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WINDOWS R-E-Z VER. 4.00 CONNECT Software 6192 Fawn Meadow Farmington, NY 14425 Richard Magnanti (716) 924-3439 CPS: 71020,2040 GENIE: R.MAGNANTI DELPHI: MAGNANTI COPYRIGHT (c) 1988, 1989, 1990 BY: CONNECT Software ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CONTENTS Differences in versions of WINDOWS R-E-Z ----------------- 1 Making executable programs. ( unenhanced PDS version ) --- 2 General overview ( list of procedures included ) ------- 3-5 System and programming requirements ---------------------- 5 Windowing routines ------------------------------------ 6-13 The Active Window ------------------------------- 6 1.00 SETWIND --------------------------------------- 6-7 1.01 MAKEWIND -------------------------------------- 7-8 1.02 CHNGWIND ---------------------------------------- 9 1.03 PRINTW ------------------------------------------ 9 1.04 SAVEWIND ------------------------------------- 9-10 1.05 RESAVE -------------------------------------- 10-11 1.06 RSTRWIND --------------------------------------- 11 1.07 DELWIND ---------------------------------------- 11 1.08 CLRWIND ---------------------------------------- 11 1.09 NEWCOLOR ------------------------------------ 11-12 1.10 LINEW ------------------------------------------ 12 1.11 WINDSTATUS ---------------------------------- 12-13 Pulldown windows ------------------------------------- 14-17 2.00 SETPULL ------------------------------------- 14-15 SETPULL example ----------------------------- 15-16 2.01 PULLDOWN ------------------------------------ 16-17 2.02 CHNGPULL --------------------------------------- 17 Scroll windows --------------------------------------- 18-27 3.00 SCRLWIND ------------------------------------ 18-21 SCRLWIND example ( Auto-exit ) ----------------- 22 SCRLWIND example ( Multiple scroll windows )- 23-26 3.01 MARKED% ------------------------------------- 26-27 Get answer routine ----------------------------------- 28-29 4.00 GETANS -------------------------------------- 28-29 Input routines --------------------------------------- 30-39 5.00 INPTWIND ------------------------------------ 30-32 5.01 SETINPT ------------------------------------- 32-34 SETINPT example ----------------------------- 34-35 5.02 MULTINPT ------------------------------------ 35-38 Editing features for input routines ------------ 39 Directory routines ----------------------------------- 40-43 6.00 GETDISK ---------------------------------------- 40 6.01 FINDPATH --------------------------------------- 40 6.02 SETDISK ------------------------------------- 40-41 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By: CONNECT Software All Rights reserved. 6.03 DISKSIZE --------------------------------------- 41 6.04 FINDDIR ------------------------------------- 41-43 A directory scroll window ( example ) ------- 44-45 Sound Routine ------------------------------------------- 45 7.00 DOSOUND ---------------------------------------- 45 Program format --------------------------------------- 46-49 Making a customized library -------------------------- 50-51 Description of files --------------------------------- 52-53 Errors ----------------------------------------------- 54-57 Appendix --------------------------------------------- 58-60 Color attribute chart -------------------------------- 58 Multi-field code chart ------------------------------- 59 Border designation chart ----------------------------- 60 Restrictions and disclaimer ----------------------------- 61 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By: CONNECT Software All Rights reserved. *************************** * NOTE ------ READ THIS! * *************************** The information in this documentation refers to the enhanced version of WINDOWS R-E-Z. Differences between the QuickBasic ( 4.00, 4.00b and 4.50 ) and the BASIC 7.+ (PDS) versions are detailed. The documentation can be used for the unenhanced versions with the following exceptions. 1. MULTI-FIELD INPUT SCREENS - A maximum of 2 input screens with a maximum of 25 fields per screen are available in the unenhanced version. This compares to 10 multi-field screens with up to 100 fields each, in the enhanced version. 2. MEMORY - The code in the unenhanced libraries is not modular. Therefore executable programs made with the unen- hanced libraries will contain all of the code even though all of the procedures are not used. This will substantially increase the length of any executable file and program. With the enhanced versions of WINDOWS R-E-Z, it is not necessary to link modules to executable programs if routines in a module are not used by the program. Much smaller ex- ecutable programs are consequently possible. An additional library is included in the enhanced versions which does not contain error checking or window status capability. This library can be used after the program is de-bugged and also represents an opportunity for considerable memory reduction. 3. The section labeled "MAKING A CUSTOMIZED LIBRARY" refers to the enhanced version of WINDOWS R-E-Z. ********************************************************** ** For information on obtaining the enhanced version ** ** of WINDOWS R-E-Z see the file ORDER.ME. ** ********************************************************** 1 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. *** Making Executable Programs - BASIC 7.0 *** ( UNENHANCED VERSION ONLY ) ============================================================ The library in the unenhanced, BASIC 7.+, version of WINDOWS R-E-Z was made using BASIC 7.1. If you are using BASIC 7.0 the following message will appear when making executable programs from within the QBX environment. LINK WARNING L4051: BRT71EFR.LIB: CANNOT FIND LIBRARY Enter new file spec: Press ENTER or RETURN. The file, BRT71EFR.LIB, is not required. The enhanced version of WINDOWS R-E-Z supplies libraries for BASIC 7.0 and BASIC 7.1. QuickBasic 4.+ does not require separate libraries for each version. ============================================================ 2 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. *** GENERAL OVERVIEW *** WINDOWS R-E-Z is a collection of QuickBASIC and assembly routines which provide users of QuickBASIC ver. 4.00+ and BASIC 7.0+ ( PDS ) with a complete window management system. With WINDOWS R-E-Z users can make, save, restore, and delete up to twenty windows. The memory used to save windowed areas is dynamically allocated and outside of basic's normal data storage area leaving more room for the basic programs data. Windows are assigned a number from zero to twenty. "INPUT WINDOWS" and "MULTI-FIELD INPUT" routines are also provided. "INPUT WINDOWS" provide a convenient means to prompt for, and receive an input. "MULTI-FIELD INPUT" allows users to define up to 10 input screens, each having up to 100 input fields. Numerous options are included for input fields. WINDOWS R-E-Z provides users the ability to incorporate "PULLDOWN WINDOWS", emulating those used in the QuickBASIC programming environment, in their programs. Directory routines find the default drive and path, disk size and free space, and directory listing for any path. File size, date, time, and attributes can also be found. Several other routines are included which allow the use of "GET ANSWER WINDOWS" and "SCROLL WINDOWS". All of the routines require a minimal amount of initial- ization and the resulting programs present a professional appearance. Unlike many other basic "add-ons", WINDOWS R-E-Z provides extensive error detection and reporting. Procedures included: SETWIND -------- Set up routine for windowing procedures. MAKEWIND ------- Makes a window. Saves windowed area to window memory. The window becomes the "active window". SAVEWIND ------- Saves a screen area to window memory. RESAVE --------- Saves the active window. RSTRWIND ------- Restores a window area to the display. DELWIND -------- Deletes a window area from window memory. 3 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. CHNGWIND ------- Changes the active window to another window. NEWCOLOR ------- Changes the print-to color of the active window for text printed by PRINTW. The print-to color is used by CLRWIND to clear the active window's interior. CLRWIND -------- Clears the interior of the active window. PRINTW --------- Prints text in the active window using the window's "print-to" color. LINEW ---------- Prints a line in the active window using the window's "print-to" color. SCRLWIND ------- Places a scrollable list in the active window. MARKED% -------- (FUNCTION) Returns position of marked items after a call to SCRLWIND. WINDSTATUS ----- Reports window memory status. SETPULL -------- Set up routine for pulldown windows. PULLDOWN ------- Makes pulldown windows. CHNGPULL ------- Changes the color of, and disables or enables an item in a pulldown window. INPTWIND ------- Makes an input field with an optional window. The field can be edited by the user. SETINPT -------- Set up routine for multi-field input screens. MULTINPT ------- Places input fields on the screen as defined by a previous call to SETINPT. GETANS --------- Makes a get answer window or single line prompt. Waits for a single key response. DOSOUND -------- Produces sound determined by SETWIND. GETDISK -------- Returns default disk drive. 4 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. SETDISK -------- Sets the default disk drive. FINDPATH ------- Returns default path for any drive ( cur- rent directory ). DISKSIZE ------- Returns disk size and free space. FINDDIR -------- Returns directory of any drive or path in an array. -------------------------------------------------------- *** SYSTEM AND PROGRAMMING REQUIREMENTS *** COMPUTER: IBM PC (XT or AT) or compatible computer. One disk drive. VIDEO ADAPTER CARD: MONO, CGA, EGA or VGA emulating CGA. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE: For the QB4.+ version; QuickBASIC version 4.00 or greater. - Text mode For the BASIC 7.+ (PDS) version; BASIC 7.0 or greater. - Text mode - Requires use of "far strings". This is the default if executable programs are produced from within QBX. If modules are compiled using BC on the command line ( outside of the QBX environment ) the /Fs option must be used. - Expanded memory arrays are not permitted. If QBX is started with the /Ea switch these arrays may be stored in expanded memory. * - Numeric arrays less than 16k in size. * - Fixed length string arrays less than 16k in size. * - User defined type arrays less than 16k in size. When in doubt, do not use the /Ea switch. DOS: Version 2.1 or higher. * Microsoft Basic - BASIC language reference: P 401 ------------------------------------------------------- 5 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. USING WINDOWS R-E-Z THE ACTIVE WINDOW When a window is defined ( made ) the number assiged to it by the programmer represents the area covered by the window. The area is restored or deleted via it's "number". Up to 20 window areas can be saved. The memory used to save the window areas is automatically managed by WINDOWS R-E-Z. Any time a window is made it becomes the "active" window. The active window is used by the following routines. PRINTW --- Prints text in the active window. LINEW ---- Prints a line in the active window. SCRLWIND - Places a scrollable list in the active window. CLRWIND -- Clears all text from the interior of the active window. RESAVE -- Saves the active window and any text in the active window. NEWCOLOR - Changes the "print-to" color of the active window. 