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- This program is designed to convert an ASCII file that is
- not delimited to a data base file (dbf).
-
- To use this program you must feed in the first 3
- parameters (as listed below) from the DOS prompt.
-
- THIS PROGRAM ASSUMES ALL DATABASE FILES HAVE AN
- AN EXTENSION OF (.DBF). The name of the ASCII file
- may have any extension.
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- Syntax:
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- CONVERT ASCIIFile FromDBF ToDBF [HeaderBytes] [Footbytes]
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- ASCIIFile - Name of ASCII File to Convert
- FromDBF - Name of DBF File to use a pattern for
- reading data from ASCII File
- ToDBF - Name of DBF File to save converted
- Data. This file will be created for
- you if not found. If found, records
- from the ASCII file will be appended to
- this file. Therefore this file name
- may be the same as the FromDBF file
- name.
- HeaderBytes - Number of Bytes preceeding data in
- ASCII file.
- Footbytes - Number of Bytes following the data in
- the ASCII file.
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- Examples:
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- CONVERT LIST MASTER DEPT
- │ │ └─ Name of database to contain data
- │ └─ Name of Database to use as a pattern
- └─ Name of ASCII File
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- CONVERT TEXT PEOPLE LIST 100 20
- │ │ │ │ │
- │ │ │ │ └─ 20 bytes follow data
- │ │ │ └─ 100 bytes preceed ASCII data
- │ │ └─ Name of database to contain data
- │ └─ Name of Database to use as a pattern
- └─ Name of ASCII File
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- To give you a micro example:
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- 'TEXT' ASCII File contains: 10FRED20JANE30TONY
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- 'TEMPLATE' From DBF File Stru.: Code NUM 2 0
- Name CHAR 4
-
- 'NAMES' To DBF File does not exist
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- Syntax to Convert:
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- CONVERT TEXT TEMPLATE NAMES
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- Would Create NAMES.DBF containing:
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- Code Name
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- 10 FRED
- 20 JANE
- 30 TONY
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