Re: Documentation -- SYSTEM21

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From: Jeff Holzman <Holzman@concentric.net>
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Where can I find "the Red Piece that Dave
Barry helped author"?  Has anyone worked with this? 

Does anyone know if it has documentation detailing file definitions, 
file relationships, field definitions and program functionality.


Sincerely, 
Jeff Holzman 

jlang@GenFast.com wrote:
> 
> Jeff, Eric, et al,
> 
> My frequent pestering of JBA folks for this type of documentation (other
> than the aforementioned file specs), has always been met with the same
> answer: "It doesn't exist." I haven't yet reviewed the Red Piece that Dave
> Barry helped author, but if that document contains any information of this
> kind, it will be as good as it gets.
> 
> Jeff Lang
> IS Manager
> General Fasteners Company
> Livonia, MI
> 
> 
>                     "Eric Daniel"
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> 
> Jeff,
> 
> This is an area JBA has been lacking in for years.  The only documentation
> I've every seen on data base definitions was produced by JBA, but was only
> the "PRTFLD" command executed for every file within each application.
> "PRTFLD" does the same as "DSPFLD" except that it produces hard copy.
> Another useful command (if you're the programmer sort) is "LSTRPG", which
> will produce a hardcopy listing of a program in two column print (with
> various other options available).
> 
> If you do ever run across a document that lists the topology of the
> database
> and relations across applications, I'd be interested in seeing it myself.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Eric Daniel
> Technical Consultant
> Viking Consulting
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Doug333@aol.com>
> To: <JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 2:08 PM
> Subject: FWD: Documentation
> 
> > Hello:
> >
> > I am working with a client who has JBA System 21 V3 R 5.1.  They do not
> > have documentation detailing file definitions, file relationships, field
> > definitions and program functionality.
> >
> > Does anyone have such an overview?  If so, could please forward this to
> > me.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Jeff Holzman
> >
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