"Basic 7.0: Programmer's Guide" Correction for ISAMCVT.EXE (67449)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Basic Professional Development System for MS-DOS 7.0
  • Microsoft Basic Professional Development System for MS-DOS 7.1
This article was previously published under Q67449

SUMMARY

The ISAMCVT utility shipped with Microsoft Basic PDS (Professional Development System) versions 7.00 and 7.10 requires a "specfile" when converting MS/ISAM files (created by IBM Basic Compiler version 2.00) that have been rebuilt without a data dictionary. Page 391 of the "Microsoft Basic 7.0: Programmer's Guide" for versions 7.00 and 7.10 omits the "specfile" field in its example of the ISAMCVT.EXE command-line syntax, when in fact, the "specfile" may be necessary if no data dictionary is present in the MS/ISAM file.

MORE INFORMATION

Page 392 of the same manual incorrectly states that the "specfile" is required for converting MS/ISAM files; it should say that the "specfile" is required only when no data dictionary is present in the file. MS/ISAM database files usually contain a data dictionary, and only if a database is rebuilt without a data dictionary is "specfile" required. Therefore, the command-line syntaxes on page 391 should be changed as follows:

For db/LIB

   ISAMCVT /D filename tablename databasename

For MS/ISAM

   ISAMCVT /M filename tablename databasename [specfile]

For Btrieve

   ISAMCVT /B filename tablename databasename specfile
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/16/2005
Keywords:KB67449
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