WARNING:  The two progs should be considered "Beta" state releases, that is
they are bug free enough to be fully usable but don't have all the features
I would like to add to make them "F" (Final) releases.

WARNING2:  This manual should be considered an ALPHA release, it contains
humor and irony, and was written late on a Sunday evening.


DBF2SPR/SPR2DBF
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(C) 1994 M.Millar

Dbf2spr and spr2dbf convert Data created .DBF files to .SPR files readable
by Sheet 

To use:

Simply select the conversion method, chose the input file, select an output
file (an existing file will be overwritten) chose whether you want the records
in rows or columns then press enter.

The first row/column of the Sheet file will be imported/exported as the DBF
labels.

The best way find out, as ever, is to experiment.

DBF2SPR has no known bugs.  It does have one feature that may or may not be
considered as a bug though, _EVERYTHING_ is converted as a string.  After all
Data thinks everything is a string.  Overly long records will be split into
255 byte record lengths.

SPR2DBF has no known bugs.  It is far more likely to have unknown bugs though
:-) Spr2dbf currently knows about Date formats, formulae results, doubles & 
ints - pretty much everything that is visible on a typical Spreadsheet surface.
If you want more tell me.  (Ideally with a copy of the .SPR file that is 
causing the problems)
It is limited to 255 rows or columns though.

Disclaimer:  Used at your own risk, I take no responsibility for any loss 
of data, earnings and/or sanity caused by using either program.  

That said, I use it, judge from that what you will.

Shareware:  The program is Freeware, in it's current state.  I make no promises
to do any further work, or fix any bugs.  If you would like new features 
however, then financial persuasion would not go unnoticed, but I'm not going 
to bug you with NAG screens or waste programming time on registration codes.

If you want an idea of how much 10 seems to be the going rate.

As a hint the following features were added after a single donation:

Label reading/writing
Date conversion
Number reading
Formula reading

It's down to you. :-)

I'm snailable as

M.Millar
44 Robinwood Court
Roundhay
Leeds
LS8 1DZ

Email: 100021,3354
or millar@cix.compulink.co.uk                                               
