TRUNCATING A FIELD IN BROWSE MODE dbase4 for dos 2

[yesgirls]

HI...using dbase4 for dos (xpmode/win7) what i would like to accomplish if possible is to truncate one field so
that i can view 3 fields when browsing...field 1= 1 character/field 2(price) = 6 characters(numeric) and the field
i want to truncate is a character field of 80 characters. when i use "set field to 1,2,3" I am unable to see all
3 fields at the same time while browsing ...I would like to truncate field '3'(in 'set field' only view) to say...20 characters. A viable alternative would be to be able to view the "record #, field 1, and field 2 in browse mode (i do realize i can reference the record# at the bottom of the screen...but would want to see it displayed in the same row as field 1 and 2. Thanks for any help on my behalf...dave

 

[JCreamerII]

Not familar with the browsemode perse, but can you use the SUBSTR command, SUBSTR(FIELD,1,20)?

Jim C.

 

[yesgirls]

JC...thanks much for the reply...not sure how to apply your suggestion...dave
Here's a sample file
--------------------------------------------
. use test
. disp stru
Structure for database: C:\DBASE\TEST.DBF
Number of data records: 10000
Date of last update : 12/18/14
Field Field Name Type Width Dec Index
1 I Character 2 N
2 CAT Character 1 N
3 HTM Character 3 N
4 COM Character 4 N
5 PRICE Numeric 6 2 N
6 TITLE Character 80 N
** Total ** 97* 88
. set field to cat, price, title
and then i type
. browse
and dbase presents me with an editable database
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but i would like to do so with 'title' truncated to say...20 characters
thanks again for thinking on this...been using dbase since 1982 (started with cp/m)

 

[jlcca]

1 I Character 2 N
2 CAT Character 1 N
3 HTM Character 3 N
4 COM Character 4 N
5 PRICE Numeric 6 2 N
6 TITLE Character 80 N

browse fields I, CAT, HTM, COM, PRICE, TITLE /20

or

set fields to cat, price, title
browse fields cat, price, title /20

Joe

 

[yesgirls]

joe...very cool...how simple!

thanks so much...happy to paypal you a few $$...let me know if/how this is possible...perhaps
i can give you my website and you can contact me from there...very much appreciated....dave

 

[jlcca]

Feel free to indicate your website, and I can contact you.

I would also like to mention vDOS;

http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdos/

vDOS is designed to run DOS Business Applications, such as dBASE, on modern OSes.

It provides full-screen, better fonts, printing, copy/paste to/from Windows Clipboard, and more.

I have been using vDOS for some time, and all of my dBASE IV 2.0, Clipper 5.01, and Microsoft COBOL 4.5 programs run with no problems.

Joe Caverly

 

[yesgirls]

joe...thanks again...on second thought...perhaps you can contact me through my ebay id = yesterdaygirls