1.00 SETWIND (FAST%, SND%, SHAD%, NOHIFLAG%, ISDOT%) Description: SETWIND must be called at least once in any program using the routines in WINDOWS-R-E-Z, prior to calling any windowing routines. This procedure init- ializes window memory. It also sets the default window- ing speed, sound, and window shadow color. In addition it determines how the pulldown window and scroll window routines display high intensity characters. The first call to SETWIND initializes window memory and sets the default parameters. Subse- quent calls to SETWIND will not affect window memory but can be used to change the default parameters. Arguments: FAST% is used to allow "fast" windowing if a CGA video card, or emulation, is detected. IF FAST% = 0 window routines will be slower on computers with CGA. If FAST% = 1 the window routines will be "fast" on computers with CGA. This may, however, cause "snow" with certain CGA cards. If a monochrome card is detected all windowing is "fast" and FAST% has no effect. SND% determines which sound will be generated by the routines. If SND% = 1 a "CLICK" sound will be generated. If SND% = 2 will a "BEEP" sound will be produced. Any other value produces no sound. 6 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. SHAD% sets the color for window shad- ows. See the color attribute chart for details. Set- ting SHAD% to 7 works well for monochrome display while setting SHAD% to 8 works well for color displays. NOHIFLAG% tells the pulldown and scroll window routines how to display high intensity "key" characters. If NOHIFLAG% = 0 and the key character's color is set to a high intensity it is displayed as high intensity. If NOHIFLAG% = 1 high intensity "key" characters are displayed in reverse video. This is appropriate for LCD displays that can not display high intensity characters. NOHIFLAG% affects "key" char- acters only. See PULLDOWN and SCRLWIND descriptions. ISDOT% sets a period or comma for the decimal designator. If ISDOT% = 1 the decimal designator is a period. If ISDOT% <> 1 the decimal designator is a comma. This is appropriate for some foreign users. 1.01 MAKEWIND (W%, LABEL$, TR%, LC%, WIDE%, NR%, ATTR%, BORBER%) Description: Makes a window. May also save a window- ed area to window memory. The window becomes the active window. Calls to PRINTW, LINEW, SCRLWIND, CLRWIND, RESAVE, and NEWCOLOR refer to the active window. Arguments: W% is the window number and must equal 0 to 20. If W% = 0 the area under the window is not saved. A window is simply made. If W% is from 1 to 20 the area under the window is saved and may be restored at a later time via a call to RSTRWIND. If W% is the number of a previously saved window area the old window window area (W%) is deleted and the new window area (W)% is saved. LABEL$ is the text printed on the top border or in the title box (see BORDER%) of the window. By default the print starts on the second column. If the left character of LABEL$ ="@" the text will be centered. If LABEL$ is too long it will be truncated to fit on the top border or in the title box. TR% is the top row of the window. If TR% = 100 the window will be centered from top to bottom. TR% can range from 1 to 23 or may equal 100. Any other value for TR% will result in a error. LC% is the left column position of the win- dow. If LC% = 100 the window will be centered from left to right. LC% can range from 1 to 78 if the display width is 80 or from 1 to 38 if the display width is 40. 7 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. WIDE% is the window's width. WIDE% must be greater than 2. WIDE% + LC% -1 must not be greater than the displays width ( 40 or 80 ). NR% is the number of rows in the window and must be greater than 2. NR% + TR% must not be greater than 26. If NR% is less than 5 a window title box is not permitted. ATTR% is the windows colors and may be in the range of 0 to 255. The foreground ( windows label and border ) color equals ATTR% MOD 16. The background color equals INT( ATTR% / 16 ). If the background color is greater than 7 the foreground flashes and the back- ground color equals background color - 8. If the fore- ground and background colors are the same the border and label will not be visible. ( See the Color Attribute Chart.) ATTR% becomes the print-to color for window W%. BORDER% can be up to 3 digits long. DIGIT = #3 #2 #1 Example = 1 1 1 ( 111 ) Digit #1 sets the border. 0 = No border 1 = Single line border 2 = Double line border Digit #2 sets the shadow. 0 = No shadow 1 = Right/Bottom shadow 2 = Left/Bottom shadow 3 = Left/Top shadow 4 = Right/top Shadow Digit #3 set the title box. 0 = No title box 1 = title box * The example (111) has a 1 for each digit. The window will has a single lined border, a shadow on the right and bottom and a title box * NOTE: If BORDER% is 100 or greater and the number of rows (NR%) is less than 5 title boxes are not permitted. ( SEE THE BORDER DESIGNATION CHART FOR FURTHER DETAILS.) 8 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. 1.02 CHNGWIND (W%) Description: Makes window (W%) the active window. W% must represent a window area in window memory. Argument: W% is the window number. It must range from 0 to 20. If W% does not represent a window saved by a previous call to MAKEWIND, CHNGWIND reports an error. NOTE: W% CAN NOT REPRESENT A WINDOW SAVED BY "SAVEWIND". IT MUST REPRESENT A WINDOW SAVED BY "MAKEWIND". 1.03 PRINTW (TEXT$, R%, LC%) Description: Prints text to the active window. Care must be used to assure the active window is visible as PRINTW will print predicated on the coordinates of the active window regardless of it's visibility. It is advisable, therefore, to print to a window immediately after it is made the active window. The text's color will be the print-to color of the active window. If no window is active when PRINTW is called an error will be reported. Arguments: TEXT$ is the text to be printed. R% is the row in the window were the text will print . If R%=1 the text will print in the first row below the border or title box. PRINTW may be used to print a label in the bottom border of the window by setting R% to the number or rows in the active window minus 1 ( minus 3 if a title box was specified ). An invalid value for R% will result in a reported error. LC% is the left column where TEXT$ starts printing. If LC%=100 the text will be centered left to right. IF LC% + the length of TEXT$ is greater than the windows width (WD%) - 2 an error will be reported. 1.04 SAVEWIND (W%, TR%, LC%, WIDE%, NR%) Description: Saves a portion of the screen in window memory. This procedure is the same as MAKEWIND except no window is made. The area designated by the arguments is saved. If the number assigned to W% represents a window area previously saved the old window area is deleted. If W% was the active window an active window will no longer exist. An area saved via SAVEWIND can be "popped" to the screen at appropriate times during 9 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. program execution by RSTRWIND ( see description ). A screen area saved by SAVEWIND DOES NOT BECOME THE ACTIVE WINDOW. SAVEWIND differs from RESAVE in that it saves an area of the screen specified by it's arguments. RESAVE saves the area of the screen as designated by the coordinates of the active window. Arguments: W% must range from 1 to 20. See MAKEWIND for a description of the remaining arguments. 1.05 RESAVE Description: Saves the active window, it's interior, and shadow. As window number 0 can not be saved the active window can not be window number 0. If there is no active window or window number 0 is active when RESAVE is called an error will be reported. The screen area saved under the active window is removed from window memory and replaced with the active window and it's interior. After complex screens are made in the active window's interior, RSAVE can be used to save them. They can be restored to the screen using RSTRWIND. Use RESAVE immediately after a window is made and it's interior is filled as RESAVE will save the area of the screen determined by the active window's coordinates, even if it is not visible. Use RESAVE as follows; 1. Make a window number 1 to 20 via a call to MAKEWIND. This becomes the active window. 2. Print in the window using PRINTW. Additional windows may also be printed in the window. Use window number 0 to make the additional windows, as the screen area under them need not be saved. 3. Call CHNGWIND to make the window number used in step 1 the active window. ( Only required if additional windows were made inside the original window. ) 4. Call RESAVE to save active window. 5. Use RSTRWIND to "pop" the window and it's interior on the screen any time during program execution. 10 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. 6. After the window is restored to the screen it may be printed in again provided it is the active window. This may require a call to CHNGWIND. Arguments: None. 1.06 RSTRWIND (W%, DELFLAG%) Description: Restores a window area previously saved by MAKEWIND, SAVEWIND or RESAVE. The window area (W%) must exist in window memory or RSTRWIND does nothing. Arguments: W% is the number ( 1 to 20 ) assigned to the saved window area to be restored to the screen. The window area is returned to it's original coordinates. DELFLAG% is set to 0 to keep the windowed area in window memory. If the DELFLAG% is not 0 the saved window area (W%) is deleted from window memory. If W% was the active window an active window will no longer exist. 1.07 DELWIND (W%) Description: Deletes a saved window area (W%) from window memory, if it exists in window memory. If the window is the active window an active window will no longer exist. Argument: W% is the window area number. 1.08 CLRWIND Description: Clears the interior of the active window. Care must be taken to assure that active window is visible as CLRWIND clears the area of the screen designated as the interior of the active window regard- less of the window's visibility. The window will be cleared with it's print-to color. If no window is active when CLRWIND is called, an error is reported. Arguments: None 1.09 NEWCOLOR ( ATTR% ) Description: Changes the print-to color of the active window. Text printed in the window by PRINTW or lines printed in the window by LINEW will assume the new color 11 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. specified by this routine. If the active window is cleared via a call to CLRWIND, it's interior will be cleared with the color specified by NEWCOLOR. The color designation will be retained and used by subsequent calls to PRINTW or LINEW for the window which was active when NEWCOLOR was called. If no window is active when NEWCOLOR is called, an error is reported. Argument: ATTR% is the new color attribute. SEE THE COLOR ATTRIBUTE CHART. 1.10 LINEW ( ROW%, TYP% ) Description: Prints, or erases a line in the active window. If an active window does not exist an error is reported. The line will assume the print-to color of the active window. As the border characters are changed when a line is printed, the color of the border characters may change also. This will occur if the print-to color is not the same as the color of the border characters in the active window. Arguments: ROW% is the row, of the interior, of the active window where a line will print. If ROW% < 1 or ROW% greater then the number of rows in the interior of the active window an error will be reported. TYP% is the type of line which will print and is as follows. TYP% Line type 1 Single line 2 Double line 0 Erases a line and returns normal border characters. Other values Defaults to single line. NOTE: IF TYP% = 0 ANY TEXT ON THE LINE IN THE WINDOW, AS DESIGNATED BY THE VALUE OF ROW% WILL BE ERASED. 