Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!dalcs!aucs!peter
From: peter@aucs.UUCP (Peter Steele)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: dBase III+ MEMO Fields Question
Message-ID: <1114@aucs.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jun 88 11:31:43 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Science, Acadia Univ., Nova Scotia
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I have a database with several memo fields in it. I want to avoid
using EDIT or APPEND so I can do more complete error checking.
However, I cannot figure out a way to input memo fields except
by using these commands. If I try something like

   @5,10 GET memofield
   READ

the memo field name is drawn in reverse video on the screen but
when I do a ctrl-pgdn to invoke the memo field editor, nothing
happens. However, if I make a format file containing these
statements and do

   SET FORMAT TO formatfile
   EDIT

the control-pagedown does work. As I said though, I don't want
to use EDIT. Am I doing something wrong or is EDIT et al the only
way to input a memo field? Is there another way to input a memo
field that I'm overlooking?

BTW, I know Clipper would solve my problems, but my boss wants
to maintain dBase compatibility...

Any comments would be appreciated.

-- 
Peter Steele, Microcomputer Applications Analyst
Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada B0P1X0 (902)542-2201x121
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