QASpec V1.0

    QASPEC allows you to save lookup table data and programming 
statements to an ASCII file so that it can be printed out as a 
document in the Q&A word processor or imported into a database file.


         1)   Copy QASPEC into the sub-directory containing your 
              database files.  (ie. COPY A:*.* C:)

         2)   Execute QASPEC from a DOS prompt, using the format:


       QASPEC -[COMMANDS] [FILENAME] [OUTPUT FILENAME] [Width]



    COMMANDS:

         -P   :to list programming statements
         -PS  :to list programming statements in sorted order by
               field ID#
         -L   :to output lookup table
         -X   :to output lookup table in a Standard ASCII formal
               (comma delimited, with quotes around textual
               information)



    FILENAME:

         The name of the database containing the programming or lookup
         table.



    OUTPUT FILENAME:

         The name of the ASCII file to store the output information.



    Width (Optional):

         This option should be used if you would like QASPEC to format
the information for wide carriage printers, or would like the output
to contain more than 80 characters/line.


         3)   The output file is saved in the current directory.  If
              you do not specify an output filename, QASPEC will
              output the information to the screen.  You cannot use
              the output width option unless an output file is
              specified.



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                             QASpec V1.0

    Examples:

         QASPEC -PS EMPLOYEE EMP.PRG   -    This command will output    
                                            the programming from the
                                            EMPLOYEE database to the
                                            new file EMP.PRG in sorted
                                            order.

         QASPEC -X PROPERTY PROP.ASC   -    This command will output
                                            the lookup table from the
                                            PROPERTY database to the
                                            new file PROP.ASC in
                                            Standard ASCII format.


    After executing the command, go to the Q&A Write menu and choose GET and 
enter the name of your output file.  You can now print this ASCII file as you 
would a regular document.  With lookup table data you have the additional 
option of importing the output file as Standard ASCII into an existing Q&A  
database (Refer to "IMPORT DATA" instructions in the UTILITIES section of the 
Q&A manual).


































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