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%=*=%%=*=%%=*=%%=*=%%=*=%%=*=%%=*=%%=*=%%=*=%%=*=%%=*=% % QuickSHARE Catalog v3.00: Compiled by Mike Welch % % Originally Conceived and Compiled on: 05/20/1990 % % Last Catalog Update or Alteration was: 04/27/1991 % %=*=%%=*=%%=*=%%=*=%%=*=%%=*=%%=*=%%=*=%%=*=%%=*=%%=*=% Copyright (C) 1990 - 1991 by G. Michael Welch Altering this document in any way without my previous written consent is a breach of United States Copyright Special thanks to Tom Frye for submitting over 18 megs of QuickBASIC files for QuickSHARE inclusion! QuickSHARE is now about 480 files strong! Note: Due to the increasing size of the catalog, version 3.00 is ---- last version that will come as a single unit. The next release will be broken into categories. Also note that effective with v3.00, you will find a utility called SCAT which will scan the catalog for any global match (not case-sensitive). Refer to SCATV120.COM (it's a self-extracting archive) and the SCAT.DOC for more info. Welcome to the QuickSHARE network! This service is provided FREE to all interested Microsoft QuickBASIC 4.00+ programmers. It is a QuickBASIC and PDS (BASIC v7) support library and distribution network handled through the Shipyard QuickBBS (Garland) at (214)-686-1962, through various other QuickSHARE "Points" (support BBSs), and through USPS mail. Over the past * Y E A R *, QuickSHARE has progressively grown to offer a wide variety of items to meet a large user pool. In addition to callers from all across the five-star state (that means Texas, yall), we have callers and USPS (U.S. Mail) deliveries from Florida, Colorado, California, New York...(well, most of the States in general), Canada, Brazil and Finland to name a few. I am beginning to think that we are really "on to something" here! All files in this catalog have been examined well enough to at least browse through the documentation. All files are considered to be either Public Domain (freeware) or shareware (you have to pay for the program after you evaluate it). If anyone finds a commercial program in this list, please inform me. I am strictly opposed to breaking federal copyright laws. Period. QuickSHARE is based on a great concept called Free Information Exchange. In order for the QuickSHARE library to work it will need to build upon it self. I am constantly browsing around on Dallas-local BBSs in search of new QuickBASIC libraries and routines. QuickSHARE has grown such that I am now receiving about one new library or source file a night on The Shipyard. Still, there are several libraries out there that we have not received. When ordering, look around in your QuickBASIC diskette box, there, beyond the moths and cobwebs, and share what you have. We are primarily interested in routines and libraries that will work with Microsoft's QuickBASIC versions 4.00+. However, if you have a routine that you think would be of interest to all, even if it is an earlier version than 4.00, please do send it. The Shipyard, too, accepts file requests. For those of you who know how to access this distribution feature of BBSs, our "F'req" address is: 1:124/3102. NEW: If you received this catalog from a users group and would like to access various bulletin board systems with your computer/modem, we now carry a terminal program, written entirely in QuickBASIC by Charles Graham, which will allow you this access. See QD-Vxx (where xx is a version number) in the communications section of the library. Also, if you are a part of a BASIC user's group, I would very much like to hear from you! * See the end of the catalog for a list of QuickSHARE Points * --------------------------{ Disk Formats }-------------------------- Note: If you are a QuickSHARE Canada user, see below for some information on our Canadian mail service. If you're ordering QuickSHARE files via mail, you now have two options. In its earlier days, QuickSHARE only distributed files via USPS if you sent the appropriate number of diskettes and a self- addressed, stamped disk mailer. I will also now accept checks or cash along with an order list, and will send the disk(s) along with a mailer myself. This OPTION should make the process of library distribution easier for all involved. PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU DECIDE TO SEND YOUR OWN MEDIA, PLEASE SEND IT *FORMATTED* BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME TO FORMAT DISKETTES! ALSO, IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE COMPLETE LIBRARY, THERE IS A $20 SERVICE FEE. I DON'T MIND COPYING A FEW DISKS FOR FREE, BUT COPYING THE ENTIRE LIBRARY TAKES A GREAT DEAL OF TIME!!! ALSO, IF YOU'RE WANTING AN ENTIRE LIBRARY SETUP AND YOU'RE SENDING ME THE MEDIA, PLEASE FORMAT THE DISKS AHEAD OF TIME. THIS WILL SPEED PROCESSING. My system now supports all of the popular IBM formats listed below: a. 5.25 inch, 360kb diskettes b. 5.25 inch, 1.2mb diskettes c. 3.50 inch, 720kb diskettes d. 3.50 inch, 1.44mb diskettes * Note: If you are ordering from a point in a country outside of the U.S., please talk to him/her before placing an order to see which media types are supported. 