DATA-1b File Express, 2 of 2

1988 · utility · application · MS-DOS · EXPRESSWARE · MicroCom Systems

DATA-1b File-Express v4.18 menu driven general purpose database mgr. DATABASE-1b: File-Express, disk 2 of 2. FE-SORT.EXE 30833 Sort routines overlay. FE-RPT.EXE 113489 Report generator routines overlay. FE-SRCH.EXE 75745 Search routines overlay. FE-EXP.EXE 79665 Export routines overlay. CONVERT.EXE 8961 Converts PC-File III(& Plus), old File Expr. databases. CLEANUP.EXE 4353 Cleans up fragmented database files. PRINTDOC.EXE 5153 Decompresses and print the File-Express documentation. FE.DOC 32578 File-Expressed compressed documentation. ORDERFRM.DOC 4677 Order form for File-Express. ORDER.BAT 640 Batch program to print the order form. Program File Express v4.18. Hardware At least 192K of memory required. Software Dos 2.1 or later. To start Enter "FE" at the DOS prompt. To end Return to the main menu and select option 9. For help Enter "PRINTDOC" to print the documentation. Author EXPRESSWARE, P.O.Box 230, Redmond, WA 98073. Reg. fee $69.95, includes User's Guide, tech. support and newsletters. FILE-EXPRESS (FE) is a powerful, menu driven database management system. The package comes with extensive and well-written documentation (on the DATABASE-2 diskette), although the menu facility is so friendly that one need only use the manual as a reference. Among the many outstanding capabilities of File-Express is the ability to handle databases up to 16 million records in length, each of which may have up to 40 fields. Additionally, File-Express allows the definition of automatically entered calculated fields based on user specified formulas involving other fields. Automatically entered date and time fields are supported in a variety of formats. Powerful report generating (and label making) facilities allow the user to specify which records to include in reports (or generate labels for) by specifying a series of conditions and logical operators. For example, in a customer database with appropriate fields, it would be possible to list all customers with a last name of "Jones" through "Lambert" who live in the state of California and whose last purchase exceeded $10.00. Report and label formats may be created and saved away for use at a later time. File-Express sort facilities allow records to be sorted on up to ten fields, with each separate field able to be sorted in ascending or descending order. Any subset of a field may be specified as the basis of a sort. Files can even be imported from PC-File III and PC-File Plus format and used by File-Express. No user programming of any kind is required to use File-Express. One need only define the fields desired in a particular database and start adding records as needed. You will never want to keep manual records again!