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- Some things to add to be written are :
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- Using Libraries
- How to use GET and PUT
- How to use sprites
- How to change the palette
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- Ok, I'll post a more complete listing of the stuff I have so far :
- (if you want to change anything; take out, move somewhere else, etc., please
- mail me). My previous message still holds true. Things that I want are not
- included here fomr my previous message.
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- ANSI:
- PANSI.BAS and examples (ANSI emulator)
- Communications:
- Detect ANSI on other end
- Detect/Get Baud rate using CONNECT string
- Detect/Get Baud rate using low-level stuff
- Detect Carrier
- Clear modem input buffer
- Avoid DTR off by using OUT &H3FC,3 (I've found that it doesn't work,
- can anyone confirm this?)
- Dates:
- Day of the week routine using Zeller algorithm
- Juliana conversion routines
- Disable:
- Disable CTRL-ALT-Del (enhanced keyboard aware)
- Disable CTRL-Break/CTRL-C
- Disable Keyboard
- Disable Print Screen
- DOS:
- Parsing COMMAND$
- Copying file (inefficient routine .. anyone has a good one?)
- Get current directory(path)
- Read current direcotry into an array
- General find file routines
- Collection of DOS interrupts done into SUBs (uses INT86, can Luis provide
- an updated version using Interrupt instead?)
- Exit with errorlevel
- Get errorlevel from shelled program (not tested)
- Program to use interrupts in GW-BASIC
- Get/set disk volume label
- Slice text file in smaller ones
- ASM routine for detecting redirection (someone make one in QB only?)
- Graphic:
- CGA specific OUTs to do various things
- Get colour at specified cursor position (text only)
- Document to determine smallest smallest square inside a circle (someone make
- a more general function?)
- Get BIOS cursor position ... QB's can sometimes be wrong
- Display .GIFs
- Save/Load EGA/VGA screens
- Fading SCREEN 13 screens (320x640x256c)
- Changing EGA/VGA screens
- Get original Red, Green, Blue colours from VGA adapter
- Test for colour monitor (determine text buffer segment)
- Changing background colours to high intensity (can't be done using COLOR)
- Panning EGA/VGA screens
- Display .PCX files
- Embed colours in string (not ANSI)
- Multi-purpose save/restore screen routines (for most screen modes)
- Get video type
- Keyboard:
- Check ahead for keypress ... does not remove it from buffer
- Simple text window editor
- Sample code to use extended keys
- Math:
- Arc sine function
- Change decimal number to any base
- Huffman compression programs
- Document on MS floating numbers (need more detail)
- Miscellanious:
- Post It 2.5 .. post binary files as echomail
- Check system(computer) type (?? not reliable though)
- Word count program (by Brent Ashley)
- Read the .ZIP header
- Mix Language Programming:
- DOC to use A86 with QB (ok ... need more details though)
- Howard Mencher's Mix Language series (incomplete though)
- Mouse:
- Rich Geldrich's Text Cursor routines (enough?)
- Networks:
- Two ways to get the network ID
- PSP:
- Getting the command line from the PSP
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