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- This file briefly describes the fixes, additions, and This file briefly describes the fixes, additions, and
- changes which are found in version 1.01 of the SoftC changes which are found in version 1.01 of the SoftC
- Library. Library.
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- Fixes Fixes _____
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- Problem: Problem: ________
- Could not properly access fields whose offset in
- the data record is beyond 128.
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- Functions: Functions: __________
- scdfget, scdfgets, scdfput, scdfputs.
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- Problem: Problem: ________
- Could not properly store data in a numeric field
- when 0 was specified for number of decimal places.
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- Functions: Functions: __________
- scdfput
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- Problem: Problem: ________
- Could not correctly find the first item of a LONG
- list of items using the same index key value.
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- Functions: Functions: __________
- scikfind
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- Problem: Problem: ________
- Did not correctly set the text colors after the
- last window had been closed.
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- Functions: Functions: __________
- scwclose.
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- Problem: Problem: ________
- Could not open dBaseIII data and index files
- properly. Was able to open Clipper and dBC3+
- files. dBaseIII, Clipper, and dBC3+ could open
- files I created.
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- Functions: Functions: __________
- scdopen, sciopen.
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- New Functions New Functions _____________
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- 13 new functions have been added to the library:
- an error clear (sceclr), cursor on/off (scwcurson,
- scwcursoff), a powerful index key builder
- (scikmake), and 9 date functions.
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- The date functions include: week day and month
- string return functions, 2 leap year testing
- routines one for a string the other for an
- integer, a date string validation function, 2 date
- translation functions: one to convert from
- integers to "yyyymmdd" strings and vice versa, and
- another to convert between "yyyymmdd" and
- "mm/dd/yy" or "mm/dd/yyyy" strings, and the last
- function to calculate the difference in days
- between two date strings.
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- Other Changes Other Changes _____________
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- Additional contact method Additional contact method _________________________
- I can be contacted on GEnie through GEMail at
- "K.SCHUMANN". This is in addition to normal mail
- and the telephone. See SOFTC.MAN for address and
- phone number.
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- scdcreate scdcreate _________
- This function was modified to allow only 19
- characters maximum for numeric fields. This
- brought the function in line with dBaseIII.
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- scdfget, scdfput scdfget, scdfput ________________
- The "DATE" field portion of these functions have
- been modified to use a nine character string
- formatted as "mm/dd/yy".