~ Quick List of Commands for The ABC Reader v1.10 -------------------------------------------------------- ~Load List Mode / Scroll Up/Down F1 On-Line Help / Switch Window F2 Group Search PgDn Next Page F3 ABC Reader Setup PgUp Previous Page F4 Tally up Totals Home Goto First Entry F5 About The ABC Program End Goto Last Entry INS Add Packet/Code A..Z Search By Letter DEL Delete Packet ─┘ (ENTER) View ESC Exit ABC Reader ALT+A About ABC Program ALT+C ABC Reader Setup ALT+S Group Search ALT+T Tally ABC Totals ALT+X Exit ABC Reader ~Load ABC Snippet Mode / Scroll Up/Down F1 On-Line Help PgDn Next Page F2 Search Current Packet PgUp Previous Page F3 Sort By... Home Goto First Entry DEL Delete Code End Goto Last Entry INS Add Code ─┘ (ENTER) View Code SPC Mark Code (SPACE) / Toggle Extra Info. ESC Exit ABC Index ALT+S Search For... ALT+M Move Code ~View Snippet Mode / Scroll Up/Down 'X' Extract Code / Scroll Left/Right 'F' Find Text PgDn Next Page 'N' Next Code '+' PgUp Previous Page 'P' Previous Code '-' Home Goto Top of File F1 On-Line Help End Goto End of File ESC Exit ABC Viewer ALT+H Edit Header 'H' Header Extract The next code jumps to any marked snippets first then performs an increment of messages. Press F1 for an explanation of 'H'eader Extract ~Program Limitations for The ABC Reader v1.10 100 Total Packets Allowed 999 Total Snippets Allowed or Search Totals allowed 5000 Lines of code allowed ~Command line option: You can start up the reader using MONO displays by typing in the command line /MONO ABCREAD /MONO Forces reader to use MONO displays ABCMONO.BAT Batch file to change screen modes if ABCREAD /MONO does not work Note: this changes your screen mode, type COLOR to switch back. ~Reader Update Notes: -------------------------------------------------------- The ALL BASIC CODE Reader v1.10 BUG Fixes: * Fixed Febuary -> February * Fixed mouse click on ESC Exit in the Viewer mode so it won't mark the snippet when returned to list * Added Extra Header Info to the List mode Left/right keys or center mouse button toggles this * Fixed comment color on REM alone lines * Implemented comment color for assembly ";" comments * Disabled extraction of snippet when group searched To prevent accidental hang up of system. * Fixed MOVE ABC CODE for one snippet packets Used to skip transfer and delete packet. * Fixed clock initializing to 00:00:00 at midnight * Fixed the Tab Filter when searching ~Using the Mouse to its FULL Potential -------------------------------------------------------- The Mouse can act as your ENTER/Navigational/ESC keys RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON acts as an ESC Press this button to exit from any menu LEFT MOUSE BUTTON acts as your ENTER/Navigational keys Holding down your left mouse button on a scroll bar will move the text up/down/pageUp/pageDown Clicking on the buttons will execute the commands and clicking on certain text areas will select the text and execute an ENTER. ~Tally Function -------------------------------------------------------- So what does this function do? When you first click or execute the command, it will tally up the totals for the selected packet. Upon the second execution of this function, it will tally up the total number of snippets in all packets for a whopping grand total. Execute it again and it will return to its normal function of displaying the path. ~About The ABC Program -------------------------------------------------------- This is what you'd call "Wasted Code," but so what if it adds a couple of KB's to the .EXE, no biggy. Anyways, FYI, there are four things that clicking on the face might return: Tongue Sticking Out Disappear <---- Cool! Oh that's smarts Don't get me mad Anyways, the About box doesn't tell you much, so I'll explain what this ABC Program is all about. ALL BASIC CODE is a collection of BASIC Source Codes (QB/PDS/QBasic/PB/VB/ASIC) and also some assembly routines. All codes are released to the public domain. These codes are obtained from a wide variety of sources mainly FidoNet and BASIC newsgroups on the internet. Also from individual programmers who summit their code via email [voxel@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca] ~Special Thanks -------------------------------------------------------- A special thanks to ALL contributors who have donated their source codes for the benefit of this project and all BASIC programmers out there. For without whom, this project may have never seen the light of day. Thank you once again for all your contributions. -------------------------------------------------------- For more information, please read the ABCREAD.DOC file -------------------------------------------------------- ~Using The ABC Group Search Method -------------------------------------------------------- Search: *.ABC <--- ENTER to toggle global/select Subject: <--- Search Index All upper case Author: <--- Search Index of Author Case: Sensitive to case or not? Code Of: <--- Type of code to look for Case: Sensitive to case or not? Body Text: <--- Search all text in packets Case: Sensitive to case or not? As you noticed, the SUBJECT field has no case sensitivity, since it's all in UPPERCASE to begin with. You DO NOT have to fill in all the empty fields. ~ NOTE: You MUST have at least