1.11 WINDSTATUS Description: This is a programming tool. Calling WINDSTATUS reports each windows number, top row, left column, width, number of rows, and attribute (color). The attribute refers to the original attribute specified by the call to MAKEWIND for each window. If the 12 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. attribute is "SAVED" the window area was saved by a call to SAVEWIND, not MAKEWIND. WINDSTATUS also reports the active window and total window memory used to save window areas. To use WINDSTATUS place a call to WINDSTATUS in the program at the location where it is desireable to view each windows parameters. The program will terminate and must be restarted. First remove the call to WINDSTATUS. Arguments: None. 13 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. ***** PULLDOWN WINDOWS ***** These procedures generate a maximum of 10 pulldown windows with a maximum of 20 items ( lines ) in each window. The area covered by the pulldown windows is saved and restored as the window moves from one menubar item to the next. Unlike the other windowing procedures pulldown windows will only work in the 80 column display width mode. To select a menubar item the ARROW keys can be used or the first letter of the menubar item may be pressed. To select an item from any of the pulldown windows the ARROW keys, or "KEY CHAR- ACTER" for the item may be pressed. If the ARROW keys are used the ENTER or RETURN key must be pressed to finalize the selection. If a letter is pressed, and it is found, the procedure is automatically exited without the need to press the ENTER or RETURN keys. The ESC key always exits. 2.00 SETPULL (BAR$, PWIND$()) Description: Must be called to set up the routine PULLDOWN. Call SETPULL only once at the beginning of each program using pulldown windows. Arguments: BAR$ is the menubar. If BAR$ = "THIS IS A SAMPLE" the menubar would be; THIS IS A SAMPLE. Two spaces are placed between each menubar item ( THIS,IS A,SAMPLE ). The maximum length of the menubar is 80 characters including the spaces. No more than 10 menubar items are permitted. Error detection checks for the menubar length and number of items. PWIND$() is an array that contains all of the strings representing the items in each pulldown window. PWIND$() must be in the correct format. ( SEE: EXAMPLE OF A CALL TO SETPULL ). The last item in each pulldown window must be followed by a "***" in PWIND$(). "ENDPULL" in PWIND$() marks the end of all pulldown windows. PWIND$(1) must be the first string in the array, NOT PWIND$(0). Each selectable item in PWIND$() has a "KEY CHARACTER". The key character is the character which is searched for when a key is pressed while in the PULLDOWN enviornment. The key character defaults to the first character in each item. To designate the key character as a different character follow the character with a "@". EXAMPLE: PWIND$(1) = "Get File" ( Key character = "G") PWIND$(2) = "Save F@ile" ( Key character = "F") 14 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. The "@" will not be displayed when the string is printed in the pulldown window. The description for KEYATTR% for the routine PULLDOWN describes how to make the key character a different color, or high intensity, enabling users to distinguish it as the key character. NOTE: DO NOT PLACE THE "@" IN POSITION ONE OR TWO OF THE STRING AS IT WILL PRINT IN THE PULLDOWN WINDOW. AS STATED THE KEY CHARACTER WILL DEFAULT TO POSITION ONE IF THE "@" IS OMITTED FROM THE STRING. THIS ELIMINATES THE NEED TO PLACE THE "@" IN POSITION TWO. If an element of PWIND$() = "-" and it is not the first or last item in a pulldown window it will segment the pulldown window by placing a line across the width of it. If the "-" is the first or last item in the pulldown window it will print as a "-". EXAMPLE: PWIND$(3) = "-" Providing PWIND$(3) is not the first or last item in the pulldown window PWIND$(3) will print as a line across the window. -------------------------------------------------------- EXAMPLE OF A CALL TO SETPULL BAR$ = "THIS IS A SAMPLE" 'MENUBAR STRING DEFINED. N%=20 'USE THIS METHOD SO DIM PWIND$(N%) 'PWIND$() IS DYNAMIC. 'DON'T USE DIM PWIND$(20) TEMP%=0 WHILE PWIND$(TEMP%) <> "ENDPULL" TEMP% = TEMP% + 1 'TEMP% MUST START WITH 1. READ PWIND$(TEMP%) 'READ PULLDOWN WINDOW WEND 'DATA. CALL SETPULL (BAR$, PWIND$()) ERASE PWIND$ 'COMPLETELY ERASES PWIND$() 'IF IT IS DYNAMIC. DATA HELLO, JOE,*** :' WINDOW# 1 DATA HOW, ARE, -, YOU,*** :'# 2 LINE IN ROW 3 DATA I,AM@,FINE,*** :'#3., "M" = KEY CHARACTER FOR "AM" DATA BYE,*** :'#4, ONE ITEM. DATA ENDPULL -------------------------------------------------------- 15 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. First the menubar is defined, then an array is dimen- sioned to hold the pulldown window's data. This is only a temporary array to hold the data and is erased after SETPULL is called. The data is then read. The "***" signals the end of each pulldown window and MUST be entered exactly as shown. The "ENDPULL" signals the end for all pulldown windows and MUST be the last data item read. If the format is not exactly as shown an error will be reported or the windows will not be as expected. In the example shown the first menubar item is "THIS". It's associated pulldown window contains the two items "HELLO" and "JOE". The last menubar item is "SAMPLE" and it's pulldown window contains one item "BYE". NOTE: THE DATA MUST BE IN THE FORMAT SHOWN. THE CHAR- ACTERS "***" MARK THE END OF EACH INDIVIDUAL WINDOW AND THE WORD "ENDPULL" MARKS THE END OF ALL PULLDOWN WINDOWS. 2.01 PULLDOWN (MENUBAR%, WINDITEM%, ATTR%, KEYATTR%, BORDER%) Description: Places the menubar on line one. Places the user in the pulldown window environment. Arguments: MENUBAR% is the sequential number ( left to right ) of selected menubar item . It is returned to the calling procedure (PULLDOWN). If the second item in the menubar is selected, MENUBAR% will equal two. If the ESC key is pressed MENUBAR% = 0. WINDITEM% represents the row number of the selected pulldown window item. It is returned to the calling procedure. If the ESC key is pressed WINDITEM% = 0. NOTE: A LINE IN A PULLDOWN WINDOW OCCUPIES A ROW POSITION. ATTR% is the color. It follows the same rules as described in MAKEWIND except a flashing foreground is not permitted. Any value over 127 is changed to ATTR% MOD 128. KEYATTR% is the color of the key character for each item in the pulldown windows. If KEYATTR% = 0 the key character will be the same color as the other characters in each window item. This would be appropriate if the first charcter in each item is ALWAYS the key character. Setting KEYATTR% to a different color, or high intensity, allows users distinguish the character as the key 16 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. character for each item in the list. Any value for KEYATTR% over 127 is changed to KEYATTR% MOD 128. BORDER% is the pulldown window's border designation. BORDER% can be 0,1,2,10,11 or 12 for pulldown windows. Any other value for BORDER% will result in an error. SEE THE BORDER DESIGNATION CHART. 2.02 CHNGPULL ( BARITEM%, WINDITEM%, ATTR% ) Description: Changes the color of an item in a pulldown window. Also disables or enables the ability to select the item. Arguments: BARITEM% is the sequential number ( left to right ) of the menubar selection associated with the item's pulldown window. WINDITEM% is the row position of the item in the pulldown window's interior. NOTE: A LINE IN A PULLDOWN WINDOW OCCUPIES A ROW POSITION. ATTR% serves two purposes. If ATTR% > 0 it changes the color of the item specified by BARITEM% and WINDITEM% to ATTR% ( SEE THE COLOR ATTRIBUTE CHART ). The key character in the item also assumes the color specified by ATTR%. The ability to select the item from the pulldown window is disabled. Any value for ATTR% over 127 is changed to ATTR% MOD 128. If ATTR% = 0 the color of the item, and it's key char- acter is returned to it's original status as defined in the original call to PULLDOWN. The ability to select the item is enabled. 17 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. ***** SCROLL WINDOWS ***** SCRLWIND places a scrollable list in the active window. A highlight ( scroll ) bar is placed over a specified item in the list and can be moved by the user via the UP and DOWN ARROW keys. Pressing the ENTER key returns the sequential item number covered by the scroll bar. The HOME, END, PG UP, and PG DN keys move the scroll bar as indicated. SCRLWIND searches from the position of the scroll bar to the last item in the window ( list ) to see if the key pressed is the KEY CHARACTER of any element of the list. If a match is found the scroll bar moves to that position in the list. 3.00 SCRLWIND (LIST$(), ENTRIES%, KIND$, RTRN%, KEYATTR%) Description: Places a list ( LIST$() ) in the active window. The list is ENTRIES% long. Arguments: LIST$() is the array holding the strings to be placed in the scroll window. Each element of the array is a line in the scroll window. If the length of any element is greater then the width of the window - 4 an error is reported. LIST$(1) must be the first string in the array, NOT LIST$(0). Each selectable item in LIST$() has a "KEY CHARACTER". The key character is the character which is searched for when a key is pressed while in the SCRLWIND enviornment. The key character defaults to the first character in each item. To designate the key character as a different character follow the character with a "@" in the string. EXAMPLE: LIST$(1) = "Get File" ( Key character = "G") LIST$(2) = "Save F@ile"( Key character = "F") The "@" will not be displayed when the string is printed in the scroll window. The description for KEYATTR% for this routine describes how to make the key character a different color, or high intensity, enabling users to distinguish it as the key character. NOTE: DO NOT PLACE THE "@" IN POSITION ONE OR TWO OF THE STRING AS IT WILL PRINT IN THE SCROLL WINDOW. AS STATED THE KEY CHARACTER WILL DEFAULT TO POSITION ONE IF THE "@" IS OMITTED FROM THE STRING. THIS ELIMINATES THE NEED TO PLACE THE "@" IN POSITION TWO. 18 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. If an element of LIST$() = "-" and it is not the first item in the list or the last item in the list and all of the items in LIST$() will fit in the window's interior the scroll window will be segmented. A line will print across the window as determined by the position of the "-" in LIST$(). If the previous conditions are not met the string will print as a "-". EXAMPLE: LIST$(2) = "-" ( Provided LIST$(2) is not the last item in the list and the number of interior rows in the window is greater than two, LIST$(2) will print as a line.) ENTRIES% is the number of elements in the array ( LIST$() ) to use in the scroll window . KIND$ is as follows; IF KIND$ = "A" when entering SCRLWIND the scroll window is an "AUTO-EXIT" scroll window. If the key pressed equals the key character of an item in the scroll window and the item is between the scroll bar and the end of the list the routine will automatically exit. The position of the selected item in LIST$() will be returned in RTRN%. If RTRN% = 2, LIST$(2) was selected. IF KIND$ ="M" when entering SCRLWIND the scroll window is a "MARK" scroll window. Pressing the <+> or INSERT key marks the item covered by the scroll bar. A right arrow is printed to the left of the item in the scroll window to signify it has been marked. Pressing the <-> or DELETE key un-marks an item if it was marked. Striking the PRINT key or space bar marks all items, unless they were all previously marked, in which case the PRINT key or space bar will unmark all items. Pressing the ENTER or RETURN key returns a coded string in KIND$ which represents the marked items. If KIND$ ="" no items were marked. If any items were marked KIND$ will be ENTRIES% long. Each character in KIND$ will correspond to an element in LIST$(). If the first character of KIND$=" " then LIST$(1) was not marked. If the second character in KIND$ = CHR$(26) then LIST$(2) was marked. Each un- marked element of LIST$() will have a corresponding space ( " " ) in KIND$ while each marked element will have a corresponding right arrow ( CHR$(26) ) in KIND$. See the