1. If you would like ME to send the disks and take care of buying the stamps and the mailer, send the following. Note: due to limited capacity, please to not ask me to send more than two 5.25 inch disks, or two 3.50 inch disks in one disk mailer. If you would like more than this, add the costs as if you were placing two (or more) separate orders. Thanks. +-------+---------+--------+-------+--------+---------+-------+ | # OF | MEDIA | CAPA | COST | MAILER | POSTAGE | TOTAL | | DISKS | SIZE | CITY | EACH | COST | COST | COST | +-------+---------+--------+-------+--------+---------+-------| | 1 | 5.25 in | 360kb | .40 | .30 | .65 | $1.35 | | 2 | 5.25 in | 360kb | .40 | .30 | .75 | $1.85 | | 1 | 5.25 in | 1.20mb | .70 | .30 | .65 | $1.65 | | 2 | 5.25 in | 1.20mb | .70 | .30 | .75 | $2.45 | | 1 | 3.50 in | 720kb | .65 | .30 | .65 | $1.60 | | 2 | 3.50 in | 720kb | .65 | .30 | .75 | $2.35 | | 1 | 3.50 in | 1.44mb | 1.10 | .30 | .65 | $2.05 | | 2 | 3.50 in | 1.44mb | 1.10 | .30 | .75 | $3.25 | +-------+---------+--------+-------+--------+---------+-------+ +---+ Filling a few disks worth of files is not a problem for | N | me in terms of time. If your order is small, I will +---+ fill it in only about 10 minutes. HOWEVER, IF YOU WOULD | O | LIKE THE ENTIRE LIBRARY, YOU MUST INCLUDE A $20 HANDLING +---+ FEE! A 1.2mb complete library request takes over an hour | T | of my time. A 360k complete library request takes well +---+ over three hours because I label each disk. I have been | I | receiving quite a few "complete library requests" lately, +---+ and I can no longer offer the entire library without a | C | charge. This also applies if you ship your own media. +---+ I do not operate QuickSHARE "for the money," but I have | E | to do something to cut my time requirements. I do not +---+ like to do this, but I have no choice! ...and yes, I know this statement is listed twice in the catalog, but I want to make SURE everyone sees it <smile>. <*> For US mailings, make checks payable to Mike Welch <*> <*> For Canadian mailings, payable to Paul Chantler <*> Obviously, unlike most "shareware distributors," with QuickSHARE, the high density disks are more economical (this is primarily due to cost of mailing), and we support all formats. Also, it should be quite obvious that this is a NON-PROFIT service! *Note: This option is only available from the address listed below. With the exception of foreign countries, QuickSHARE "points" do not support this service. 2. If you would like to avoid our princely prices (smile), you STILL have the option of sending the media to me yourself. You will need to send the appropriate number of diskettes, along with a self-addressed, stamped disk mailer. Also unlike most "shareware distributors," I copy the files you want on an individual basis. Just specify the file, the category (i.e., "GENERAL LIBRARIES") if possible, and be sure you have enough disk space for the libraries you want. Also, as QuickSHARE is growing and we are starting to receive updates from various authors, you are wize to leave a little extra space on the disk. This covers the possibility of files being larger in size due to an update. All Disks will be sent in compressed mode. QuickSHARE will use the semi-popular LHARC method of file compression for two primary reasons: It has a good compression ratio, and two, it's free! Please, when ordering, leave about 10K free for the LZHE100.COM file. It's a pure assembler unarchiver for files compressed in the .LZH format. I'm assuming that you are familiar with dearchivers and won't explain how it's done here. If you need further instructions, reach me via mail or the Quik_bas echo. By compressing the files, you can have more libraries on each disk. Comments/suggestions are appreciated. While LHARC has been updated to LHA(rc) and offers faster compression of files and a little better compression ratio, I will not be using LHA to compress QuickSHARE files. This is because of the LZHE100 program (one of the primary reasons I use LHARC is because of the LZHE utility, which requires very little disk space or download time for QS callers). If anyone ever hears of an update to LZHE, especially one that will unpack the new LHA(rc) files, please let me know! If this condition arrises, I will THEN start compressing QS files with the newer verison of this popular Japaneese utility. I recently completed a database for QuickSHARE users. I will use the information in this database to better serve all of our needs. It will help me to better determine what kind of libraries you need. When ordering, please take the time to answer the following few questions (create your own form since this will probably be too small to actually be useful). This is of course a request, NOT a requirement: Name: _________________________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________ City: ________________ State: _________ Zip: _________ Interested in (library types): ________________________ Computer setup is: ____________________________________ Heard about QuickSHARE through: _______________________ BBS name: ______ BBS Type: ______ Zone:Net/Node _______ Are you a sysop?: ____ Are you a shareware author? ____ Notes: ________________________________________________ QuickSHARE c/o: Mike Welch PO BOX 801011 DALLAS TX 75240 --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Shipyard is a private BBS. All users with normal access must first register by answering a short questionnaire, and be validated by a telephone call. The reason we have this policy is to keep our membership safe for other users [hey, I had to do it!]