DataWorks: xBase file Manager for Windows
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   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
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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
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   (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
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       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
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   (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.

   (2) If there are existing database files in the directory
       you specified, you can add them to the DataWorks
       dictionary with the File Import Dbf menu command.


Comments, Suggestions, Bug Reports (Dr. Watson preferred)
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   vxBase (512523 Alberta Ltd.)
   Attention: T.O.
   #200, 10310 - 176 Street
   Edmonton, AB
   Canada
   T5S 1L3

   Phone: (403) 489-5994
   Fax:   (403) 486-4335
   Compuserve ID:  70524,3723

   Please quote version number shown at top of this file
   or in Help About box.


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