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* Program Name: tpackmem.prg *
* Author: Don L. Powells *
* (c) 1987 by D. P. & Associates *
* Created: 8/21/1987 at 15:45 *
set color to w/b,b/w,b,b,w/b
clear
fname = space(64)
? " TPACKMEM.PRG"
?
? " This program demonstrates the mpack program written "+;
"in C."
?" mpack packs the dbt file holding the memos for the "+;
"specified dbf."
* Get filename
@ 8,5 say "Enter a dbf filename with no extension: "
@ 9,5 get fname
read
* Append proper extensions to filename
dbffname = trim(fname) + ".dbf"
dbtname = trim(fname) + ".dbt"
* Check to see if there is enough diskspace to execute the
* function
if diskspace(0) < filesize(dbtname)
? chr(7)
? "There is not enough disk space to safely execute this "+;
"function."
return
endif
* Save the original files to temp files for use with mpack
copy file &dbtname to temp#.dbt>nul
copy file &dbfname to temp#.dbf>nul
* Pack the file with the COPY TO method
@ 5,0 clear
@ 7,5 say "Packing " + trim(fname) + ".dbt. with COPY TO method."
stime = seconds()
use &fname
copy to temp
close databases
erase &dbfname
erase &dbtname
rename temp.dbf to &dbfname
rename temp.dbt to &dbtname
etime = seconds()
?? chr(7)
run_time = etime - stime
? alltrim(str(run_time))
?? " seconds elapsed."
* Restore temp files to original files
copy file temp#.dbt to &dbtname>nul
copy file temp#.dbt to &dbfname>nul
* Pack using the mpack method
oldsize = filesize(dbtname)
@ 9,5 say "Packing " + trim(fname) + ".dbt. with MPACK()."
stime = seconds()
errnum = mpack(trim(fname))
etime = seconds()
run_time2 = etime - stime
?? chr(7)
? "The error code returned by MPACK() is: "
?? errnum
?
* Translate the error code into a message
DO CASE
case errnum = 0
? "The memo pack was successfully accomplished!!!"
case errnum = 1
? " An improper number of parameters was passed or the "+;
"parameter "
? " passed was not a character."
case errnum = 2
? " The .dbf file could not be opened. There may not be "+;
"any file "
? " handles available. The file may not exist. The "+;
"attributes may"
? " be set to hidden."
case errnum = 3
?" There was an error reading the signature byte of the "+;
".dbf"
?" header."
case errnum = 4
? " The signature byte was not 83H. The .dbf file is a "+;
"dBASE file"
? " with a memo field."
case errnum = 5
? " There was a problem renaming the old .dbt file. "+;
"There may"
? " already be a file in the current directory called "
? " cpackmem.bak. The .dbt file may not be in the "+;
"current "
? " directory."
case errnum = 6
? " Can not open the old .dbt file."
case errnum = 7
? " Can not create new .dbt file. There may be no file "+;
"handles "
? " available. The disk may be full."
case errnum = 8
? " Read error reading the first 512 bytes of the old "+;
".dbt file."
case errnum = 9
? " Write error writing the first 512 bytes of the new "+;
".dbt file."
case errnum = 10
? " Error moving pointer through .dbf file."
case errnum = 11
? " Read error reading the .dbf header."
case errnum = 12
? " Error moving pointer to first field descriptor in "+;
".dbf file."
case errnum = 13
? " Read error reading first field descriptor in .dbf "+;
"file."
case errnum = 14
? " Read error reading a field descriptor in .dbf file."
endcase
* Report results of function
? alltrim(str(run_time2))
?? " seconds elapsed when packing with MPACK()."
? "MPACK requires "
?? alltrim(str((run_time2/run_time)*100))+"% of the time "+;
"required by COPY TO method."
newsize = filesize(dbtname)
? "Original file size= " + alltrim(str(oldsize)) + space(4) +;
"New dbt file size= " + alltrim(str(newsize))
saved = oldsize-newsize
? alltrim(str(saved)) + " bytes were saved by packing."
wait
return