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Welcome
Welcome to MDB Maintenance Wizard

The MDB Maintenance Wizard was designed to do maintenance to several database files at one time.

The registered version allows you to run the program with no user intervention.  Inaddition you can run the wizard from the System Agent that is included with the Microsoft Plus Pack for Windows 95.

Andrew Birch

4719 Morning Dew Ct.

Charlotte, NC 28269

74220.2524@compuserve.com

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Add Files

Adding a New Database File

1.) Click on the Add Command Button this will open the "add files " form

2.) Click on the build button next to File Name Text Box. This will open a common dialog box locate the file you wish to add to the list.

3.) Fill in the version number of the file that you selected.

4.)  Fill in the description of the database file.

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Instructions

Overview:

This product was written using Visual Basic 4.0 and uses the Jet Engine Version 3.0.  The MDB Maintenance Wizard has been tested and is capable of compacting any version of Jet Engine 2.0 or higher. Once the compacting process is completed without errors it will rename the old file and then name the new file to the original name.  If any errors were encountered the wizard will rename the back up file to the original name.  All actions are logged and will be visible for view on the last page of the wizard.

There are only two simple steps involved in using the MDB Maintenance Wizard

The first step is to add files to the Database Names grid.  In order for a file to be processed the "include field" should have a Value of "Yes".  Once you have added at least one file to the grid click on the Next Button.

The second step is to click on the Begin Button.

Once the Repair and Compacting has completed the results grid will be visible.

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Contents

Welcome

Disclaimer - Agreement

Instructions

Adding Files

Registration

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Registration

The price of regrestration is $15.00  After regrestering MDB Maintenance Wizard you will recieve an upgraded version that will run this application from a timmer such as the System Agent.

For $30.00 you will get the full product with source code and 6 months of support via Email.

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Results Grid

The results grid displays what actions have been completed on which files.

Fields in the results grid

Date Time:	This field shows on what data and time the file was processed

File Name:	This field show the path and file name that was processed

Action:	This is a discription of what action was done to a file, if there was a eror then the error messaged reutrned from 	the jet engine is displayed.

Outcome:	This is the end result of what happened it is either OK or Error

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Andrew Birch

I wrote this application to save myself form compacting and repairing my database files every morning.  I hope that you find this useful.  If you should find any bugs or have ideas for enhancements please feel free to contact me.

Currently I'm the Programmer/Analyst for the nations only health care cost containment  provider.  I live and work in Charlotte, NC. Presently  I hold four product certifications on different Microsoft Products.  I can be reached via Email at 74220,2524@compuserve.com

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Disclaimer

DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT

Users of MDB Maintenance Wizard must accept this disclaimer of warranty:

"MDB Maintenance Wizard" is supplied as is.  The author disclaims all

warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation,

the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose.

The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or conse-

quential, which may result from the use of MDB Maintenance Wizard."

MDB Maintenance Wizard is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge

to the user for evaluation.  Feel free to share it with your

friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of

another system.  The essence of "user-supported" software is to

provide personal computer users with quality software without

high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to

continue to develop new products.  If you find this program

useful and find that you are using MDB Maintenance Wizard and continue to use

MDB Maintenance Wizard after a reasonable trial period, you must make a reg-

istration payment of $15.00 to Andrew Birch.  The $15.00

registration fee will license one copy for use on any one

computer at any one time.  You must treat this software just like

a book.  An example is that this software may be used by any

number of people and may be freely moved from one computer

location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it

being used at one location while it's being used at another.

Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the

same time.

Commercial users of MDB Maintenance Wizard must register and pay for their

copies of MDB Maintenance Wizard within 30 days of first use or their license

is withdrawn.  Site-License arrangements may be made by con-

tacting Andrew Birch.

Anyone distributing MDB Maintenance Wizard for any kind of remuneration must

first contact Andrew Birch at the address below for authorization.

This authorization will be automatically granted to distributors

recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines for

shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin offering

MDB Maintenance Wizard immediately (However Andrew Birch must still be advised so

that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest

version of MDB Maintenance Wizard.).

You are encouraged to pass a copy of MDB Maintenance Wizard along to your

friends for evaluation.  Please encourage them to register their

copy if they find that they can use it.  All registered users

will receive a copy of the latest version of the MDB Maintenance Wizard

system.

Andrew Birch

4719 Morning Dew CT.

Charlotte, NC 28269

74220,2524@compuserve.com

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