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- BROWSEF1 - 1.0 - JANUARY 1990
-
- The BrowseF1 unit provides the facility to browse type files.
- Browsef1 works in a similar manner to the BROWSE procedure
- provided in the dBase program. for those who are unfamiliar
- with dBase Browsef1 allows "type" files to be viewed as a
- spreadsheet. One field of the record is displayed as a row on the
- screen. Files may be edited. Records can be appended or deleted
- from the file using browsef1.
-
- The arc file BROWSEF1.DOC contains the following files:
-
- 1. BREDIT.TPU - used by Browsef1 for editing
- 2. BRSETUP1.PAS - holds vars for Browsef1
- 3. BRAPPEND.TPU - used by Browsef1 to append
- 4. BROWSEF1.TPU - main browse unit
- 5. BRDEMO.PAS - demo program for Browsef1
- 6. BROWSEF1.DOC - this file
-
- The BRSETUP1 unit contains the record variables that are to be
- viewed by BrowseF1. Browsef1 gets its information from the
- BrSetup1 unit. The unit is limited to two records but more
- records may be added in the source code. The source code for
- BrowseF1 is not included but is available for a small fee.
- Although two records may be viewed, the names of the variables
- included in BrSetup1 cannot be changed since BrowseF1 refers to
- the variables contained in the unit. Rec1 and Rec2, described in
- Brsetup1 can be modified to include your field names and related
- characteristics. However, BrowseF1 can only accommodate 21 fields
- in the append mode. A greater number of fields can be used as
- long as the append mode is not used. The program will abort if
- the append mode is called on a file with more than 21 fields.
-
- The following keys are active in Browsef1:
-
- F2 - Used to edit a record. The edit function works relatively
- well but will be improved in future versions.
-
- F3 - Appends any number of records to the file. The prompt
- names are assigned within the BrSetup1 unit. Field Lengths
- must also be provided.
-
- F4 - A field may be included in the record to facilitate the
- deletion of records (see BrSetup1). To delete a record enter an
- "*" in the appropriate column. Records will not actually
- be deleted until F4 is pressed. When this happens those
- marked records will be deleted.
-
- F5 - Is used to move to a particular page number. Each screen
- of data is one page.
-
- Home - goes to the beginning of the file.
- End - goes to the end of the file.
- Tab - moves one screen to the right when the cursor is
- at the right side of the screen.
-
- Right Arrow - move right
- Left Arrow - move left.
-
- Shift Tab - moves one screen to the left when the cursor is at
- the left side of the screen.
-
- Escape - quits the program.
-
- The Brsetup1 unit provides instructions for plugging in your own
- data. Its basically just a matter of substituting your own code
- for the existing code. The browsef1 may be overlayed. The unit is
- compiled on Turbo 5.5.
-
- I plan to upgrade the BrowseF1 file there is any interest in it.
- It took a long time to debug the unit. I hope all the bugs are
- gone. Please let me know if you discover any.
-
- The source code is available for a fee of $15.00. With the source
- code you will be able to use any number of records as well as
- change the names of the variables, colors etc.
-
- If you wish to obtain the source code please send the fee to
-
- Ronald C. Schultz
- RR #1
- Nolalu, Ontario,
- Canada,
- POT 2KO
- Telephone 807-475-8941 (home)
-
- If you have any question or problems you can reach me on
- Compuserve. My number is 73767,3441