
Chyfo version 1.7.1

Copyright (C) 1999-2000 Ispire Software
All Rights Reserved.

For a list of changes in this version, see the file whatsnew.txt.
For samples of using Chyfo, see the file samples.txt.

DESCRIPTION 
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  The Chyfo is a converter that exports data of any ODBC-accessible
database to a text file. Chyfo allow you saving data in text formats
that are used by a variety of database manager and file manager programs. 
These formats are comma delimited (CSV), tab delimited and fixed length
format. 
  More important features are: you can provide a SQL SELECT statement,
list of columns to be excluded from converting, start row and number of
rows specifying the data to be exported. 
  The utility is intended for help you to perform database migration tasks.
For loading large volumes of data different database management systems
such as Oracle, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server and others provide tools that
load data from text files. Chyfo is a universal tool that creates text files
from data of different databases. Chyfo creates command files for loading
data into IBM DB2 (using DB2 IMPORT and LOAD commands), Oracle (using SQL
Loader utility) and Microsoft SQL Server (using BCP utility). The utility
also creates scripts for tables' creation in the specified database.
  The utility creates detail report file about export operation.
  Chyfo is a command prompt utility.

MINIMAL SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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  - Windows 95/98 or Windows NT/2000
  - ODBC Manager version 3.0 and higher

HOW TO INSTALL
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  If you get Chyfo as a zipped archive, unzip it in a some program 
directory (for example, Chyfo). If you get a diskette, skip this step
- all of the files are on the diskette.
  The software don't require installation. You can immediately use it
when run Chyfo.exe file.

SHAREWARE AGREEMENT
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  A trial version of the software may be used for evaluation purposes only 
for a period of no more than 31 days. It has not any functional and others
limitations. If you want to continue use of the software you must register
the software (see order.txt).

TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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  Please, send any offerings, not resolved problem descriptions and bug 
reports to email: dmalto@mail.ru



