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- Screenfile DBIII.SCN Screen# 01
-
- This is the PAYROLL USA screen that appears when translating the Payroll
- Register to a dBASE III file. The .DBF file is written on the output directory
- On our machine the data is on drive D, on your machine it may be C or some
- other disk drive. Normally, if you have only one employee file, the output data
- directory will be \PAYOUT . If you are using multiple employee files it may be
- something like \SMITH\PAYOUT where SMITH is the PAYROLL USA configuration file
- name for these employees. If you are unsure of directories run PAYUSA and
- access the configuration program to check where the output directory is set to.
-
- Note that several "productivity" programs, as well as dBASE, can read or
- translate .DBF files. Included later in this section is an example of using
- .DBF files with our newly purchased copy of QUATTRO PRO Version 1.0, from
- Borland International, Inc. QUATTRO PRO is a new (1989/1990) enhanced version
- of the QUATTRO spreadsheet program. QUATTRO PRO is "State of the Art", it has
- many advanced features and presentation graphics, it can read many file types
- directly, including dBASE and Lotus (both 123 and Symphony), and it can link
- multiple spreadsheets together (a 3 dimensional spreadsheet).
-
- Screenfile DBIII.SCN Screen# 02
-
- Here we are using an old version of dBASE III to look at the \PAYOUT\PAYDB3.DBF
- file. Our .DBF files need no further conversion, they are ready to use and all
- the regular dBASE functions will work with them. You can write your own dBASE
- programs to print special reports, custom checks, etc. The screens used in this
- presentation are electronic photographs of actual dBASE III screens.
-
- Screenfile DBIII.SCN Screen# 03
-
- The first page of the structure display - as you will see it is quite normal,
- just as though you had keyed it in the hard way. There are several screens of
- the structure which you can page through on your own machine.
-
- Screenfile DBIII.SCN Screen# 04
-
- We have paged down to the end of the structure and are just about to look at
- the first record in the file with the "EDIT 1" command.
-
- Screenfile DBIII.SCN Screen# 05
-
- This is the start of Gillian Davis's record as displayed by the dBASE Edit
- function. There are several screens of this record which we have omitted to
- save space.
-
- Screenfile DBIII.SCN Screen# 06
-
- Here we have paged down to the end of Gillian Davis's record and we are done
- with dBASE. As with all the PAYROLL USA export features you have your choice
- of current (most recent pay only) or year to date figures to use for the dBASE
- export.
-
- Screenfile DBIII.SCN Screen# 07
-
- In the remainder of this section we will show you how to use Borland's QUATTRO
- PRO spreadsheet with a dBASE file exported from PAYROLL USA.
-
- Screenfile DBIII.SCN Screen# 08
-
- Just Retrieve the file, real simple, no special translation needed. Even though
- it is a dBASE file, QUATTRO PRO Retrieve's it as though it were one of QUATTRO
- PRO's own spreadsheet files. Translation must be taking place during the
- Retrieve, but it is completely transparent to the user. However, be sure to
- enter the .DBF extension as part of the file name or part of the file search
- criteria.
-
- Screenfile DBIII.SCN Screen# 09
-
- And here we have the dBASE file in a QUATTRO PRO spreadsheet. The dBASE field
- names are automatically used as the titles to each column, the column widths
- are automatically set to the dBASE field widths, and the records are set out
- one after another ready for use with QUATTRO PRO's Database commands or for
- Graphing, etc.
-
- Screenfile DBIII.SCN Screen# 10
-
- We did not have space here to move all the way across the spreadsheet, but
- these are the next few columns. All QUATTRO PRO's features can be used.
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