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| Filename: | PD/AMFStuff/!AMFBase/!Help |
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| File size: | 0936 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
!AMFBase 1.00 (02-Jul-91)
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A DataBase
==========
AMFBase is a simple card style database.Each card may have upto ten fields
stored on it.Fields may be defined,and cards sorted,found,updated,etc.
Click on the AMFBase icon to start.A window will appear,this is where many
of the operations in AMFBase are carried out from.To define the field names,
click on the Define icon,enter the appropriate names for the field titles,
and click on OK.
You can now enter the data in the boxes provided.Pressing RETURN at the end
of one card will move onto the next.The same effect can be acheived by
clicking on OK.Click on Clear to wipe all the data for a particular card,or
use Cancel to bring it back.Use the arrow icons to move between cards,or
enter a card number in the box provided,and press RETURN.
Insert will insert a card before the current one,and Delete will delete the
current card.Find will allow you to find particular cards.Enter search
strings in the boxes provided,and click on OK.The number of cards found will
appear,and you can go through them by using the arrow icons in the find
window.Sort will allow you to sort the cards in a particular order.Select
a numerical sort if the value of the datum is to be used,otherwise use an
alphabetical sort.Click on OK to sort.
Pressing menu on the AMFBase window will allow you to save the data in three
different ways.You can save all the data,part of the data (either that which
has been found,or a numerical section),or save the data as a text file.If
this is done,you can select which options to include,whether to include the
field title,and how many spaces (if at all) to indent both title and data.
Preferences
===========
The preferences can be seen by selecting Preferences after pressing menu on
the !AMFBase icon.You can set whether the Delete option needs a confirm,
whether a file is loaded on startup,whether the fields are loaded on start
up,and whether the indentation table (how the data is saved as a text file)
is loaded on start up.You can also determine the maximum number of cards.
Addresses
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Comments,suggestions,bug reports (I hope not) and any donations (cheques
made payable to A.M.Flintham) you wish to make to:
AMF the Doomwatcher,
The Monastary of Doomwatcher Monks,
50 Burlington Way
Mickleover
Derby
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3d 3d 0a 43 6f 6d 6d 65 6e 74 73 |=======.Comments| 00000840 2c 73 75 67 67 65 73 74 69 6f 6e 73 2c 62 75 67 |,suggestions,bug| 00000850 20 72 65 70 6f 72 74 73 20 28 49 20 68 6f 70 65 | reports (I hope| 00000860 20 6e 6f 74 29 20 61 6e 64 20 61 6e 79 20 64 6f | not) and any do| 00000870 6e 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 28 63 68 65 71 75 65 73 |nations (cheques| 00000880 0a 6d 61 64 65 20 70 61 79 61 62 6c 65 20 74 6f |.made payable to| 00000890 20 41 2e 4d 2e 46 6c 69 6e 74 68 61 6d 29 20 79 | A.M.Flintham) y| 000008a0 6f 75 20 77 69 73 68 20 74 6f 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 |ou wish to make | 000008b0 74 6f 3a 0a 0a 41 4d 46 20 74 68 65 20 44 6f 6f |to:..AMF the Doo| 000008c0 6d 77 61 74 63 68 65 72 2c 0a 20 20 54 68 65 20 |mwatcher,. The | 000008d0 4d 6f 6e 61 73 74 61 72 79 20 6f 66 20 44 6f 6f |Monastary of Doo| 000008e0 6d 77 61 74 63 68 65 72 20 4d 6f 6e 6b 73 2c 0a |mwatcher Monks,.| 000008f0 20 20 20 20 35 30 20 42 75 72 6c 69 6e 67 74 6f | 50 Burlingto| 00000900 6e 20 57 61 79 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 4d 69 63 6b |n Way. Mick| 00000910 6c 65 6f 76 65 72 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 44 |leover. D| 00000920 65 72 62 79 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 44 |erby. D| 00000930 45 33 20 35 42 44 |E3 5BD| 00000936
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