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- DataImport(tm) v4.0 for Windows Test Drive
-
- Welcome to DataImport, the Universal Data Translator!
- =====================================================
-
- To get started with your evaluation of DataImport for Windows, double
- click on the DataImport RoboTour icon in the DataImport program group.
- The RoboTour will walk you through a demonstration of DataImport and its
- data translation utilities.
-
- The RoboTour is NOT a slide show! The tour uses the Test Drive Version
- of DataImport to give its presentation and you can use your own files
- with the Test Drive after the tour! So, take the tour and find out how
- DataImport provides real solutions to your data translation needs!
-
- - For a list of DataImport 4.0 for Windows features, see FEATURES.WRI
-
- (For best results, we recommend running RoboTour with a 386-33Mhz or
- faster PC with 8MB RAM. This recommendation is for the RoboTour only;
- the DataImport Test Drive application requirements are given below.)
-
-
-
- The following text provides information about the DataImport 4.0 for
- Windows Test Drive and the DataImport RoboTour.
-
-
- System Requirements:
-
- - PC Compatible
- - Microsoft Windows 3.1, Window for Workgroups 3.11, OS/2 2.1 or
- later
- - 4 MB of RAM
- - 3 MB of Disk space
-
-
- Customer Support:
-
- - Spalding Software has a section on Compuserve where you can post
- messages and receive replies from our Technical Support staff and
- communicate with other users. Type GO SPALDING at the CIS prompt;
- or, setup SPALDING as a forum in programs such as TAPCIS or NavCIM.
- All messages should be posted in Section 2. Files available for
- downloading are in Library 2.
-
- - You can also e-mail comments to our Compuserve ID: 74431,240; or on
- the Internet to: 74431.240@compuserve.com
-
- - To contact us via phone, dial:
- (404) 449-1634 voice
- (404) 449-0052 fax
-
-
- Files:
-
- The following files are included in the Test Drive version of DataImport
- for Windows:
-
- Name on Diskette Name installed Directory installed into
- ---------------- --------------- -------------------------
- DIW.EX_ DIW.EXE DataImport (C:\DIW)
- DIW.HL_ DIW.HLP "
- DI2OUTW.EX_ DI2OUTW.EXE "
- DIMASKW.EX_ DIMASK.EXE "
- DIUTILW.EX_ DIUTILW.EXE "
- DIINTL.EX_ DIINTL.EXE "
- DIEBCASC.EX_ DIEBCASC.EXE "
- DIREADME.TX_ README.TXT "
- DIW_TOUR.EX_ DIW_TOUR.EXE "
- DIW_MSE.RE_ DIW_MSE.REC "
- FEATURES.WR_ FEATURES.WRI "
- ORDER.TX_ ORDER.TXT "
- INVOICES.PR_ INVOICES.PRN "
- DAYSALES.PR_ DAYSALES.PRN "
- SETUP1.EX_ SETUP.EXE "
-
- (created) DIW.INI WINDOWS
-
- SETUP.EXE not installed
- SETUP.LST not installed
-
- SETUP1.EX_ SETUP1.EXE SYSTEM
- SETUPKIST.DL_ SETUPKIT.DLL "
-
- CMDIALOG.VB_ CMDIALOG.VBX SYSTEM
- COMMDLG.DL_ COMMDLG.DLL "
- MENUEV3.VB_ MENUEV3.VBX "
- THREED.VB_ THREED.VBX "
- VBMSG.VB_ VBMSG.VBX "
- VB2OLECF.DL_ VB2OLECF.DLL "
- VBRUN300.DL_ VBRUN300.DLL "
- VER.DL_ VER.DLL "
-
- If you wish to remove DataImport from your computer, check the file
- INSTALL.LOG located in the directory that contains the DataImport
- program files. INSTALL.LOG lists which files were loaded onto your
- system and which were not. If a file was not loaded, it was because the
- file already existed on your computer and was the same version or later.
-
- The files in the last section above are Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs)
- and Visual Basic Extensions (VBXs), which may be shared by multiple
- software programs. Some of these files may have been copied to your
- system when DataImport was installed. If you delete any of these files
- you may get an error message when running other software that was
- installed after DataImport. That software could be using a DLL that
- DataImport installed. You would then have to install the file(s) from
- the diskettes provided by the other software program.
-
- To limit the amount of disk space taken, the Test Drive does not ship
- with all of the DLLs required for all of the output types. The
- additional DLLs can be downloaded from our section on Compuserve. Below
- is a list of the output types and the files that must be downloaded to
- output to that type:
-
- Excel 5.0 XLDLL.ZIP
- Access 1.1 & 2.0 ACCDLL.ZIP
- Paradox 3.5 & 4.0 PDXDLL.ZIP
-
- After downloading the ZIP file, unzip the files using PKZIP 2.04g or
- equivalent and move the files into your Windows "SYSTEM" directory.
-
- You may not need to download these files to use DataImport with your
- spreadsheet or database. Excel 5.0 will read Excel 2.1, 3.0 & 4.0 as
- well as Lotus 1-2-3 files. Access can use dBase files directly; and
- Paradox will import dBase files.
-
-
- New Features:
-
- DataImport 4.0 for Windows has some additional features not available in
- DataImport 3.0 for DOS (the most current DOS version of the product).
-
- - The configuration information is now held in the DIW.INI file (in
- the WINDOWS directory) instead of the DICONFIG.DAT file (in the DOS
- path).
-
- - The International, Date and Signed overpunch settings are now held
- in each mask file. From the mask screen you can change the
- settings for the mask, save the settings to be the defaults, or
- load the default settings from the INI file.
-
- - DataImport now has a Pause and Resume feature. When a Pause match
- string is found in the Input File, no Include or Global Value lines
- will be output until a Resume match string is found. However, any
- lines with a line treatment, such as Titles, Values and Headings,
- will be output normally. When a Resume string is defined, you can
- select whether to start the translation in Pause mode or un-Paused
- (default). This selection can be changed from the Options Global
- dialog box.
-
- - DataImport can now unstack lines in the Mask application based on a
- match string. When defining the match string, you also define the
- number of lines to be unstacked. This number includes the line on
- which the Unstack match string occurs and the number of lines to
- be unstacked that follow it. Each unstacked line is padded out to
- the length of the widest unstacked line in the input file. This
- length is stored with the mask so that when you read another input
- file, that may have different length records, the padding will
- always be the same.
-
-
- Translation Types:
-
- - Excel 5.0:
-
- You can set the sheet name on the Options Global dialog box. The
- default sheet name is "Sheet1". If you are appending or file-
- combining into an existing Excel 5 workbook, the sheet name must
- exist.
-
- - Lotus 5.0 for Windows
-
- Lotus 5.0 uses the same file format (.WK4) as Lotus 4.0 for
- Windows.
-
-
- RoboTour TroubleShooting:
-
- - When running the RoboTour on a 386-33Mhz or slower machine, the
- tour may pause after moving the cursor. If a prompt box does not
- appear or the action stops for more than 10 seconds, hold down
- [Ctrl] and press [F12] to continue the tour.
-
- --- End of readme.txt file ---