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                              PowerTABLE 2.00
                        Wings for Database Developers
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                 Installation / Usage / Remarks / Registration


A. Package
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   PowerTABLE 2.0 is Copyright (C)1994-95 by bytes + letters.
   All rights reserved.
   
   The shareware-version of PowerTable may be copied freely, if the
   package is complete.

   The PWRTBL.ZIP-file is the whole sharware-package and contains
   the following files:
   
   DATAMGR.EXE	 - PowerTABLE 2.0 Data Manager
   DATAMGR.HLP	 - Help file and Registration Info
   DBFIELD1.PFD	 - Program file
   DBSTRUCT.PFD  - Program file
   FEATURES.TXT  - Feature overview
   README.TXT    - This file
   PWRTBL.BAS	 - Routines sourcecode
   TRUEGRID.VBX  - APEX-Datagrid
   BLFX20.VBX	 - ThreeDPak95, overall 3D support and more
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   BLTIP.VBX	 - SoundBubble ToolTips
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                   your project


   Other files will be created during the first run of PowerTABLE.
   These files are:

   DATAMGR.INI	
   SQL.DBF		
   SQL.DBT		

   ==> Do not distribute/copy these files with the shareware-version!!!



B. Requirements
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   Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition 3.0 or higher
   Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher
    

1. Installation
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   Extract the PWRTBL.ZIP file to your Visual Basic directory.

   Note that PowerTABLE does not support FoxPro 2.0- and dBase III-tables. 
   All other formats are supported: Access 1.x, Access 2.0, dBase IV, 
   FoxPro 2.5, Paradox 3.x and Btrieve.


2. Getting Started
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   If you have replaced the VB-Data-Manager, you just have to choose
   Window->Data Manager from the VB-Menu. Otherwise run your file-manager
   an start DATAMGR.EXE.


3. PowerTABLE Pre-Release version
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   Check the mailbox where you have downloaded this application for
   newer versions. The most recent location is the MSBASIC forum on
   CompuServe.

   Before you are going to modify important data-tables with PowerTABLE,
   you should make a backup of these files; better: you should learn its 
   usage with a some test-files.
   
   No warranty for your databases, tables, existing data or anything else!
   
   If you find a bug (nothing is perfect), something bad, or if you miss
   a feature, please let us know about it. 


4. Questions, Ideas?
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   You can reach us by CompuServe Mail. Send your message to: 
   D.Hilger(B&L) - CIS-Id: 100275,3554


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	PowerTABLE 2.0 is 
        Copyright (C) 1994-1995 by 

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Thanks a lot.
