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- ** MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION **
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- 1. To print the manual at the DOS prompt enter:
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- PRNTDOT ( For most printers )
- PRNTLAS ( For HP compatible laser printers )
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- PRNTDOT.BAT or PRNTLAS.BAT and WIND_REZ.DOC must be in the
- default drive and current directory.
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- 2. To print the quick reference guide ( enhanced version
- only ) at the DOS prompt enter;
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- PRNTDOT2 ( For most printers )
- PRNTLAS2 ( For HP compatible laser printer )
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- PRNTDOT2.BAT or PRNTLAS2.BAT and QUICKREF.DOC must be in
- the default drive and current directory.
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- 3. To run the demonstration program at the DOS prompt, enter:
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- DEMO
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- 4. NOTES FOR BASIC 7.1 AND VBDOS 1.0 USERS. ( ENHANCED VERSION )
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- Do not use unnamed COMMON blocks in your program. If your
- program requires unnamed COMMON blocks see the section
- "Important notes for BASIC 7.1/ VBDOS users." in the
- documentation.
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- 5. NOTE FOR BASIC 7.1 AND VBDOS USERS. ( UNENHANCED VERSION )
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- Do not use unnamed COMMON blocks in your program. The
- enhanced version of WINDOWS R-E-Z provides the ability to
- use unnamed COMMON blocks.
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- 6. Compatibility issues:
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- NOTE: To assure compatibility with earlier versions replace
- the declare statements in programs written with earlier
- versions with the DECLARE.INC file included with version
- 5.10. This will assure argument matching. Failure to do
- this can result in the program crashing.
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- SEE UPDATE.DOC FOR CHANGES IN VERSIONS 6.00 AND 6.10
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- The following routines were changed or added in version
- 5.10 and are not compatible with earlier versions. Program
- revisions are necessary for programs incorporating earlier
- versions. ( SEE WIND_REZ.DOC AND UPDATE.DOC FOR DETAILS )
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- - SETWIND has two less arguments. Routine SETSCRL now sets
- scroll and pulldown window parameters.
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- - Routine SCRLWIND has new arguments specifying the line and
- column placement of the entries.
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- - Routine PULLDOWN has two new arguments. One sets the
- allowable "exit keys". This replaces the argument added in
- version 5.00 which suppressed exit on ESC. The other
- returns a value representing the key used to exit.
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- - Routine GETANS has two modes of operation. To use as in
- previous versions argument ANS$ MUST equal "" on entry.
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- The following routines were changed or added in version
- 5.00 and are not compatible with earlier versions. Program
- revisions are necessary for programs incorporating earlier
- versions. ( SEE WIND_REZ.DOC AND UPDATE.DOC FOR DETAILS )
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- - SETWIND has less arguments. Routine INPTINIT now sets input
- parameters.
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- - Routine INPTINIT must be called once in any program
- prior to calling input routines INPTWIND and MULTINPT.
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- - Two arguments in routine MULTINPT have different
- responsibilities.
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- o The values for the exit keys in argument RKEY% have
- been expanded. All exit possibilities are resolved
- via argument RKEY%.
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- o Checking for exit strings AUTO, FIXED, PGUP, PGDN,
- ESC, and F1 to F10 is no longer required or possible
- via old argument EXIT$. EXIT$ is changed to CODE$
- in version 5.00. It determines the type of multi-
- field input screen on input.
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- Ver. 5.00 (argument RKEY%) Previous versions (EXIT$)
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- 1 to 10 "F1" to F10"
- 11 "PGUP"
- 12 "PGDN"
- 27 "ESC"
- 32 "FIXED"
- Use value returned by argument "AUTO"
- AUTOEXIT% to check for auto-exit
- fields. If field #1 was defined
- as auto-exit and AUTOEXIT% = 1, on
- exit, MULTINPT was exited with
- the cursor residing in, or leaving
- auto-exit field #1. If AUTOEXIT% = 0,
- on exit, the field was not an auto-
- exit field or was auto-exit, on
- change, and the data was unchanged.
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- - Argument RK% in routine INPTWIND returns different values
- conforming to the exit key representation in routines
- SCRLWIND and MULTINPT
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- RK% EXIT KEY
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- 1 to 10 F1 to F10
- 11 PGUP
- 12 PGDN
- 13 RETURN (ENTER)
- 27 ESC
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- - Routine RSTRINPT must be called after a call to routine
- INPTWIND if the area under the active input window is to be
- restored and the active input window is to be deactivated.
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- - The menubar definition for pulldown windows no longer
- requires a separate argument in routine SETPULL.
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- - The array defining pulldown windows in routine SETPULL
- has been changed to include the menubar selections,
- info-line text for the menubar selections, and the
- individual pulldown window selections.