. For long distance callers who simply want to log on to download a file or two, use the special access method explained below. Note that when you use this method to access The Shipyard, you will have a time limit of 45 minutes to get the QuickBASIC item you want and exit the system. Validated users receive an hour a day. To log on under this special access method, you will need to use the following user name and password. User name: Quick Basic Password: QuickSHARE Make a note that the "name" Quick Basic must be separated by a space. Also, capitalization is not important. Finally, if you live in the Dallas area, we request that you log on under your REAL name, answer the questionnaire, and become a fully- validated user. For you, the primary benefit of doing so will be that you have a full hour of access time per day, as opposed to the 15 minute, 1/10 time ratio. *NOTE: Because of the increasing popularity of QuickSHARE, we will no longer (at least for a while) allow you to log on under your own name and register. Currently, The Shipyard has over t o o m a n y users...and we're only running one line at 2400bps! You will therefore have to log on under the Quick Basic access method mentioned above. AT THAT TIME, however, if you would like to be a "normal, validated user" [this gives you 1 hour daily as opposed to the 15 minute limitation of the above access method], you may fill out the validation request UNDER THIS NAME and get normal user status. This is not mentioned anywhere in The Shipyard itself and is only available to QuickSHARE users (mostly). We now have several "points" as well, and although I would personally like to chat with each of you, this is becoming literally impossible! You can obtain all QuickSHARE files (with possibly the exception of the demos) from a QS point. -------------------------[Canadian Mail Users]----------------------- If you live in Canada, you can now take advantage of receiving your QuickSHARE files via Canadian mail from Paul Chantler, our Canadian point. This section briefly outlines his service. For more inform- ation about his mailing policy, contact him at the address below. ALL PRICES ARE IN CDN$ (Canadian Currency) NOT DOLLARS! .50 for each 360k disk, or .75 for each 1.2mb disk 1.29 for the diskette mailer .80 for postage for 1 diskette (assumed 360k) .90 for postage for 2 diskettes (assumed 360k) -------------------------------------------------- Hence, a 1 disk order would cost $2.59 (CDN$) a 2 disk order would cost $2.69 (CDN$) -------------------------------------------------- Why order from your local Canadian point? Besides the savings in mail and the fact that you do not have to worry about converting the currency to U.S. dollars, you avoid customs and the risk of damage to media that could occur from their magnetic equipment. QuickSHARE Canada c/o: Paul Chantler 28 Lumsden Cres Whitby Ontario L1R 1G7 --------------------------------------------------------------------- In this listing, I give the file name, a brief one-line description, and then some details. The key for pricing is listed below: FW: Libraries with "Cost: FW" are completely free SW: Author leaves donation amount up to you. $X: (where X is a number): Registration cost. And now, Mike on his soapbox: "attention please" So, what do I mean by "registration cost?" About fifty percent of the files that are offered in the QuickSHARE catalog are SHAREWARE. SHAREWARE authors develop very inexpensive yet professional soft- ware. One of the primary benefits of looking to shareware to meet your software needs is that you can "try before you buy." You may also copy the software, in most cases, and give it to your friends. If a program or library is defined as shareware, the author will either request or require that, after a given evaluation period (usually about a month), you register and pay for the item. [As a side note, I personally like shareware because in many cases I am dealing with "the little guy"]. In addition to keeping in line with the rules of shareware, when you register you also may receive any of the following: telephone support, updates, printed documentation, more powerful versions, and in some cases even tailoring of the package. Furthermore, by registering your shareware, you encourage the author to continue to produce software that is both easy to obtain and inexpensive. I