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- I propose we turn the idea of a FAQL (Frequently Asked Questions List), to
- a FAQR, Frequently Asked QuickBASIC Routines. This is because most of the
- stuff I have are routines .. just a few actual documents.
-
- So here's some stuff I wrote while I went through my collection cleaning up all
- the message headers, re-writing some pieces of code in functions, etc :
-
- The first thing I did before cleaning up all my files, I separated all the
- files into separate directories, so here are the categories I have so far :
- MISC Miscellaneous code and docs
- QB QB 4.5 related files such as patches, making libs, etc
- NETWORK Two routines to determine network IDs
- SOUND Well, not to rush you, we're waiting, Rich. Need complete listing of
- QBTWEAKR though.
- MOUSE Well, so far I have Rich Gelrich's text cursor routines.
- There's also at least dozens of mouse codes floating around
- everywhere, anyone want to provide some well written and documented
- ones?
- PSP Well, I need someone to come up with a complete set of routines for
- using the PSP
- DATE Date of the week routines, and the Juliana functions
- MATH General theory stuff, Arc Sine function, Compression, Encryption
- DOS Lots of files and Interrupt related stuff here
- DBASE I have an incomplete DBase write program here. Some one provide a
- more complete one? There's one in QB News, but are we allowed to use
- that?
- MIXLANG Some docs on mix language programming. Missing Parts 6 and 7 of Howard
- Mencher's series. Also, a test program in A86 to use as library in
- QB. I need some articles on Assembler interface.
- ANSI Rich Geldrich's PANSI.BAS
- RESOURCE So far, I have BASIC Pro, Crescent Soft., a Mail order Co., and the
- Waite Group's QuickBASIC Bible for references
- DISABLE Various routines to disable stuff
- KEYBOARD An example to use extended keys and Txt3win
- COMM Various communication routines
- GRAPHIC Various graphical routines
-
- Well, we're gonna need some good explainer to explain what the new user is
- getting and how to use these routines.
-
- Some things I have to ask for is :
-
- DBase Routines
- PDQ support?
- Who posted routines to individually turn on and off keyboard status?
- Want to support QuickBASIC only?
- What about PowerBASIC routines?
- Someone want to convert some PowerBASIC routines in QB?
- Howard Mencher, I'm missing Mix Language with QB, parts 6 and 7
- Brent Ashley, or someone with a good manual, would you do some complete
- routines for accessing the PSP?
- Can someone come up with a routine to turn the DTR off and on?
- I forgot to save BASIC Pro Magazine's address, can some one provide that?
- How about a sound library? Seems that lots of people in all sorts of
- progamming conferences are looking for them. Why not one in QB?
- Can someone write up a short article on using RANDOM files with TYPEs?
- It would be nice if someone came up with a font to be used with FONTEST.BAS
- Ok, do you think the routines to encode colours into a string should be i
- included? btw, I only have half of them, can whoever has them, post them to
- me?
- Did anybody find my ScreenSave routines remotely useful? Should I include
- those? They're the ones with multiple types of saving and retrieving to
- cover most graphic modes. I know there's lots of bugs in them but what do
- you think? Did all of those freehand ...
-
- Ok, last question, I have cleaned up all of the code in my collection.
- Does anyone think I should post a prelimenary compressed file for all of you
- to look at? It'll only be consisted of code and a few docs (incomplete ones
- included) ... well?
-
- Edward Lam