Program Overview

          The contents of the newly created customer master file produced by the Update Program (494792P3.exe) are now to be printed under suitable headings. A carried forward total is to be printed toward the bottom of every page where a total is to be carried forward (with the exception of the final page printed). A brought forward total is also to be printed toward the top of each page where there is a total to carry forward (with the exception of the first page printed).

          The binary file which contains the newly created customer records must be named 494792NF.DAT, and must be located in the same directory from where the report program is located and executed from. This is unless the user changes this default file name by entering additional program parameters at the command line. Below describes how the default file names may be overridden: -

          494792P4.exe <new customer master file> <printer>

          The defaults file names are as follows: -

                    New Customer master file - 494792NF.DAT
                    Printer - PRN

          If the user wishes to override one of these files they must also enter the file names of all the files preceding it. For example to override the printer to a text file named test.txt, they must enter the following command: -

          494792P3.exe 494792NF.DAT test.txt

          However if the user only wishes to change the name of the customer master file, they may enter the following command: -

          494792P2.exe NEWCUSTMAST.DAT

          The overriding of the default file names is mainly for test purposes or where there is a need to do so. Such a need may arise when there is a need to produce a report for an old customer mater file, where maybe the old report had been accidentally destroyed. The everyday users of this program need not even have to be aware of this overriding feature.

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