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- dB Online 1.0 Beta history file.
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- 02/10/93
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- DBONLINE.EXE
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- - USE will now accept the IN parameter after the ALIAS to define
- what work area to open the database. The value must be a numeric
- constant
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- - SET ORDER TO will now accept tag names as input as follows:
- SET ORDER TO TAG tagname
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- - The functions TAG(), NDX(), MDX(), CDX() are all now implemented.
- TAG will return a tag name from a work area.
- ?DX() will return the file name of an index file.
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- - Reading a character type get with a '9' in the picture function will
- now accept numeric input only into the character variable.
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- - When EXIT or LOOP are encountered outside of a DO WHILE loop, they will
- pass control to the next RETURN statement.
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- COMPILE.EXE
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- - SET FILTER TO will not cause an error if nothing follows the TO.
- ie: to turn the filter off.
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- 30/9/93
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- DBONLINE.EXE
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- - macro substitution available for the following commands:
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- USE &var INDEX &var2 alias &var3
- SET INDEX TO &var
- RUN &var
- TYPE &var
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- var,var2 are character variables containing the actual filenames.
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- As well macro substitution is available in expression evaluation.
- substitution can be made for another variable/field name only.
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- eg:
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- The following code: Will produce:
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- var = "hello" hello
- hello = 10 10
- ? var
- ? &var
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- 28/9/93
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- DBONLINE.EXE
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- - now adds default extention of .dbx to filenames at command line.
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- - memo support now available.
- you can both list and ? memo fields.
- from an @ GET memfield, use CTRL-PGDN to enter memo editor,
- Standard Wordstar and cursor keys apply,
- use CTRL-W, or CTRL-END to exit and save.
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- - REPLICATE(): now functioning properly.
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- - Cursor positioning after @ commands has been altered to acurately
- emulate dBaseIII+
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- - SET_DEFAULT_TO: now functioning properly.
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- COMPILE.EXE
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- - now adds default extention of .prg to filenames at command line.
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- - dBase commands SET HEADING, SET TALK, SET STATUS, SET SCOREBOARD,
- SET PROCEDURE TO<CR>, CLOSE PROCEDURE,
- do not cause errors when compiling.
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- 16/9/93
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- DBONLINE.EXE
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- - SPACE(): Function now functioning properly.
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- - READ: When read is called without any gets being defined
- dB Online now pauses for a single keypress.
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- - USE: Would cause error when full path was used to specify
- file. Now finds file and works with SET PATH TO.
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- - memo fields: Memo support is presently being implemented. Please
- do not try to access memo fields with this beta until
- further notice.
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- 9/9/93
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- DBONLINE.EXE
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- - GETS: Numeric picture functions B, Z are not implemented.
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