ONE ABC Packet in the ~ residing directory. -------------------------------------------------------- ~ ie. You want to search for all PB Source codes Select CODE OF: type PB Start the search and bingo... there you are. -------------------------------------------------------- What's great about this group search, is that you can specify a search down to its core. ~ ie. You want to search for all PDS Codes ~ And author of JOE BLOW with text matching CD-ROM Select AUTHOR: type JOE BLOW Select CODE OF: type PDS Select BODY TEXT: type CD-ROM Start the search and bingo... there you are again. -------------------------------------------------------- Now how about searching whole words??? I have not included a whole word toggle switch because it can be simply inputed as this: ~ ie. type " WHOLE " <-- notice the spaces, instead ~ of typing "WHOLE" ~ The search will ignore the ~ commas and periods. -------------------------------------------------------- Can I search using multiple words? Such that both GRAPHICS and SVGA are both included in the code? Yes, but only for the BODY TEXT field. So don't try this on the subject/author/code of field. To do this, you would type: ~ ie. BODY TEXT: Graphics&SVGA '&' = AND, '|' = OR So what does this search do? ~ ie. Mouse&Graphics|Mouse&Text Searches for Mouse AND Graphics OR Mouse AND Text NOTE: if you use more than one '|' command, it will, in most cases, not parse properly. You may use the '&' command as much as you like. But note that it will be a little slower in searching. -------------------------------------------------------- The ABC Group Search is a very powerful tool. There's other searches that can be done individually if you have selected a ABC Packet first. Using the individual searches are much faster, but not as powerful. ~NOTE: If you are using this search method, then the ~ Deletion option is disabled. To abort the searching process, and take whatever that is found, press ESC. -------------------------------------------------------- For more information, please read the ABCREAD.DOC file -------------------------------------------------------- ~Setting Up The ABC Reader -------------------------------------------------------- Modifying the NEW Config File. Do not EDIT ABCREAD.CFG Save Path : The Path where you wish the extraction to take place. Load Path : Changes to this directory at startup, but will retain the original path when you exit The ABC Reader. Height : Screen Height (25/43/50) Make sure you have the required adapter for it. Example: 43 - EGA, 50 - VGA Screen modes will change the next time you run The ABC Reader. Sort By : None - no sort Subject - Sorts by Subject Author - Sorts by Author # Lines - Sorts by number of lines ~ NOTE: If you are using a sort method, then the ~ Deletion option is disabled. Color Scheme : Default - Look at the source code to change the color values for this option only. Grey - Wintery color (Grey/7) Cyan - Summer Blues (Cyan/3) Green - Spring Color (Green/2) EGADefault - Same as Grey but with hi-intensity paletted color EGAFlashy - Flashy Colors, sort of. ----------- Other Colors?: So what about the RED/PURPLE colors? No, it's not because it's a girly color or anything childish like that... no, I just forgot to implement it, so sue me! Anyways, you can modify the colors of the default using the source code provided to suit your red/purple needs. ----------- Mouse : Enable - Detect at startup Disable - Bypass detection Mouse Delay : <<<< Slower / Faster >>>> Hold delay Display : Displays this at the bottom of the screen Banner Scroll - Scroll message Date & Time - Shows date and time Command Keys - Display the command keys SAVE will write to file ABCREAD.CFG USE ONLY uses the changed values, but does not save CANCEL aborts ALL previous modifications made and reads the original values from ABCREAD.CFG NOTICE: The path to the ABCREAD.CFG is always the directory you started the ABCREAD.EXE in. Meaning if you start changing directories and drives in the program, it will not affect the path to which ABCREAD.CFG will be saved. -------------------------------------------------------- For more information, please read the ABCREAD.DOC file -------------------------------------------------------- ~Importing Your BASIC Code Into the ABC Packets -------------------------------------------------------- *Add to : Refers to the ABC Packet you wish to include your source code in. You can create a new packet, simply by modifying this file name. ~ NOTE: This function is disabled if you ~ have already selected your packet *File To Add : Where is your source code located? Type in complete path if necessary *Subject Title: Title the source code as this for easy reference. *Authors Name : Who wrote this program? Include his/her name here Refrain from taking credit for something you did not write. If you don't know who wrote it, then please leave it as Unknown Author. The Origin : Where did you obtain this program? If you haven't a clue, it's alright to leave this field blank Date & Time : Format used is MM-DD-YY (hh:mm) Choose a format you prefer Code Of : What BASIC Language was this program written for? QB/QBasic/PDS/PB/VB/ASIC? Or is it just a TEXT file or ASM file? Extract Name : The File Name that will be used as a default