Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rutgers!iuvax!maytag!xenitec!timk From: timk@xenitec.on.ca (Tim Kuehn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: dbase (or foxbase) questions Message-ID: <1990Mar9.184233.27808@xenitec.on.ca> Date: 9 Mar 90 18:42:33 GMT References: <1556@violet22.UUCP> Reply-To: timk@xenitec.UUCP (Tim Kuehn) Distribution: comp Organization: XeniTec Consulting Services, Kitchener, ON, Canada Lines: 40 In article <1556@violet22.UUCP> motcid!marocchi@uunet.uu.net writes: >I have two questions I hope someone can answer. > This would be better asked in comp.databases where all kinds of RDBMS type hang out, but since I'm here *anyway*. >1) Is there a way to duplicate records while editing in dbase or foxbase? In foxbase it should be simple. Go to the record you want to copy, and issue ths following commands scatter to append blank gather from viola! a duplicate record in every respect (and a copy in memory too for that matter). Of course, I *presume* you're talking about editing a record in the programming sense, not from the dot prompt. >2) Is there a way to print multiple copies of a database (for normal print > or labels)? If you wrote a short program to @ x,y say's at the right place, and set device to printer you should be able to get the effect you're looking for. >Any help is appreciated. Hope this has been such. >Arlington Heights, IL 60004 | ...uunet!motcid!marocchi ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Used to live in Palatine myself, in the same area as "Rolling Ghettos" and "Hoffman's Mistakes" +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Timothy D. Kuehn timk@xenitec.on.ca | |TDK Consulting Services !watmath!xenitec!timk | |871 Victoria St. North, Suite 217A | |Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2B 3S4 (519)-741-3623 | |DOS/Xenix - SW/HW. uC, uP, DBMS. Quality SW Guaranteed | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+