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Information about “EDITRAND”
Browse and edit random files produced by any program, regardless of
record structure. EDITRAND can be used to analyze random data in ways
not possible using the program that created the data. Data can be
viewed exactly as it exists on disk, allowing speedy verification of
program output and intelligent troubleshooting of problem situations.
EDITRAND is intended for programmers or other persons with intimate
knowledge of DOS files and random files in particular.
Avoid long hours of testing; use EDITRAND to peek at those random files
and find the exact fields and records that are suspected of being
corrupt or invalid. Have you found that an application will not allow a
change that is desired? Load the data file into EDITRAND, swiftly make
the desired changes, and put the data back into operation without a
lengthy waiting period.
EDITRAND offers many features including full text, hexidecimal, and
ASCII data editing; cursor key navigation just like ordinary text
editors; standard editing functions such as search, replace, word count,
cut and paste; full featured binary number operations, based on IEEE
(the default) and Microsoft binary formats (for BASIC programers);
undo/undelete changes to records; works on files of unlimited size;
works on random files created by any language.
FILE1918.TXT
Disk No: 1918
Disk Title: Editrand
PC-SIG Version: S1
Program Title: EDITRAND
Author Version: 1.1
Author Registration: $20.00
Special Requirements: None.
Browse and edit random files produced by any program, regardless of
record structure. EDITRAND can be used to analyze random data in ways
not possible using the program that created the data. Data can be
viewed exactly as it exists on disk, allowing speedy verification of
program output and intelligent troubleshooting of problem situations.
EDITRAND is intended for programmers or other persons intimately
knowledgeable of DOS files and random files in particular.
Avoid long hours of testing - use EDITRAND to peek at those random files
and find the exact fields and records that are suspected of being
corrupt or invalid. Have you found that an application will not allow a
change that is desired? Load the data file into EDITRAND, swiftly make
the desired changes, and put the data back into operation without a
lengthy waiting period.
EDITRAND offers many features including: full text, hexidecimal, and
ASCII data editing; cursor key navigation just like ordinary text
editors; standard editing functions such as Search, Replace, Word Count,
Cut and Paste; full featured binary number operations, based on IEEE
(the default) and Microsoft Binary Formats (for BASIC programers);
Undo/Undelete changes to records; works on files of UNLIMITED SIZE;
works on random files created by any language.
PC-SIG
1030D East Duane Avenue
Sunnyvale Ca. 94086
(408) 730-9291
(c) Copyright 1989 PC-SIG, Inc.
GO.TXT
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║ <<<< Disk #1918 EDITRAND >>>> ║
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║ To start program, type: ER (press enter) ║
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║ To print documentation, type: COPY ER.DOC PRN ║
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README.DOC
Welcome to EditRand. I hope you find this program to quite useful.
The supplied documentation file ER.DOC can be printed on any
Epson or Epson-compatible printer. Do not attempt to edit the
file ER.PRT. If you edit and save, the file will NOT print
correctly. A full list of the files supplied with EditRand are
as follows:
ER.EXE The EditRand executable program.
README.DOC This file
1099A.DAT A sample data file
ER.DEF A sample configuration file
ER.DOC The documentation file
MAIN.SCR Figure 1, goes between pages 10 and 11 of manual.
FSEL.SCR Figure 1, goes between pages 14 and 15 of manual.
* * * * * * * *
EDITRAND can be used to analyze random data in ways not possible
using the program that created the data. Using EDITRAND, data can be
viewed exactly as it exists on disk, allowing speedy verification of
program output and intelligent troubleshooting of problem situations.
Avoid long hours of testing - use EDITRAND to peek at those random
files and find the exact fields and records that are suspected of being
corrupt or invalid. Have you found that an application will not allow
a change that is desired? Load the data file into EDITRAND, swiftly
make the desired changes, and put the data back into operation without
a lengthy waiting period.
