Almost all DP4 documentation is now available online:
Javascript version This version has a table of contents that will usually be synchronised with the topic displayed and has a basic search facility.
If for some reason this does not work for you there is a complete static table of contents for all DP4 documentation
All pages in the CHM manuals have a "Find Online" link on each page in the CHM version and a "Show Contents" link in the online version). This makes it easy to check for updates, or send a link to a page in one of the manuals to another DP4 user.
20th March 2009 All manuals have been rebuilt to remove most IE specific formatting, since this no longer works well if you are using IE8.
You can use the File column in the table below to download any DP4 Manual in CHM format. The Last changed links will take you to the What's New page for each manual. If you open CHM files directly from a web site you will find that that they do not work work correctly (and the more up to date your computer is the worse it will be). You should download all the manuals you need and save them in a suitable location on your computer. If you used Internet Explorer on an XP SP2 machine you need to unblock the file, using the file properties dialog in Explorer. To access DP4 documentation online use the Javascript version.
You can download the complete set of manuals from our FTP site:
ftp://ftpdp4:Itim123@ftp.itim.com/DP4/Documentation/docs.zip
| Title | File | Summary Description | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| The DP4 Manual Collection | DP4Help.chm | Access all DP4 manuals in one go for ease of searching and cross referencing. You will need to download all the manuals that you would like to access, and store them all in the same directory. | 28 Jan 2011 |
| Introduction to DP4 | DP4Intro.chm | A non-technical overview of the tools, features and concepts of DP4 | 30 Apr 2010 |
| DP4 Quick Reference Guide | Quickref.chm | Briefly describes all the base DP4 programs.Documents their command line options, return codes used by DP4, and all DP4 error messages. | 28 Jan 2011 |
| DP4 Developer's Guide | DP4Dev.chm | How to use DP4's core utilities to create and maintain DP4 databases. Previous experience of DP4 is not assumed, but a basic knowledge of relational database concepts is needed. | 30 Apr 2010 |
| DP4 C/C++ Programmer's Reference Guide | Cref.chm | Documents the DP4 C API used to create portable DP4 applications | 2 May 2013 |
| QAB Developer's Guide | QAB.chm | How to write and run DP4 programs using DP4's own 4GL: QAB. Also covers utilities used with QAB, and how to interface QAB and C/C++. | 2 May 2013 |
| 4.600 Map Editor User Guide | MapEdit.chm | A screen by screen guide to the 4.62x Map Editor. | 2 May 2013 |
| DP4 Report Writer Guide | RepW.chm | How to use DP4 Report Writer to create Reports and Export Files | 20 Jul 2004 |
| DP4 SQL Products Guide | SQL.chm | This guide covers DP4 SQL Related products: The ODBC Gateway ADC (and the Oracle Gateway), ODBC drivers, and DP4 SQL. | 06 Sep 2004 |
| DP4 ADC Developer's Guide | ADC.chm | How to use and write ADCs to add your own system or businesss logic code into the DP4 database manager | 24 Mar 2004 |
| OSDI Developer's Guide | OSDI.chm | How to write an OSDI, to support hardware such as receipt printers, MSRs etc, in DP4. Also has information on how to set up support for printers. | 15 Apr 2005 |
| Guide to DP4 Networking and Resilience | netres.chm | Describes how to set up DP4 to work over a network, and discusses network related aspects of DP4 database design and programming. | 05 Oct 2004 |
| DP4 for Windows Installation Guide | WinInst.chm | Describes how to install DP4 on various releases of Microsoft Windows | 15 Oct 2009 |
| DP4 for Unix and Linux Installation Guide |
UNIX.chm UNIXinst.htm |
Describes how to install and configure DP4 on Unix and Linux. | 4 Nov 2004 |
| Guide to DP4 Configuration | DFIni.chm | Describes how to configure DP4 using the DP4 configuration file (DP4.INI) and various other DP4 files and utilities. | 18 Nov 2011 |
| QAB Tutorials | Tutorial.chm | This guide has simple tutorial exercises for beginning QAB programmers. | Approx 1993 |