have heard talk about shareware from many shareware authors. Seems there is a sizable number of users out there who simply are NOT registering software! If you are a programmer, you know how much time is involved in program design, development, and support. Personally, I trust the general population out there and suspect that this is not so much a matter of dishonesty as it is taking the time to send a small check. If this is the case, if you are using a programming library (or any other share- ware package) at the present time and have not registered it, please do so. Several QuickBASIC-library authors are moving to the commercial market for product sales. Here the bottom line is, in addition to paying for the software's design, development and support, you are paying for mass advertisement. From a buyer's perspective, that is not good economy! I cannot mention side one of this marketing equation without mentioning side two: the buyer's perspective. As both an author and a consumer myself, I think I have a good sense of what is valuable in terms of registration costs versus software quality (hopefully, I reflect this in my product evaluations). How does one know what is worthy of registration and moreover, what is a good buy? The answer to this seems clear to me. If you can purchase a similar package from a commercial vendor AND if that author or company offers better support and a HARD-BOUND manual AND if the product is the same price or up to, say, 20% extra, then we as consumers have some thinking to do! Software authors save a *bundle* by taking the shareware route. They get, as with the case of QuickSHARE, free marketing and product descriptions, and even product distribution. In return we as consumers should get an item that has a lower price tag than the commercial counterpart. I am making this point NOT to discourage shareware registration (over 50% of the software I have on my hard disk is registered shareware, with the remains commercial). I am making this point to encourage wise share- ware registrations. Here, use the more established shareware (PC-File, PC-Write, List, Procomm, QEdit, etc.) as a comparison to similar commercial packages. The resulting equation should be your decision-making tool when considering a shareware registration. Who writes shareware packages? Well, essentially anyone could. I have seen some excellent assembler programs in the general shareware market written by high school students (Nifty James comes to mind) that are just as good if not better than their commercial counterparts. Often times, though, the author is one who works as a programmer professionally and wrote the package in his/her spare time. Overall, the very concept of shareware is based on the assumption that people are basically honest and can be trusted to pay for the product. That statement, I believe, best explains the "type" of person that develops shareware programs. If you decide to register a library that you receive from QuickSHARE, please let the author or company know how you obtained it. Doing so will insure that we continue to offer the most recent versions of a particular library. Hey, if the author knows QuickSHARE works, he or she will be more likely to keep the versions current! ------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMUNICATIONS ============== BAMAFMS: A fixup for the famous RBBS BBS Date: 2/90 Author: Mike Clark Cost: FW Size: 3K Description: This QuickBASIC SUB "soups up the headers displayed above file listings...supports colors." Beyond this information, though, I can't describe this routine. It *is* a patch for RBBS. BASWIZ: See "The BASIC WIZARD" in the General lib section BAUDRATE: Source file to determine current baud rate Date: 6/89 Author: Unknown (msg by Don Bly) Cost: FW Size: 2K Description: Don Bly left this code on the Fido QUIK_BAS echo on the date mentioned above. It is a native QB source which will allow you to determine the baud rate from within QuickBASIC *without* any external libraries. You will need to edit the file as it is still in the form of a BBS message. CHKMODEM: Where is that Hayes-compatible modem? Date: 6/90 Author: Gary Hendershot Cost: FW Size: 40K Description: This is a communications utility program which will find a Hayes-command compatible modem on COM1-COM4. Checking speeds of up to 9600bps, it will report the maximum possible baud rate for all modems found. Test a selected modem for DTR and CD line settings. Can be used in QB v4.5 or PDS v7.0. Note: Requires QBSERIAL library (version 1.5). This will be a problem since the new version of QBSERIAL (at this time, v2.00) no longer offers support for the CDTRAP routine. It can be altered though, since the source code is included. Also note that my SendFax modem (which will send a fax at 9600bps) returned invalid results (CHKMODEM suggested that my MODEM would operate at 9600bps, which it will not, only the FAX operates at this rate). COM3&4: A text file on how to access COM 3 and 4 in QB Date: 6/87 Author: L.A. Westhaver of HUMBLEWEAR