description for the function MARKED% for a method of decoding KIND$. IF KIND$ = "S" when entering SCRLWIND the scroll window is a "SINGLE MARK" scroll window. Provided there is more than one item ( ENTRIES% > 1 ) in the scroll window, one item will be marked as in the preceding example for a 19 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. "MARK" scroll window. Only one item can be marked, however. The marked item follows the scroll bar. Pressing TAB, ENTER, RETURN or ECS will exit the scroll window. If TAB, ENTER or RETURN is pressed the selected item number is returned in RTRN%. If the scroll bar is over LIST$(2), RTRN% = 2. If ESC is pressed RTRN% = 0. SINGLE MARK scroll windows with one entry ( ENTRIES%=1 ) do not mark the item. RTRN% = 1 if ENTER or RETURN is pressed. RTRN% = 0 if ESC is pressed and RTRN% = -1 if TAB is pressed. These scroll windows can be used as <OK>, <CANCEL>, <ABORT> etc... scroll windows. NOTE: SEE THE SECTION LABELED "Multiple Scroll Windows" TO SEE HOW SINGLE MARK SCROLL WINDOWS CAN BE USED TO DISPLAY AND USE SEVERAL SCROLL WINDOWS AT ONE TIME. IF KIND$ = "V" the scroll window is "VIEW ONLY". The window will be filled with the strings in LIST$() and the routine will be exited. IF KIND$ = "SV" the scroll window is "VIEW ONLY - SINGLE MARK" scroll window. The window will be filled with the strings in LIST$(). If ENTRIES% > 1 the item designated by the value of RTRN% will be marked. ( See description for RTRN%. ) Any other value for KIND$ when entering SCRLWIND results in a "REGULAR" scroll window. After the scroll bar is moved to the selected item, pressing the ENTER or RETURN key returns the selected item in RTRN%. RTRN% serves two purposes. One is to place the scroll bar over a the item specified by RTRN% when entering SCRLWIND. If RTRN% < 1 or RTRN% > ENTRIES%, RTRN% defaults to 1 and the scroll bar will be positioned over the first item in the window. EXAMPLE: RTRN% = 2 ( If there are a minimum of two items in the scroll window ( ENTRIES% > 1 ) the scroll bar will be over LIST$(2) when entering SCRLWIND. ) RTRN% also returns the selected item when exiting SCRLWIND. If RTRN% = 2, LIST$(2) was selected. IF ECS is pressed to exit SCRLWIND, RTRN% = 0. If TAB is pressed and the scroll window is a "SINGLE MARK" scroll window with over one entry, RTRN% returns the selected item. If the scroll window is a "SINGLE MARK" scroll window with one entry and TAB is pressed, RTRN% = -1. 20 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. NOTE: THE ITEM SELECTED IN LIST$() ( AS INDICTED BY THE VALUE OF RTRN% ) MAY CONTAIN A "@" TO INDICATE THE KEY CHARACTER. IF IT IS NESESSARY TO PRINT THE ITEM THE "@" CAN BE REMOVED FROM IT USING THE FOLLOWING FUNCTION. ' FUNCTIONS MUST BE DECLARED. RTRN% = ITEM # SELECTED ' FROM LIST$(). DECLARE FUNCTION NO$( ITEM$ ) '( Place this at the start of the module.) ' IF RTRN% = 2 AND LIST$(RTRN%) = "Save F@ile", LIST$(2) ' CAN BE PRINTED AS "Save File" as follows. PRINT NO$( LIST$(RTRN%) ) ' INCLUDE THIS FUNCTION IN YOUR PROGRAM FUNCTION NO$ ( ITEM$ ) A% = INSTR ( ITEM$, "@" ) IF A% < 3 THEN '"@" SHOULD NOT BE IN POSITION NO$ = ITEM$ ' 1 OR 2, OR NO "@" IN ITEM$. ELSE NO$ = LEFT$(ITEM$, A% - 1) + MID$(ITEM$, A% + 1) END IF END FUNCTION KEYATTR% is the color of the key character for each item in the scroll window. If KEYATTR% = 0 the key character will be the same color as the other characters for each window item. This would be appropriate if the first charcter in each item is ALWAYS the key character. Setting KEYATTR% to a different color, or high intensity, allows users to distinguish the character as the the key character for each item in the list. KEYATTR% has no effect on the background color of an item when it is covered by the scroll bar. It can effect the background color for the key character. This is useful for computers without high intensity or color capabilities. 21 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------- 'EXAMPLE OF A CALL TO SCRLWIND - AUTO EXIT SCROLL WINDOW DIM LIST$(11) FOR X% = 1 TO 11 'ALWAYS START WITH 1 READ LIST$(X%) NEXT CALL MAKEWIND(15, "", 1, 1, 10, 13, 112, 2) KIND$ = "A" : RTRN% = 3: KEYATTR% = 116 CALL SCRLWIND(LIST$(), 11, KIND$, RTRN%, KEYATTR%) DATA ONE DATA TW@O ' FOR ABOVE KEY CHAR. = "W" DATA TH@REE ' FOR ABOVE KEY CHAR. = "H" DATA FOUR DATA FIV@E ' FOR ABOVE KEY CHAR. = "V" DATA "-" ' FOR ABOVE PUT A LINE IN ROW 6 DATA SIX@ ' FOR ABOVE KEY CHAR. = "X" DATA SEVEN DATA EIGHT DATA NINE DATA TEN ------------------------------------------------------- The scroll window is the window defined by the call to MAKEWIND as it is the active window when SCRLWIND is called. The list in the scroll window is the items in the data statements, as they were read into LIST$(). The second parameter in the call to SCRLWIND is the number of items in the list ( 11 ). As KIND$ ="A" before calling SCRLWIND, the scroll window is an "AUTO- EXIT SCROLL" window. Since RTRN% = 3 when entering SCRLWIND the scroll bar will start over the third item ( THREE ). The sixth DATA item = "-". Therefore, a line will print in row six of the scroll window. The key character for each item will be red ( KEYATTR% = 116 ). RTRN% will equal the selected item when SCRLWIND is exited. As reading the data takes time, quicker scroll windows will be generated if all arrays used in scroll windows are filled using READ and DATA statement during program initialization. 22 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------- ' EXAMPLE - MULTIPLE SCROLL WINDOWS ( SINGLE MARK ) ' FIRST INITIALIZE THE DATA FOR THE SCROLL WINDOWS. DO ' THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM FOR SPEED. DIM SWIND%(5), STR%(5), SLC%(5), SWID%(5), SNR%(5) DIM SENTRIES%(5), STITLE$(5) DIM SRTRN1$(4), SRTRN2$(5), SRTRN3$(4) DIM SRTRN4$(1), SRTRN5$(1) FOR X% = 1 TO 5 ' DATA FOR 5 SCROLL WINDOWS READ SWIND%(X%) ' WINDOW # FOR EACH SCROLL WINDOW READ STR%(X%) ' TOP ROW READ SLC%(X%) ' LEFT COLUMN READ SWID%(X%) ' WIDTH READ SNR%(X%) ' NUMBER OF ROWS READ SENTRIES%(X%) ' ENTRIES READ STITLE$(X%) ' TITLE ( FOR WINDOWS TITLE BOX ) FOR Y% = 1 TO SENTRIES%(X%) SELECT CASE X% ' X% = WINDOW # CASE 1 READ SRTRN1$(Y%) ' LIST FOR SCROLL WINDOW 1. CASE 2 READ SRTRN2$(Y%) ' LIST FOR SCROLL WINDOW 2. CASE 3 READ SRTRN3$(Y%) ' LIST FOR SCROLL WINDOW 3. CASE 4 READ SRTRN4$(Y%) ' LIST FOR SCROLL WINDOW 4. CASE 5 READ SRTRN5$(Y%) ' LIST FOR SCROLL WINDOW 5. END SELECT NEXT NEXT ' DATA FOR EACH SCROLL WINDOW ' WINDOW#, TOP ROW,LEFT COLUMN,WIDTH,ROWS,ENTRIES,TITLE, ' ITEMS IN THE LIST DATA 16,5,16,12,8,4," TYPE",COLONIAL,SPLIT,BI-LEVEL,RANCH DATA 17,5,35,12,9,5," COLOR",WHITE,BLUE,TAN,BROWN,YELLOW DATA 18,5,54,12,8,4," LOCATION",NORTH,SOUTH,EAST,WEST DATA 19,14,24,14,3,1,"","----OK----" DATA 20,14,43,14,3,1,"","--CANCEL--" 23 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. ' MARK THE FIRST ITEM IN EACH SCROLL WINDOW. CAN BE ' USED FOR ANY ITEM IN THE WINDOW. SRTRN1% = 1: SRTRN2% = 1: SRTRN3% =1 ' ******* LATER IN THE PROGRAM DO THIS: ' USE THE PREVIOUS DATA FOR THE MULTIPLE SCROLL ' WINDOWS. ' SAVE THE VALUES FOR THE MARKED ITEM IN EACH SCROLL ' WINDOW. NEEDED FOR ESC OR --CANCEL-- . PRTRN1% = SRTRN1%: PRTRN2% = SRTRN2%: PRTRN3% = SRTRN3% ' MAKE FIVE WINDOWS. WINDOW NUMBERS 16 - 20 ( SWIND%() ). ' AS BORDER% MOD 100 = 0 THERE IS NO BORDER -- BE ' CAREFULL AS THE BLANK BORDER STILL OCCUPIES A POSITION ' ON THE SCREEN. ' AS THE BORDER (BRDR%) ARGUMENT =100 FOR WINDOWS 16, 17 ' AND 18 THOSE WINDOWS HAVE A TITLE BOX. THE "OK" AND ' AND "CANCEL" SCROLL WINDOWS HAVE LESS THAN 5 ROWS SO ' THEY CAN'T HAVE NO TITLE BOX, THUS BRDR% IS SET TO 0. ' SINCE THE ARGUMENT FOR COLOR = 112 THE BACKGROUND ' COLOR WILL BE WHITE WITH A BLACK FOREGROUND. ' **** SUGGESTION: WHILE DEVELOPING MULTIPLE SCROLL ' WINDOWS SET THE BORDER TO PRINT. THIS WILL GIVE A ' BETTER PICTURE AS TO HOW BIG THE WINDOWS ARE. AFTER ' DEVELOPMENT THE BORDER CAN BE SET BLANK ( 100 OR 0 ). FOR X% = 1 TO 5 ' BORDER IS TITLE BOX EXCEPT WINDOW 19 & 20 IF SWIND%(X%) > 18 THEN BRDR%=0 ELSE BRDR%=100 'PUT THE FOLLOWING CALL TO MAKEWIND ON ONE LINE. CALL MAKEWIND (SWIND%(X%), STITLE$(X%), STR%(X%), SLC%(X%), SWID%(X%), SNR%(X%), 112, BRDR%) NEXT KIND$ = "SV" ' THIS MAKES THE SCROLL WINDOWS "SINGLE ' MARK - VIEW" SCROLL WINDOWS FOR THE ' FIRST PASS THROUGH THEM. THE ITEMS IN ' THE LIST FOR EACH SCROLL WINDOW WILL ' PRINT IN THE WINDOW AND SCRLWIND WILL BE ' EXITED. AFTER ALL FIVE WINDOWS ARE ' FILLED KIND$ IS SET TO "S" AND THE FIRST ' SCROLL WINDOW BECOMES ACTIVE. A USER ' ACTION IS THEN REQUIRED. 24 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. ' FILL THE SCROLL WINDOWS FIRST, THEN GO BACK TO THE ' FIRST ONE ( WINDOW # 16 ). LAST ARGUMENT = 0 SO THE ' KEY CHARACTER IS THE SAME COLOR ( BLACK ON WHITE ) AS ALL ' OTHER CHARACTERS. THE KEY CHARACTER IN THIS EXAMPLE IS ' ALWAYS THE FIRST CHARACTER. STARTS: ' SCROLL WINDOW TITLED "TYPE" CALL CHNGWIND (16) ' MAKE 16 THE ACTIVE WINDOW CALL SCRLWIND (SRTRN1$(), SENTRIES%(1), KIND$, SRTRN1%, 0) IF SRTRN1% = 0 GOTO NOCHANGE ' ESC ' SCROLL WINDOW TITLED "COLOR" CALL CHNGWIND (17) CALL SCRLWIND (SRTRN2$(), SENTRIES%(2), KIND$, SRTRN2%, 0) IF SRTRN2% = 0 GOTO NOCHANGE ' ESC ' SCROLL WINDOW TITLED "LOCATION" CALL CHNGWIND (18) CALL SCRLWIND (SRTRN3$(), SENTRIES%(3), KIND$, SRTRN3%, 0) IF SRTRN3% = 0 GOTO NOCHANGE ' ESC ' "OK" SCROLL WINDOW. SINGLE ENTRY SO NO ITEMS ARE MARKED. CALL CHNGWIND (19) CALL SCRLWIND (SRTRN4$(), SENTRIES%(4), KIND$, TEMP%, 0) IF TEMP% = 0 GOTO NOCHANGE ' ESC IF KIND$ = "S" THEN ' WAS NOT "SV" ( VIEW ) IF TEMP% = 1 GOTO PROCEED ' WAS ENTER OR RETURN IF TEMP% = 0 GOTO NOCHANGE ' WAS ESC END IF ' "CANCEL" SCROLL WINDOW. SINGLE ENTRY SO NO ITEMS ARE MARKED. CALL CHNGWIND (20) CALL SCRLWIND (SRTRN5$(), SENTRIES%(5), KIND$, TEMP%, 0) IF KIND$ = "SV" THEN ' DONE DISPLAYING WINDOWS SO KIND$ = "S" ' MAKE "SINGLE MARK" SCROLL GOTO STARTS ' WINDOWS AND START OVER. END IF IF TEMP% = - 1 GOTO STARTS ' FOR SINGLE ENTRY SCROLL ' WINDOWS TEMP% = -1 FOR TAB. ' PROGRAM PROCEEDS HERE IF TAB WAS NOT PRESSED FOR ' "CANCEL" SCROLL WINDOW. ENTER, RETURN OR ESC MUST HAVE ' BEEN PRESSED. PROGRAM GOES TO NOCHANGE TO RESTORE VALUES NOCHANGE: ' ESC OR CANCEL SELECTED. RESTORE PREVIOUSLY SAVED VALUES. SRTRN1% = PRTRN1%: SRTRN2% = PRTRN2%: SRTRN3% = PRTRN3% 25 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. PROCEED: ' IF ENTER OR RETURN WAS PRESSED WITH THE "OK" SCROLL ' WINDOW ACTIVE SRTRN1%, SRTRN2%, AND SRTRN3% NOW HOLD THE ' MARKED ITEMS FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE SCROLL WINDOWS. IF ESC ' OR "CANCEL" WAS SELECTED THE PROGRAM GOES TO NOCHANGE AND ' SRTRN1%, SRTRN2%, AND SRTRN3% ARE LOADED WITH THEIR OLD ' VALUES 3.01 MARKED%(RTRN$, START%) Description: MARKED%(RTRN$, START%) is a function used to decode RTRN$ after a call to SCRLWIND is made with the MARK option ON. MARKED%(RTRN$, START%) will equal the next position in RTRN$ starting from position START% which contains a CHR$(26). If the third element (item) in LIST$() was marked in the call to SCRLWIND and START% =1, THEN: MARKED%(RTRN$,START%) = 3. Arguments: RTRN$ is the string returned by calling SCRLWIND with the MARKED option ON. RTRN$ = "" if no items were marked. START% is the postion in RTRN$ to start searching for a CHR$(26). A CHR$(26) in RTRN$ represents a marked element in the string array LIST$() used in SCRLWIND. Every time a position in RTRN$ is found which corresponds to a marked element of LIST$(), START% is set to a new value which is equal to the "marked" position in RTRN$ + 1. This is the next position in RTRN$ where the search will start for another "marked" position. If MARKED% =0 there are no more "marked" positions in RTRN$ or RTRN$ = "". ------------------------------------------------------- 'EXAMPLE USING THE FUNCTION MARKED% (RTRN$,START%) THIS 'EXAMPLE PRINTS THE MARKED ITEMS IN LIST$() AFTER A CALL 'TO SCRWIND. 