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Tom Wills

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Dec 19, 1995, 3:00:00 AM12/19/95
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I have a client who uses dBase III+ and will not submit to using some other
utility to work with her databases. She likes the using the dBase ASSIST mode,
and that's all there is to it. Normally, no big deal. But, she wants to be
able to update MEMO fields while within the browse. So far, I've been unable
to locate a way to edit a memo field from within the dBase browse mode. Does
anyone have any idea as to how to edit MEMO fields while in the browse
mode??????

Tom Wills
Pima County Applications Development
twi...@pima.gov


A. Gonzalez

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Dec 19, 1995, 3:00:00 AM12/19/95
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>I've been unable to locate a way to edit a memo field from within the
>dBase browse mode. Does anyone have any idea as to how to edit MEMO
>fields while in the browse mode??????

I don't think it is possible to edit memo fields from
dBase III plus while in browse mode. However, you can use
the EDIT command and then press CTRL HOME while the
cursor is on the memo field.

I use CA-dBFast for Windows which works very well with dBase III plus
files. With dBFast you can you edit memo fields while in browse mode.
This compiler also makes your dBase III plus PRGs load/run way faster.

Hope this helps,

Armando

MIKE WEBB

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Dec 20, 1995, 3:00:00 AM12/20/95
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TW> From: Tom Wills <twi...@pima.gov>
TW> Subject: dBase III+ and memo fields
TW> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 95 08:30:00 MST
TW>
TW> I have a client who uses dBase III+ and will not submit to using some o
TW> utility to work with her databases. She likes the using the dBase ASSIS
TW> and that's all there is to it. Normally, no big deal. But, she wants to
TW> able to update MEMO fields while within the browse. So far, I've been u
TW> to locate a way to edit a memo field from within the dBase browse mode.
TW> anyone have any idea as to how to edit MEMO fields while in the browse
TW> mode??????

I just checked; I don't think it can be done from dBase III+. Now, if
you have access to a copy of dBXL (WordTech's dB3+ superclone), it
does support CTRL-PGDN to access a memo field from BROWSE. And since
in just about all respects it works just like dB3+, you could probably
persuade your client to use it instead.

Another option; set her up with dBase IV with the "ASSIST3" file from
ftp.borland.com that mimics the dBase III Plus Assistant. DBase IV
2.0's BROWSE supports memo access.
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Norman McFarlane

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Dec 22, 1995, 3:00:00 AM12/22/95
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Tom Wills <twi...@pima.gov> wrote:


>I have a client who uses dBase III+ and will not submit to using some other
>utility to work with her databases. She likes the using the dBase ASSIST mode,
>and that's all there is to it. Normally, no big deal. But, she wants to be
>able to update MEMO fields while within the browse. So far, I've been unable
>to locate a way to edit a memo field from within the dBase browse mode. Does

>anyone have any idea as to how to edit MEMO fields while in the browse

>mode??????

>Tom Wills
>Pima County Applications Development
>twi...@pima.gov

with the memo field highlighted, hit the page down key ... voila!
Rgds,


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