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If you are upgrading from a version 4.2s or later you need only replace
the .Exe files that have changed.
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If you are upgrading from a version earlier than 4.2s, the Language File
structure was changed. You need to replace the .Exe and QRDBLANG.Dbf
files with the ones in this update. If you are using a special Language
file and are updating from a verrsion prior to 4.2s then you need to
change the language file, change it as follows.
field r12 thru r15 are changed from 70 characters in length to 20
characters long.
fields r16 and r17, 70 characters long were added.
r12:='Memo not Found';
r13:='Version Unknown';
r14:='Could not Open';
r15:='Notify Sysop';
r16:=' User With Edit Access has File, please try later ');
r17:=' File is in use, Only Read Access can be given ');
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If you are updating from Versions of QRDB prior to 3.x read the following.
If you have type 3 Database files, use QRDBMgr to check Security levels.
Add, Edit and Delete features have been added to the type 3 DataBase,
and security level fields in QRDBMgr have been expanded to control
access. One other thing on the type 3 DataBase field codes in QRDBMgr
have also been changed to N,O,R and K. The old (D) code will be
interperted as (O) in any existing files.
║ │ │ │(N)/A │ ║
║ │ │ │(O)pt │ ║
║ │ │ │(R)eq │ ║
║ │Name Typ Len│ │(K)ey Display Label Line Col │ ║
The following is an answer to a couple of Frequently asked questions
1. QRDB looks in the directory it is run from for, DorInfo*.Def or
Door.Sys. So it should be run from the directory your system puts
Door.Sys in. Door.Sys shouldn't be put in the QRDB directory, because if
it is you can only run one node as the QRDB directory can contain only
one copy of Door.Sys.
2. QRDB uses the following lines from Door.sys
1. Comm Port - COM0: = LOCAL MODE
2. Baud Rate
10. User Full Name (First and Last)
11. Calling From (City, State)
15. Security Level
19. Minutes Remaining THIS call
20. Graphics Mode - GR=Graph, NG=Non-Graph
21. Page Length
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Version 4.2 added expanded User Record Ownership support for type the 3
database. In the case of a Type 3 database where rebuilding indexes is
common. QRDB will maintain a .Dbf field named REC_OWNER. It will place
the name of the originator of a record in the REC_OWNER field. QRDBMgr
will then use that name when rebuilding indexes.
If you are interested in who own's user generated records in Type 3
database's that were created prior to this Version 4.2 User Record
Ownership support. Run ListKeys <Index FileName>
Example: ListKeys USERBBSO.IDX
Version 4.2 also adds a new search feature. It provides a fast search
for use with a very large databases. The search is similar to QRDB's other
search function with the difference that this function searches key
fields only for it's string match. In the case of a dual word search it
looks for the first word in the key fields. If it finds a match, then it
searches the complete record for the second word. A Command Line Options
/K is required if QRDB is to include the special Key field Search. This
feature was inspired by a user with a 1.5 million record database.
A file that was added in ver 4.0, QRDBLang.DBF is also required.
If you use the Fossil version of QRDB, it is the file called QRDB_fos.Exe,
depending on your setup you may have to rename it QRDB.Exe. Earlier
fossil versions were in a seperate package and were called QRDB.Exe.