Category : Paradox DBMS
Archive   : CUSTID.ZIP
Filename : CUSTOMER.F2
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xEL xº xÛ Error trapping is very minimal as well.L
Û [PxgxDxnx]xL xEL
xÛ L( L Û L xEÛL ßÛ L David F. KeltonL ÛßßL
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ßp xEL xº xÛ show the user each progressive "key violation" Û L xEL xº xÛ with the ability to proceed or cease the entry. Û [Exnxdx]xL
xEL xº xÛ Error trapping is very minimal as well.L
Û [PxgxDxnx]xL xEL
xÛ L( L Û L xEÛL ßÛ L David F. KeltonL ÛßßL
ßÛEÛ This cÛ L2 Ûof the first ÛEÛ four chaÛ L2 Ûe FirstName. ÛEÛ First alÛ L2 Ûed from theL ÛEÛ Name. IÛ L Press Any Key to ProceedL L ÛFirstNameL ÛEÛ characteÛL4 ÜÛgth of sixL ÛEÛ characters. If the length is less than six, the remaining spaces are filled ÛEÛ with x's. Finally, a 01 - 99 tiebreaker is appended in sequential orderL ÛEÛ allowing e.g 99 Smith, JohnL0 ÛEÛLN ÜÛE
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/