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- Builder 1.0 Late Breaking News and Installation Instructions.
-
- First the News...
-
- o If you get the error 'CONFIG.SYS FILES too low set to a minimum of 21',
- edit or add the FILES= line in your CONFIG.SYS file and set to a number
- greater than or equal to 21 (FILES=21). If you need to make this change
- be sure to reboot before executing BUILDER again. See your DOS manual for
- further information on the FILES= CONFIG.SYS command.
-
- o If you get the error 'CLIPPER Environment F Parm too Low Set to a
- Minimum of F21', enter the dos command:
-
- SET CLIPPER=F21
-
- at the DOS command line before entering Builder. Put this command in
- your AUTOEXEC.BAT file if you continue to use BUILDER.
-
- o In BUILDER when moving window elements the control down arrow and control
- up arrow on some computers doesn't work. I added control page down and
- control page up which may be used if control up/down arrows do not.
-
- o In BUILDER small comment windows have been added before entering window
- data (20 characters), these are used in building a procedure map at the
- beginning of the generated source code file and is VERY useful in keeping
- track of the code. It is strongly reccomended that you use them.
-
- ********* CHANGES TO LIBRARY ROUTINES **********
-
- o REL_MAINT - This is documented in LIBRARY.DOC as a procedure, and is
- now a function. The first four parameters are incorrectly documented.
- They should be four numerics of the box coordinates. Parm one is the
- box top row, parm two is the box left column position, parm three is the
- bottom box row, and parm four is the rightmost column position.
-
- Also for REL_MAINT, the GET??? proc you create will be passed one
- parameter. This parameter will be a "A", "C" or "" (nul). "A" is passed
- if the GET??? proc is being executed just prior to an ADD. "C" is passed
- if the GET??? proc is being executed just prior to a CHANGE. Nul is passed
- when the GETs will be followed by a CLEAR GETS.
-
- =============================================================================
- Now the Installation Instructions.
- =============================================================================
-
- Since this system is geared toward programmers I have chosen not to include
- a fancy installation routine. Even so installation is quite simple. It
- includes five simple steps:
- 1. Be sure you have all the files.
- 2a. Rename the library you will be using for your version of Clipper.
- 2b. Copy the three BUILDER files to the appropriate subdirectories.
- 2c. Modify the batch file you will be using in your compiles.
- 3. Print the documentation.
-
- Now lets get to it...
-
- Step 1.
- Be sure you downloaded or obtained both .ZIP files! BLDR10A.ZIP and
- BLDR10B.ZIP. If either one is missing the system will not work.
-
- Once you have both files. Unzip them into a temporary work subdirectory and
- verify all the files against the list in the file PACKING.LST. If any
- file(s) are missing the system may be unusable!
-
- Step 1 completed!
-
- Step 2.
- A. Decide which version of Clipper you will be using, Summer '87 or Version
- 5.x.
-
- If you will be using the Summer '87 version, execute the following DOS
- command:
-
- RENAME BUILDER.S87 BUILDER.LIB
-
- If you will be using Version 5.x of Clipper, execute this command:
-
- RENAME BUILDER.C50 BUILDER.LIB
-
- Step 2a completed!
-
- B. Copy the BUILDER files to their appropriate subdirectories.
-
- Summer '87 users:
- Make sure you have your DOS Path set to the subdirectory where the
- CLIPPER.EXE (compiler executable) file is located. (usually C:\CLIPPER)
-
- Copy the following files to the subdirectory where the file CLIPPER.EXE
- is located:
-
- BUILDER.EXE
- BREPORT.EXE
-
- Copy the file BUILDER.LIB to the subdirectory where the file CLIPPER.LIB
- is found, again this is usually C:\CLIPPER
-
- Version 5.x users:
- Make sure you have your DOS Path set to the subdirectory where the
- CLIPPER.EXE (compiler executable) file is located.
- (usually C:\CLIPPER5\BIN)
-
- Copy the following file to the subdirectory where the file CLIPPER.EXE
- is located:
-
- BUILDER.EXE
- BREPORT.EXE
-
- Copy the file BUILDER.LIB to the subdirectory where the file CLIPPER.LIB
- is found, usually C:\CLIPPER5\LIB
-
- Step 2b completed!
-
- C. If you use .LNK files, be sure to include BUILDER in your library search!
- Since a different .LNK is used for every program I will assume you already
- know how to add this for your particular linker.
-
- If you use the DOS command line when executing your linker modify your
- batch file to search the BUILDER library. Use the following examples as
- a guide:
-
- PLINk86 users:
-
- plink86 fi %1 lib clipper,builder,extend
-
- note: The ORDER is IMPORTANT!! BUILDER must precede EXTEND !!
- Your best bet is to put BUILDER right after CLIPPER in the
- library listing.
-
- RTLINK users:
-
- Change the following line in the CL.BAT file:
-
- if not errorlevel 1 rtlink file %1
-
- to look like the this:
-
- if not errorlevel 1 rtlink file %1 lib builder
-
- Step 2c completed!
-
- 3. Print the documentation.
- You may skip this step if you are just starting your evaluation, no sense
- wasting all that paper/time/ink/toner on a product you haven't decided to
- use, right? If so remember that BUILDER creates a number of files for
- itself. The best approach (and the one I use) is to create a separate
- subdirectory for each application you will write. Select the empty
- subdirectory and type BUILDER at the DOS prompt to get started.
-
- If you do accidentally invoke BUILDER in a subdirectory and want to rid
- it of BUILDERs files, use the following DOS commands to get rid of them.
-
- DEL *.BL?
- DEL OPTIONS.DBF
-
- But then maybe you've decided BUILDER will make your programming a whole
- lot easier and have found you really NEED a copy of the library
- documentation. Well you might as well print the other stuff too, never
- know what interesting tidbits lurk in there! Be sure the DOS PRINT command
- is in your DOS PATH and type the DOS command "PDOC" to print all the
- BUILDER documentation.
-
- If you lost PDOC.BAT the print order I like is:
-
- PRINT WARRANTY.DOC
- PRINT LICENSE.DOC
- PRINT BUILDER.DOC
- PRINT BREPORT.DOC
- PRINT LIBRARY.DOC
-
- Step 3 completed!
-
- Good Luck and happy BUILDERing if you have difficulty, even if you are not a
- registered user please feel free to call Mark @ (612) 699-8672