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dB Online 1.02 Beta history file.
19/10/93 New Version dB Online 1.02 Beta
- The new versions are required because all .prg files must be
recompiled with the new compiler to execute properly.
- Calling procedure for DBOL????.exe has changed again.
TYPE DBOL????.exe at the command line for syntax information.
- SET ESCAPE ON/off is now supported.
With SET ESCAPE ON the program will terminate execution
when ESCAPE is pressed.
- ON ESCAPE [DO <proc name>] is now also supported.
- ERASE <filename> is now supported.
- RENAME <filename> to <filename>.
- A number of functions have been added to allow access to user info.
They are:
BBSNAME(), CITY(), COMMPORT(), CONFERENCE(), DATABITS(), DATAPHONE(),
ERRORCOR(), FIRSTNAME(), ISANSI(), ISCOLOR(), ISLOCAL(), ISRIP(),
LANGUAGE(), NODE(), PAGELEN(), PARITY(),PASSWORD(), SECURITY(),
STOPBITS(), TIMELEFT(), USERNAME(), VOICEPHONE",
These functions will only return non-zero values if the information
is provided from one of the BBS info functions given on the command
line.
11/10/93 New Version dB Online 1.01 Beta
DBONLINE.EXE
- The new version of DBONLINE 1.01ß has changed a lot of the I/O routines.
Please note any problems in the screen output and colors which may
have surfaced.
- DBONLINE will now support any BBS which uses: door.sys, pcboard.sys,
dorinfox.bbs.
- Calling procedure for DBOL????.exe has changed.
Syntax is: DBONLINE filename.dbx bbs.sys [USERS.SYS] [PORT:AAAA:X]
The bbs.sys parameter is pcboard.sys, door.sys, dorinfo1.bbs etc.
USERS.SYS is for PCBOARD users.
PORT:AAAA:X is for custom port configuration.
PORT:AAAA:X is for base address in hex, X is irq in hex
or PORT:F:1 for fossil driver on port 1
or PORT:D:7 for Digiboard channel 7
- RESTORE FROM <memfile>, and SAVE [ALL LIKE/EXCEPT] TO <memfile> are
now supported.
COMPILE.EXE
- all previously compiled .prg files will have to be recompiled.
07/10/93
DBONLINE.EXE
- ON ERROR is now supported for procedure calls only
ie: ON ERROR DO <procedure name> [WITH <expr list>]
- RETRY will reexecute a command that caused an error.
- ERROR() will return the dBase error number.
- MESSAGE() will return the dBase error message.
05/10/93
DBONLINE.EXE
- LASTKEY() will return the last keypress to exit a full screen command
- SET ALTERNATE command now works.
02/10/93
DBONLINE.EXE
- USE will now accept the IN parameter after the ALIAS to define
what work area to open the database. The value must be a numeric
constant
- SET ORDER TO will now accept tag names as input as follows:
SET ORDER TO TAG tagname
- The functions TAG(), NDX(), MDX(), CDX() are all now implemented.
TAG will return a tag name from a work area.
?DX() will return the file name of an index file.
- Reading a character type get with a '9' in the picture function will
now accept numeric input only into the character variable.
- When EXIT or LOOP are encountered outside of a DO WHILE loop, they will
pass control to the next RETURN statement.
COMPILE.EXE
- SET FILTER TO will not cause an error if nothing follows the TO.
ie: to turn the filter off.
30/9/93
DBONLINE.EXE
- macro substitution available for the following commands:
USE &var INDEX &var2 alias &var3
SET INDEX TO &var
RUN &var
TYPE &var
var,var2 are character variables containing the actual filenames.
As well macro substitution is available in expression evaluation.
substitution can be made for another variable/field name only.
eg:
The following code: Will produce:
var = "hello" hello
hello = 10 10
? var
? &var
28/9/93
DBONLINE.EXE
- now adds default extention of .dbx to filenames at command line.
- memo support now available.
you can both list and ? memo fields.
from an @ GET memfield, use CTRL-PGDN to enter memo editor,
Standard Wordstar and cursor keys apply,
use CTRL-W, or CTRL-END to exit and save.
- REPLICATE(): now functioning properly.
- Cursor positioning after @ commands has been altered to acurately
emulate dBaseIII+
- SET_DEFAULT_TO: now functioning properly.
COMPILE.EXE
- now adds default extention of .prg to filenames at command line.
- dBase commands SET HEADING, SET TALK, SET STATUS, SET SCOREBOARD,
SET PROCEDURE TO<CR>, CLOSE PROCEDURE,
do not cause errors when compiling.
16/9/93
DBONLINE.EXE
- SPACE(): Function now functioning properly.
- READ: When read is called without any gets being defined
dB Online now pauses for a single keypress.
- USE: Would cause error when full path was used to specify
file. Now finds file and works with SET PATH TO.
- memo fields: Memo support is presently being implemented. Please
do not try to access memo fields with this beta until
further notice.
9/9/93
DBONLINE.EXE
- GETS: Numeric picture functions B, Z are not implemented.