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ADVBAS 2.6, 9/19/86:
XQPRINTD will allow you to print to the screen using direct screen
writes. This is the fastest possible print method, but will produce
snow on some color displays if you are printing to the active display
page. SCRRESTP and SCRSAVEP will allow you to save and restore any
screen page to/from an array. SCRRESTPD and SCRSAVEPD will do the
same using direct screen reads/writes (see note at XQPRINTD).
SETCOMM will allow you to reset the parameters on an open communi-
cations "file" without having to close the file (and thus drop the
DTR signal) first. In addition, it lets you set the baud rate to
speeds beyond the normal limitation of 9600 bps. An error in DMPRINT
was fixed.
ADVBAS 2.5, 8/04/86:
DMPRINT now allows screen display directly through MS-DOS output.
This differs from MPRINT, which uses some BIOS routines. It is a
less sophisticated routine than MPRINT, which makes it faster than
MPRINT. XQPRINT and RECOLOR screen flicker (on color monitors) has
been wiped out, thanks to Steven Gibson. This and the other
direct-access screen routines have been modified so as to cause less
interference with interrupts. The manual, ADVBAS.DOC, has been
reformatted so it will print correctly on printers which have more
than 80 columns and/or do not feature line wrap.
ADVBAS 2.4, 7/21/86:
Functions have been added to convert numbers from one base to another
(DEC2ANY, ANY2DEC), and incidentally to allow use of unsigned
integers in your programs, with some twiddling. Space compression
has been added via BSQ, BUSQLEN and BUSQ, which allow you to compress
text information. Space savings range from a reliable 16% for normal
text, to up around 50% for files with many blanks (such as structured
C, Pascal, or assembly files).
ADVBAS 2.3, 6/28/86:
An error in the documentation for the MPRINT and MPRINTC routines has
been fixed. You can now set a file's time and date stamp using
SETFTD. A host of functions which allow you access to disk
directories has been added, giving the ability to search for a file
using wildcards, or to duplicate the DOS directory command:
FINDFIRSTF, FINDNEXTF, GETNAMEF, GETATTRF, GETDATEF, GETTIMEF,
GETSIZEF. The manual has been revised to list functions in
alphabetical order, allowing the elimination of the index. This
file, ADVBAS.NEW, is now listed in reverse chronological order, so
the newest things come first instead of at the end.
ADVBAS 2.2, 6/20/86:
Character insert/delete support for windows was added via MINSCHR and
MDELCHR. This can also be used to simulate left and right scrolling
of a window. The day of the week can now be gotten using WEEKDAY.
The most interesting new function is SOUNDEX, which returns the
soundex code of a word. Soundex codes allow you to identify similar
sounding words, so that you could do a phone directory search that
matches on the sound of a name rather than the precise spelling, for
instance.
ADVBAS 2.1, 6/14/86:
Window handling was added. The MPRINT and MPRINTC routines can now
be set to use Turbo Pascal-style screen windows, via the MWINDOW
function.
ADVBAS 2.0, 3/28/86:
Four functions were added. KEYPRESS tells you if a key is waiting in
the keyboard input buffer. RECOLOR quickly resets all characters on
the screen with a given color/attribute to a new color/attribute
(text mode only). SETMATI sets the first "x" elements of an integer
array to a given value. ADDMATI adds or subtracts a given value from
the first "x" elements of an integer array. The documentation now
includes notes on how PC-compatible a machine needs to be before any
given routine will work on it.
ADVBAS 1.9, 12/12/85:
An error in the documentation for XLATE (introduced in v1.7?) has
been fixed. XLATE will now work with a string as well as single
characters. MPRINT will work with a string, replacing the old MPRINTC
which could only print out a single character at a time. The
functions STRIPRANGE, REVERSE, LROTATE, RROTATE, EXTRACT, READBITF
and WRITEBITF have been added. The documentation now includes
numbered pages with an index and a reference listing of the ADVBAS
functions.
ADVBAS 1.8: Not released to the public.
ADVBAS 1.7, 11/28/85:
An error in the documentation for CRC has been fixed. The functions
DELCHR and INSCHR have been added.