Cost:FW Size:3K Description: This short text discusses a few ideas behind access- ing communications ports 3 and 4 in QuickBASIC. The text is copyrighted (so he could print the article in a magazine, I'm sure), and the information seems useful. DFRAME11: Door Frame v1.10, "A BBS Doors Development Library" Date: 11/90 Author: Ted Freeman Cost: *$10 Size: 115K Description: This BBS doors library is specifically designed to work with PCBoard v14.5 or a BBS that uses a compatible DOOR.SYS file. Routines include BOX.IT, CLRSCRN, DE.LAY, DETECT.ANSI, DIS.PLAY, ENTER, EXIT.DOOR, INITIALIZE, IN.PUT, LINES, MAKE.BLT, more. Note that in addition to the $10 registration fee, you are required to send the author a registered copy of the door you create with his library. Also, I will suggest that you might run into problems with this library since many of the routine names are separated by a dot [.]. If you use QuickBASIC's TYPE to define an array (which brings about a specific function of the dot), you may get various compile errors. Just a warning. DOORS31: Write PCBoard doors with this complete library Date: 11/90 Author: Todd Miller Cost: FW Size: 100K Description: This library will allow QuickBASIC 4.50+ programmers to write doors for the PCBoard BBS. In addition to including a patched BRUN45 module that will not drop the DTR, you'll find routines for date/time functions, sysop paging, view ASCII [and other] files, support for up to 50K bps, credit of sysop chat time, a constant DTR check and more! Supports PCBoard versions 11.x, 12.x and 14.x. The only thing the author requests is that if you write a door using his library, you send him a free [registered, if that applies] copy. That's a fair deal for such a well-rounded doors library! EASYDR11: EASYDOOR version 1.10: Write QuickBBS doors! Date: 9/90 Author: Martin Bouchard Cost: $25 Size: 35K Description: We received this apparently excellent QuickBBS doors library from Martin via QuickSHARE USPS. It works with QuickBASIC 4.50 and includes routines to make doors programming easier to manage: ModemCls, ModemInput, SendFile, SendMsgString, ReturnBBS, and more. Martin disclosed that over a year has gone into the development of this package. Version 1.1 update information: Easy-Door no longer requires a fossil driver to work, it is now fully compatible with the Crescent Software PDQ library (version 2.00 and up), also user definable inactivity timeout, send a bell signal to the user terminal, and other updates to preexisting functions. Also, Easy-Door now works with all Revision 5 fossil drivers (X00, BNU, etc.). Finally, it supports locked port (very high speed communications...greater than 9600 bps). FASTCOM: Three communications routines in assembler Date: 1/86 Author: Phil Katz Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: This package apparently was written for GWBASIC (the BP is not saved). I assume that it could be easily converted for QuickBASIC. The routines include CHKSUM, Reading COM, XMODEM block check. FOSSIL: Source file on using FOSSIL for communications Date: 7/90 Author: Chris Wagner Cost: FW Size: 52K Description: This source file (version 1.00b) is an unfinished product. There is no documentation and very few source comments, but it appears to be a fine example of what one needs to do to access a FOSSIL driver for communications programming. Routines include (and appear to be finished) FossilInit, TestMode, Receive, Transmit, KeyLoop, AnsiPrint, SetBaud, Status, CheckBit, SetDtr, and many more. Also note that this file comes with a pre-compiled demo of this source. DO NOT try to run this file unless you have a fossil driver already loaded (experience speaks) because it will lock your system and require a cold boot! GAPQBDR: Interface module for writing QB doors Date: 8/89 Author: The GAP Development Co. Cost: $25 Size: 152K Description: Written mostly in QuickBASIC (with some assembler included), this library makes doors programming in QuickBASIC a much easier task. The author suggests that these routines may be used also to program stand-alone communications packages. It does not require a patched BRUN/BCOM library, and will cater to speeds of up to 38.4 K baud! In addition, it can access ALL communications ports and it uses ANSI for screen writes (as opposed to QuickBASIC's direct screen writes). There are actually gaming routines built in to this package. Functions include: adjust time limit, adjust limit after a SYSOP chat or shell to DOS, chat functions, and about 40 other routines. For an additional $25, you can obtain the source code. MODSET: Another way to keep that pesty DTR high! Date: 12/89 Author: Paul Munoz-Coleman Cost: FW Size: 23K Description: ModemSet shows a method of *always* keeping DTR high! It also allows it to drop when NO CARRIER is detected. Keeping the DTR high is always a subject of concern for communications programmers who write doors, and this may provide an answer to the problem. Comes with structured QS source. NO-INT: A working, tiny terminal written in