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- Documentation for Recall Converter
-
- This document describes the usage of Recall Converter.
-
- All binaries, sourcecodes and documentation regarding Recall Converter is
- copyrighted to Ketil Hunn 1993.
-
-
- Description
-
- This utility is implemented with all you database-users out there in mind.
- As previous releases of Recall did not include such a utility, converting
- a list of birthdays from a database to a Recall project could be quite a
- time consuming task. Well, not any more! The whole process is now
- automated (Automatic for the people, right?).
-
- By using this handy utility, you can easily convert all your database
- direct to Recall project format. The program can be run as a stand-alone
- utility or as an automatic process controlled by Recall Preferences!
-
- The utility is self-explaining and easy to use.
-
-
- Explaining the source listview
-
- This listview lists all possible source formats of the project. By
- selecting one of its items, you describe what type or format the selected
- source-file will be. The selected item will be highlighted. Currently
- these formats and types are supported:
-
- ASCII
- Recall V1.x
- Recall V2.0
-
-
- Explaining the destination listview
-
- This listview lists all possible destination formats of the project. By
- selecting one of its items, you describe what type or format the selected
- destination-file will be. The selected item will be highlighted.
- Currently these formats and types are supported:
-
- ASCII
- Recall V2.0
-
-
- Using the source stringgadget
-
- This gadget is a standard stringgadget, in which the user may enter the
- name of the source-file to be loaded and converted. The exact path must
- be included in the filename, unless the file is resident in the currently
- active drawer.
-
-
- Using the GetSource gadget
-
- A more convenient way of selecting a source file, is of course by
- selecting it in a filerequester. Pressing this gadget pops up a standard
- ASL filerequester, in which you may select your source file. The selected
- filename will be copied to the source stringgadget.
-
-
- Using the destination stringgadget
-
- This gadget is a standard stringgadget, in which the user may enter the
- name of the destination file to be loaded and converted. The exact path
- must be included in the filename, unless the file is resident in the
- currently active drawer.
-
-
- Using the GetDestination gadget
-
- A more convenient way of selecting a destination file, is of course by
- selecting it in a filerequester. Pressing this gadget pops up a standard
- ASL filerequester, in which you may select your destination file. The
- selected filename will be copied to the destination stringgadget.
-
-
- Converting your project
-
- Pressing this gadget starts the converting procedure. The selected file
- will be loaded in the selected source format and saved in the new
- destination format under the selected destination filename. When convert-
- ing large projects, this process may take a while.
-
- The gadget will be ghosted as long as long as the sourcename or
- destinationname are not correct or not entered.
-
- If an error is detected when loading the sourcefile, the whole converting
- process will be aborted and a requester will pop up, explaining the error.
- If this occurs, please check if you have selected the right source format
- for the selected file.
-
-
-
- Describing the ASCII format
-
- All ASCII texts in the following format are accepted:
-
- EVENT/A,DATE,TIME,TEXT/M
-
- All items must be enclosed in quotation marks '"' and separated by a
- comma. NOTE! NO comma at end of line! As stated, DATE, TIME and TEXT may
- be omitted and TEXT may occur as many times as you wish.
-
- As an example, the following lines will be accepted:
- "Event","Text1","Text2"
- "Remember","29.8.1993","11:00","To put your jeans on BEFORE your shoes!"
- "Event2","12.12.1993","00:00"
-
-
- Describing the Recall V1.x format
-
- This format is the format used previous to version 2.0 of Recall. If you
- have an old project which you want to use under V2.0, just select Recall
- V1.x as source and Recall V2.0 as destination and go for it! The 'old'
- V1.x-format may also be imported directly into Recall Preferences.
-
-
- Describing the Recall V2.0 format
-
- Beginning with version 2.0, the format is now standard IFF FORM. This
- simplifies and standardize the reading and saving of the project, in
- addition to reducing the project's size by 20%!
-
-
- Troubleshooting
-
- @{b}How do I load a SuperBase 4 Database file from Recall?@{ub}
- First you must save your database in ASCII format. Select Process->Export
- from the menu in SuperBase 4 and press OK in the next two requesters.
- Then select the name of your ASCII-database-file and press OK to save.
- After this, all you need is to select Import->ASCII from Recall
- Preferences and it will be loaded as a standard Recall V2.0 project file!
-
- SEE ALSO Describing the ASCII format
-
-
- Known bugs
-
- No known bugs
-
-
-
- Versions
-
- The Recall Converter version follows the notation <version>.<revision>
- (DD.MM.YY), meaning that V2.10 is greater than V2.1. The current
- version can be printed out using 'Version full RecallConverter' or
- by selecting Project->About from the menu.
-
- 17.Nov.93 V1.0: First released version.
-