An edition of PC/FOCUS, version 5.5 (1992)

PC/FOCUS, version 5.5

a step-by-step tutorial

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An edition of PC/FOCUS, version 5.5 (1992)

PC/FOCUS, version 5.5

a step-by-step tutorial

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FOCUS from INFORMATION BUILDERS, INC. is one of the leading Fourth Generation Languages and Database Management Systems (4GL/DBMS) used both by information systems professionals and non-technical end users. It offers a complete set of tools for reporting, graphing, analyzing, and maintaining data that can be accessed using either the command language or the menu-controlled user interface.

This book provides a simple, direct approach to learning quickly and easily most PC/FOCUS (PC version of mainframe FOCUS) features. Unlike others, all the hands-on exercises herein are built around a case-study approach. This approach allows you to construct a relatively complex and complete PC/FOCUS database application without spending hours of frustrating trial and error on isolated technical exercises.

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Wm. C. Brown Publishers
Language
English
Pages
301

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FOCUS (Computer program language) Microcomputers Programming
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PC/FOCUS, version 5.5: a step-by-step tutorial
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Table of Contents

Case Study:. Sales Management System
Part One:. Describing and Maintaining FOCUS Files
1:. Single-Segment Files
2:. Multi-Segment Files
3:. Adding and Listing Data
4:. TED Editor
5:. Modifying Single-Segment Files
6:. Modifying Multi-Segment Files
Part Two:. Preparing Reports
7:. Report Preparation with TableTalk
8:. Print, List, Count
9:. Sorting and Summarizing
10:. Matrix Reports
11:. Report Formatting
Part Three:. Selecting, Joining and Calculating Data for Reports
12:. Selecting Specific Data
13:. Dialogue Manager
14:. Joining Files
15:. Computing New Columns
16:. Formatting Options
17:. Extracting Files
Part Four:. Business Graphics
18:. Creating Graphs with PlotTalk
19:. Deciding What to Graph
20:. Graph Formatting
Appendix A:. A Menu-Driven Database System
Appendix B:. Command Summary

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Includes index.

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Dubuque, IA

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Dewey Decimal Class
005.75
Library of Congress
QA76.73.F23 N37 1992

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xi, 301 p. :
Number of pages
301

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OL1575869M
ISBN 10
0697149900
LCCN
91075526
OCLC/WorldCat
26056362

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OL4138107W

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