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From: theisen@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Barbara Theisen)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Dbase IV Question
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Date: 21 Dec 89 17:36:34 GMT
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Our organization is somewhat of a consulting resource for the University of
Wisconsin-Madison campus, and I am passing on a question that someone asked me
about Dbase IV.  I have never used Dbase IV, although I am familiar with
Dbase III, so I hope I get the gist of this right:

THis particular user is trying to import some data from an ascii file (comma
delimited, I believe).  Apparently there is a menu drive way to do this
in Dbase IV.  She selects APPEND, and specifies the format (comma delimited,
or whatever), a menu comes up with a list of files, from which she choses
the correct file, and then (this is the great mystery) she gets a rectangular
box that has a pair of numbers in it (it may actually be a pair of
columns, she described it over the phone, and was getting a little agitated,
because this was what she didn't understand).  There is one selection bar
that covers both numbers, and you can vary the numbers as a pair but not
individually (either you move up and down the columns, or you increment/
decrement, but the numbers vary together).  She would like to know what
she is supposed to be selecting at this point.  My first thought was that
this was some way to specify the range of records, but you apparently can't
leave the left number at say, 1, and increase or decrease the right number
the the value you want.  And apparently, there is no choice that matches
what would be the full range of records in her file (1 to 300, in her case).
After disavowing any knowledge of Dbase IV, (I don't even have access to a
copy), I remembered that there is a wealth of knowledge available
out on the net.  Does anyone recognize what this selection box might be?

Thanks for any help you can give.

                           Barbara Theisen