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[[Image:On_File_Car_Maintenance_Record.jpg|right|thumb|250px|On File car maintenance record]]
[[Image:OnFile_2025_Main_Menu.jpg|right|thumb|250px|On File (2025) main menu (containing 200 records, 1640 registrations)]]
[[Image:OnFile_2025_CPC6128_Record.jpg|right|thumb|250px|On File (2025) CPC6128 recordwhich also includes field-based graphics]]
'''On File (2024)''' Database Management System was released in June 2024 by [[KSL]] in order to celebrate the anniversaries of CPC (40 years!) and CP/M-80 (50 years!). On File is a business application similar to the MSDOS-era PC applications and one of the most recent projects developed for CP/M 2.2. As per [[Cosmos]], On File has been developed on the basis of all the hardware peripherals as well as the software that were (contemporary) available for the CP/M and the CPC6128. However, it can run on a standard single drive CPC6128. On File database is efficient, quick and reliable and can be used on an everyday basis using the CPC emulators. On File database uses the entire CPC screen as the platform for the records; thus there is plenty of space to edit user-defined fields. In addition, a wide variety of characters and symbols can be included in the fileds, hence the records can contain data beyond the typical and traditional text type. Setting up a new database using On File database is very easy and can be performed in three steps: 1) start the new file system by resetting the database and the master record, 2) frame/draw and edit the structure of the master record, 3) append new records in the database on the basis of the master record. On File database is fully dynamic, thus the user can modify the master record as well as any record anytime. Furthermore, the database can be either flat or relational. On File database has maximum capacity of 200 records (400 KB). The original disk (2024) contains the boot sectors for CP/M 2.2 (Dobbertin v1.2 for 128 KB machines), a few demo master records (*.002 files), a few database examples, the application (COM file), as well as the color screen saver (CHN file).
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