'GIVEN: SCRLWIND HAS BEEN CALLED. THE FOURTH AND TENTH 'ELEMENTS OF LIST$() WERE MARKED. RTRN$ WAS RETURNED BY 'A PREVIOUS THE CALL TO SCRLWIND. DECLARE FUNCTION MARKED%(RTRN$,START%) ' MUST BE IN '(Put this at the start of the module) ' MODULE USING ' FUNC. MARKED%. START%=1 ' START THE SEARCH AT POSITION 1 ' OF RTRN$. 26 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. DO ' MARKED% = 0 AFTER A% = MARKED%(RTRN$, START%) ' ALL MARKED ITEMS IF A% = 0 THEN EXIT DO ' ARE FOUND OR IF PRINT LIST$(A%) END IF LOOP ------------------------------------------------------- The first time through the loop, MARKED% (RTRN$, START%) will equal 4, and LIST$(4) will print. START% is auto- matically set to 5, the next position to start searching RTRN$ for a "marked" position in RTRN$. The second loop will set MARKED% (RTRN$,START%) to 10 and LIST$(10) will print. As there are no more marked positions, MARKED% = 0 and the loop be exited. 27 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. ***** GET ANSWER WINDOWS ***** Get answer pauses the program, prompts the user, and waits for the user to press a key. The prompt may, optionally, be windowed. The key may be any key, or individual keys from a list of permissible keys. The area covered by the get answer window is restored after the key is pressed. 4.00 GETANS (PROMPT$, CHOICE$, ANS$, TR%, LC%, ATTR%, BORDER%) Description: Generates a prompt with an optional window and pauses, waiting for a reply. Arguments: PROMPT$ is the prompt (i.e. Press any key ) or question (i.e. Are you sure? Y/N ). It may be optionally windowed ( SEE BORDER% ). The width of the window is determined by the length of PROMPT$. If PROMPT$ is too long making the window, or prompt, too wide to fit on the screen an error will be reported. CHOICE$ is the valid keys the user can press to exit GETANS. If CHOICE$ = "" any key will exit. This would be appropriate if PROMPT$ = "Press any key". If CHOICE$ = "YN" then the "Y" or "y" or "N" or "n" keys will exit GETANS. The ESC key will always exit regardless of CHOICE$. ANS$ is the key pressed. It is returned in upper case. If CHOICE$ = "" then ANS$ = "". If ESC is pressed CHR$(27) is always returned in ANS$. TR% is the top row. See MAKEWIND LC% is the left column. See MAKEWIND ATTR% is the color designation. See MAKEWIND. Although it is permissible to set ATTR% > 127 to make the border flash the text will not flash. BORDER% is the window's border designation. Title boxes ( BORDER% > 42 ) are not permitted. Set BORDER% to 0 for no window ( prompt only ). SEE THE BORDER DESIGNATION CHART. EXAMPLE OF A CALL TO GETANS: CALL GETANS ("Are you sure? Y/N", "YN", ANS$, 100, 100, 240, 11) ( Above must be on one line. ) 28 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. A window will be generated with the text "Are you sure? Y/N" printed in it. With TR% and LC% set to 100 the window will be centered on the screen ( See MAKEWIND ). ATTR% = 240, therefore, the window will be white with black text and a black flashing border. The user may press the N, n, Y, y, or ESC keys to exit. The key pressed will be returned to GETANS in the argument ANS$. 29 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. ***** INPUT ROUTINES ***** Input routines provide users with the ability to generate a single input field ( INPTWIND ), or multiple input fields ( MULTINPT ). Full editing is provided within each field. Up to 10 multiple input screens may be used, with each screen capable of supporting up to 100 fields. Fields may be defined as numeric, alpha/numeric, or date. Numeric fields may be designated 0 to 6 decimal places and optionally padded with leading zero's. Numerous additional options are available. 5.00 INPTWIND (PROMPT$,CODE$,TR%,LC%,WD%,ATTR%,RES$,RTRN$,BORDER%) Description: Makes an input field, which may optionally be windowed. The area under the field or window is auto- matically saved. It is restored upon exiting the routine. Arguments: PROMPT$ is the message which will be printed to the left of the input field or in the title box of the window, if one is specified. If PROMPT$ is preceded by a "@" it will be centered in the title box. CODE$ sets the type of input field and may may equal the following: "A" - Alpha/numeric. All standard keys are active. "U" - Alpha/numeric. Upper case. "L" - Alpha/numeric. Lower case. "D" - Date. If a field is a date field it can not be exited unless the date is valid or the field is blank. The number keys, "/" and "-" are active. Valid dates range from 1/1/1980 to 12/31/2099. "P0" or "0" - Numeric. The value of the string desig- "P1" or "1" nates the number of decimal places that "P2" or "2" will be returned, even if more are "P3" or "3" entered. The field can not be exited "P4" or "4" unless the number, with the correct "P5" or "5" number of decimal places will fit in the "P6" or "6" the field. or the field is blank. The numeric,"-", and "." keys are active. The minus sign will only print in the first position of the field. If a decimal point is in the field another one can not be entered until the previous one is deleted. 30 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. NOTE: A numeric field will be padded with leading zeros if CODE$ contains a "P." EXAMPLE: CODE$ = "3P" --- This allows numeric input. It will return the data expanded, or truncated to, 3 digits after the dec- imal point and padded with leading zeros. TR% is the top row of the field, or window. If a window is designated, TR% must equal 1 to 23. Without a window TR% must equal 1 to 25. Setting TR% to 100 centers the field, or window, top to bottom. LC% is the left column. If a window is designated, LC% must equal 1 to 76 ( 36 in 40 column mode ). With no window LC% must equal 1 to 79 ( 39 in 40 column mode ). If LC% = 100 the field, or window, is centered left to right. If LC% is set so the input field with a window, if specified, or with a prompt, if specified, will not fit on the screen an error will be reported. WD% is the fields width. A date field must have WD%=10 or WD%=8. A numeric field requires WD% to be from the number of ( decimal places + 1 ) to 15, and for an alpha/numeric field WD% can range from 1 to the screen width minus 1 ( minus 4 if windowed ). ATTR% is the window's and PROMPT$'s color. The color of the input field is the inverse of the window's color. The field's foreground color is the same as the window's background color while the field's background has the same color as the windows foreground. SEE THE COLOR ATTRIBUTE CAHRT. To make the field's foreground color high intensity, add 1000 to ATTR%. EXAMPLE: ATTR% = 1160. ( 1000 + 160 ) The "160" produces a flashing black on green window. ( SEE THE COLOR ATTRIBUTE CHART. ). The "1000" makes the field text high intensity green. RES$ is the restrict string. It holds the allowable characters which can be entered in the input field. RES$ IS IGNORED IF CODE$ IS NOT ALPHA/NUMERIC ("A"). IF CODE$ IS ALPHA/NUMERIC ("A") AND RES$ = "" ALL STANDARD ALPHA/NUMERIC KEYS ARE ALLOWABLE. (SEE SETINPT IN SECTION 5.01 FOR DETAILS.) 31 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. RTRN$ is the string passed to, and returned from the input field. A numeric string can be converted to a number by using the VAL function. EXAMPLE: IF RTRN$= "123.123" IT CAN BE CONVERTED TO A NUMBER (A) WITH THE STATEMENT: A = VAL(RTRN$) A now equals 123.123 BORDER% is the input windows border. ( SEE THE BORDER DESIGNATION CHART ). If BORDER% = 0 a single line input field ( no window ) is generated. If BORDER% produces a title box window, PROMPT$ will printed in the title box. 5.01 SETINPT ( SCRN%, COLWID%, EXIT$, INPT%(), INPT$(), ACTCOL% ) Description: Defines a multi-field input screen, which will be called by MULTINPT. Arguments: SCRN% is the number or the screen being defined. SCRN% may range from 1 to 10. COLWID% is the column width of the screen and must equal 40 or 80. EXIT$ is the code for keys which will exit the multi-field input routine for the designated screen number. To make the function keys active place their number "1","2" etc in EXIT$. A "0" represents the F10 key, a "D" the PGDN key and a "U" the PGUP key. EXAMPLE: IF EXIT$ ="03U" THE F10, F3, OR PGUP KEYS WILL EXIT THE ROUTINE. INPT%() and INPT$() hold the data representing the parameters for each field in the multi- field input screen. Starting at INPT%(1) and INPT$(1), INPT%() AND INPT$() are as follows; ------------ INPT%() ---------- -INPT$()- 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 (Field #1) CODE%, TR%, LC%, WD%, ATTR%, 99, RES$ (Field #2) ...... Repeat above for each field 9999 ( signals end of INPT%()/INPT$() ) 32 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. INPT%(1)=CODE% FOR FIELD 1, INPT%(7)=CODE% FOR FIELD 2 INPT$(1)=RES$ FOR FIELD 2, INPT$(2)=RES$ FOR FIELD 2 CODE% is the code for type of input field and can be as follows; 0 to 6 ----- The field is numeric with the indicated number of decimal places. 10 to 16 --- The field is numeric with padded zeros. Subtract 10 to obtain the number of decimal places. 7 ---------- The field is alpha/numeric. 8 ---------- The field is a date field. 17 --------- The field is alpha/numeric. (upper case) 27 --------- The field is alpha/numeric. (lower case) Adding 100 to CODE% makes the field protected. A protected field will be displayed but can not be edited. A protected field can not be an Auto-advance or Auto-exit field. If a protected field is defined as an Auto-exit or Auto-advance field the definition is ignored and the field remains a protected field. Adding 1000 to CODE% makes the field an Auto-advance field. When the cursor reaches the end of an Auto- advance field, via typing a character, it moves to the next field. ( User defined order. ) Adding 10000 to CODE% makes the field an "Auto-exit always" field. The multi-field input routine will be exited whenever the cursor is moved from an "Auto-exit always" field or ..... Adding 20000 to CODE% makes the field an "Auto-exit on change" field. The multi-field input routine will be exited only when the data in the field is changed. This is useful if a field is part of a formula to calculate another fields value. EXAMPLE: If CODE%= 21027 THEN CODE% = 20000+1000+27. THE FIELD IS ALPHA/NUMERIC ( UPPER CASE ), AUTO-ADVANCE AND "AUTO-EXIT ON CHANGE". ** SEE THE MULTI-FIELD CODE CHART IN THE APPENDIX.** TR%, LC%, and WD% are the same as in INPTWIND. 33 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. ATTR% is the fields color. 