Reduced functionality in un-activated D3

#1

OSFI & phantoms, ODBC, Flashconnect and probably a whole host of others

#2

Apart from being single user, does anyone know what functionality is lacking
in an un-activated copy of D3?

Thanks.

#3

laserit wrote

Quote:

Apart from being single user, does anyone know what functionality is
lacking in an un-activated copy of D3?
"Ross Ferris" wrote
OSFI & phantoms, ODBC, Flashconnect and probably a whole host of others

And I don't think you can print before activation, in the last 3 or 4 years' releases.

--At least not to shared printers; unsure about dedicated printers. Import/export
works ok. Never tried assignfq 1,lp.unix(cat > /tmp/foo) printing.

Even aside from the database features of D3, just the databasic part is really
nice. Too bad it's such an obscure product, even after all these years.
By the way, qbasic.exe from win95 works fine on win98...

#4

Quote:

laserit wrote
Apart from being single user, does anyone know what functionality is
lacking in an un-activated copy of D3?
"Ross Ferris" wrote
OSFI & phantoms, ODBC, Flashconnect and probably a whole host of others

You can't print before activation -- except like assignfq 1,lp.unix(cat > /tmp/foo)

TCL commands aren't pre-processed for macro item expansion

{Like SORT MYFILE STYLE1 , where
dict myfile style1 is
001 H
002 BY-DSND A3 ID-SUPP
treats STYLE1 as a missing item id in data section of file}

#5

Frank Winans wrote:

Quote:

laserit wrote
Apart from being single user, does anyone know what functionality is
lacking in an un-activated copy of D3?
"Ross Ferris" wrote
OSFI & phantoms, ODBC, Flashconnect and probably a whole host of others

You can't print before activation -- except like assignfq 1,lp.unix(cat > /tmp/foo)

TCL commands aren't pre-processed for macro item expansion

{Like SORT MYFILE STYLE1 , where
dict myfile style1 is
001 H
002 BY-DSND A3 ID-SUPP
treats STYLE1 as a missing item id in data section of file}

I tried this on my D3 system and was amazed that it actually works! We
learn something new every day. Thanks, Frank, for the tip! Here was my
test code:

DICT CUST STYLE
001 H
002 BY-DSND NAME NAME ADDRESS

Command LIST CUST STYLE
actually does a SORT and presents descending NAME then the ADDRESS

Command LIST CUST STYLE CITY ZIP
does the same as above and adds CITY and ZIP to the display!

Dave Weaver, Weaver Consulting

#6

You can find more information about these workings by looking at the item
"access.phrases" in the d3.doc file or page 99 of the fabulous "Pick Systems
D3 Reference Manual"

It seems that you can store these phrases in remote files. ...need to check
this out.

hth

Dale

"Dave Weaver" <weaver22 (AT) pacbell (DOT) net> wrote

Quote:

Frank Winans wrote:
laserit wrote
Apart from being single user, does anyone know what functionality
is
lacking in an un-activated copy of D3?
"Ross Ferris" wrote
OSFI & phantoms, ODBC, Flashconnect and probably a whole host of
others

You can't print before activation -- except like assignfq
1,lp.unix(cat > /tmp/foo)

TCL commands aren't pre-processed for macro item expansion

{Like SORT MYFILE STYLE1 , where
dict myfile style1 is
001 H
002 BY-DSND A3 ID-SUPP
treats STYLE1 as a missing item id in data section of file}

I tried this on my D3 system and was amazed that it actually works! We
learn something new every day. Thanks, Frank, for the tip! Here was my
test code:

DICT CUST STYLE
001 H
002 BY-DSND NAME NAME ADDRESS

Command LIST CUST STYLE
actually does a SORT and presents descending NAME then the ADDRESS

Command LIST CUST STYLE CITY ZIP
does the same as above and adds CITY and ZIP to the display!

Dave Weaver, Weaver Consulting

#7

Thanks for that information, Dale.

Wow! We learn more and more about less and less until we know
everything about nothing!

I have never used D3 Access Phrases, but it looks like a powerful tool,
given the right circumstances. I suppose now I will have to modify my
famous Dictionary Lister to include Phrases.

Dave Weaver, Weaver Consulting

Dale Benedict wrote:

Quote:

You can find more information about these workings by looking at the item
"access.phrases" in the d3.doc file or page 99 of the fabulous "Pick Systems
D3 Reference Manual"

It seems that you can store these phrases in remote files. ...need to check
this out.

hth

Dale

"Dave Weaver" <weaver22 (AT) pacbell (DOT) net> wrote in message
news:1117208064.623333.224590 (AT) f14g2000cwb (DOT) googlegroups.com...

Frank Winans wrote:
laserit wrote
Apart from being single user, does anyone know what functionality
is
lacking in an un-activated copy of D3?
"Ross Ferris" wrote
OSFI & phantoms, ODBC, Flashconnect and probably a whole host of
others

You can't print before activation -- except like assignfq
1,lp.unix(cat > /tmp/foo)

TCL commands aren't pre-processed for macro item expansion

{Like SORT MYFILE STYLE1 , where
dict myfile style1 is
001 H
002 BY-DSND A3 ID-SUPP
treats STYLE1 as a missing item id in data section of file}

I tried this on my D3 system and was amazed that it actually works! We
learn something new every day. Thanks, Frank, for the tip! Here was my
test code:

DICT CUST STYLE
001 H
002 BY-DSND NAME NAME ADDRESS

Command LIST CUST STYLE
actually does a SORT and presents descending NAME then the ADDRESS

Command LIST CUST STYLE CITY ZIP
does the same as above and adds CITY and ZIP to the display!

Dave Weaver, Weaver Consulting

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