Multi-File

MULTI-FILE


by R.L. van der Wardt


from ZX Computing Feb/Mar.1986





R.L. van der Wardt sent us this versatile filing


program from Holland - just for the record!








This is a superb, user-friendly, program with a wide range


of possible uses. One key commands are utilised to the full


and as it is written in Basic it can be modified to


individual user's requirements.





When you have typed in the program or loaded it from tape


you have the option to load a file or define a record's


layout. Obviously if this is the first time you have used


the program you will need to define the layout.





The first entry is the file name and then you have to enter


the number of fields you require (to a maximum of eight).


Once this has been entered then enter one by one each of the


field titles. When this is complete you should be passed to


the main screen which gives the following options:





E - Enter a record


A - Alter a record; pressing ENTER skips over a field.


D - Delete a record


S - Selects a required record


L - lists the whole file; pressing a key halts the listing.


B - Goes back one record


F - Goes forward one record


R - Reset; goes back to the first record


O - Orders (sorts) the file alphabetically


P - Print, as written to a Spectrum printer - Sinclair, Alphacom or GP5Os,


but can be altered by changing the program.


Q - Quit. Goes back to the main menu.





[Not explained in the article was option C - Copy which prints the current]


[record only (whereas option P - Print prints the whole file). JimG.]








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