QuickBASIC Date: 12/90 Author: Lauren Colby Cost: FW Size: 35K Description: This is a simple BASIC terminal which shuts off interrupts to the serial port. It uses polling instead of interrupts to operate. QB source code included (this one works!) PHONEZ: Phone dialer and call-logger Date: 4/89 Author: Dan Hunting Cost: FW Size: 12K Description: This program is used to log phone calls. While it is not directly related to algorithms or routines for QuickBASIC (it's written in GWBASIC), it does provide an interesting look at dialing and telephone interface. QBBS: A mini BBS written in GWBASIC/BASICA Date: 7/87 Author: Matt Leber Cost: $10 Size: 22K Description: This small BBS is written in the old style GWBASIC (i.e., spaghetti code) and is not very well commented). Because the computer on which I tested this BBS did not have a communications port, I could not test the program very well. It did, though, seem like it would be of interest to one who is new to communica- tions programming. QBCOMM: QBCOMM communications library v1.10 Date: 6/89 Author: Dave Cleary Cost: FW-$50 Size: 36K Description: Written in Microsoft C v5.1, this communications library is a sort of replacement for those offered in QuickBASIC. It has everything you need to program sound, professional communications appli- cations packages at speeds of up to 112K baud. Compatible with QB versions 4.00b and 4.5. This package is free to freeware/shareware authors on the condition that you will send Dave a copy of the program you write with QBCOMM at no charge (no registration). Commercial users must pay a fee of $50 PER APPLICATION (not version). Version 2.x is now available as a commercial library from Crescent Software. Note: QBCOMM was previously released as QuickCOMM, but the name has been changed due to the existence of another library by the same name. See the OKBYDAVE file in this archive for more information about this change. QBSER20: Communication support library for QuickBASIC. Date: 11/90 Author: Jeff Sumberg Cost: FW Size: 24K Description: This looks like a well-rounded communications support library. Handles DTR signals, COM1-4, Hand-shaking, and speeds up to 115000 BPS! Written to be used for PCB Doors. General. New! to version 1.50: Complete PDS (BASCOM 7) support, and even support for Crescent's PDQ!!! Source code is now available for $75 as well. New! to version 2.00: Added a fixup for the PDQ model, added capability to specify non-standard COM port addresses and which IRQ to use when the port is open, removed the CDTRAP routine and replaced it with a fuller implimentation of CarrierDetect, added DriverCopyright function to allow the program to access the driver version. This is one of QuickSHARE's most requested files and seems to be updated every 6 months. A very useful library written in C. QD-V13: Quick Dial Communications Terminal Date: 02/91 Author: Charles Graham Cost: $20 Size: 118K Description: This is a complete communications terminal written in 100% QuickBASIC! Described by the author as "communications for the rest of us," this terminal will allow you to link your computer/modem to other computers. I will say here as cleary as I can that this is a terminal application and it does NOT come with the source code, nor is the source code offered at this time. It does, however, demonstrate QB as a powerful communications language from the point of an end user. Features include a COLOR scroll-back of previous screens, COLOR snapshots of screens, support for COM1 and COM2, baud rates of up to 2400 bps, full ANSI emulation, a 15-entry dialing direc- tory (with unlimited directory files), and many, many other features. Currently, it does not come with transfer protocols of any kind, but those, in addition to 9600bps, are soon to be added. UPDATE for v1.3: Now works with MS Windows, layout changes, quick find of text in scroll back buffer addded, 9600bps support added, Xmodem Send/Receive is now included, also has changed the setup proceedure. QUICKDOR: Fossil driver-based door interface library for QB Date: 9/89 Author: Frank Merrill & SML Cost: $20 Size: 53K Description: Written in a combination of QuickBASIC 4.50 and MASM 5.00, this appears to be another excellent library for QuickBASIC programmers who are wanting to program *either* QBBS *or* RBBS doors! Functions include: easy interface to QBBS and RBBS, full communications support, no watchdog or CTTY needed, quick text file display, status line, keyboard activity timeout check, sysop DOS shelling, and more. Also comes with a text on how to patch the BRUN45.EXE such that it doesn't drop the DTR (a popular topic, and something Microsoft really needs to acknowledge as a bug). Looks like a fine library. RBBS17: The famous Remote BBS (RBBS Bulletin Board System) Date: 8/90 Author: D. Thomas Mack et.al Cost: FW Size: 456K Description: RBBS was the original BBS program (literally). It started out as 800 lines of GWBASIC code long ago and subsequently kicked off what was to become one intensive hobby for a lot of us. It is now a