99 is a check and must follow the numeric data which defines each field. RES$ defines the allowable characters in a restricted field. If the field is not set to alpha/numeric by CODE%, RES$ is ignored. Setting RES$ to "YN" and CODE% TO 17 ( UPPER CASE ) allows the field to respond to Y,y,N or n. If CODE% = 7 ( UPPER AND LOWER CASE ) and RES$ ="YN" the field is restricted to Y or N. IF CODE%=27 ( LOWER CASE ) and RES$ ="YN" the field will not allow any characters. If RES$ = "" the field is not restricted and will respond to characters predicated on the value of CODE%. NOTE: IT IS ONLY NECESSARY TO USE RES$ FOR NON-STANDARD FIELDS. SET RES$ TO "" FOR NORMAL ALPHA/NUMERIC FIELDS OR THE RESULT WILL BE EXTRA CODE AND MEMORY USAGE. IF THE FIELD IS STANDARD ALPHA/NUMERIC MAKE CODE% = 7 AND RES$ = "". THIS WILL ALLOW UPPER/LOWER CASE ALPHA/NUM- ERIC INPUT. EXAMPLE: RES$ = "0123456789-( )" THIS RESTRICTS INPUT TO CHARACTERS INCLUDED IN A PHONE NUMBER WITH THE AREA CODE. ACTCOL% is the color attribute of the active input field. Use ACTCOL% to make the active field a different color than the inactive fields. If ACTCOL% = 0, ACTCOL% is ignored and the active field's color will not change. ACTCOL% is adjusted to ACOL% MOD 128. ------------------------------------------------------- 'EXAMPLE OF A CALL TO SETINPT A% = 20: B% = 3 ' SET UP TEMPORARY ARRAYS FOR DATA. DIM INPT% (A%), INPT$(B%) ' USE THIS METHOD SO ARRAY WILL BE ' DYNAMIC AND CAN BE DE-ALLOCATED ' LATER. DON'T USE DIM INPT%(20) FLD% = 1 B% = 1 ' ALWAYS START THE ARRAYS AT 1 DO ' OR THE FIRST FIELD WILL BE READ INPT%(B%) ' LOST. IF INPT%(B%)=9999 THEN EXIT DO ' 9999 MARKS THE END B% = B% + 1 34 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. FOR X% = 1 TO 5 READ INPT%(B%) ' READ REMAINING NUMERIC DATA B% =B% + 1 ' IN INPT%(). TR%,LC%,WD% NEXT ' ATTR% AND THE CHECK (99). READ INPT$(FLD%) ' THEN READ INPT$() DATA FOR FLD% = FLD% + 1 ' RESTRICTED FIELDS. LOOP DATA 0,1,1,15,112,99,"" ' NUMERIC - TR%=1, LC%=1, WD%=15, ATTR%=7, CHECK MUST=99 ' NOT RESTRICTED. THIS IS FIELD #1 (1st DATA STATEMENT) DATA 17,3,1,1,112,99,"YN" ' ALPHA/NUM ( UPPER CASE ) TR%=3, LC%=1, WD%=1, ATTR%=7 ' CHECK MUST=99, RESTRICTED TO Y,N,y,or n. ' THIS FIELD #2 (2nd DATA STATEMENT) DATA 108,5,1,10,32,99,"" ' PROTECTED DATE - TR%=5, LC%=1 WD%=10, ATTR%=32 ' CHECK MUST = 99', NOT RESTRICTED ' THIS IS FIELD #3 (3rd DATA STATEMENT) DATA 9999 ' 9999 MARKS THE END CALL SETINPT( 1, 80, "12", INPT%(), INPT$(), 15 ) ERASE INPT%, INPT$ ' GET THE MEMORY BACK '------------------------------------------------------ ' THE MULTI-FIELD INPUT SCREEN (#1) IS 80 COLUMNS WIDE ' AND WILL BE EXITED IF THE F1 OR F2 KEYS ARE PRESSED. ' THERE ARE 3 FIELDS AS PER THE DATA STATEMENTS. A CALL ' TO MULTINPT WILL DISPLAY THE FIELDS AND WAIT FOR ' INPUT. INPUT ENDS WHEN THE F1 OR F2 KEYS ARE PRESSED. ' THE ACTIVE FIELD WILL BE HIGH INTENSTIY WHITE ON BLACK. '------------------------------------------------------- 5.02 MULTINPT ( SCRN%, FLD%, EXIT$, AUTOEXIT%, RTRN$() ) Description: Displays input fields defined in a previous call to SETINPT. Fields are available for full editing Returns edited strings to the calling program. Arguments: SCRN% is the number ( 1 to 10 ) of the multi-field input screen to display. 35 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. FLD% is the active field ( the one with the cursor ) upon entering the procedure. It may range from 1 to the last field as designated by SETINPT ( 3 in the example for SETINPT ). Use FLD% to re-enter the routine in the same field that was active when it was exited. FLD% returns the active field when MULTINPT is exited. EXIT$ is the key that was pressed to exit MULTINPT. EXIT$ will be "F1" to "F10" , "PGUP", or "PGDN". If EXIT$ = "VIEW" before calling MULTINPT the multi-Input Screen will be displayed with the values of RTRN$() in the appropriate fields. Program execution will immediately return to the calling program. EXIT$ will = "AUTO" if MULTINPT is exited via an Auto-exit field. AUTOEXIT% serves two purposes. 1. Upon entering MULTINPT if AUTOEXIT% is set to zero, MULTINPT will update all fields. If AUTOEXIT% is set from one to the last field number only the specified field is updated. This allows quick exiting from, and re-entering to MULTINPT. 2. When MULTINPT is exited AUTOEXIT% will be set to 0 if MULTINPT was not exited via an Auto-exit field. If MULTINPT is exited via an "Auto-exit always" field or "Auto-exit on change" field and the field's data was changed AUTOEXIT% will hold the Auto-exit field number. NOTE: If the cursor is in an Auto-exit field and MULTINPT is exited via an exit key ( F1,F2.... ) EXIT$ will not equal "AUTO". It will equal the key pressed ( F1,F2 ... etc. ). Check AUTOEXIT% to verify if the cursor was in Auto-exit field when MULTINPT was exited. If AUTOEXIT% is not zero then; A. The cursor was in an "Auto-exit always" field OR... B. The cursor was in an "Auto-exit on change" field and the data in the field was changed. AUTOEXIT% will hold the Auto-exit field number in both cases A and B. If AUTOEXIT% is not 0 and EXIT$ = "VIEW" when entering MULTINPT, the field specified by the value of AUTOEXIT% 36 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. will be updated and MULTINPT will be exited. This method can be used to update any single field and exit. RTRN$() is a string array that holds the data to be edited. Elements of RTRN$() will be displayed in the appropriate fields. RTRN$(1) will be displayed in field 1 and so on. Make sure there is not a RTRN$(0) as it will not be displayed. If a field is numeric, the number to be placed in it must be converted to a string. Convert the number (A) to a string as follows: RTRN$(2) = STR$(A) When MULTINPT is exited RTRN$() holds the data in it's edited state. Upon entering MULTINPT, if the field is designated as alpha/numeric and the string will not fit in the field it will be truncated to fit. If the field is numeric and a number formatted to the correct number of decimal places will not fit in the field, "*"'s will be printed. This will not pose a problem if RTRN$() is initialized via MULTINPT, as MULTINPT will not allow the user to input data longer than the field's width. If a numeric field is entered with an alpha string the string will print in the field. It is the programmer's responsibility to assure numeric fields contain numeric strings. IF A FIELD IS NUMERIC WITH 4 DECIMAL PLACES SETTING THE FIELD TO EQUAL "DOG", WILL RESULT IN DOG.0000 BEING DISPLAYED! Use caution if a field is a result of calculation, as the result may be in exponential format. EXAMPLE: A = 1 B = 14 C = A/B STR$(C) = "7.142857E-02". If the field is numeric with four decimal places and set to equal STR$(C) it will print as 7.1428, and not as .0714. To following routine corrects numbers in expoential form for both large and small numbers. A$ is the numeric string to be displayed in a field. IF INSTR(3, A$, "+") THEN A$ = "9999999999999999" REM: THE NUMBER WAS TOO LARGE. ( EX: 2.2D+22 ) REM: SET TO "9999999999999999" AND "*"'s WILL REM :BE DISPLAYED. 37 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. IF INSTR(3, A$, "-") THEN A# = VAL(A$): A# = A# + SGN(A#): A$ = STR$(A#) IF ABS(A#) > 1 THEN A$ = MID$(A$, INSTR(A$, ".")) IF A# < 1 THEN A$ = "-" + A$ ELSE A$="0" END IF END IF REM: THE NUMBER WAS TOO SMALL. IF A$ = "3.33D-4", REM: A$ WILL NOW = ".000333" 38 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------------------- FIELD EDITING FEATURES FOR "MULTINPT" AND "INPTWIND" ( * = AVAILABLE FOR "MULTINPT" ONLY. ) --------------------------------------------------------------- KEY FUNCTION SPACE BAR ERASES FIELD - IF IT IS THE FIRST KEY PRESSED. *UP ARROW MOVES THE CURSOR FROM FIELD TO FIELD AS DETER- *DOWN ARROW MINED BY THE ORDER DEFINED IN "SETINPT." THE DOWN ARROW MOVES THE CURSOR IN ASCENDING FIELD ORDER. THE UP ARROW MOVES IT IN DESCENDING FIELD ORDER. PROTECTED FIELDS ARE SKIPPED. *CTRL END MOVES THE CURSOR TO THE FIRST OR LAST FIELD AS *CTRL HOME DESIGNATED BY THE ORDER DEFINED IN "SETINPT". *TAB MOVES THE CURSOR FROM FIELD TO FIELD HORIZONT- *SHIFT TAB ALLY. TAB MOVES LEFT TO RIGHT, SHIFT TAB MOVES RIGHT TO LEFT. PROTECTED FIELDS ARE SKIPPED. CTRL E ERASES THE FIELD. ESC RETURNS THE FIELD TO IT'S PRE-EDITED STATE. EXITS "INPTWIND" WITH PRE-EDITED STRING. WILL DISPLAY PRE-EDITED STRING IN "MULTINPT". ANY ATTEMPT TO EXIT A FIELD CHANGES THE PRE-EDITED TEXT TO THE DISPLAYED TEXT. ENTER EXITS "INPTWIND". SAME AS DOWN ARROW FOR RETURN "MULTINPT". END MOVES THE CURSOR TO THE FIRST OR LAST POSITION HOME OF TEXT WITHIN A FIELD. BACKSPACE DELETES THE CHARACTER TO THE LEFT OF CURSOR. DELETE DELETES THE CHARACTER UNDER THE CURSOR AND SHIFTS CHARACTERS LEFT. INSERT TOGGLES FROM INSERT TO OVERSTRIKE MODE. IF MODE IS OVERSTRIKE THE CURSOR IS LARGE. INSERT MODE IS THE DEFAULT EVERY TIME A FIELD IS ENTERED. RIGHT ARROW MOVES THE CURSOR LEFT OR RIGHT. ACTS THE SAME LEFT ARROW AS TAB OR SHIFT TAB FOR "MULTINPT" IF THE CURSOR IN IN POSITION 1 AND THE LEFT ARROW IS PRESSED, OR THE CURSOR IS AT THE END OF THE TEXT AND THE RIGHT ARROW IS PRESSED. 39 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. ***** DIRECTORY ROUTINES ***** Directory routines compliment features included with QuickBASIC and BASIC 7.+ ( PDS ).. Procedures to find the current disk, current path, disk capacity, and disk space available are supplied with WINDOWS R-E-Z. Also included are routines to find the directory of any disk or path. In addition a file's size, date, time, and attributes can be found. 6.00 GETDISK (DRIVE%) Description: Retrieves the default disk drive. Argument: DRIVE% is the current drive. DRIVE% = 1 for drive A:, 2 for B:, 3 for C:, 4 for D:, etc. 6.01 FINDPATH (PATH$) NOTE: ALWAYS TRAP FOR DISK ERRORS PRIOR TO CALLING THIS ROUTINE. SEE SECTION " MAKING A DIRECTORY SCROLL WINDOW" Description: Retrieves the current path ( directory ). Argument: PATH$ is the path in the format: DRIVE:\SUB-DIRECTORY\SUB-DIRECTORY\.... PATH$ always starts with the drive letter and always ends with a "\". 6.02 SETDISK (DRIVE%, BADFLAG%) Description: Changes the default drive. Arguments: DRIVE% is the drive designation. DRIVE% = 1 for drive A:, 2 for B:, 3 for C:, etc. BADFLAG% = 1 if DRIVE% is less than 1 or greater than the number of logical drives. BADFLAG% = 0 if DRIVE% is in the range from 1 to the number of logical drives in the system. NOTE: A SYSTEM WITH A FLOPPY DRIVE FOR DRIVE A: AND A HARD DISK FOR DRIVE C: HAS 3 LOGICAL DRIVES. THEREFORE, BADFLAG% WILL = 0 IF DRIVE% = 1 TO 3 EVEN THOUGH A 40 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. PHYSICAL DRIVE B: DOES NOT EXIST. ATTEMPTS TO ACCESS DRIVE B: MAY RESULT IN THE DOS MESSAGE. "Place a disk in drive B: and press any key" BEING DISPLAYED. 6.03 DISKSIZE (DRIVE%, SIZE&, FREE&) NOTE: ALWAYS TRAP FOR DISK ERRORS PRIOR TO CALLING THIS ROUTINE. SEE SECTION " MAKING A SCROLL DIRECTORY WINDOW". Description: Retrieves disk space and disk free space. Arguments: DRIVE% is the drive designation. It follows the same rules as detailed in SETDISK. The note for SETDISK applies. SIZE& is the size in bytes of disk space. FREE& is the size in bytes of free disk space. NOTE: THE ARGUMENTS FOR SIZE AND FREE SPACE ARE LONG INTEGERS. ANY VARIABLE USED TO REPRESENT THEM MUST BE DESIGNATED AS A LONG INTEGER ( FOLLOWED BY A "&" SIGN ) OR A PARAMETER MIS-MATCH WILL BE REPORTED. 6.04 FINDDIR (PATH$, TYP$, FILE%) NOTE # 1: THE FOLLOWING MUST BE PLACED BEFORE ANY EXECUTABLE STATEMENTS IN ANY MODULE CALLING "FINDIR" TYPE DIREC SIZE AS LONG DATE AS STRING * 10 TIME AS STRING * 6 ATTR AS INTEGER END TYPE COMMON SHARED /DIRECTORY/ DIREC$(), DIRINFO() AS DIREC NOTE # 2: ALWAYS TRAP FOR DISK ERRORS PRIOR TO CALLING THIS ROUTINE. SEE SECTION " MAKING A SCROLL DIRECTORY WINDOW" Description: Puts the directory listing of the specified path in an array, DIREC$(). If a long directory search is requested the files size, date, time and attributes are also placed in array, DIRINFO(). The arrays MUST be defined as explained above in NOTE # 1. 41 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. Arguments: PATH$ is the path for the directory listing search. It must be in the same format as returned by the procedure FINDPATH. It may be expanded to restrict the search. Wildcards are permitted. EXAMPLE: IF PATH$ = "C:\TEST\*.BAS", THE SEARCH WILL FIND FILES IN DRIVE C:, SUB-DIRECTORY "TEST", WITH THE EXTENSION ".BAS". TYP$ designates the attributes of the files to include in the search. An "L" in TYP$ tells FINDDIR to make a long directory search. The file's size, date, time and attributes are found in a long directory search, in addition to the files name. TYP$ may contain any combination of the following: A - archived files H - hidden files S - system files R - read only files D - sub-directory listings V - volume entry O - no file attribute L - long directory search - SEE ABOVE EXAMPLE: IF TYP$ = "HS" ONLY HIDDEN AND SYSTEM FILES WILL BE FOUND. FILE% is the number of files found. FILE% = 0 if no files were found. If files are found their names are placed in the array, DIREC$(). A long directory search places the file's size, date, time and attrtibute designation in DIRINFO(). DIREC$(1) = The name of first file found. DIRINFO(1).SIZE = The size of the file. DIRINFO(1).DATE = The files creation or last update date. DIRINFO(1).TIME = The files creation or last update time. DIRINFO(1).ATTR = The files attribute designation. The following describes DIRINFO(1).ATTR; IF DIRINFO(1).ATTR AND 1 the file is a read only file. IF DIRINFO(1).ATTR AND 2 the file is a hidden file. IF DIRINFO(1).ATTR AND 4 the file is a system file. IF DIRINFO(1).ATTR AND 8 the entry is a volumn entry. IF DIRINFO(1).ATTR AND 16 the entry is a sub-directory. 