Path Control Template for Clarion

                   *** This template has been tested with C4 only ***



FILE:           PathCtrl.ZIP 
SIZE:		12,650 bytes
FILE DATE:      01/03/1999
UPLOADED BY:    John Farmer
                john@butlerandassoc.com  
AUTHOR: 	John Farmer
TYPE:           Freeware
VERSION:        1.00  
DESCRIPTION:    Variable File Path Control

COMMENTS:       The Path Control template is a simple means of assigning a single 
directory path to any number of files in a dictionary.  The idea is to allow an 
application to read one variable from an INI file and use that as the directory path 
for every file in the dictionary.  This allows you to relocate an application's data 
set by changing one variable.

This is an extension placed in the Global Extensions section of an application.  The app
programmer supplies values (or accepts default) for the following

	INI File Name	 - Name of file to be read.  Format filename.ini
	INI Section Name - Name of the INI section to be read
	INI Entry Name	 - Name of the INI entry

	Global Variable  - Global variable to be defined that will hold the INI
			   value read.  This template defines the global variable
                           for you.
	Path Length	 - Length to define the global string variable above.
	Filename Length	 - Length to define the variables for each file name in the DCT.


Requirements:

Each file in the dictionary must have a variable in the Full Path entry.  The variable
must be in the form of 

	!GLO:FNfilename



Example:  Your dictionary has a file named NameAddr.  The variable will be

		!glo:fnNameAddr

	  Your application reads an INI file named myapp.ini which contains the following:

		[Directory]
		Path = c:\myapp\data

	  The global variable takes on the value

		glo:fnNameAddr = 'c:\myapp\data\nameaddr'


See the attached example fntest.app & fntest.dct.