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to: JEFF DUBOIS
from: ROY J. TELLASON
date: 1998-03-18 21:53:00
subject: Database door program

Jeff Dubois wrote in a message to Linda Hargraves:
 LH>    I am still running Max 2.02 and I am looking for a 
 LH> way to setup a door program that is a database.  The 
 LH> only ones I have found so far are bbs lister ones & I 
 LH> want one that is fully sysop configurable, that is, I 
 LH> want to use different type of material with search 
 LH> abilities.  An example would be a movie database that 
 LH> could display a file of schedules.
 JD> When back when the dinosaurs roamed the earth and I was running 
 JD> Opus I first stumbled across a programme called RAD (Remote 
 JD> Access Database) written by a fellow named Harvey Parisien.
Harvey writes some good stuff,  I use his HLIST to generate my files lists 
here.  RAD was one of the two programs I mentioned in my original response to 
this query.
 JD> I know Harvey has released several versions of his programme 
 JD> since then and I know they can be configured easily enough to 
 JD> run under Maximus.  If you can't find Remote Access Database 
 JD> locally you may want to contact the author directly at 
 JD> 1:249/114 or if you have web access you'll most likely find 
 JD> this programme at www.alcuf.ca/parisien.htm
 JD> If memory serves me right, you could install this database on a 
 JD> Maximus system and even import DBase files into it. It's ben a 
 JD> while though.
That sounds about right.
I'd be interested in hearing of any later versions than the one I mentioned 
that might be out there (and I don't have any web access to go see what he's 
doing at that site mentioned...).
email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com 
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