extraction name. Add Header : Includes a FULL Header in the extraction of this particular source code If not, the extracted file will not include the FULL Header. This gives a way for users to remember what the extracted file does and who originally wrote the program. This line will appear in the source code --> 'FULL Header Extraction for this... Mark Special : Mark your Added Code Snippets so that you know which snippets you included and if incidentally it turns up in the later issues of the ABC Packets, you will know which ones to delete quite easily. ~ * Field MUST be filled, can not leave blank. Selecting: ADD Will process file and include it into the packet BROWSE No, this doesn't bring up a file directory list, it returns the # lines and bytes in the Added file. CANCEL Aborts operation and returns to program HELP What you're viewing right this moment -------------------------------------------------------- For more information, please read the ABCREAD.DOC file -------------------------------------------------------- ~Commands for Selecting a Code to View -------------------------------------------------------- / Scroll Up/Down F1 On-Line Help PgDn Next Page F2 Search Current Packet PgUp Previous Page F3 Sort By... Home Goto First Entry DEL Delete Code End Goto Last Entry INS Add Code ─┘ (ENTER) View Code SPC Mark Code (SPACE) / Toggle Extra Info. ESC Exit ABC Index ALT+S Search For... ALT+M Move Code ~The Search/Mark/Sort Routines -------------------------------------------------------- For the searching routine, it only searches strings within the ABC INDEX file, so it's quick. Unfortunately, this means you're limited to searching Subject, Author, and # Lines. You can TAG a maximum of 100 codes for viewing. Marking your selected code will cause the (N)ext/+ function on the Code Viewer to jump to the next tagged code instead of an increment of one. Instead of always modifying the config file to sort your ABC Packets the way you like, SORT BY offers an alternative. Remember, once you sort your code, some functions will be disabled, namely the ones below. ~More on ADDING/DELETING/TRANSFERING Code -------------------------------------------------------- Selecting INS will bring up the same inclusion form as from the one on the Main Menu. Add to Packet is disabled because you've already selected a packet to add to. Selecting DEL will prompt you to think about it again. And if you still wish to delete the selected code, then it will remove the code by doing these three steps: Create a TEMPORARY file to extract the remaining code Skip the deleted code Rename the TEMPORARY file to the actual .ABC Packet If there's only ONE snippet in the ABC Packet, then selecting DEL will just delete the .ABC Packet. ALT+Move is a way for you to organize the snippets as you see fit. By transferring the code, it uses the same routine as the DEL Function, except this time, it reads the code to be moved and appends it to the selected .ABC Packet. Again, if there's only ONE snippet in the ABC Packet then selecting ALT+M will delete the ABC Packet also. You can NOT move the code into the packet you are currently viewing. -------------------------------------------------------- For more information, please read the ABCREAD.DOC file -------------------------------------------------------- ~Commands for viewing the Source Code -------------------------------------------------------- / Scroll Up/Down 'X' Extract Code / Scroll Left/Right 'F' Find Text PgDn Next Page 'N' Next Code '+' PgUp Previous Page 'P' Previous Code '-' Home Goto Top of File F1 On-Line Help End Goto End of File ESC Exit ABC Viewer ALT+H Edit Header The 'N'ext code jumps to any marked snippets first then performs an increment of messages. ~Extracting Code with Headers -------------------------------------------------------- Modify the config file if the desired extraction path does not exist. Extracting files with FULL Header: Unfortunately, not everyone prefers to have the FULL header included in the extraction, therefore, I've implemented a sneaky extraction process called 'H'eader Extract. It will Extract the FULL Header into the source code. Instead of hitting 'X' type 'H' Mandatory FULL Header: By including you own source codes into the ABC Packets, there's a function called Include Header, which will extract the FULL Header into the source code, no matter what extraction routine you use. This line will appear at the top of the source code --> 'FULL Header Extraction for this Source Code Enabled Extracting full headers will add five extra lines into your source code, and are commented. ~Editing the Header -------------------------------------------------------- I implemented this for people to organize their ABC Packets as they see fit. Not to change the credits of the program to some other name. Some fields may be incorrect or you wish to change the Subject Heading, then you will need this function. It is especially true if you have added your own source codes into the ABC Packets and wish to change the headings. NOTE: This function will be disabled if you are in a group search packet. -------------------------------------------------------- For more information, please read the ABCREAD.DOC file --------------------------------------------------------
