This directory contains the VA Fileman Version 17.7 with documentation 
from Version 17.7.

Directory USER$:[DECUS.MUMPS.FILEMAN]

AAAREADME.TXT	This file
APPENDIX.A	FILEMAN Functions
FM.ROU;1	DI* Routines
FMINIT.ROU	DINI* Initialization Routines
FMMGR.ROU	Manager Routines for Most MUMPS Implementations
FMVAXMGR.ROU	Manager Routines for VAX DSM only
INSTALL.TXT	Installation Guidelines (brief)
LATEST.DOC	Release notes for Version 17.32
PROGRAM.DOC	Programmer Documentation (and Installation)
USER.DOC	User Documentation

Additional Documentation is available from the MUMPS Users Group


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    D1.  "VA FILEMANAGER User's Manual, Version 17.3 - June 1987", 100
pages; and "VA FILEMAN Programmer's Manual, Version 17.3 - June 1987", 48
pages
    Basic instruction on the most recent version  of  FileMan  as  a  user's
application and as a programmer's utility package.  

    D2. "FILE MANAGER TUTORIALS, APRIL 10, 1985", 71 pages
    Three  FileMan  tutorials,   "Basic",  "Intermediate",  and  "Advanced",
designed for people who are new to FileMan.  Each tutorial takes you step by
step through several of the FileMan options using a situation or case study.
Provides a step-by-step explanation,  specific information to enter,  and  a
sample display.  

    D3.  "File Manager Module User's Guide,  Version 16.3,  April 5,  1985",
400 pages
    Specific  FileMan  options  are  described  in  the  context  of   major
procedures:  Creating  and Editing a File,  Retrieving Data,  Computed Field
Expressions, Organizational and Security Options.  
    Contains an overview for each major procedure with information about the
purpose and use of the procedure;  prompt-by-prompt  descriptions;  examples
illustrating the system prompts; user responses; and output results.  
    The  Guide  is  an  expanded  version  of the "VA FileMan User's Manual,
Version 16".  

    D4.  "File Manager Module Programmer's  Guide,  Version  16.3,  May  31,
1985", 200 pages
    Provides  MUMPS  programmers  with  the information necessary to develop
programs that interface with the VA's FileMan module.  Programmers  can  use
this  guide to understand the structure of data in FileMan,  to call FileMan
routines, to create their own options,  and to identify and correct problems
with programs.  
    The Guide is an expanded version of the "VA FileMan Programmer's Manual,
Version 16".

    D8. "Intermediate VA FileManager, VA Information Systems Center, San
Francisco, California, March 1988" (134 pages) 
    Clear explanations and practical examples of some of the more
sophisticated VA FileMan features like Computed Expressions, Functions,
Extended Pointers, Triggers, and File Design. (See "MUGPAL $VIEW" in MUMPS
NEWS Vol. 5, No. 1, February 1988 for more information.)

    Two books about VA FileMan are now available from MUG:

    "A Database Manager User Manual" by Richard G. Davis, Ph.D; 1987; 364
pages; second in a series published
by NAVAP.
    Introduction to the basic characteristics of VA FileMan. Computer
generated dialogs concretely illustrate how VA FileMan behaves from the
prospective of the user.