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- QBUTIL - A QuickBASIC Programmer's Utility Set [Release 5]
- Appendix A - Public Domain Release Information
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- Introduction:
- Introduction:
- Introduction:
- This appendix is designed to provide information to QuickBASIC
- programmers who have received the public domain release of
- QBUTIL. It provides information on registration, upgrades,
- release changes, and programming information.
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- All users should take the time to completely read the following
- sections, the information provided could be very useful.
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- Note: This appendix is replaced with a more complete version for
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- Registration:
- Registration:
- Registration:
- QBUTIL is provided to the Public Domain (PD) "as is", a
- demonstration of the utility set. Users are not required to
- register, however, the demonstration restrictions hamper
- programming efforts.
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- Provided with the QBUTIL package is a registration form. If you
- find QBUTIL to be useful for your programming need then simply
- print out the form, fill it out, and send it in to receive the
- complete QBUTIL package. The donation of $10.00 helps to provide
- for the ability of Traveller Software & Associates to continue to
- add to and upgrade this utility set.
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- See Appendix C, Associate Programmers, for information on free
- registration.
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- Upgrade Policy:
- Upgrade Policy:
- Upgrade Policy:
- The QuickBASIC Utility Set is constantly upgraded to provide
- additional utilities and enhancements to existing routines.
- Registered users will be able to upgrade to new releases for
- contributions of $5.00. This contribution covers the cost of the
- required disk, packaging, and postage.
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- See Appendix C, Associate Programmers, for information on free
- upgrades.
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- Release 5 Changes:
- Release 5 Changes:
- Release 5 Changes:
- QBUTIL now contains 100 utility routines with in this release.
- Several new routines have been added and others updated. The
- documentation has been completely restructured and an index of
- all routines has been added.
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- With this release the Public Domain demonstration version of
- QBUTIL was introduced. The demonstration version is provided to
- the Public Domain to freely distribute and use.
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- Copyright (c) Traveller Software & Associates 1987 - 1990
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- QBUTIL - A QuickBASIC Programmer's Utility Set [Release 5]
- Appendix A - Public Domain Release Information
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- Programming Information:
- Programming Information:
- Programming Information:
- This section provides information for the use of QBUTIL Release
- 5. It is designed to give users general instruction as to the
- requirements and programming restrictions of this utility set.
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- A. Requirements: This release requires Microsoft (tm)
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- QuickBASIC version 4.5.
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- B. Restrictions: The demonstration release of QBUTIL
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- limits the programmer in several ways:
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- 1. Almost 1/4 of the utility set is not available in
- the QBUTIL5.LIB file. This file is used to produce executable
- programs using the QBUTIL utility set.
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- 2. Without the source code files, compiled programs
- range from 30k to 50k larger in size due to the method of linking
- used by the QuickBASIC compiler.
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- C. Usage:
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- 1. The QuickLibrary (QBUTIL5.QLB), provided with this
- release, contains all of the utilities identified in the
- documentation provided. To use the this library in the
- QuickBASIC programming environment the following DOS entry should
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- QB [PROGRAM.BAS] /L QBUTIL5
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- The [PROGRAM.BAS] entry may be omitted. See your QuickBASIC
- manual for more information on the use of QuickLibraries.
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- 2. The Object Code Library (QBUTIL5D.LIB), provided
- with this release, contains all of the utilities identified in
- the documentation provided with the exception of those identified
- with an "*". See your QuickBASIC manual for more information on
- the use and linking of object code libraries.
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