fully- functional BBS. RBBS is divided into three parts: 1. RB17CEXT: External protocal files (utils): 106K 2. RB17CBAS: QuickBASIC source code files: 285K 3. RB17CASM: MASM and C low-level source code: 65K Note that the QuickBASIC source code has been said to be, uh, slightly difficult to follow (at least it's a good point in favor of structured programming). SKELETON: Doors programming in Native QuickBASIC Date: 8/88 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 13K Description: This source file is heavily based on the work by John Morris, though the true author is unknown. If you have a BRUN module or a BCOM library which has the DTR-drop problem fixed, you can use this skeleton file to write doors for RBBS, PCBoard, Wildcat and QBBS. Functions include: open door, read all communication I/O, monitor carrier, trap errors, exit safely back to parent environment (BBS) and more. Looks like it is packed full of comments too! DATABASE ======== BTREE-QB: Source to B-Tree indexing in native QuickBASIC Date: 11/85 Author: Roy Barrow Cost: FW Size: 24K Description: This description will be short and sweet. This archive contains 21 separate .BASic files that work together to form an indexing library based on the B-Tree method. Considering the date stamp of this collection of files, though, I suggest that some reformatting/coding may be required before it will run under a 4.xx series QuickBASIC compiler. CHXCARDS: Simple database to maintain lists of information Date: 12/90 Author: George Jones Cost: FW Size: 11K Description: By definition of the author, "This series of small data base programs is primarily for home use to maintain addresses, christmas card lists, magazine subscriptions, etc.. The records can be sorted, displayed on screen, or printed as listings or labels." Options include: create, edit, list, delete, sort, print. Has a very nice user interface! COPYREC: Copy records between dBASE II and III Date: 7/90 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 74K This structured source file will show the dBASE programmer how to convert between dBASE II and III files. Uses CALL UNTERRUPT for many of the routines. Note that the source is poorly documented so a firm understanding of QB syntax is necessary to follow the code. DATABASE: A small QuickBASIC-only database Date: 5/89 Author: Jose Garcia Cost: FW Size: 13K Description: This is a small name/address database source code file that shows how QuickBASIC can be used to create structured databases. A nice job. DB: Read dBASE files with the QuickBASIC source file Date: 1/88 Author: David Perry Cost: FW Size: 4K Description: By the definition of the author, this native QB file will allow you to "open and read dBASE III .DBF and .DBT files, display their structure, read data to include up to the first 4000 bytes of a memo field." Uses the structured TYPE block for file i/o. Completely modular and structured. EZDBLIB2: Simulate dBASE's @SAY...GET commands in QB Date: 1/89 Author: John Grant Cost: FW Size: 39K Description: Designed to work with the db/LIB library, this package allows manipulation of dBASE files (version was not mentioned but I assume it's for version III or III+) with QuickBASIC. EZSAYGET works like dBASE's SAY and GET commands (query input) and handles a full implimentation of dBASE error exit codes. Currently, this library only supports 1 database file open at one time. QBTREE51: B-Tree access method for QuickBASIC Programmers Date: 4/91 Author: Cornel Huth Cost: $45 Size: 116K Description: Written in a mix of QuickBASIC and Microsoft ASM, the author describes this package as a "keyed-file system based on the b-tree sorting method. Maintains up to 10 key fields and also 10 data files (at once)." This package contains several routines to make your database programming easier in QuickBASIC. Running a demo on my PC/XT with a rather slow hard card resulted in 3.849 seconds to produce and delete 100 records with the PutKey() routine. The $45 registra- tion includes source code (sent to you when you register). Cornel may also be reached via the Fido QUIK_BAS echo for assistance. This looks like a fine indexing library. UPDATE (v4.5): Added bug fix w/keys, RewindKey replaced by GetFirst, default for MaxKeys and Records changed to 5, docs improved, error detection improved. UPDATE (v5.0): Renamed some routines, change in MemCopy routine, data buffer allocation now is done at run time using FAR memory, offers support for PDS and networks in the same library. Demonstration is MUCH better. Note that v5.0+ is not compatible with previous versions. UPDATE (v5.1): Corrected 2 bug fixes with LOCK READ WRITE and MemCopy. Interesting, Cornel inserts his name in the key files! Hmmmm... QSAM300: A B-Tree access method for QuickBASIC databases Date: 4/89 Author: Cornel Huth Cost: FW* Size: 24K Description: The author describes this package as, "QSAM is a keyed-file system based on the b-tree sorting method. In addition to finding any particular key and its associated data record very quickly, QSAM allows sequential