Category : Dbase (Clipper, FoxBase, etc) Languages Source Code
Archive : DB3TIPS3.ZIP
Filename : READ.ME
Output of file : READ.ME contained in archive : DB3TIPS3.ZIP
In November 1985, I distributed to various BBS's two files
containing dBASE II and dBASE III tips, tricks, hints and techniques
(DB2TIPS.ARC and DB3TIPS.ARC) followed in July 1986 by another file
(DB3TIPS2.ARC). Users of these files will recall that I compiled and
editted a variety of articles from various magazines and other sources
which I had found to be helpful in using dBASE 2/3.
This DB3TIPS3.ARC file is a continuation of the earlier tips
files. The tips and tricks in this file were taken from a variety
of magazine articles over the last 6 months of 1986. As before, I
take NO personal credit for authoring any of the items. I did take
certain liberties in editting the articles. Nevertheless, attribution
is properly given in all instances.
The various files contained in DB3TIPS3.ARC were prepared using
WordStar in nondocument (ASCII) mode. This DB3TIPS3.ARC file is
arranged with the following categories.
DB3DATES.TXT Handling dates in dBASE III
DB3MISC.TXT All the other miscellaneous tips and tricks
DB3PSET.TXT An adaptation of PSET.COM for printer control
from dBASE III
Enjoy!
Dean Wood
Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!
This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.
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/