About this Book

This book will allow you to become familiar with the main features of dBASE III PLUS. You will learn how to manipulate the information stored in a database file, display that information in a meaningful way using a report and create your own database files. The disk that accompanies this book contains several specimen databases for you to use and these will be referred to regularly throughout the text. The book is divided up into a number of lessons, each with its objectives clearly stated at the beginning and with a summary of the topics covered at the end. This means that you can, if you already have some knowledge of the program, pick up the points you need to learn at a clearly defined point. When you have finished this book you will be ready to continue your studies with the companion to it that takes you into the study of the dBASE III PLUS programming language so that you will be able to produce customised programs to help you in your use of database information.