Liskin's dBase IV 1.1 handbook /
Liskin, Miriam
Liskin's dBase IV 1.1 handbook / Miriam Liskin. - Berkeley, California : Osborne McGraw-Hill, c1991 - xxv, 902 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Introduction -- One. Introduction to Data Base Management -- Two. Starting and Running dBase IV -- Three. Planning and Designing a Data Base -- Four. Entering and Updating Data -- Five. Working at the Dot Prompt -- Six. Selecting Fields -- Seven. Selecting Records -- Eight. Sorting a Data Base -- Nine. Indexing a Data Base -- Ten. Performing Calculations -- Eleven. Defining and Printing Labels -- Twelve. Printing Columnar Reports -- Thirteen. Customizing Label and Report Forms -- Fourteen. Printing Form and Mailmerge Reports -- Fifteen. Creating Custom Data Entry Forms -- Sixteen. Reorganizing Data Bases -- Seventeen. Working with Multiple Data Bases -- Eighteen. Customizing the Working Environment -- Nineteen. Managing Disk Files -- Twenty. Exchanging Data with Other Software -- Twenty-One. Writing Simple Programs -- Twenty-Two. Creating Menu-Driven Applications -- Twenty-Three. Networking and Security -- Appendixes -- Index.
A comprehensive handbook that assumes no prior knowledge of dBASE IV 1.1. It is organized around typical database operations, such as entering and editing data, designing screens, printing reports, exchanging data with other software and customizing the environment.
78810167
DBASE IV (COMPUTER FILE)
QA 76.9.D3 .L57 1991
Liskin's dBase IV 1.1 handbook / Miriam Liskin. - Berkeley, California : Osborne McGraw-Hill, c1991 - xxv, 902 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Introduction -- One. Introduction to Data Base Management -- Two. Starting and Running dBase IV -- Three. Planning and Designing a Data Base -- Four. Entering and Updating Data -- Five. Working at the Dot Prompt -- Six. Selecting Fields -- Seven. Selecting Records -- Eight. Sorting a Data Base -- Nine. Indexing a Data Base -- Ten. Performing Calculations -- Eleven. Defining and Printing Labels -- Twelve. Printing Columnar Reports -- Thirteen. Customizing Label and Report Forms -- Fourteen. Printing Form and Mailmerge Reports -- Fifteen. Creating Custom Data Entry Forms -- Sixteen. Reorganizing Data Bases -- Seventeen. Working with Multiple Data Bases -- Eighteen. Customizing the Working Environment -- Nineteen. Managing Disk Files -- Twenty. Exchanging Data with Other Software -- Twenty-One. Writing Simple Programs -- Twenty-Two. Creating Menu-Driven Applications -- Twenty-Three. Networking and Security -- Appendixes -- Index.
A comprehensive handbook that assumes no prior knowledge of dBASE IV 1.1. It is organized around typical database operations, such as entering and editing data, designing screens, printing reports, exchanging data with other software and customizing the environment.
78810167
DBASE IV (COMPUTER FILE)
QA 76.9.D3 .L57 1991