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Q67449: "BASIC 7.0: Programmer’s Guide" Correction for ISAMCVT.EXE

Article: Q67449
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 7.00 7.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | docerr SR# S900918-59 | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 5-DEC-1990

The ISAMCVT utility shipped with Microsoft BASIC PDS (Professional
Development System) versions 7.00 and 7.10 requires a "specfile" when
converting MS/ISAM files (created by IBM BASIC Compiler version 2.00)
that have been rebuilt without a data dictionary. Page 391 of the
"Microsoft BASIC 7.0: Programmer's Guide" for versions 7.00 and 7.10
omits the "specfile" field in its example of the ISAMCVT.EXE
command-line syntax, when in fact, the "specfile" may be necessary if
no data dictionary is present in the MS/ISAM file.

Page 392 of the same manual incorrectly states that the "specfile" is
required for converting MS/ISAM files; it should say that the
"specfile" is required only when no data dictionary is present in the
file. MS/ISAM database files usually contain a data dictionary, and
only if a database is rebuilt without a data dictionary is "specfile"
required. Therefore, the command-line syntaxes on page 391 should be
changed as follows:

For db/LIB
----------

   ISAMCVT /D filename tablename databasename

For MS/ISAM
-----------

   ISAMCVT /M filename tablename databasename [specfile]

For Btrieve
-----------

   ISAMCVT /B filename tablename databasename specfile

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