Highlights:
* Browse and edit random files produced by any program,
regardless of record structure
* Display an entire record on the screen at one time
* Determine exact location of data fields with the use of
ruled display and user definable tab stops
* Full text, hexidecimal, and ASCII data editing
* Cursor key navigation just like ordinary text editors
* Perform standard editing functions such as Search,
Replace, Word Count, Cut and Paste
* Perform record functions such as Append, Delete, Copy,
Move and Sort
* Full featured binary number operations, based on IEEE (the
default) and MBF formats
* Restrict operations to a range of records and/or range
of columns (this allows the user to focus operations on
a particular data field)
* Undo/Undelete changes to records
* Create backup files for security purposes
* On line help screen showing all defined function keys
* Works on files of UNLIMITED SIZE
* Works on random files created by any language
* * * * * * * *
The supplied sample data file is called 1099A.DAT. As the name
indicates, it contains 1099 A records as reported by banking people
concerning the Acquisition or Abandonment of Secured Property. Each
record is 420 bytes long, so it should be loaded as:
ER 1099A.DAT 420
Also on the distribution disk is a defaults file ER.DEF that contains
the working environment created for 1099A.DAT. Of particular interest
is the tab settings for 1099A.DAT contained in ER.DEF. If you wish to
check it out, make sure that this copy of ER.DEF is in the same default
subdirectory as 1099A.DAT when you load it. You will notice that there
is a tab stop ("T" within the rule line) at the beginning of each data
field. The particulars of 1099A.DAT are not important, though most of
the fields are obvious (name, address, SSN, etc.) 1099A.DAT is only
intended for experimentation purposes.
SUBMIT.TXT
This file contains responses to submission form additional
information as found on the back of the PC-SIG Submission/Update Form.
Program Title: EditRand
Detailed Program Description:
EditRand is a random file browse/edit/sort utility. Excerpts from
the manual giving a good general description:
EDITRAND can be used to analyze random data in ways not
possible using the program that created the data. Using EDITRAND,
data can be viewed exactly as it exists on disk, allowing speedy
verification of program output and intelligent troubleshooting of
problem situations. Avoid long hours of testing - use EDITRAND to
peek at those random files and find the exact fields and records
that are suspected of being corrupt or invalid. Have you found that
an application will not allow a change that is desired? Load the
data file into EDITRAND, swiftly make the desired changes, and put
the data back into operation without a lengthy waiting period.
Highlights:
* Browse and edit random files produced by any program,
regardless of record structure
* Display an entire record on the screen at one time
* Determine exact location of data fields with the use of
ruled display and user definable tab stops
* Full text, hexidecimal, and ASCII data editing
* Cursor key navigation just like ordinary text editors
* Perform standard editing functions such as Search,
Replace, Word Count, Cut and Paste
* Perform record functions such as Append, Delete, Copy,
Move and Sort
* Full featured binary number operations, based on IEEE (the
default) and MBF formats
* Restrict operations to a range of records and/or range
of columns (this allows the user to focus operations on
a particular data field)
* Undo/Undelete changes to records
* Create backup files for security purposes
* On line help screen showing all defined function keys
* Works on files of UNLIMITED SIZE
* Works on random files created by any language
Who is the intended user? EditRand is intended for programmers or
other persons intimately knowledgable of DOS files and random files in
particular. It is intended to allow editing, troubleshooting, and
debugging of random files and their parent applications. (EditRand is
NOT an application program debugger - examining a random file with
EditRand can give clues as to application program problems.)
This version (1.1) is new to the PC-SIG library.
Unique features: There are many file listing programs around, even a
couple that will handle random files. As far as I know, there are no
such programs that allow standard editing features of random files.
Program's capacity or limitations: See Highlights above for capacity
(such as files of any size, random files created by any application
written in any language, etc). Only restriction is a maximum record
length of 1600 bytes per record.
No special requirements (will run with 256K, single floppy disk, and
monochrome monitor.)
How to start the program: ER filename recordlength
Registration fee: $20
Materials or services that come with registration: Printed
documentation, latest version, removal of UNREGISTERED VERSION message.
List of program files:
ER.EXE The EditRand executable program.
README.DOC Quick glance at program features and accompanying files.
1099A.DAT A sample data file
ER.DEF A sample configuration file
ER.DOC The documentation file
MAIN.SCR Figure 1, goes between pages 10 and 11 of manual.
FSEL.SCR Figure 1, goes between pages 14 and 15 of manual.
Directory of PC-SIG Library Disk #1918
Volume in drive A has no label
Directory of A:\
1099A DAT 81900 9-25-89 5:36a
ER DEF 188 10-11-89 7:16a
ER DOC 111855 10-28-89 1:40p
ER EXE 144471 9-25-89 6:44a
FILE1918 TXT 2739 12-28-89 11:47a
FSEL SCR 1527 10-28-89 1:42p
GO BAT 38 1-01-80 1:37a
GO TXT 540 1-01-80 2:44a
MAIN SCR 932 10-12-89 5:12a
README DOC 3754 10-28-89 1:47p
SUBMIT TXT 3943 10-28-89 1:47p
11 file(s) 351887 bytes
5120 bytes free