Trinzic Corporation (Channel Computing, Inc.)
Forest & Trees for Windows
Version 3.1
January 31, 1994
Standard Provider Release Notes

Dear Forest & Trees User:

Thank you for purchasing Forest & Trees for Windows!

This document describes features of specific providers not found in
the printed documentation.

For information on Exporting, refer to the Export section of the
FTREADME.TXT (Release Notes) document.

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STANDARD PROVIDERS
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This distribution includes the following Standard Providers; 
THESE REVISIONS MUST BE USED WITH F&T/W VERSION 3.0a.

-   A built-in provider, Forest & Trees Active Views, allows you to
    query other views in the current viewfile.  

    NOTE: The F&T/W V3 View (file) provider is also "built-in", along 
    with the Formula and Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) providers.

-   The following providers are installed when you select 'Std. Providers'
    in the installation procedure:

    DATAEASE.FTW Rev 5  DataEase International Provider
    DBASE.FTW    Rev 5  Borland dBASE Provider
    FTWVF.FTW    Rev 4  F&T/W V2 View provider
    LOTUS.FTW    Rev 5  Lotus 1-2-3 Provider
    MEXCEL.FTW   Rev 8  Microsoft Excel Provider 
    PARADOX.FTW  Rev 6  Borland Paradox Provider 
    Q&A.FTW      Rev 4  Symantec Q&A Provider 
    RBASE.FTW    Rev 5  Microrim R:base Provider

-   The following providers are available as optional selections 
    during the installation procedure.

    FLIC.FTW     Rev 9  Flat File Provider 
    NOTES.FTW    Rev 1  Lotus Notes Provider 
    WBTRIEVE.FTW Rev 6  Novell Btrieve Provider 
    VIEWS.FTW    Rev 0  F&T/W V2 View Statistics provider
    VIEWV3.FTW   Rev 0  F&T/W V3 View Statistics provider

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PARADOX PROVIDER
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The Forest & Trees for Windows Paradox Provider now supports Paradox
for Windows v1 and Paradox v4.


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LOTUS 1-2-3 PROVIDER
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The Forest & Trees for Windows Lotus 1-2-3 Provider now supports .WK3 
(version 3.x) of Lotus 1-2-3.  The new Lotus 1-2-3 provider is included 
in your software.  Also note these comments:

-   Timestamp values are not supported by 1-2-3.  If you have values
    within your spreadsheet that are the sum of a time and date, use the
    CONVERT(var_name,'TIMESTAMP') function to achieve timestamp
    appearance for the data.
-   F&T reports currency values as double from 1-2-3 Rel 2.01
    spreadsheets.
-   F&T does not support three-dimensional ranges in 1-2-3 Rel 3.  You
    may access data in other spreadsheets or in multi-layer spreadsheets
    by declaring a range name in sheet A:  that refers to values in
    another spreadsheet.
-   Column of numbers formatted as text in .WK1 Lotus 1-2-3 file show as
    NULL when queried by FTW.

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MICROSOFT EXCEL PROVIDER
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Microsoft Excel version 2.x, 3.x and 4.0 file formats are supported by 
the Forest & Trees for Windows version 3.0a using MEXCEL.FTW rev 8.

-   F&T/W uses the cell format to determine the datatype for a given
    column.  Text that is not formatted as "General" will appear
    as NULLs in F&T/W.
-   F&T does not support all alternate format specifiers.
-   F&T does not support use of multiple range selections for a range.
-   Use of CHAR(0) in a range may lead to unpredictable behavior from F&T.
-   If the first column of the worksheet is blank, F&T may only read the 
    column names and not the data.

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BTRIEVE PROVIDER 
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- The Btrieve provider does not currently support the Btrieve 6.0 interface. 

  Until we do support it, users have the following options:
   1) Use the Netware SQL rev 5 provider. This requires Netware version 3.11
    (aka Netware 386 3.11), and the Netware SQL DLL.  Both the Netware 
    provider and DLL are shipped with the Client Server Edition of 
    Forest & Trees. 
   2) Utilize the Forest & Trees ODBC provider (available in the Client
    Server Edition) along with the Q+E ODBC Pack.  This combination will
    also allow you to utilize Btrieve indexes.  Please call our Technical
    Support group for more information on this solution.

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LOTUS NOTES PROVIDER 
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Forest & Trees for Windows includes a provider for access to Lotus Notes 
databases.

-  Notes fieldnames must be less than 61 characters.

-  Notes can function only as a DDE Client application, not as a server 
   application.  This means Notes can be the target of DDE links, but not 
   the source.

-  Specifying both the Notes UI and FTW in the Windows Startup group 
   (or the Load or Run statements in WIN.INI) can cause FTW Error #5 loading
   the Notes provider.  To correct this problem, load Forest & Trees
   BEFORE loading the Notes UI.

API PROBLEMS
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-   The Notes API incorrectly allows a Forest & Trees user to cancel from
    the Notes Password dialog and continue to access Notes databases.  This
    condition can occur if the Notes UI has been loaded and a correct
    password has been entered through that program.  THE NOTES UI 
    OPTIONS-USER LOGOFF FEATURE WILL NOT CLEAR THE USER INFORMATION FOR 
    FOREST & TREES, AND WILL NOT PREVENT A FOREST & TREES USER FROM 
    ACCESSING A NOTES DATABASE.  This problem must be addressed by Lotus
    Development Corp.


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For more information on these and other issues, call our Technical Support 
department at 1-603-427-0444.

Thank you again for purchasing Forest & Trees for Windows version 3.0.

Brad Haigis
Product Manager
