----- Original Message ----- From: "James Bentley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:32 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: From The Edge: Programming in R:BASE 7.6 and Turbo V-8 forWindows
> Razzak, > > A great addition to documentation. > > Several observations: > > Section 1.4.1 should indicate 18 possible parameters not 9. > > I found the example in 2.5 confusing. You talk about using > quotes when certain characters are present; i.e. DATE constants. > The example does not contain quotes. Should it have them for > the date item. > > When you talk about INSERTING or LOADING BIT, BITNOTE, LARGE > BINARY data types you discuss standard graphic types. It would > be nice to have a list of such types listed somewhere in the > document. Also, what if you are loading a non-graphic items > such as a Microsoft Word Document. what filetype should you > use. Anything that can be a file on disk is of type VarBit. > Thanks, > Jim Bentley > > --- "A. Razzak Memon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Tuesday, May 20, 2008 >> >> To All Users of R:BASE 7.6 and Turbo V-8 for Windows: >> >> Programming in R:BASE 7.6 and Turbo V-8 for Windows manual is >> now >> available at: >> >> From The Edge: http://www.razzak.com/fte/ >> >> The manual includes the following chapters: >> >> 01. Introduction to Programming in R:BASE >> 02. Using Variables >> 03. Program Communication >> 04. Manipulating Text Strings >> 05. Control Structures >> 06. Accessing Rows in a Table >> 07. Executing External Programs >> 08. Error Handling >> 09. Creating and Using Menus >> 10. Debugging Your Program >> 11. Using Optimizing Techniques >> >> If you are new to R:BASE, work through the R:BASE Tutorial in >> the >> main R:BASE program for a basic overview. Then, read this >> entire >> document. If you are an experienced programmer, read through >> this >> document, looking for new information and for procedures >> specific >> to R:BASE programming. Once you become familiar with the >> commands >> and how to use them, refer to the Command Index section in the >> main R:BASE Help for more commands. >> >> Very Best R:egards, >> >> Razzak. >> >> >> > > > Jim Bentley > American Celiac Society > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > tel: 1-504-737-3293 > > > > > >
