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- J A R G O N V 1.0
- An On-Line Manual for dBASE/CLIPPER
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-
- This program is the DBASE and Clipper manual as a database on a
- disk. The program addresses what is the exact syntax and the
- necessary parameters for the "Foo" command, or maybe more valuable
- question of What are the character functions -- and which one would
- be BEST to solve a program problem. And lastly, you understand
- how the command works, you have used it correctly in your program --
- and you just need to know the name of the file/library needed to
- to Link or Load it with your application.
-
- When I saw Mike Leventhal's LINGO database I decided to try to
- write an on-line manual and dump the big stack of manuals, books
- and prinouts I use now when programming.
-
- Commands/functions can be retrieved by "NAME" or "TYPE" using the
- "Home"=NAME key and "End"=TYPE key. The MOVE keys access the database
- in sequence of the last-used key used for retrieval. The program checks
- for the existence of index files, and re-indexes when they don't exist.
- So the indexes will be created at startup, and can be re-created by
- deleting the JARGON.NTX and TYPE.NTX files.
-
- The Edit/Add commands that change the database signal the user by
- changing the color of the fields, and the Add command loops for continual
- additions until the NAME field is left blank.
-
- The TYPE field is limited to the following choices by type window :
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- ARRAYS
- DISK
- PRINTER
- BUSINESS
- CHARACTER
- MEMO
- SCREEN
- DATABASE
- SYSTEM
- DATE
- MISC
- TIME
- DEBUG
- NUMERIC
- OPERATOR
- UTILITY
-
- The limited choice of types is quite arbitrary but it makes the
- TYPE index more valuable in locating unknown commands.
- I have concentrated more work on the program than on the data
- in the database. I especially didn't make much of an effort on
- dbase which I use very little. What I really wanted was
- information on special functions and documentation for
- the new UDF's that seem to be coming out of the woodwork. Anyway
- most users will probably want to customize their own data and
- examples in ways that will work best for them.
-
- This program is full featured and people who use dbase or clipper
- can use it "as-is" if they can work better from a screen than the
- printed page of a manual. I am a consultant and make my living writing
- custom database programs that have much in common with features of
- this program. I would be happy to discuss/bid any of your programming
- projects -- or listen to any suggestions you might have for this program.
-
- The front-end advertisement is ONLY for those people who MUST have
- the Clipper-source code, the latest/greatest version of Jargon, and a
- program copy that starts-up in the database without the billboard.
- The program should work well from inside dbase by using
- .RUN JARGON
- and exiting back into dbase.
-
- Comments and suggestions are welcome: Earl E. Bockenfeld
- 2502 N. Bernard
- Chicago, IL 60647
- (312) 252-2992
- $ 29 Source Disk
- + $ 3 Shipping
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- JARGON.ARC consists of 3 files: 2 Index files created on Startup
- JARGON.DOC -- This file
- JARGON.EXE -- AN On-LINE dBASE/CLIPPER MANUAL
- JARGON.NTX -- NAME Key INDEX of JARGON.DBF-->Generated on Startup
- TYPE.NTX -- TYPE Key INDEX of JARGON.DBF-->Generated on Startup
- JARGON.DBF -- A database of Commands, Functions
- with Syntax & examples in:
- dBASE
- CLIPPER
- TOM RETTIG'S LIBRARY
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- Structure for database : JARGON.DBF
- Number of data records : 413
- Date of last update : 3/24/87
- Field Field Name Type Width FIELD DESCRIPTION
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- 1 NAME Character 20 -- NAME of the COMMAND/FUNCTION
- 2 TYPE Character 10 -- TYPE of COMMAND/FUNCTION
- 3 DEF Character 12 -- Class of COMMAND/FUNCTION
- 4 SYNTAX Character 60 -- COMMAND/FUNCTION USAGE
- 5 RETURN1 Character 60 -- Result of COMMAND/FUNCTION
- 6 RETURN2 Character 60 -- Result -->Line2
- 7 PURPOSE Character 60 -- Purpose of COMMAND/FUNCTION
- 8 PURPOSE1 Character 60 -- Purpose -->Line 2
- 9 EXAMPLE1 Character 60 -- Example Usage of COMMAND/FUNCTION
- 10 EXAMPLE2 Character 60 -- Example -->Line 2
- 11 EXAMPLE3 Character 60 -- Example -->Line 3
- 12 EXAMPLE4 Character 60 -- Example -->Line 4
- 13 EXAMPLE5 Character 60 -- Example -->Line 5
- 14 LOCATION Character 12 -- LIBRARY FILE Name
- 15 DB Character 6 -- DBASE Command
- 16 CLIP Character 6 -- CLIPPER Command
- 17 AUTHOR Character 20 -- AUTHOR
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- ** Total ** 687
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