? - filePro Plus Directory
The filePro Plus Directory is your personal librarian. It provides information
about files, and provides you with the ability to:
Delete the entire file (all data and formats)
Delete all the data in a file, while retaining the file structure, screens, and formats.
Delete parts of the file, such as an indexes, screens, output formats, etc.
A - Expand Files
With Expand Files, you can reserve space on a hard disk for future filePro Plus records. You can also use this option to distribute (spread) a file across as many as eight hard disks for more efficient disk usage. You do not have to expand a file if you do not wish to, and filePro will expand the file as needed.
B - Inquire, Update, Add
Here is where you display, modify, enter and delete data within a file.
C - Index Maintenance
Index Maintenance allows you to create, rebuild or delete a file index.
D - Request Output
With "Request Output", you may generate reports, labels, forms, and non-printed output.
E - Set/Change File Name
Set/Change File Name is handy when you know you are going to perform several different operations on the same file. Just set the file name once and you wont have to enter it again when you access other main menu options.
F - filePro Plus Utilities Menu
This is where, in DOS systems only, you can change the foreground, background, and reverse video (highlight) colors for the entire filePro Plus system (menus, prompts, messages, etc). Colors for customized data-entry screens are selected in the "Define Screens" program.
In the utilities menu you may also set or change the "site" password, which prevents unauthorized access to your processing tables. If you ever decide to set a site password, BE SURE THAT IT IS ONE THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER! In LINUX/UNIX/XENIX systems, there are other things you can do in the Utilities Menu:
Backup filePro Plus files
Restore filePro Plus files
Install an automatic file unlocking script. This script (set of instructions for the operating system) will clear any outstanding file locks when the sys-tem is re-booted. File locking is only used for Networks and LINUX/UNIX/ XENIX operating systems and is explained in the filePro Plus manual.
Convert (move) files from DOS to LINUX /UNIX/XENIX filePro Plus. If you had an application that was developed for DOS and wanted to run it under UNIX/XENIX, you would use this choice to convert the application.
G - Run A User Menu
This option brings up a window containing menu names. Just type or highlight a menu name, press <RETURN>, and the menu will run immediately.