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- dB Online Manual Update December 14, 1993
-
-
- The following undocumented enhancements are included in dB Online
- version 1.10b.
-
- TYPE will now generate a More(Y/N) prompt when displaying
- large file listings. The number of lines displayed is
- determined by the PAGELEN() variable given by the BBS drop
- files.
-
- All references to DORINFOx.DEV in the documentation should
- be replaced with DORINFOx.DEF. dB Online will accept
- DORINFOx.DEF as a command line parameter.
-
- There is now full ANSI display support on the local screen
- even if ANSI.SYS is not loaded.
-
- The .AND. .OR. .NOT. logical operators can now be
- specified as AND OR NOT. ie. without the leading and
- trailing periods.
-
- The macro (&) function has been enhanced. Anywhere a
- variable/field identifier can be used, it can be
- substituted with a macro function as follows: &<var>,
- text&<var>. This allows the simulation of arrays with the
- second syntax. This will apply for both evaluation and
- assignment of variables and fields.
-
- Example:
-
- USE database.dbf
- x = 'field'
- &x = "hello"
- REPLACE name&x WITH "My name" && REPLACEs namefield
- ? field && outputs field = "hello"
-
- The ZAP command is now supported. The ZAP command is equivalent
- to a DELETE ALL followed by a PACK command, except it executes
- faster.
-
- The VERSION() function now returns information on the current
- registration level of dB Online. The Registered version returns
- "dB Online v110a Reg" and the Pro version returns "dB Online v110a
- Pro".
-
-
- The following errors have been fixed since the release of dB Online
- v1.10
-
- - TYPEing large files does not result in loss of text over the modem
-
- - COUNT will not result in an error.
-
- - Using GOTO <recno> with a filter condition will select the record
- even if the filter condition is false.
-
- - Line spacing before and after TEXT...ENDTEXT and WAIT statements
- have been improved.
-
- - Improper DATA TYPE MISMATCH errors are no longer reported.
-
- - The REINDEX command does not return a File in use error.
-
- - Errors assigning variables with <var> = <expr> have been fixed.
-
- - Duplicate index files will not be opened and result in a
- File locking error.
-
- - The APPEND BLANK command does not return a File in use error.
-
- - The date literal specifier {<cexpr>} has been fixed.
-
- - The Invalid Date message in full screen READ operations will no
- longer generate an error in LOCAL operation.
-
- - SET COLOR TO <CR> now selects default colors lt grey on black
-
- - Will detect ISANSI and ISCOLOR in local/lan mode.
-
- - PACK will not return a file is in use command.
-
-
-
- Copyright (c) 1993 Merlin Systems Inc. All rights reserved.
-