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- January, 1992
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- VP-Info Level 1 is the succesor to SR-Info version 3.14.
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- A number of new features have been added to VP-Info with this release.
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- The three most important are:
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- Support for memo fields.
- You can now access memo fields from either dBASE III or dBASE 4.1
- data files. As well, you can add memos to any of the VP-Info data
- file types.
- When viewing records in either BROWSE, EDIT, or READ, simply press
- alt-R to read or view a memo, alt-W to change or write a memo.
- Memos can also be accessed directly with the WRITE and TEXT commands.
- Suppose you have a data file with a memo field called NOTES.
- To print a memo (either to the screen, the printer, or to another file)
- use the command TEXT M.NOTES.
- To WRITE the same memo, enter the command WRITE M.NOTES.
- Note that the WRITE commands invites you to save under a differant
- name. You can thus load write with any of an ASCII file, a VP-Info
- library block, or a memo, and save to any of the others.
- The sample program MEMODEMO.PRG illustrates the use of memos.
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- Enhanced MENU( function.
- The MENU( function has two new variations.
- There is an optional third parameter, the timeout time in seconds.
- For example, CHOICE=MENU(6,12,5) activates a menu with 6 choices,
- a menu bar 12 characters wide, and a timeout in 5 seconds. If the
- menu "times out", the result is set to 65 and your program can
- respond accordingly.
- The first parameter can be replaced by a string of first letter
- triggers for each choice, including the zero choice.
- For example, CHOICE=MENU("qrdn",12) might represent a menu with
- 3 choices (plus 0) where q means QUIT, r means REVISE, etc. Note
- that the string is not case sensative - the user and the input
- string are both converted to upper case before testing.
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- EDIT OFF
- This command, formerly available only to VP-Info Professional, is
- a programmer's delight! It allows you to create custom screens
- using the TEXT command, define an ON FIELD structure, and have all
- the EDIT keystrokes available to move from record to record as well
- as append records.
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- Also:
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- The Info EFFECTS system.
- This system provides for a variety of sound effects as well as
- animated screen swapping.
- To activate the system enter SET SOUND ON.
- To de-activate the system enter SET SOUND OFF (the default setting).
- There are a small number of hardware/software combinations that
- confilict with the Info Effects.
- Fifteen different sounds may be invoked by the command SOUND n where
- n is a number from 0 to 15. Note that SOUND 2 is continuous. It can
- be turned off by invoking another sound or by the command SOUND 0.
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- The screen effects all copy background screen 2 to screen 1, but
- with animation. For example SCREEN Tear exposes the new screen
- as though a page is torn from a pad. SCREEN Left slides the new
- screen in from the left. The other variations are Right, Up, Down,
- Open, and Close. Only the first letter of the variation is required.
- i.e. SCREEN T is the same as SCREEN Tear.
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