I use a program at work which retrieves formulas for mixing different colours of automotive paint. It uses FoxPro databases, and requires a set of 7 update disks every two to three months to keep up with new colours, and formula revisions.

The files are archived somehow. The disks each contain a "RELEASE" and an "RINSTALL.DAT" file, with an "IFILE" on the first of the 7 disks. I would like very much to be able to transfer the disks into a single directory on a CD.

I am unfamiliar with FoxPro, and I was wondering if this archive format is native to FoxPro. If so, would anyone be able to direct me to a utility that would combine the archives into a single set of IFILE, RELEASE, and RINSTALL.DAT files?

Please reply to: cmagyar@escape.ca


Sample from "IFILE":

RELEASE=12-1997 USA
DISK=A:
IDENTIFICATION=-1206453740 

INSTALL	MX2DBFS\DATABASE.INI	     191	     173	       0	     1	     1	 17211	  9069	    32
INSTALL	MX2DBFS\ACBARTIC.DBF	     342	     180	     173	     1	     1	 17211	  9069	    32
INSTALL	MX2DBFS\ACBARTIC.CDX	    6144	     259	     353	     1	     1	 17212	  9069	    32
ACB	MX2DBFS\DATABASE.INI	     191	     173	     612	     1	     1	 17211	  9069	    32
ACB	MX2DBFS\ACBIDENT.DBF	     429	     203	     785	     1	     1	 17069	  9069	    32

...SNIP


Sample of "RELEASE":

DISK_NR=1
PRODUCT=MIXIT2 DATABASE
RELEASE=12-1997 USA
IDENTIFICATION=-1206453740