
CREATING DESCRIPTIVE DATABASE FILE
Upcase the user’s text entry is converted to UPPER
CASE letters, and saved
Lowcase the user’s text entry is converted to lower
case letters, and saved
IBMANSI the text is converted from IBM to ANSI
characters
ANSIIBM the text is converted from ANSI to IBM
characters
The conversion from one character set to another is of
significance where data records have to be exchanged between
different operating systems [e.g. DOS ↔ Windows] where the
one [Windows] text is save in ANSI and the other [DOS] in IBM
format.
=HEIGHT=
To define the height of an archive box, or the number of lines it
contains, use the syntax "=HEIGHT=":
=NAME=description
=TYPE=string, x200
=HEIGHT=3
The user can enter a description of the drawing in this archive
box extending over three lines but not exceeding 200
characters.
=PRIMKEY=
Each descriptive database file [*.DES] must contain at least one
unique primary key. In this context, the term unique means that
all the records in the archive must be clearly unambiguous in at
least one archive box. The simplest example of this would be the
sequential numbering of all records.
In addition, each archive can contain additional search keys
which, however, do not have to be unique.
For the primary key, you need the syntax "=PRIMKEY=" which
designates an archive box which you have generated with the
key word =NAME=:
=PRIMKEY=drawing number
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