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CODEBASE 5.1 EXAMPLES INFORMATION
I. Example Files Provided
II. General Example Information
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I. Example Files Provided
USER'S MANUAL EXAMPLES:
D4EXAMPL.C: See User's Manual, page 11.
SHOWDATA.C: See User's Manual, page 34.
CUSTLIST.C: See User's Manual, page 41.
Requires DATA1.DBF database and DATA1.??? memo
file--compile and execute NEWLIST2.C to create.
NEWLIST.C: See User's Manual, page 47.
DELETION.C: See User's Manual, page 58.
DATAINFO.C: See User's Manual, page 63.
COPYDATA.C: See User's Manual, page 70.
NEWLIST2.C: See User's Manual, page 74.
SHOWDAT2.C: See User's Manual, page 82.
SHOWLST2.C: See User's Manual, page 86.
Requires DATA1.DBF database and DATA1.??? memo
file--compile and execute NEWLIST2.C to create.
SEEKER.C: See User's Manual, page 92.
Requires DATA1.DBF database and DATA1.??? memo
file--compile and execute NEWLIST2.C to create.
DESCEND1.C: See User's Manual, page 100.
Requires DATA1.DBF database and DATA1.??? memo
file--compile and execute NEWLIST2.C to create.
DESCEND2.C: See User's Manual, page 105.
For Clipper format only.
Requires DATA1.DBF database and DATA1.??? memo
file--compile and execute NEWLIST2.C to create.
NOGROUP1.C: See User's Manual, page 114.
For Clipper or dBASE III formats only.
Requires DATA1.DBF database and DATA1.??? memo
file--compile and execute NEWLIST2.C to create.
NOGROUP2.C: See User's Manual, page 116.
For Clipper or dBASE III formats only.
Requires DATA1.DBF database and DATA1.??? memo
file--compile and execute NEWLIST2.C to create.
COPYDAT2.C: See User's Manual, page 119.
RELATE1.C: See User's Manual, page 131.
RELATE2.C: See User's Manual, page 139.
RELATE3.C: See User's Manual, page 145.
RELATE4.C: See User's Manual, page 148.
DATE.C: See User's Manual, page 154.
LIST1.C: See User's Manual, page 163.
LIST2.C: See User's Manual, page 169.
MULTI.C: See User's Manual, page 187.
APPEND.C: See User's Manual, page 195.
ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES:
D4LOW.C Example program that tests low-level file4..()
functions. Useful for determining correct low-level
operation on non-supported operating sytems.
D4SWITCH.C Example program source code. This program will
check for proper CodeBase 'define switch' usage.
Useful for switch debugging.
FILETEST.C Example program source code. Checks for data file,
index or memo file corruption using d4check(). Useful
for checking the integrity of existing database,
index and memo files.
D4LIST.C Example program source code. Opens and lists the
contents of DATAFILE.DBF, using the FoxPro or dBASE IV
production index file.
DATAFILE.DBF Example database file used with program 'D4LIST.C'.
DATAFILE.MDX Example index file used with program 'D4LIST.C'.
DATAFILE.CDX
D4ASCII.C Example program source code. Creates a database
file from an ASCII text file. Uses file
'INVENTOR.ASC'.
INVENTOR.ASC Example ascii data file used with program 'D4ASCII.C'.
D4EX2.C Example source file. Creates a database and index
file, 'EXAMPLE', appends some records, and lists
those records using two different tag orders.
D4EXMEMO.C Example source file. Enhancement of D4EX2.C,
including the use of a memo field, and CodeBase
formatting routines.
D4EX_WIN.C Example Windows source file. Similar in operation to
D4EXAMPL.C.
NOTE: Brief program descriptions can be found at the beginning of
many source files.
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II. General Example Information
The purpose of the example programs is to provide a general
programming, compiling, linking and executing guide to CodeBase
application construction. New CodeBase users are encouraged to
use the examples as an introduction to the process of building
an application. Also, users with unsupported compilers or users
who change compiler options should use the example programs to
test the compile, link and execute process. In this way, users
can be sure that any problems encountered are due to the compilation
or linking process, and not because of errors in the source code.
Before beginning any actual compiling or linking, it is recommended
that the 'INTRODUCTION' and 'CODEBASE OVERVIEW' sections in
the CodeBase manual be read and understood.
Some of the examples require linking with the 'curses' library
when compiling with the CodeBase 5.1 Multi-Platform version under UNIX.
These examples have an '#include <curses.h>' directive at the top
of the file. If using these examples under UNIX, add the following
to the END of your compile line:
cc . . . -lcurses
Generally, the example code can be compiled and linked using
the provided batch files. The batch file names are discussed
in the Users Guide.
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