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- vxBase 1.04 February 20, 1992
-
- This release features 10 new functions:
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- vxBrowsePos Position and size your browse windows
- vxDateString Display dates in international formats
- vxDeallocate Manage memory in design mode
- vxDescend Build descending indexes and seek
- vxMenuDeclare Allocate memory for browse window menus
- vxMenuItem Build your own menus on browse windows
- vxRecord Use record structures or strings to
- hold complete records
- vxSetDate Set international date formats
- vxSetHandles Increase the number of files open in a task
- vxSetString Use vxbase with other languages
-
-
- Corrections and Changes:
- ------------------------
- Corrects vxReplLong, vxBrowse Query Find Next, and
- vxBrowse dashes and ampersands in quick keys.
-
- Corrects VB.EXE memory growth problem in design mode. Running a
- vxBase app in design mode repeatedly resulted in an ever
- increasing VB.EXE until the developer ran out of memory. The
- problem has been corrected as follows:
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- A new function, vxDeallocate(), has been added. This function
- works ONLY in design mode and must be added to your exit routine.
- For an example of vxDeallocate use, see the QuitButton proc
- in VXFORM0 and the Form_Unload proc in VXFORM1.
-
- Corrects scrolling problems in vxBrowse if the Start record number
- was not the first record in the file or the first record in a defined
- subset.
-
- Declared joined windows are automatically displayed when a browse
- window is created. The user no longer has to select the Join menu item.
-
-
-
- Installation
- ------------
- vxBase is distributed on a single diskette or on bulletin boards
- as two compressed .ZIP files. The first ZIP file is vxbdoc.zip, which
- contains the documentation in a Windows Write file. This file is
- essential to understanding and using vxBase. If it is missing, contact
- the author at the address below. The documentation is separated from
- the rest of vxBase to allow potential users to preview it before
- installing and actually using vxBase. This is especially helpful to
- potential users who extract vxBase from a bulletin board. They can
- evaluate the system from a documentation standpoint before committing to
- downloading the larger system.
-
- Unzip vxbdoc.zip and view or print it. The manual is more than
- 180 pages long. It was formatted for an Epson 24-pin printer using standard
- Roman and Courier fonts. Printed manuals may be obtained for $15.00.
- See the end of the documentation for ordering information.
-
- The second ZIP file (vxbase.zip) contains the sample source code
- and Visual Basic project files, vxbase.txt which includes all of the Visual
- Basic declarations for the routines in the vxBase DLL and the vxBase DLL
- itself.
-
- If you are going to upload vxBase to a bulletin board, it must be
- sent as it was received - in two ZIP files.
-
- When the system ZIP file is decompressed, it contains this readme.doc
- file and 2 more ZIP files. These ZIP files are:
-
- vxbdll.zip the vxBase DLL
- vxbtest.zip sample source code and vxbase.txt
-
- To install vxBase, first make a subdirectory under your \vb
- directory named \vb\vxbtest and copy the vxbtest.zip file there. Unzip it
- and delete the vxbtest.zip file from your hard disk. To run the sample
- application it is essential that these files be in directory \vb\vxbtest
- because this path is hard-coded into the sample code. If you MUST put it
- somewhere else, you'll have to modify the file names in the source code to
- reflect your location.
-
- Unzip vxbdll.zip and place the resulting file (VXBASE.DLL) in your
- \windows directory.
-
- To run the sample program, see the Sample Application section in the
- manual.
-
- Terry Orletsky
- Comsoft Inc.
- #200, 10310 - 176 Street
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- T5S 1L3
- Phone (403) 489-5994
- Fax (403) 486-4335
- Compuserve I.D. 70524,3723
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