This page will tell you about recent changes to this manual. The most recent changes are mentioned first.
28 May 2008 -EITHER command tail added. This command line is also accepted with the same meaning by MAKEDB since it contains COPYDB.
26 Jun 2006 -LIVE command tail added.
27 Mar 2006 New page added on how to interpret DP4 errors reported in DP4 Error Log output.
25 Nov 2005 System error 69 was not documented.
31 May 2005 New command tail -full added to DBCHECK.
14 Mar 2005 Information added about new FAIL error 15.
11 Mar 2005 New command tails added to FIXDB23.
15 Feb 2005 Information on new -copydb command tail for RECASTDB.
12 Nov 2004 Information on new -xml command tail for UNLOAD.
13 Aug 2004 Information on new system error 44 and on new system error 45
15 Oct 2003 Information about DFPRINT added
4 Oct 2003 New Getting Started section added
29 Sep 2003 Most Utilities have either additional information or a link to other documents which describe how to use them.
24 Sep 2003 Information added on converting Table, Field, or Role numbers to names (useful when analysing several DP4 system error messages). This information is applicable to all DP4 releases, not just 4.621
6 Aug 2003 New -no_message option for PROGMAKE added
25 Jun 2003 Various corrections and updates to the information about error messages. Information about Fail Error 10, Fail Error 11 and NetBIOS return codes for NTBW and NTBMGR added.
10 Apr 2003 The very useful -data command tail for MAKEDB is now documented (and some other previously undocumented tails)
23 Dec 2002 Information about System Error 93 added
17 Oct 2002 What's New Page added
15 Oct 2002 Extensive information about new options in RECASTDB and how to control them using a configuration file
26 Apr 2002 Information about using configuration file settings as new standard command tails for DP4 Enterprise added.
08 Apr 2002 -pspc option added to USERDATA
25 Feb 2002 -date option added to ROUNDER to check dates are valid
19 Oct 2001 Some pages rearranged to be easier to read, and information on new options in 4.523 (-server_name command tail for utilities).
11 April 2001 Additional information on system error 87 and Fail Error 7
9 March 2001 -silent command tail documented (for DBRECOV, DBRESTOR, SETSESSN, and SHUTDOWN).