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Name | Size | Description |
filepro_faq.txt | 27,220 | The unofficial filePro FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions), posted monthly to the filePro mailing list. Last updated 8-Mar-2004. Maintained by Laura Brody. |
fpres2.pdf | 55,950 | filePro Resources v2.0 (February 2002) - a list of filePro developers, their products, utilities and services. Contains 63 entries/companies on 21 pages. Compiled by Laura Brody. |
lock.info.tar1.gz | 39,623 | An updated version of lock.info, a Unix shell script which displays, in plain English, who has a record locked. The original version of this script appeared in fPDJ vol 1 #2 on page 15. (Includes the "showlock.c" source code, and "showlock" executable for SCO Unix.) The original version is still available, below. (November, 2002) By Bob Stockler. |
lib1tok.zip | 15,028 | Shareware calendar routines (DOS/Windows version). Includes 4 tok tables which will display 1 or 3 months and get either a single date from the user or a beginning and ending date. For $10, full source code and license can be purchased at the Shopping area on this website. Requires: v4.8 or higher of filePro Quickstart Runtime or Quickstart Development. (May, 2001). Written by Laura Brody. |
lib1tok.taz | 18,010 | Shareware calendar routines (Unix/Linux version). Includes 4 tok tables which will display 1 or 3 months and get either a single date from the user or a beginning and ending date. For $10, full source code and license can be purchased at the Shopping area on this website. Requires: v4.8 or higher of filePro Quickstart Runtime or Quickstart Development. (May, 2001). Written by Laura Brody. |
worm.taz | 3,577 | The Worm Game. (Unix/Linux version)Requires: v4.5 or higher of filePro. (January, 2001). Written by Barry Wiseman, updated by John Esak. |
worm.zip | 3,666 | The Worm Game. (DOS/Windows version)Requires: v4.5 or higher of filePro. (January, 2001). Written by Barry Wiseman, updated by John Esak. |
viewprt.gz | 1,122 | A Unix script which uses "less" to allow the user to view filePro output and then choose to print it or not (December, 2000). Written by Jerry Rains. |
lockfile.pdf | 114,600 | "Lockfiles vs. Record Locking", from fPDJ vol 1 #4 page 53 (September, 2000). Written by Kenneth Brody. |
dcabe.hlp | 32,313 | A "sneak peek" at the new filePro 5.0 help files being written by Laura Brody. Rename your existing "dcabe.hlp" out of the way, and copy this in its place. The complete file, along with 3 additional help files and a printed quick reference guide, is available for purchase at the Shopping area on this website. |
fpres1.PDF | 68,287 | filePro Resources v1.0 (June, 2000) - a list of filePro developers, their products, utilities and services. Contains 62 entries/companies on 19 pages. Compiled by Laura Brody. |
perl.pdf | 452,371 | An introductory article of how to use Perl as your filePro menu scripting language for all platforms. It appeared in fPDJ vol 1 #3 on page 69 (June, 2000). Written by Laura Brody. |
perl.taz | 2,437 | Source code for the above article (gzipped Unix tar format). |
perl.zip | 1,886 | Source code for the above article (DOS/Windows ZIP format). |
lockinfo.tar.gz | 33,320 | A Unix shell script which displays, in plain English, who has a record locked. This script appeared in fPDJ vol 1 #2 on page 15. (Includes the "showlock.c" source code, and "showlock" executable for SCO Unix.)(March, 2000) By Bob Stockler. |
bclerk.taz | 40,541 | A Unix shell script which can display a filePro record without running *clerk or *report. This script was a bonus program in fPDJ vol 1 #2 on page 15. (March, 2000) By Bob Stockler. |
purity.txt | 5,336 | filePro Purity Test v1.0 - How filePro "pure" (or corrupt) are you? (2000) Created by Laura Brody. |
purity.tar | 40,960 | Source code for filePro Purity Test v1.0 (html and Perl CGI script). (2000) Created by Laura Brody. |
setperms.sh | 3,905 | A replacement setperms script. It corrects the "argument list too long" error on Linux systems (tested on Red Hat v6.0 only) (2000). By Sam Cook. |
termcap01.txt | 2095 | filePro termcap entries for Linux. This file was included in the Linux article By Bill McEachran, fPDJ vol 1 #1 on page 28. (December, 1999) By Ron Klimaszewski. |
fpdoc.tgz | 54,246 | Korn shell scripts and AWK programs to document the formats in a filePro application (1998). By Bob Stockler. |
fpy2kfix.taz | 143,720 | A work-around enabling the use of filePro system-maintained date fields in v4.1 on SCO UNIX after 12/31/1999 (1998). By Bob Stockler. |
menued.tgz | 52,133 | A utility to allow you to create, modify and test filePro menus. It also allows you to re-arrange the items in a menu easily.(1998) By Bob Stockler. |
deflate.taz | 23,064 | A utility which removes empty records from a filePro or Alien file, in place. (1998) By Bob Stockler. |
drmmp.tgz | 11,628 | A utility to remove filePro menu passwords. (1996) By Craig Tooker. |
putildos.zip | 2,180 | A utility written in AWK which allows you to convert a filePro processing table listing (i.e. a hardcopy -> file) to a standard processing table, and back again. Requires AWK for DOS (1996). By Michael McConaghy. |
ckd.gz | 35,398 | A utility to merge the data segment of a filePro file into the key segment. It will also remove deleted records. (Unix version)(1995) By Robert T. Repko. |
ckd.exe | 50,819 | A utility to merge the data segment of a filePro file into the key segment. It will also remove deleted records. (DOS version) (1995) By Robert T. Repko. |
squeeze | 36,878 | A SCO Unix utility to remove deleted filePro records while leaving the 20-byte header intact. (1995) By Robert T. Repko. |
squeeze.zip | 27,293 | A DOS utility to remove deleted filePro records while leaving the 20-byte header intact. (1995) By Robert T. Repko. |
squeeze.txt | 1,085 | Documentation file for the above two programs. (1995) By Robert T. Repko. |
amorti.zip | 5,310 | A filePro file to generate amortization table. (1994) By Lee A.Scott. |
pcopy | 18,825 | A "Poor Man's FPCOPY" written in Unix shell script (1993). By Michael McConaghy. |
nreport.sh | 2,995 | A Unix script to allow the user to choose the output destination of *clerk or *report at runtime. Very handy on system prior to filePro v4.5. (1992) By Joe Chasan. |
fpauto.txt | 3,098 | Answers to common questions about filePro automatic processing tables. (1992) By Kenneth Brody. |
output.txt | 16,879 | "Output Processing: subtotals, dummy fields, aliases and arrays". Published in SmallTalk 9.3 (summer '92). By Kenneth Brody. |
Note: All PDF files require or Ghostview source code (available for SCO Unix from their Skunkware collection) to view and print out PDF documents. These programs are free.
Extracting files:
All files ending with "zip" are compressed and require PKZIP/UNZIP (DOS platform), WINZIP (Windows platform) or Gzip (Unix/Linux platforms).
Files ending with a "tgz", "taz" or "tar.Z" extention are zipped tar files.