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@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@ - Xbase64 Version 3.1.0 - - - -WHAT IS IT? ------------ - -Xbase64 is an xbase (i.e. dBase, FoxPro, etc.) compatible C++ class library -originally by Gary Kunkel and others (see the AUTHORS file). - -Xbase64 is useful for accessing data in legacy dBase 3 and 4 database files as -well as a general light-weight database engine. It includes support for -DBF (dBase version 3 and 4) data files, NDX and NTX indexes, and DBT -(dBase version 3 and 4). It supports file and record locking under *nix -and Windows. - - -DIRECTORY LAYOUT ----------------- - - /bin contains various utility programs - /examples contains various test programs - /html contains the original xBase documentation in html format - /xbase64 Xbase64 source and header files - - -BUILDING THE LIBRARY ON UNIX/LINUX ----------------------------------- - -XBase64 uses autoconf and libtool to manage the build process. - -To configure the library for your specific system, run the "configure" -shell script as follows: - - ./configure - -The configure script accepts the following options in addition to the -normal default options: - - --enable-debug creates debugging code [default=no] - --enable-shared build shared libraries [default=yes] - --enable-static build static libraries [default=no] - --with-gnu-ld assume the C compiler uses GNU ld [default=no] - --without-index-ndx turn off .ndx index support - --without-index-ntx turn off .ntx index support - --without-memo-fields turn off memo fields support - --without-expressions turn off expressions support - --without-xbase-locking turn off XBase file locking - --without-realdelete turn off XBase record deletion - --without-xbase-debug turn off XBase specific debug - --without-largefile-support turn off XBase largefile support - -Once configured, execute make as follows to build the library: - - make - -Once compiled (and assuming no errors occurred), use make to install the -library, header files, and utilities as follows: - - make install - -The default install directory is /usr/local. - - -BUILDING THE LIBRARY ON WINDOWS -------------------------------- - -The MINGW32 and CYGWIN compiler support didn't make the first cut to -Xbase64. They will be migrated forward in a future release of xbase64. -Any volunteers? - -If using the MINGW32 GCC compiler package, use the makefile.g95 make files. -Edit bin/makefile.g95 xbase/makefile.g95 to change installation directories. - -If using the CYGWIN environment, use the makefile.cyg make files (or fix -the autoconf/automake stuff to work correclty). However, for some reason -(as yet undetermined) it seems to run very slowly when compiled with the -cygwin compiler (perhaps the file handing in the cygwin dll is just dog slow?). - - -BUILDING THE LIRARY WITH BORLAND 5.5 ------------------------------------- - -There are batch files MAKEBCC.BAT which build the xbase libs for -Borland C++ 5.5. - - - -DOCUMENTATION -------------- - -The documentation at this point consists of the original xBase documentation -(in the html directory). It is still very useful as little has changed -from the original library except bugfixes and a few enhancements. - -We are working on incorporating comments into the source to allow -generation of reference documentation using the Doxygen document generator. -A small amount has been done already, but we hope to complete this effort -before the next release. - - -CONTACT -------- - -Please email comments, bug reports, and patches to Gary Kunkel -xdb-dev@lists.sourceforge.net - - |