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Re: DATAFLEX on 5.25" FS

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From: Pete
Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 00:00
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John Burns wrote in message <3566F731.503E@unixnerd.demon.co.uk>...
>> Dataflex is owned by the Data Acess Corporation. www.daccess.com .
Dataflex
>> has always accepted 4 didgit dates, if the application that has been
written
>> in it is any good. Dataflex takes it's date from the OS and can
manipulate
>> any part of it.
>>
>> What version of Dataflex is it, 2.3b, 3.05 or 3.1b/c and what OS is it
for?.
>
>2.3b circa 1989 under DOS. I was fairly sure the a dataflex date field
>only occupied six bytes? I don't have manuals any more though. The guy
>is still using the system as it runs well and he can't find anything to
>replace it with!
>
>--
>Who needs a life when you've got Unix? :-)
>Email: john@unixnerd.demon.co.uk, Aberdeen, Bonny Scotland
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Nope. It will accept 4 digit years, I use it. He could replace it with
Dataflex 3.1b. If you need the formula for 4 digit years with Dataflex then
mail me on Tuesday night and I'll let you know the magic number. Is it the
development version and how many users?.

Pete
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From: "Pete" <pete@viper.karoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: DATAFLEX on 5.25" FS
Date: 1998/05/24
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