42 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. IF DIRINFO(1).ATTR AND 32 the files archived bit is set. IF DIRINFO(1).ATTR = 0 the file has no attribute. NOTE: WHEN FINDDIR IS CALLED THE ARRAY, DIREC$() IS AUTOMATICALLY DIMENSIONED TO THE NUMBER OF FILES FOUND. THE ARRAY, DIRINFO() IS ALSO DIMENSIONED TO THE NUMBER OF FILES FOUND, IF THE DIRECTORY SEARCH IS A LONG DIRECTORY SEARCH. EACH FILE FOUND USES ABOUT 16 BYTES OF MEMORY PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 22 BYTES IF THE DIRECTORY SEARCH IS LONG. TO RECLAIM THE MEMORY ( AFTER USING THE INFORMATION RETURNED BY THE CALL TO FINDDIR ) THE ARRAYS MUST BE ERASED VIA THE STATEMENT: ERASE DIREC$, DIRINFO 43 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. ***** MAKING A DIRECTORY SCROLL WINDOW ***** REM: THIS EXAMPLE FINDS THE DIRECTORY LISTING OF REM: ARCHIVED FILES IN DRIVE A. IT PUTS THE LISTING IN REM: A SCROLL WINDOW AND WAITS FOR THE SELECTION OF A REM: FILE. TYPE DIREC SIZE AS LONG DATE AS STRING * 10 TIME AS STRING * 6 ATTR AS INTEGER END TYPE COMMON SHARED /DIRECTORY/ DIREC$(), DIRINFO() AS DIREC CALL SETWIND(1,1,7,0,1) ' INITIALIZE START: CLS ON ERROR GOTO DISKERROR ' ALWAYS TRAP FOR DISK ' ERRORS. REM: AS TYP$ INCLUDES AN "A",THE FOLLOWING CALL TO REM: FINDDIR PLACES ARCHIVED FILES, FROM DRIVE A:, REM: ("A:\"), IN DIREC$(). AS TYP$ INCLUDES AN "L" THE REM: FILES SIZE, DATE, TIME AND ATTRIBUTES ARE PLACED IN REM: DIRINFO(). FILE% HOLDS THE NUMBER OF FILES FOUND. TYP$ ="AL" CALL FINDDIR ("A:\", TYP$, FILE%) IF FILE% > 0 THEN ' ONLY IF FILES EXISTED. REM: MAKE A WINDOW STATEMENT MUST BE ON 1 LINE CALL MAKEWIND(1 ,"@Select file - Press ENTER", 100 ,100 ,30 ,10 ,15 ,101) REM: MAKE IT AN AUTO-EXIT SCROLL WINDOW. KIND$ ="A" ' AUTO-EXIT FEATURE IS ON. CALL SCRLWIND(DIREC$(), FILE%, KIND$, RTRN%, 0) IF RTRN% <> 0 THEN LOCATE 1,1 PRINT "FILE .......";DIREC$(RTRN%) PRINT "SIZE........";DIRINFO(RTRN%).SIZE PRINT "DATE........";DIRINFO(RTRN%).DATE 44 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. PRINT "TIME........";DIRINFO(RTRN%).TIME PRINT "ATTRIBUTE...";DIRINFO(RTRN%).ATTR ERASE DIREC$, DIRINFO END IF CALL RSTRWIND(1,1) ' REMOVE THE WINDOW IF RTRN%= 0 THEN GOTO START 'ESC WAS PRESSED ELSE ' FILE% = 0 ( NO FILES WERE FOUND ) PRINT "NO FILES WERE FOUND" ENDIF ON ERROR GOTO 0 ' TURN OFF ERROR DETECTION END DISKERROR: REM: ERR = ERROR NUMBER. THIS ERROR HANDLING ROUTINE REM: WILL DETECT IF DISK IS NOT READY, NOT AVAILABLE, REM: OR PATH WAS BAD. SELECT CASE ERR CASE 71 E$ = "DISK NOT READY" CASE 68 E$ = "DISK NOT AVAILABLE" CASE 76 E$ = "PATH NOT FOUND" CASE ELSE E$ = "UN-IDENTIFIED DISK ERROR" END SELECT REM: FOLLOWING MUST BE ON ONE LINE CALL GETANS("DISK ERROR: " + E$ + " Press any key.." ,"", "",100 ,100, 143, 1) RESUME START 7.00 DOSOUND Description: Makes the default sound ,or sound as specified by a previous call to SETWIND. Arguments: None. 45 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. ** NOTE: ALL NUMERIC VALUES MUST BE INTEGERS FOR ALL ** PROCEDURES EXCEPT DISKSIZE. ( EX: A%, B%, DEFINT A-F ) PROGRAM FORMAT FOR WINDOWS R-E-Z 1. LOAD QUICKBASIC WITH CORRECT LIBRARY. - UNENHANCED VERSION: EX: QB/L QB4UNEN.QLB ( QB 4.00, 4.00b, 4.50 ) QBX/L PDSUNEN.QLB ( BASIC 7.0, 7.1 - PDS ) - ENHANCED VERSION: EX: QB/L QB4ALL.QLB ( QB 4.00, 4.00b, 4.50 ) QBX/L PDSALL70.QLB ( BASIC 7.0 - PDS ) QBX/L PDSALL71.QLB ( BASIC 7.1 - PDS ) 2. DECLARE ALL SUB-ROUTINES. THIS EXAMPLE USES THE INCLUDE FILE ( DECLARE.INC ) CONTAINED IN THE ENHANCED VERSION OF WINDOWS R-E-Z. REM $INCLUDE: 'DECLARE.INC' ' 3. CALL SETWIND TO INITIALIZE WINDOW MEMORY CALL SETWIND(1,1,7,0,1) 'FAST WINDOWS 'SOUND DEFAULTS TO "CLICK" 'SHADOW COLOR = GRAY 'HIGH INTENSITY IS OK 'PERIOD AS DECIMAL POINT ' 4. CALL SETPULL IF PULLDOWN WINDOWS ARE USED BAR$ = "THIS IS A SAMPLE" ' DEFINE MENUBAR DIM PWIND$(250) ' SET TEMPORARY ' ARRAY TEMP%=0 WHILE PWIND$(TEMP%) <> "ENDPULL" TEMP% = TEMP% + 1 ' ALWAYS START AT 1 READ PWIND$(TEMP%) ' READ DATA FOR WEND ' PULLDOWN WINDOWS. CALL SETPULL (BAR$, PWIND$()) ' CALL SETPULL ERASE PWIND$ ' AND ERASE ARRAY ' PULLDOWN WINDOW DATA DATA HELLO,JOE,*** DATA HOW,ARE,YOU,*** DATA I,AM,FINE,*** 46 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. DATA BYE,*** DATA ENDPULL ON KEY(1) GOSUB PULL ' MAKE THE F1 KEY ' THE "HOT" KEY FOR ' PULLDOWN WINDOWS '5. READ DATA FOR SCROLL WINDOW(S) DIM LIST$(10) ' DIMENSION ARRAY FOR X%= 1 TO 10 ' AND READ SCROLL READ LIST$(X%) ' WINDOW DATA NEXT DATA ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE ' DATA FOR A SCROLL DATA SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN ' WINDOW '6. READ DATA FOR MULTI-FIELD INPUT SCREEN(S) A%=20 B%=3 DIM INPT%(A%),INPT$(B%) ' TEMPORARY ARRAYS TEMP% = 1 ' ALWAYS START AT 1 FLD%=1 DO READ INPT%(TEMP%) ' READ CODE%. ' IF CODE%=9999 DONE. IF INPT%(TEMP%)=9999 THEN EXIT DO TEMP%=TEMP%+1 FOR X%=1 TO 5 ' READ REMAINING 5 READ INPT%(TEMP%) ' NUMERIC VALUES IN ' INPT%(). TEMP% = TEMP% + 1 NEXT READ INPT$(FLD%) ' READ FIELD DATA IN FLD%=FLD%+1 ' INPT$() - RESTRICT LOOP ' DATA. ' MULTI- FIELD INPUT DATA DATA 0,1,1,15,7,99,"" DATA 11007,3,1,40,7,99,"" DATA 108,5,1,10,32,99,"" DATA 9999 47 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. CALL SETINPT( 1, 80, "12", INPT%(), INPT$(),0 ) ' SET INPUT ' SCREEN. ERASE INPT%,INPT$ ' GET THE MEMORY BACK '7. ENTER THE PROGRAM MAIN: KEY (1) ON ' TURN ON "HOT" KEY AT ' . ' APPROPRIATE SPOT IN ' . ' PROGRAM. ' . ' WAIT FOR F1f GOTO MAIN REM PULL IS A SUB ROUTINE WHICH IS ENTERED VIA THE REM F1 KEY BEING PRESSED. THIS SUB DISPLAYS THE REM PULLDOWN WINDOW AND WAITS FOR AN ITEM TO BE REM SELECTED FROM SAME. IF THE ESC KEY IS PRESSED REM THE PROGRAM RESUMES EXECUTION WHERE IT WAS REM INTERRUPTED BY THE F1 KEY. IF AN ITEM IS REM SELECTED A ROUTINE IS EXECUTED. AFTER EXECUT- REM ION THE PROGRAM CONTINUES AT MAIN. REM THIS IS A SUGGESTION FOR A METHOD TO USE PULL- REM DOWN WINDOWS. ALTERNATE METHODS MAY BE USED, REM SUCH AS CALL "PULLDOWN" AT START OF PROGRAM. REM AND NOT USING A HOT KEY. PULL: KEY (1) OFF CALL PULLDOWN (MENUITEM% , WINDITEM%, 112, 0, 11) SELECT CASE MENUITEM% CASE 1 ' MENUBAR ITEM = THIS SELECT CASE WINDITEM% CASE 1 ' HELLO ' . ' ROUTINE FOR HELLO ' . CASE 2 ' JOE ' . ' ROUTINE FOR JOE ' . END SELECT CASE 2 ' MENUBAR ITEM = IS SELECT CASE WINDITEM% CASE 1 ' HOW ' . ' ROUTINE FOR HOW ' . 48 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. CASE 2 ' ARE ' . ' ROUTINE FOR ARE ' . CASE 3 ' YOU ' . ' ROUTINE FOR YOU ' . END SELECT CASE 3 ' MENUBAR ITEM = A SELECT CASE WINDITEM% CASE 1 ' I ' . ' ROUTINE FOR I ' . CASE 2 ' AM ' . ' ROUTINE FOR AM ' . CASE 3 ' FINE ' . ' ROUTINE FOR FINE ' . END SELECT CASE 4 ' MENUBAR ITEM = SAMPLE ' . ' ROUTINE FOR SAMPLE ' . ' ( OR BYE ) CASE ELSE ' MUST BE THE ESC KEY (1) ON ' KEY RETURN MAIN END SELECT KEY (1) ON RETURN MAIN ' DONE WITH THE ROUTINE ' SELECTED FROM ' PULLDOWN WINDOWS 49 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. MAKING A CUSTOMIZED LIBRARY ( Enhanced version only.) Users familiar with LINK and LIB utilities may prefer to create libraries outside of QuickBASIC's environment using the appropriate object files. As individual assembly object files can be linked together to create smaller libraries this is the preferable method. See the section "FILES" for a description of all files. The libraries ( QB4ALL.QLB, PDSALL70.QLB, PDSALL71.QLB, QB4ALL.LIB, PDSALL70.LIB and PDSALL71.LIB ) are complete and contain all of the procedures in WINDOWS R-E-Z. If all of the procedures are not required in your program customized libraries using less memory may be made in the QuickBASIC environment as follows: For QB 4.00 and 4.00b: 1. Load QuickBASIC using the command QB/L QB4ASM. The file, QB4ASM.QLB, contains the assembly routines required by all of the other procedures. 2. Load the module WIND_REZ.BAS. ALL PROCEDURES EXCEPT THOSE IN DIRWIND.BAS REQUIRE THIS MODULE. It contains the basic windowing routines. If this is all your program requires select the Make library option from the Run menu in QuickBASIC (see your manual) to make the library. ( QB4ASM.LIB must be present.) 3. Load any other modules your program requires. IF YOU WANT TO USE PULLDOWN WINDOWS THE MODULES PULLDOWN.BAS AND SCROLL.BAS MUST BOTH BE LOADED. All other modules may be loaded independent of each other. When all of the modules you will be using are loaded make the library as in step 2. Two libraries will be produced. The library with the suffix .QLB is used in the QuickBASIC environment and the library with the suffix .LIB must be available to produce an executable file. To use your new library ( assuming a name of NEWLIB.QLB ) exit QuickBASIC and reload with the command QB/L NEWLIB. For QuickBASIC version 4.50 and BASIC 7.+ ( PDS ); Versions 4.5 of QuickBasic and BASIC 7.0+ ( PDS ) do not use the "full library" mode while linking. Therefore it is not nesessary to build a customized library or link outside of the QuickBASIC environment to produce the smallest possible executable programs. 50 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. Some of the BASIC modules contain several procedures. If any of the procedures are not used in the program they may be deleted from the basic module to produce a smaller executable program. EXAMPLE: WIND_REZ.BAS contains a procedure, LINEW, to print lines in a window. If LINEW is not used delete it from the module to save memory. Save the original module so it will not be lost. 51 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. FILES The following files are included with WINDOWS R-E-Z. Files starting with "QB4" are for use with QB 4.00, QB 4.00b and QB 4.50. These files are not included with WINDOWS R-E-Z for BASIC 7.+ ( PDS ). Files starting with "PDS" are for use with BASIC 7.+, ( PDS ) These files are not included with WINDOWS R-E-Z for QB 4.+. Library Files: - Library consisting of all assembly procedures. * QB4ASM.LIB -- For QuickBASIC 4.+ * PDSASM.LIB -- For BASIC 7.+ - QuickBASIC version of QB4ASM.LIB or PDSASM.LIB * QB4ASM.QLB -- For QuickBASIC 4.+ * PDSASM.QLB -- For BASIC 7.+ - Library consisting of ALL assembly and BASIC procedures. * QB4ALL.LIB --- For QuickBASIC 4.+ * PDSALL70.LIB - For Basic 7.0 * PDSALL71.LIB - For Basic 7.1 ** QB4UNEN.LIB -- For QuickBASIC 4.+ ( unenhanced ) ** PDSUNEN.LIB -- For BASIC 7.+ ( unenhanced ) - QuickBASIC version of QB4ALL.LIB, PDSALL70.QLB or PDSALL71.QLB. * QB4ALL.QLB --- For QuickBASIC 4.+ * PDSALL70.QLB - For BASIC 7.0 * PDSALL71.QLB - For BASIC 7.1 - Library of ALL assembly and BASIC procedures without error detection or window status. * QB4NER.LIB --- For QuickBASIC 4.+ * PDSNER70.LIB - For BASIC 7.0 * PDSNER71.LIB - For BASIC 7.1 * Not included with the unenhanced version of WINDOWS R-E-Z. ** Not included with the enhanced version of WINDOWS R-E-Z. 52 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. - QuickBASIC version of QB4NER.LIB, PDSNER70.LIB or PDSNER71.LIB. * QB4NER.QLB --- For QuickBASIC 4.+ * PDSNER70.QLB - For BASIC 7.0 * PDSNER71.QLB - For BASIC 7.1 Object Files: * QB4WIND.OBJ -- Object file of assembly windowing * PDSWIND.OBJ routines. * QB4INPT.OBJ -- Object file of assembly input routines. * PDSINPT.OBJ " " * QB4INPT2.OBJ " " * PDSINPT2.OBJ " " * QB4DIR.OBJ --- Object file of assembly directory * PDSDIR.OBJ routines. * QB4SCRL.OBJ -- Object file of assembly scroll routines. * PDSSCRL.OBJ " " Basic Files: DEMO.BAS ----- Source code for demonstration program. * INPTWIND.BAS - BASIC source code for routines in * PULLDOWN.BAS WINDOWS R-E-Z. * SCROLL.BAS " * WIND_REZ.BAS " * DIRWIND.BAS " NOTES: 1. All basic files are the same for QB 4.