Category : Dbase (Clipper, FoxBase, etc) Languages Source Code
Archive   : DB3SGEN.ZIP
Filename : DB3SGEN.HLP

 
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Press [P g D n ] to view Editing Keys and Graphics Chars...                                                                                                                                                                ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿                                                                     ³   F 1    ³                                                                     ³         ³  Pressing [F 1 ] at any time will bring up the Help Screen.           ³  H e l p   ³                                                                     ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ                                                                                                                                                     ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿                                                                     ³   F 2    ³  Type a line of text on the screen.  When [F 2 ] is pressed the       ³ C e n t e r  ³  computer will determine the beginning and end of the line and      ³  T e x t   ³  center it between columns 1 and 80.                                ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ                                                                                                                                                     ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿  After Creating your Screen, you may designate a Field to be        ³   F 3    ³  for Output only.  This may be a dBase Function, or simply a        ³  F i e l d  ³  Variable Name (i.e.  TIME(),  DATE(),  RECNO(), NAME, AGE)         ³  O u t p u t ³  First Mark the block with [A l t - B ] then press [F 3 ] to mark the      ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ  Field for Output.                                                                                                                                  ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿  After Creating your Screen, you may designate a Field to be        ³   F 4    ³  for Input or Output.  This may be a Variable, or Field Name in a   ³  F i e l d  ³  data base file (i.e.  NAME, ADDRESS, CITY, COUNTER, SELECTION)     ³  I n p u t  ³  First Mark the block with [A l t - B ] then press [F 4 ] to mark the      ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ  Field for Input or Output.                                                                                                                                                                                                         ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿                                                                     ³   F 5    ³  This will I n s e r t a L i n e at the current cursor position, moving the ³ I n s e r t  ³  current line and all lines below it down one line.  The 24th line  ³  L i n e   ³  is the scrolled off the screen and is no longer available.         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ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ                                                                                                                                                     ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿                                                                     ³   F 8    ³  L o a d a previously saved Screen from Disk.                          ³  L o a d   ³                                                                     ³ S c r e e n  ³                                                                     ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿                                                                     ³   F 9    ³  E x i t the dBase III Screen Generator and return to DOS.             ³ E x i t t o ³                                                                     ³   D O S   ³                                                                     ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ                                                                                                                                                     ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿                                                                     ³   F 1 0   ³  S a v e the current Screen contents to a file for later recall.       ³  S a v e   ³                                                                     ³ S c r e e n  ³                                                                     ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ                                                                                                                                                     ÚÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄ¿  B e g i n / E n d B l o c k M a r k : This is a vital function to M
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.  Pressing [A l t - B ]  ³A l t ³-³ B ³  once marks one corner of a square or rectangular box.  Pressing it ³   ³ ³   ³  a second time marks the opposite corner and highlights everything  ÀÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÙ  inside the Block.                                                                                                                                  ÚÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄ¿                                                                     ³   ³ ³   ³  First use [A l t - B ] to mark a block, then position the cursor at the ³A l t ³-³ C ³  Top-Left hand corner of the area where the c o p y should appear and  ³   ³ ³   ³  press [A l t - C ].                                                     ÀÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÙ                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ÚÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄ¿                                                                     ³   ³ ³   ³  First use [A l t - B ] to mark a block, then position the cursor at the ³A l t ³-³ M ³  Top-Left hand corner of the area where the block should be moved   ³   ³ ³   ³  to and press [A l t - M ] to m o v e the block.  The block will remain     ÀÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÙ  marked and may be moved again.                                                                                                                     ÚÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄ¿                                                                     ³   ³ ³   ³  First use [A l t - B ] to mark a block, then press [A l t - F ].  You will   ³A l t ³-³ F ³  be asked to type a character, which will then be used to f i l l the  ³   ³ ³   ³  entire block.  Escape will abort without changing the block.       ÀÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÙ                                                                                                                                                     ÚÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄ¿                                                                     ³   ³ ³   ³  Pressing [A l t - S ] will C l e a r t h e S c r e e n .  Note: [A l t - R ] will        ³A l t ³-³ S ³  restore it if you do it immediately after pressing [A l t - S ] on      ³   ³ ³   ³  accident for example.                                              ÀÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÙ                                                                                                                                                     ÚÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄ¿                                                                     ³   ³ ³   ³  Pressing [A l t - R ] immediately after [A l t - S ] will restore the        ³A l t ³-³ R ³  screen contents.                                                   ³   ³ ³   ³                                                                     ÀÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÙ                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ÚÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄ¿                                                                     ³   ³ ³   ³  Press [A l t - U ] to U n M a r k a block which has been marked by [A l t - B ].  ³A l t ³-³ U ³  This may be done at any time before or after a block move, block   ³   ³ ³   ³  copy, block shift left or block shift right.                       ÀÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÙ                                                                                                                                                     ÚÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄ¿                                                                     ³   ³ ³   ³  B l o c k S h i f t L e f t :  After marking a block with [A l t - B ], pressing    ³A l t ³-³F 1 ³  [A l t - F 1 ] will cause everything in the block and to the right of the³   ³ ³   ³  block to be shifted L E F T one position.                             ÀÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÙ                                                                                                                                                     ÚÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄ¿                                                                     ³   ³ ³   ³  B l o c k S h i f t R i g h t : After marking a block with [A l t - B ], pressing    ³A l t ³-³F 2 ³  [A l t - F 2 ] will cause everything in the block and to the right of the³   ³ ³   ³  block to be shifted R I G H T one position.                            ÀÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÙ                                                                                                                                                     ÚÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄ¿                                                                     ³   ³ ³   ³  D i r e c t o r y :  to view a disk Directory, press [A l t - D ], then when     ³A l t ³-³ D ³  prompted on line 25 of the screen, enter the directory and/or      ³   ³ ³   ³  wildcards as you normally would in DOS.                            ÀÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÙ                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Special Graphics Characters (use A l t + corresponding key on 10-key Pad).        Switch Graphics Sets by pressing [A l t - I n s ] and selecting 1 ,2 ,3 or 4 .                                                                                            10-Key Pad     Graphics Set 1  Graphics Set 2  Graphics Set 3  Graphics Set 4   ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ     ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ  ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ  ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ  ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ    7 8 9  -         Ú Â ¿  Ä        É Ë »  Í        Õ Ñ ¸  Í        Ö Ò ·  Ä                                                                                       4 5 6  +         Ã Å ´  ³        Ì Î ¹  º        Æ Ø µ  ³        Ç × ¶  º                                                                                       1 2 3            À Á Ù           È Ê ¼           Ô Ï ¾           Ó Ð ½                                                                                                                                                                         Editing Keys... Each of these keys moves the cursor in a particular way:                                                                                           [H o m e ]  - Begin Line           [C t r l - L e f t ]  - move Left  20 spaces              [E n d ]   - End Line of Text     [C t r l - R i g h t ] - move Right 20 spaces              [P g U p ]  - Top of Screen        [C t r l - E n d ]   - End of Line (column 80)           [P g D n ]  - Bottom of Screen                                                                                                                                      [L e f t ]  - move Left            [T a b ]        - move Right 5 spaces               [R i g h t ] - move Right           [S h i f t - T a b ]  - move Left  5 spaces               [U p ]    - move Up                                                               [D o w n ]  - move Down                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

  3 Responses to “Category : Dbase (Clipper, FoxBase, etc) Languages Source Code
Archive   : DB3SGEN.ZIP
Filename : DB3SGEN.HLP

  1. Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!

  2. This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.

  3. But one thing that puzzles me is the “mtswslnkmcjklsdlsbdmMICROSOFT” string. There is an article about it here. It is definitely worth a read: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/mtswslnk/