PsL Monthly 1993 December/PSL Monthly Shareware CD-ROM (December 1993).iso/prgmming/dos/basic/pbtool.exe/KEYWORDS.TXT

Text File | 1991-10-26 | 6KB | 300 lines

        This file is KEYWORDS.TXT.  It lists all the statements,
        functions, and metastatements from TurboBasic and PowerBasic.
        Very useful when converting source code from one to the
        other.  Of course, PowerBasic is almost completely
        backwards compatible with TurboBasic - you should rarely
        have any problems.  If you really want to use PowerBasic
        source code, it is much better to contact Spectra Publishing
        about upgrading - they seem eager for TurboBasic users to
        move up to PowerBasic.  There are many other reasons, some
        of which become apparent from browsing the following listing.

              Commands common to TurboBasic and PowerBasic
        $DYNAMIC
        $EVENT
        $IF/$ELSE/$ENDIF
        $INCLUDE
        $INLINE
        $SEGMENT
        $SOUND
        $STACK
        $STATIC
        ABS
        ASC
        ATN
        BEEP
        BIN$
        BLOAD
        BSAVE
        CALL
        CALL ABSOLUTE
        CALL INTERRUPT
        CEIL
        CFIX
        CHAIN
        CHDIR
        CHR$
        CIRCLE
        CINT, CLNG, CQUD, CSNG, CDBL, CEXT, CFIX, CBCD
        CLEAR
        CLOSE
        CLS
        COLOR
        COM()
        COMMAND$
        COMMON
        COS
        CSRLIN
        CVI,CVL, CVQ, CVS, CVD, CVE, CVF, CVB
        CVMD, CVMS
        DATA
        DATE$
        DECLARE
        DECR
        DEF FN/END DEF
        DEFINT, DEFLNG, DEFSNG, DEFDBL, DEFSTR
        DEF SEG
        DELAY
        DIM
        DO/LOOP
        DRAW
        END
        ENDMEM
        ENVIRON
        ENVIRON$
        EOF
        ERADR
        ERASE
        ERDEV/ERDEV$
        ERL/ERR
        ERROR
        EXIT
        EXP, EXP2, EXP10
        FIELD
        FILES
        FIX
        FOR/NEXT
        FRE
        FUNCTION/END FUNCTION
        GET
        GET$
        GOSUB
        GOTO
        HEX$
        IF
        INCR
        INKEY$
        INP
        INPUT
        INPUT #
        INPUT$
        INSTAT
        INSTR
        INT
        IOCTL/IOCTL$
        KEY
        KEY()
        KILL
        LBOUND
        LCASE$
        LEFT$
        LEN
        LET
        LINE
        LINE INPUT
        LINE INPUT #
        LOC
        LOCAL
        LOCATE
        LOF
        LOG/LOG2/LOG10
        LPOS
        LPRINT/LPRINT USING
        LSET
        MEMSET
        MID$
        MKDIR
        MKI$, MKL$, MKQ$, MKS$, MKD$
        MKMD$, MKMS$
        MTIMER
        NAME
        OCT$
        ON COM()
        ON ERROR
        ON/GOSUB
        ON/GOTO
        ON KEY()
        ON PEN
        ON PLAY
        ON STRIG
        ON TIMER
        OPEN
        OPEN COM
        OPTION BASE
        OUT
        PAINT
        PALETTE/PALETTE USING
        PEEK
        PEN
        PLAY
        PMAP
        POINT
        POKE, POKEI, POKEL, POKE$
        POS
        PRESET
        PRINT
        PRINT USING
        PRINT #/PRINT # USING
        PSET
        PUT
        PUT$
        RANDOMIZE
        READ
        REG
        REM
        RESET
        RESTORE
        RESUME
        RETURN
        RIGHT$
        RMDIR
        RND
        RSET
        RUN
        SCREEN
        SEEK
        SELECT
        SGN
        SHARED
        SHELL
        SIN
        SOUND
        SPACE$
        SPC
        SQR
        STATIC
        STICK
        STOP
        STR$
        STRIG
        STRING$
        SUB/END SUB
        SUB INLINE/END SUB
        SWAP
        SYSTEM
        TAB
        TAN
        TIME$
        TIMER
        TROFF/TRON
        UBOUND
        UCASE$
        VAL
        VALPTR
        VARPTR$
        VARSEG
        VIEW
        WAIT
        WHILE/WEND
        WIDTH
        WINDOW
        WRITE
        WRITE #

                      Commands added to PowerBasic
        $COM
        $COMPILE
        $CPU
        $DEBUG
        $ERROR
        $FLOAT
        $LIB
        $LINK
        $OPTION
        $STRING
        ARRAY
        ARRAY SORT
        ARRAY SCAN
        ARRAY INSERT
        ARRAY DELETE

        ASCII
        CBCD
        CEXT
        CFIX
        CQUD
        CVB
        CVE
        CVF
        CVQ
        DECLARE
        DEFBCD
        DEFEXT
        DEFFIX
        DEFFLX
        DEFQUD
        EXECUTE
        EXTERNAL
        EXTRACT$
        FILEATTR
        FIXDIGITS
        FLEXCHR$
        FREEFILE
        FUNCTION
        LTRIM$
        MAP
        MAX
        MAX%
        MAX$
        MIN
        MIN%
        MIN$
        MKB$
        MKE$
        MKF$
        MKQ$
        PEEKI
        PEEKL
        PEEK$
        POKEI
        POKEL
        POKE$
        PUBLIC
        REDIM
        REMOVE$
        REPEAT$
        REPLACE
        ROUND
        RTRIM$
        STRPTR
        STRSEG
        TALLY
        USING$
        VERIFY

              Commands added/changed to PowerBasic v2.10a
        $LINK    more flexibility when linking .OBJ files
        ATTRIB   sets DOS attribute of file (statement)
        ATTRIB   reads DOS attribute of a file (function)
        DIR$     allows easy directory reading
        CHDRIVE  easy changing of default disk drive
        COM      controls trapping of COM port events
        CURDIR$  returns the current directory path
        FRE      now causes allocated but unused string space to be compressed
        INPUT    can read strings up to 32750 characters
        LINE INPUT  can read strings up to 32750 characters
        LOCK
        ON COM   declares trap subroutine for COM port events
        OPEN     Network support for access and locking rights
                 also support for COM 3 and COM 4
        OPTION BASE  specifiy 0 or 1 for 1st byte position for binary mode
        SEEK     sets file pointer for file opened in any mode (statement)
        SEEK     returns file pointer location (function)
        UNLOCK
        WIDTH    sets logical line size for printer/screen/comm port

        Many new error messages been added as well as other performance
        related features (smaller .EXE, faster, more string space).