Directories for EMS Professional Shareware's libraries are dBASE III+ compatible .DBF files (for easy use by, and conversion to, any major DBMS, spreadsheet or word processor). Each database includes the following fields: product name, ZIP file name (if a freely distributable product that can be found in EMS's CD-ROM and diskette libraries), diskette number (if the file is available on EMS's diskette libraries), name of the producer, address, phone, fax, BBS, Email, 800, etc. information for the producer, product release date, product type, product description (254 characters), and an optional memo field with additional information about the product. If the product has a regular distribution point, such as a primary FTP site, we'll also list this. For many directories, all commercial products in the field are also included, to give users "one stop shopping" for every product that might meet their particular need.
Search programs (DOS and Windows) accompanying the database let you search by product name, ZIP file name, release date, producer name, product type, or free text search across all fields. Conversion capabilities allow production of delimited and columnar ASCII versions of the single "flat" database file, a variety of reports and 15 common BBS file listing formats. The DOS search program will also allow you to quickly view the contents of any ZIP file, print DOC, README, or source code files, copy files to a working directory or diskette, etc. We can also produce custom formats, in HTML and Windows HLP formats, for example, generally free of charge. A list of Delphi addon producers in html format is available online.