DATA-1a File Express, 1 of 2

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

DATA-1a File-Express v4.18 menu driven general purpose database mgr. DATABASE-1a: File-Express, disk 1 of 2. FE.EXE 20049 File-Express, super easy menu driven database manager. FE-MAIN.EXE 103105 Primary program routines overlay. FE-DEF.EXE 52833 File definition routines overlay. FE-LBL.EXE 84881 Label routines-overlay. FE-OVL.EXE 70680 Secondary program routines overlay. FE.PRO 1822 Profile, customize your copy using this file. TUTORIAL.DTA 2595 Example database file. TUTORIAL.HDR 285 Tutorial file header information. TUTORIAL.IDX 252 Tutorial file index. TUTORIAL.SRT 6 Tutorial file sort information. TUTORIAL.REP 1759 Tutorial file report. TUTORIAL.QLB 49 Tutorial file quick label definition. RESPONSE 3618 User questionaire. Tell the author your concerns. 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!