Creation Date: 11/01/1987                             Last Modified: 02/09/1988




                               Tools for dBase III
                              Programmers and Users 



                           Author : Richard P. Hendricks


                             COPYRIGHT (C) 1987, 1988


DESCRIPTION:

The reason that I wrote these programs was because I use the dBase III compiler
QuickSilver and the primary reason I have dBase III loaded on my system is to
create and initialize database files. ( Note: Wordtech has a facility to create
a database file, but it does not allow for loading and it cannot be used in a
batch mode. ) The other reasons I have dBase III loaded are to list the contents
of a database and determine the number of records in the database.


PROGRAMS:

The programs should be useful for developers and users of

          * QuickSilver              * Clipper
          * dBase III                * Alpha/three
          * dBase III Plus

The programs are:

  BLD_DBF      - Build a dBase III/+ compatable database by filtering in the
                  data and using a structure file to describe the structure
  DBF_LIST     - List the contents and structure of dBase III database files
  DBF_DIR      - List the number of records and structure of dBase III database
                  files
  NDX_LIST     - List the contents and key expression of dBase III index files
  NDX_DIR      - List the key expression of dBase III of dbase III index files

The index related programs are not compatable with the Clipper index files.

Latest Versions as of 02/09/1988

  BLD_DBF     1.2    02/08/1988

  DBF_LIST    1.1    01/12/1988
  DBF_DIR     1.1    01/13/1988

  NDX_LIST    1.01   10/20/1987
  NDX_DIR     1.01   10/07/1987