm, Datadosen
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