Revision

VS0059  DATATRIEVE / 4GL SIG Library collection  Version: Spring 1990

Author: Members of the DTR/4GL SIG

Submitted by: Bart Z. Lederman, System Resources Corp.,
              c/o DOT Transportation Systems Center DTS-66
              Cambridge, MA 02142

Operating System: VAX/VMS V4.7 through V5.3, RSX-11M-Plus V2.1,
P/OS V2.0.  Source Language: DATATRIEVE, FORTRAN, BASIC, C, MACRO-32,
RALLY, ACCENT-R.  Software Required: Most portions require only
DATATRIEVE, ACCENT-R or RALLY as is appropriate: some portions
require Macro-32, FORTRAN, BASIC, or C.  Keywords: ACCENT-R, ALL-IN-1,
DATATRIEVE, Graphics, RALLY, System Accounting - VMS,
System Management - VMS.

Abstract: This is a combined effort by the Datatrieve / Fourth
Generation Languages SIG to produce a library of items related
to or using DATATRIEVE, RALLY, or ACCENT-R.

(** indicates new material for Spring 1990)


[.ACCENT-R]  ** This contains four files of ACCENT-R material,
                collected by Winston Tellis, the SIG's ACCENT-R
                User Group Liason. (Two new files for Spring 1990).

[.DATATRIEVE]
             ** [.ALL-IN-1] ALL-IN-1 Mostly V2.0 to .2 definitions, with
                          the PROFILE definition for V2.3 by Pat Scopelliti 
                [.CORPHONE] Corporate Telephone Directory (like A1)
             ** [.DCL] Command procedures which help with Datatrieve,
                       including one to extract all CDD dictionary notes
                       into separately named files using Datatrieve.
             ** [.FUNCTIONS] DTR functions. New functions include
                   calling VMS Help libraries, SOUNDEX, swapping binary
                   byte orders (for foreign tapes), extracting only
                   digits or only printing characters from strings, and
                   a .HLP file which can be added to Datatrieve help.
                [.MAGIC] some programs from Magic sessions
                [.PLOTS] extra DTR plots
                [.RECALL] program demonstrating DTR call interface
                [.RSX_ACCOUNTING] read accounting with DTR
             ** [.SCOPELLITI] DTR functions supplied by Pat Scopelliti
                   of Corning, including: FN$ASIN, FN$ACOS, FN$ATAND,
                   FN$GET_SYMBOL, FN$SET_SYMBOL, and functions to
                   get device information, usernames, DECnet node numbers,
                   etc.
             ** [.SWAN] submission from David M. Swan including a
                   Datatrieve Forms Interface (substitute for FMS),
                   a menu driver for Datatrieve, a banner program which
                   demonstrates the technique of full CLI parsing from a
                   foreign command, and the text of two of his magic sessions.
             ** [.SYSMGR] VAX system management with DTR.  SYSUAF record
                   definition updated.

[.GENERAL]      Below this are sections which are of general interest:
                [.ACCOUNTING]  program to convert VMS Accounting records
                [.NEWSLETTERS] machine-readable copies of past newsletters
             **    much of Volume 9 and all of Volume 10 has been added
                   by Steve Cordiviola.
                [.SESSIONS]    transcripts of Symposia sessions.

[.RALLY]        [.DATE_FORMATTING] 'universal' date format handler
             ** [.EVE]             Make the EVE editor keypad look like the
                                   Rally internal editor.
                [.EXTERNAL_LINK]   how to call system functions
                                   particularly DCL / LIB$SPAWN.

[.SIXEL]        Don Stern's program to convert ReGIS to SIXEL 
                lets you print DTR or other graphs on LN03 and
                other DEC printers.

Changes and Improvements: EVE editor to emulate Rally, FMS replacement,
 ALL-IN-1 V2.3 profile, revised SYSUAF record, VMS Help library access
 and other new Datatrieve functions, more ACCENT-R material, more
 newsletters.

B. Z. Lederman DTR/4GL SIG Library Representative