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From: yychow@pasm07.enet.dec.com (yychow)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: DBEDIT function
Summary: DBEDIT function - usage
Keywords: DBEDIT
Message-ID: <21179@shlump.nac.dec.com>
Date: 18 Mar 91 18:45:18 GMT
Sender: newsdaemon@shlump.nac.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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	First of all, I MUST thanks for all your responses and am
	appreciated to your help and answers... 

	Now I have another question listed as follow:

	  I need to write a piece of codes with something like this:


	customer entries
	+--------------------------------------------------------+
        |                                                        |
	|	______	_____________	__________               |
	+--------------------------------------------------------+
	|	line # 	customer name   customer #               |
	+--------------------------------------------------------+
        |       XXXXX   XXXXXXXXXXXXX   XXXXXXXXXX               |
        |       XXXXX   XXXXXXXXXXXXX   XXXXXXXXXX               |
        |       XXXXX   XXXXXXXXXXXXX   XXXXXXXXXX               |
        |       XXXXX   XXXXXXXXXXXXX   XXXXXXXXXX               |
        |                                                        |
        |                                                        |
        |                                                        |
	+--------------------------------------------------------+

          for each entries, I will write a temporary file, and display
	  it onto the screen, and scroll it when the screen is full.

	  The "line #" is generated by the program, and the user can 
	  override it, when he/she does that. It is then assumed he/she
	  want to make a change the record. The record that to be modified
	  will be highlighted onto the screen. What I want to know is
	  whether I can use DBEDIT function to do such job??? If so,
	  can someone give me some hints or an example...( as
	  I have never used this function before and been told me 
	  it is a very powerful function ). 

        Any answers, please write them here or send them directly to the e-mail
	addresses below.

	By the way, I am still using Clipper (Summer 87' version)..
	
	Thanks in advance...,
			     YY 

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