Sharp OZ-5600 Creating Your Own Database, The Tel and User File Applications, Chapter

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Creating Your Own Database

This chapter describes using the Tel (Telephone) and User File applications. These two applications are actually

identical in the way that they function, except that they have different default file and field names designed to handle different types of information. The flexibility of these applications allows you to manage a wide range of information, from a simple address book to an extensive restaurant guide or even a listing of your important business contacts.

The Tel and User File Applications

Each application provides three different files for the entries it will store.

Each file in either application can be named and set up from a built-in list of six types, or templates. These templates are pre-defined for each application as follows.

For the Tel application: Telephone, Office, Contacts, Business, Personal and Family.

For the User File application: Travel, Restaurant, A/V Guide, Home Inventory, Inventory and Product.

The three Tel files are each set up automatically to provide a simple address book. The default files set up on initialization are:

TEL 1 Telephone template comprising three fields: Name, Number and Address.

TEL 2 Contacts template comprising 12 fields: Company, Contact, Title, Department, Tel Number, Extension, Fax Number, Other Number, E-Mail, Assistant, Address and Notes.

TEL 3 Personal template comprising nine fields: Name, Home number, Work number, Cellular phone number, Other number, Address, Spouse, Children and Notes.

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