DataWorks: xBase file Manager for Windows ----------------------------------------- Clipper .ntx version May 1992 Version 1.29 The following xBase function has been added to 1.29: TRIM(Char_Value) trims spaces on the right of the char expr Help file has been updated and recompiled. Shareware --------- DataWorks is SHAREWARE. After a thirty day evaluation period, if you continue to use DataWorks, you are required to register the product and include a license fee of $49.95 U.S. by check, money order, Visa or Mastercard. A registration form may be found at the end of this document. DataWorks is designed as an xBase power user's tool to be used by developers building applications with VXBASE for Visual Basic. VXBASE may be found on the bulletin board that carries DataWorks. It is uploaded as two files. The latest release is composed of files vxbdoc.zip (documentation) and vxbase.zip (vxbase.dll). DataWorks documentation is contained entirely in an extensive Windows Help file accessible from the main DataWorks menu. Installation ------------ (1) Unzip dworks.zip with pkunzip PKUNZIP DWORKS (2) Three more zip files appear DWMASTER.ZIP an empty DataWorks data dictionary set to be loaded and unzipped into any directory that contains or will contain xBase files. Retain this file to set up new xBase locations that are accessible through DataWorks. VXBTEST.ZIP If you currently have vxBase, move this file to \VB\VXBTEST and unzip it. It contains DataWorks dictionary definitions for the sample database that comes with VXBASE. DWINDOWS.ZIP contains dwx.exe, dwxdll.dll, dw.ini, and dwhelp.hlp. Move this file to your \WINDOWS directory and unzip. These are the actual program and supplementary files. (2) New Users --------- copy DWMASTER to any directory on your hard drive that contains Clipper databases (or to a new directory if you want to create new databases). Every directory that you wish to access with DataWorks MUST HAVE ITS OWN COPY of the master dictionary files. vxBase Users ------------ If you wish to experiment with DataWorks, and have a copy of vxBase, move the VXBTEST.ZIP file to \VB\VXBTEST and unzip (don't copy DWMASTER there). Existing Users NOTE: -------------------- If you are upgrading an existing copy of DataWorks, DO NOT UNZIP DWMASTER over top of your current dictionary files. You will lose all current dictionary information. Running DataWorks ----------------- (1) Bring up Windows and add DWX.EXE to a program group (or run it with the RUN command). The password is MASTER. Enter a startup directory where you have placed a copy of the DataWorks dictionary files (i.e., unzipped DWMASTER). If you are running the sample vxBase data set, enter \vb\vxbtest as the directory. You can alter the initial size of the files directory screen. When you exit, the size you set will be saved. 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