Subject Re: Tutorial From Laurie ALVEY <lalveyjarkin97@outlook.com> Date Sat, 18 May 2019 05:12:45 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Lee Grant Wrote: > Laurie, > > Mervyn's right, you have to setup and do the Tutorial EXACTLY, following > all directions, etc... as it is laid out.  And we have a newsgroup here > titled "d.tutorial" that if your newsreader hasn't gotten for you, you > should get have it find it and read and post to it concerning the > tutorial as the author and others will look there for people having > issues with the tutorial...but the getting-started was a good second > choice to look in. :) > > First thing I'm going to guess why you can't find customer.dbf is that > you don't have the source alias's and the directories setup > properly...but without confirmation, can't say. > > As for typing twice, are you sure you aren't just not hitting enter > after the auto complete puts in the command you're typing? You hit enter > once for the auto completion, and then you hit it again to execute the > command.  Could this be what you're referring to? > > Looking to see your posts appear in the d.tutorial thread. > > Lee > > > On 5/16/2019 9:53 AM, Laurie ALVEY wrote: > > Perhaps I file does not existt's me but I can't open any of the dbasetutorial formsI  usually get, for example, customer.dbf does not exist. Also I have to type stuff twice in the command window for it to execute. > > I've told Kathy In Tech support about this. > >  thelp. I'm getting nowhere. > > Laurie > >Auto complete was the culprit. customer.dbf has been renamed to customer1.dbf. Laurie