Hi, Angie, and welcome:
Here are some directions, hopefully they will help you. The
thing I do want to mention is that you can only send an E-mail
from the actual address list.
Line 1 must contain the word "database" or the file will not be
recognized as a valid database definition file. Optionally, the
word "database" may be followed, on the same line, by the name of
the .cdb file which will be created in association with that
definition file. It could be any name, even different from the
name of the definition file, but of course consistency is
recommended. If you do not write anything after the word
"database", then the name of the definition file will
automatically be the name of the associated database.
Line 2 must contain any number, two-digit. It's a number
assigned to databases when using other programs for compatibility
purposes, but in Keysoft, it has no use. However, the second
line of the definition file must contain a number; otherwise,
you'll get an error referring to line 2.
The numbers at the beginning of every line describing fields is
just an identification number. It's possible values are between
1 and 65535, inclusively. Note that those you see in the current
Keysoft definition files are random, and they do not have to be
consecutive or five digits long. Just make sure you do not
repeat the same number for two lines, because these numbers are
there to distinguish each field line.
On the same line describing the field, the identification number
is followed by the field type. This lets Keysoft know how to
treat the information entered into the field. Examples that can
be seen in Keysoft databases are the types called time, date,
time-and-date, boolean and udword. For example, you wish to have
a definition file with a birthday field. The correct field type
to use is "date" In such a field, you can just enter the birthday
of a person, say, "January 12, 1980" (write as is, but and when
you hit ENTER, then view the field entry, it would say, "Saturday
January 12, 1980", that is, the day o Also, the field type
"boolean" characterizes the field as having only two possible
values for entries, like yes or no (see the definition file for
the Directory of Services as an example). Some fields do not
have a specified field type. If none is written, then the
general field type "string" (having up to 250 characters) is
assumed.
The next part of a field line is called usage. Examples of this
are Name (which will cause abbreviations like D R to be read as
"doctor", not "drive"), address (which will cause abbreviations
like S T to be read as "street", not "saint"), state (which will
tell the BN to read the letters entered as the If no usage is
specified, then the "general" usage (meaning, the entry will be
read as it would be anywhere else in Keysoft) is assumed. See
the web address field as an example.
The fourth part of a field line is the modifier. This is
optional. Examples are autocap (which automatically capitalizes
the first letter you type), autonum (which automatically puts a
number sign so you don't have to type dots 3-4-5-6, but can just
go ahead and type the numbers using the upper part of the cell,
unless th
The fifth part of a field line is the Braille grade. Those that
you can write are Gbleb (for contracted Braille), Gblea (for
uncontracted Braille), and Gblej (for computer Braille). This
would control the Braille grade for typing in entries, but with
the e-mail database definition file, since most are fields with
e-mail as the usage, entries are still in computer Braille (which
is the default for that field usage), yet will be display
;The sixth part of a field line is what you see within quotation
marks. This is the prompt, giving you the field name when you
access the selection list for fields in Keylist. They must be
between quotes, and should only be a certain number of characters
in length; I cannot remember exactly right now, but if memory
serves, it's 24 characters, not including the colon automatically
appended to the prompt.
The seventh part is again optional. This is called the default
value of the field. It is entered in the format d equals "value"
where value is whatever entry will be automatically entered or
selected (say, y or n for boolean type fields) when you create a
record. The value must be written between quotes and can only be
50 characters long. For an example, look at the definition file
for the Directory of Services. This is how you can make a
Reply-Toaddress appear on every e-mail you compose in Keymail.
The eighth part, Help Message, is again optional. This is
written between quotes. Examples can be seen in the password
fields in the Directory of Services definition file. You can use
this if you want to be reminded about what to type or how to
enter information into a field. This is accessed when you press
SPACE with H (HELP key) for the context-sensitive help while you
are on that field, and your help message will be announced or
appended to the default Keysoft help message.
Other parts of a definition file are the sort order, announcement
order, and concatenation (concat) lines. Concat lines will help
define how fields are referred to in the sort and announcement
order lines. For the concat lines, their identification number
must be 24594 (if the information is accessed in the Keylist
menu) and 24595 (if the information is accessed in Keymail).
Parts of a field line must be separated by a comma and space.
Remember to select Keylist definition file as the file type to
create, because such files are not just text documents, but have
the .klt extension.
There is no need to backup the existing keylist database. To
restore it:
1. Go to the Main Menu.
2. Press F for File Manager.
3. Press C for Copy.
4. At the Source Drive? prompt, press K for the Keysoft System
Disk.
5. At the Source Folder Name? prompt, type windows.
6. At the Source Filename? prompt, type keylist.lst.
7. At the Destination Drive? prompt, press F for Flash Disk.
8. At the Destination Folder Name? prompt, type keylist.
9. At the Destination Filename? prompt, type keylist.lst.
10. When you are placed back at the file manager menu after a
success message, press P for Protection.
11. At the Drive? prompt, choose Flash Disk.
12. At the folder prompt, choose keylist.
13. At the filename prompt, choose keylist.lst.
14. Unprotect it.
15. Go back to the Main Menu.
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