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- - Routine PULLDOWN has two new arguments. One allows the
- choice for exit on the ESC key. The other represents
- the text for the info-line for pulldown window selections.
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- - Routine RSTRPULL must be called after routine PULLDOWN
- if the display area under the active pulldown window,
- on exit from routine PULLDOWN, is to be restored and
- the active pulldown window is to be deactivated.
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- _ Routine SCRLWIND has three additional arguments.
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- o Argument INFO$() is an array holding the data for the
- info-line for the selections in the scroll window.
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- o Argument TL$ hold the title for scroll windows with a
- title box. Using TL$ allows a title longer than the
- windows width for virtual scroll windows.
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- o Argument RK% represents the key used to exit the scroll
- window.
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- RK% EXIT KEY
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- 13 RETURN or auto-exit match
- 14 SHIFT TAB ( Single mark only )
- 15 TAB " "
- 27 ESC
-
- - The current directory returned by routine FINDPATH no
- longer always ends with a "\". DOS specifications
- are now followed.
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- - The argument in routine FINDDIR which specifies the path
- no longer must end with a "\". The argument now follows
- DOS specifications.
-
-
- The following routines were changed in version 4.20 and
- are not compatible with earlier versions. Minor program
- revisions are necessary for programs incorporating
- earlier versions. ( SEE WIND_REZ.DOC FOR DETAILS )
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- - SETWIND has an additional argument which specifies the
- date format for input routines.
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- - SETPULL has three additional arguments. These arguments
- set the menubar's top row and left column position and the
- menubar's width.
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- - INPTWIND has an additional argument. It is used to deter-
- mine if the RETURN key or ESC key exited the routine.
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- - MULTINPT has an additional argument. It is used to deter-
- mine which key exited an autoexit field.
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- The following routine was changed in version 4.10 and
- is not compatible with earlier versions. Minor program
- revisions are necessary for programs incorporating
- earlier versions. ( SEE WIND_REZ.DOC FOR DETAILS )
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- - SETWIND has an extra argument to disable the scroll window
- direction arrow.
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- - After a window is made or saved it must be deleted via
- RSTRWIND or DELWIND before the number assigned to the window
- can be used by again MAKEWIND or SAVEWIND. This prevents a
- window from being accidently "made over itself". Failure
- to delete a window before using the window number again
- will result in an ERROR 8 - WINDOW PRE-EXISTS.
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- The following routines were changed in version 4.00/.01 and
- are not compatible with earlier versions. Minor program
- revisions are necessary for programs incorporating
- earlier versions. ( SEE WIND_REZ.DOC FOR DETAILS )
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- - GETANS, PULLDOWN, and INPTWIND have an extra argument
- for border designation.
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- - SETWIND now has five argument designating windowing
- speed, default sound, window shadow color, high intensity
- display for PULLDOWN and SCRLWIND, and the type of decimal
- point ( period or comma for some non-USA users ).
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- - SCRLWIND no longer has a argument for the window number
- as it acts upon the active window.
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- - SETINPT has an extra argument specifying the color of the
- active field for MULTINPT.
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- - FINDDIR has one less argument as it no longer has to
- place the directory listing in a string.
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- - SETSOUND is no longer required due to changes in SETWIND.
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- - CHNGFAST is no longer required due to changes in SETWIND.
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- - FILLDIR is no longer required due to changes in FINDDIR.
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- - The argument designating the code ( CODE$ ) for INPTWIND
- has changed.
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- - The argument designating the type of directory search
- ( TYPE$ ) in FINDDIR has changed.
-
-
- The following routines were changed in version 3.60 and
- are not compatible with earlier versions. Minor program
- revisions are necessary for programs incorporating
- earlier versions. ( SEE WIND_REZ.DOC FOR DETAILS )
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- - PULLDOWN has an extra argument which sets the color of
- the key character for the items in the pulldown window.
- PULLDOWN no longer returns the selected menubar string
- and pulldown window string to the calling program. It
- returns the sequential number of the selected menubar
- item and selected pulldown window item.
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- - SCRLWIND has an extra argument which sets the color of
- the key characters for the items in the scroll window.
- SCRLWIND no longer returns the selected string. It re-
- turns the sequential number of the string in the scroll
- window.
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- The following input routines changed in version 3.40,
- are not compatible with earlier versions. Minor program
- revisions are necessary for programs incorporating
- earlier versions. ( SEE WIND_REZ.DOC FOR DETAILS )
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- - INPTWIND and SETINPT have an extra argument defining
- allowable characters for RESTRICTED fields.
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- - MULTINPT has an additional argument which determines
- if all fields or single fields are updated.
-