++ and BASIC 7.+ ( PDS ) versions of WINDOWS R-E-Z. 2. All basic routines, except those in DIRWIND.BAS, require the presence of the module WIND_REZ.BAS. Other Files: WIND_REZ.DOC - This document. DECLARE.INC -- INCLUDE file containing DECLARE statements for all routines. ORDER.ME ----- Order form for additional copies of WINDOWS R-E-Z. READ.ME ----- Update information. * QUICKREF.DOC - Quick reference guide. * Not included with the unenhanced version of WINDOWS R-E-Z. 53 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. Errors The following is a listing of the errors WINDOWS R-E-Z will detect. ERROR # DESCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------ ERROR 0 There is no active window. SCRLWIND, RESAVE CLRWIND, PRINTW, LINEW, and NEWCOLOR require an active window. ERROR 1 SETWIND has not been called to initialize window memory. ERROR 2 A window number has been specified which is out of range for the calling routine. Window number 20 is the maximum window number for all routines. Window number 1 is the minimim window number for SAVEWIND, DELWIND, and RSTRWIND. Window number 0 is the minimum window number for MAKEWIND and CHNGWIND. ERROR 3 The border designation is not valid for the calling routine. GETANS does not allow title windows. PULLDOWN does not allow title windows and only allows right-bottom shadows. SEE THE BORDER DESIGNATION CHART. ERROR 4 The window will not fit on the screen. The left column plus the window's width makes the window too wide or the top row plus the number of rows makes the window too tall. The left column and top row must be greater than 0. GETANS makes a window with a width predicated on the width of the prompt. INPTWIND makes a window with a width based on the length of the prompt plus the width of the input field. PULLDOWN windows have a width based on the longest item in the pulldown window's list. This error is displayed for INPTWIND and GETANS if no window is specified ( BORDER%=0 ) and the width of the prompt and/or field will not fit on the screen. ERROR 5 The shadow, as designated by the value of BORDER%, will not fit on the screen. If this error is displayed the window will fit on the screen but the shadow will not. 54 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. ERROR 7 A call was made to RESAVE when the active window was window number 0. RESAVE can only resave active window 1 to 20. ERROR 8 A request was made to CHNGWIND to make the active window a non-existent window or a window saved via SAVEWIND. The active window can only be a window save by MAKEWIND. ERROR 11 A bad row number was specified in a call to PRINTW or LINEW. The row number must be greater than 0. PRINTW allows print on the bottom border. LINEW does not. The string specified in a call to PRINTW will not fit in the window due to it's length or it's left column ( start print ) position. ERROR 21 The array ( LIST$() ) in a call to SCRLWIND has a lower dimension greater than 1 or an upper dimension less then the number of entries ( ENTRIES% ) in the list. ERROR 22 A call was made to SCRLWIND with less than one entry ( ENTRIES% ). ERROR 23 A scroll window requires a minimum width of 5. ERROR 24 At least one of the strings in the list for a scroll window ( SCRLWIND ) will not fit in the window, allowing for a space on either side of the string. ERROR 31 The menubar string specified in a call to SETPULL is missing or has the wrong format. ERROR 32 The menubar string specified in a call to SETPULL has over 10 items in it. A space between two characters is the separator for the items. ERROR 33 The data supplied to SETPULL is in the wrong format. The end of each pulldown window must be represented by "***" in the data stream. The end for all pulldown windows must be represented by "ENDPULL". A pulldown window entry is a null string. 55 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. ERROR 34 Over 20 items are requested for an individual pulldown window. The may occur if a pulldown window separator ("***") is missing. ERROR 35 The menubar has less than 2 items in it. There are no spaces between the items. ERROR 41 The requested width of in input field in INPTWIND is out of range. The maximum width is 15 for numeric fields, the screens width minus 4 for windowed ALPHA/NUMERIC fields or the screens width minus 1 for un-windowed ALPHA/NUMERIC fields. The minimum width for a numeric field is the number of decimal places plus one. The minimum width for an ALPHA- NUMERIC field is 1. A date field must have a width of 8 or 10. ERROR 42 The field code in INPTWIND does not consist of legal characters. ("0","1","2","3","4","5","6", "A","L","U","D","P0","P1","P2","P3","P4","P5, or "P6 ) ERROR 51 The screen number in MULTINPT is less than one or over 10. ERROR 52 The array ( RTRN$() ) specified in a call to MULTINPT has a lower dimension of greater than one or an upper dimension less than the number of fields in the multi-field input screen. ERROR 53 The screen number in a call to MULTINPT was not defined via a call to SETINPT. ERROR 54 The field number specified in call to MULTINPT is greater than the number of fields in the multi-field input screen or less than one. The auto-exit field is greater than the number of fields in the multi-field input screen or less than 0. ERROR 55 The screen width when MULTINPT was called was not the same as specified when the multi-field input screen was defined by SETINPT. ERROR 61 The screen number in a call to SETINPT is less than one or greater than 10. 56 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. ERROR 62 The screen width in a call to SETINPT is not 80 or 40. ERROR 63 The exit string ( EXIT$ ) in a call to SETINPT is null or contains an illegal character. Legal character are: "1234567890UD". ERROR 64 The input data ( INPT%(), INPUT$() ) is not in the correct format in a call to SETWIND. ERROR 65 Over 100 fields were defined in a call to SETINPT. ERROR 66 Less than 2 fields were defined in a call to SETINPT. ERROR 67 At least one field in a call to SETINPT has an illegal field code. SEE THE MULTI-FIELD CODE CHART. ERROR 68 The field width is not appropriate for the type of field specified in a call to SETINPT. ERROR 69 The left position plus the width of a field defined in a call to SETINPT will not allow the field to fit on the screen. The row or column position is less than one. The row position of a field is greater than 26. ERROR 70 All fields defined in a call to SETINPT are protected fields. No input is possible. ERROR 71 The cumulative total of restrict characters for all fields for a multi-field input screen defined via SETINPT is greater than 1023. ERROR 72 The number of characters in a restrict string ( INPT$() ) for an individual field defined in a call to SETINPT is greater than 255. ERROR 73 The array ( INPT$() ) in SETINPT, which defines the field's restrict strings is dimensioned less than the number of fields in the multi-field input screen or greater than 1. 57 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. APPENDIX I Color Attribute Chart ATTRIBUTE BACKGROUND FOREGROUND START END 0 ------ 15 BLACK NORMAL 16 ------ 31 BLUE NORMAL 32 ------ 47 GREEN NORMAL 48 ------ 63 CYAN NORMAL 64 ------ 79 RED NORMAL 80 ------ 95 MAGENTA NORMAL 96 ------ 111 BROWN NORMAL 112 ----- 127 LIGHT GRAY NORMAL 128 ----- 143 BLACK FLASHING 144 ----- 159 BLUE FLASHING 160 ----- 175 GREEN FLASHING 176 ----- 191 CYAN FLASHING 192 ----- 207 RED FLASHING 208 ----- 223 MAGENTA FLASHING 224 ----- 239 BROWN FLASHING 240 ----- 255 LIGHT GRAY FLASHING ----------------------------------------------------------- OFFSET FROM START FOREGROUND 0 BLACK 1 BLUE 2 GREEN 3 CYAN 4 RED 5 MAGENTA 6 BROWN 7 LIGHT GRAY 8 DARK GRAY 9 LIGHT BLUE 10 LIGHT GREEN 11 LIGHT CYAN 12 LIGHT RED 13 LIGHT MAGENTA 14 YELLOW 15 WHITE EXAMPLE: If the attribute = 242 then the background color is light gray and the foreground flashes. The offset from start = 242 - 240 or 2, so the foreground color is green. NOTE: GETANS and SCRLWIND allow a flashing border only. CHNGPULL, PULLDOWN, AND MULTINPT will not allow a flashing border or text. 58 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. APPENDIX II Multi-field code chart The code for each field can be up to five digits long. The digits are numbered 5,4,3,2 and 1, with 1 being the least significant digit and 5 the most significant digit. DIGIT NUMBER ------- 5 4 3 2 1 EXAMPLE CODE% ------ 2 1 0 1 6 - Digits 1 and 2 set the field type and can be: 00 ------ Numeric - no decimal places. 01 to 06 - Numeric - 1 to 6 decimal places 10 ------- Numeric - no decimal places - padded with leading zeros. 11 to 16 - Numeric - 1 to 6 decimal places - padded with leading zeros. 07 ------- Alpha/numeric 17 ------- Alpha/numeric -- UPPER CASE 27 ------- Alpha/numeric -- lower case 08 ------- Date - Digit 3 sets a protected field ( No entry ) and can be: 0 -------- Field is NOT protected. 1 -------- Field is protected. - Digit 4 sets an Auto-advance field and can be: 0 -------- Field is NOT Auto-advance. 1 -------- Field is Auto-advance. - Digit ---- 5 sets an Auto-exit field and can be: 0 -------- Field is NOT Auto-exit. 1 -------- Field is Auto-exit. ( Always ) 2 -------- Field is Auto-exit. ( On change only ) EXAMPLE: IF CODE% = 21016 the field is decimal with padded zero's, Auto-advance, and Auto-exit ( on change ). NOTE: If digit 3 is set to 1 (protected) digits 4 and 5 are ignored . 59 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. APPENDIX III Border Designations DIGIT NUMBER 3 2 1 EXAMPLE BORDER% 1 2 1 ( 121 ) Digit 1 = Border Digit 2 = Shadow Digit 3 = Title Box Example (121) = title box/ left bottom shadow/ single line border ------------------------------------------------------------------ :---Border---: :------- Shadow -----------: Border Single Double Title Right Left Left Right Value Line Line Box Bottom Bottom Top Top 0 No border, title box, or shadow 1 X 2 X 10 X 11 X X 12 X X 20 X 21 X X 22 X X 30 X 31 X X 32 X X 40 X 41 X X 42 X X 100 X 101 X X 102 X X 110 X X 111 X X X 112 X X X 120 X X 121 X X X 122 X X X 130 X X 131 X X X 132 X X X 140 X X 141 X X X 142 X X X ------------------------------------------------------------------- See individual routines for restrictions. 60 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved. RESTRICTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------ UNENHANCED LIBRARY ------------------ THE UNENHANCED LIBRARY IS OFFERED ON A TRIAL BASIS. IT MAY BE USED FOR EVALUATION. EXECUTABLE PROGRAMS MADE FROM THE UNENHANCED LIBRARY MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED. IF YOU DECIDE THE ROUTINES ARE USEFUL, REGISTRATION MAY BE ACCOMPLISHED BY VIRTUE OF SECURING THE ENHANCED VERSION. THE UNENHANCED LIBRARY MAY NOT BE ALTERED. THE UNENHANCED LIBRARY MAY BE DISTRIBUTED, PROVIDED IT IS DISTRIBUTED WITH ALL OF THE FILES INCLUDED IN QWEZ40.ZIP OR PWEZ40.ZIP. THE FILES, QWEZ40.ZIP OR PWEZ40.ZIP , MAY BE UP- LOADED IN THEIR ENTIRETY TO ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE BULLETIN BOARD. INDIVIDUAL FILES NOT BE UP-LOADED. ------------------------------------------------------------ ENHANCED VERSION ----------------- ALL OF THE SOURCE CODE, OBJECT CODE, AND LIBRARIES INCLUDED IN WINDOWS R-E-Z IS COPYRIGHTED. COPYING AND DISTRIBUTING ANY OF THE MATERIAL IS PROHIBITED. 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USERS OF WINDOWS R-E-Z ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE USE OF ANY PROCEDURES CONTAINED WITHIN. ------------------------------------------------------------ 61 Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990 By:CONNECT Software All rights reserved.