Category : Databases and related files
Archive : DATAMAGE.ZIP
Filename : FILEPOSN.HLP
Output of file : FILEPOSN.HLP contained in archive : DATAMAGE.ZIP
"The file position function takes you to a new position in the file."
"In an 8,000 record file you would have to push PgDn over 600 times to"
"get to the middle of the file. That could give someone a sore finger"
"and maybe workmans' comp. To keep the injuries down we put in the"
"file position function."
"The routine displays the number of records in the current group and"
"asks you to enter the position to which you would like to go. When"
"you return to browse the record in the desired position is in the"
"middle of the screen."
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/