Getting ICC data into a spreadsheet
by Alex Johnson

Part of my refs toolkit is dumpDB which takes a workfile and creates
a .txt file for each block type. The first line in each .txt file
consists of parameter names. The following lines are the block
definitions.

By default fields are delimited by tabs 'cause they do not show up in
the I/A text fields normally. There is a command line option to
change to a different character, but ...

There are three ways to use refs & co:

1) On-line - it copies the files and plays with them. None of the
   programs change the contents of a workfile.
2) Offline after shrinking - a SHRINK removes deadwood from a
   workfile. Once the deadwood is removed, refs can play with it. So,
   shrink the files and copy them all to one directory and let refs
   work.
3) Offline without shrinking - some folks don't like to shrink. If
   you are one, copy the entire /opt/fox/ciocfg/<cpLbug> directory to
   some other place and work with those copies.

The manual (it only supplements the on-line help)

   <<refs Documentation.doc>>

The toolkit. To install:

Put the file (a compressed tar file despite the icon) on the Solaris
AW in /opt/foxind (preserve the case of the name) Uncompress the file
(uncompress cpUtil.tar.Z) Extract the toolkit (tar xvf cpUtil.tar)

   <<cpUtil.tar.Z>>

Here is a PLB file to ASCII file conversion utilty. There used to be
one that went the other way, but I never got the source. Sigh...

   <<plc2asc.tar.Z>>

I'd appreciate it if the support questions come to you and are
relayed to me for answers so that we can minimize the impact on my
regular work.

The source is included, but if someone modifies them, CHANGE THE NAME!