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Terminology Changes
For those of you already familiar with Advanced DB Master for DOS the
information given here about the windows product might not make sense until you understand
a couple of changes. Don't worry, not too much has changed, but we've had to update some
terminology to fit with changes in the product and to keep up with the ever progressing
data management industry. Hopefully this chart will make things clear.
| Windows ADBM Database
Table
View
Macro
Link
Design Table
Design View
Find
Browse
DataChange Export
DataChange Import |
DOS ADBM Relational File Set
File
Screen Form
Keystroke Macro
Link Format
Restructure File
Edit Screen Form
Selection Setup
Browse
Data Exchange (output)
Data Exchange (input) |
Conversion
Elements Converted From DOS ADBM
The following elements of the DOS ADBM database files will be
converted:
 | Data records |
| All field types supported by DOS ADBM |
| Computed fields |
| All relevant computed field functions, including alias references |
| Link formats for use by the computed fields |
| Relational file list |
| Dynamic Value tables (converted to separate tables) |
| Long Code tables (converted to separate tables) |
| Field help text (shows up on the status bar) |
| All fields form |
| Screen Forms |
| Arrays |
Elements Not Converted
The following elements will not be converted. There is an equivalent
and often better way of performing the same function.
| Sets: Use the Browse on form and
relational lookups. |
| Auto-Increment key: Use the Counter field type. |
| Macro Language: Use the new Visual Basic compatible macro language. |
| Reports: Use the new ADBM Report Writer. |
| Menus: Use a View defined as a control. |
| Accumulator: Use Sum(fieldname) in a query. |
| Screen format features added in Version 4.4 (boxes, lines, display
computed fields) |
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