access to the data file (not usually found in b-tree access programs)." I would describe this library as a very professionally-developed group of 16 routines for indexing QuickBASIC data base files. All routines in this library are functions and therefore return their own error codes (listed in the documentation) that relate specifically to the indexing I/O. The library was written in a combination of QuickBASIC 4.00 and MASM (machine language). However, despite the fact that the LIBrary was compiled with QB 4.00, the included .BAS demo compiled with no errors with my QuickBASIC 4.50. A fine package, and one of the few fully functional indexing packages you can find in the freeware/shareware market. *Note: source code is available for $20, but the library itself is free to use! For a more elaborate indexing library, see QBTREE (shareware). QB4INDX: A set of database indexing routines in QuickBASIC Date: 11/89 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 5K Description: This ASCII file contains about 15 different routines which are used together for keeping track of data- base indexes. There's no documentation, but it definitely requires the QB4BAS assembler library to run. Also, since there's no author, please inform me if you find that this is not public domain. SHARE: An excellent database using QBTOOLS/2 Date: 1/88 Author: Roy Barrow Cost: FW Size: 60K Description: This is a very well-written database that requires the QBTools library by Roy Barrow to recompile [a working .EXE is provided]. The database keeps a list of shareware registrations for shareware authors. The author designed this program to show the usage of his QBTools library. Nice job. GENERAL LIBRARIES AND ROUTINES ============================== 123W20: A collection of Lotus 1-2-3 functions for QB Date: 12/90 Author: Tomas J. Vought Cost: $25 Size: 91K Description: In addition to simply gaining the ability of writing Lotus 1-2-3 files from within QuickBASIC, the user of this library also gets some 40 other routines that perform Lotus-like functions: @ASIN, @ACOS, @EXP, etc.. Files are saved in any Lotus format, up to version 2.20. Note, this library was previ- ously called 123QB11A in earlier catalogs. New features include: #And#, #OR#, and #NOT# operators, @STD, @VAR, AROWS, @COLS routines. Also, it now supports the PDS far strings. Note: If you used this library earlier you should note that this package has been completely re-written in machine language and is not compatible with older versions. ADLPLAY: A support/system software for the AdLib sound card Date: 5/90 Author: Jospeh Scally Cost: FW Size: 50K Description: This is evidently a driver for a sound card called the AdLib. I have no means of testing this program, but it's sure to be of interest to some. ADVBAS9B: A powerful beginning to ProBAS (general library) Date: 2/90 Author: Tom Hanlin III Cost: *** Size: *** Description: Tom Hanlin III began his QuickBASIC programming libraries with ADVBAS. This product was undoubtedly the most popular QB library available (indeed, the ONLY one available) for a long time. A few years ago, Hammerly Computing hired Tom to produce a comercial version of ADVBAS called ProBAS. It saw great success and both parties were satisfied for a duration. However, over the past couple of years, Hammerly QUIT PAYING TOM for his work. In revolt, Tom has started a sort of "second generation ADVBAS," or more appropriately, a clone of the $150 ProBAS library which is now shareware. Tom has asked that ALL SYSOPS delete ADVBAS from their listings and offer PBCLON instead. Therefore, the ADVBAS library is no longer offered in QuickSHARE. Please see PBCLON. ANSILIB: An Easier way to use ANSI with QuickBASIC Date: 4/91 Author: Michael Phillips Cost: FW Size: 67K Description: The author says that this is, "a short simple library that allows the user to 'get into ANSI' without having to remember those cryptic escape sequences. The work is already done, the rest is up to you!" Allows the QB/ANSI programmer to change colors and change cursor position. Eleven routines. The library is free, but the author does request "a postcard telling him you like it." Send him a postcard, too, and he'll return you the source code. BASWIND2: Routines to handle windows in QuickBASIC v2.00 Date: 11/86 Author: Dave Evers Cost: FW Size: 104K Description: Here's some fair windowing routines for QuickBASIC v2.00 programmers. Routines include the source for the windowing, and the assembler source for a quick print, save screen and restore screen. For $25 the author will send additional routines (which are also free if you can find them on a BBS) which includes menuing, 123-style menus, a calendar printing routines, and more. I looked at the assembler source for the printing routine and noticed that SI and DI were not saved as required by QB versions 4 and greater. QS now has a much more recent version of this library in BASWIND8, but I am including this version as it is since BASWIND8 is based on this work. BASWIND8: Windowing and mouse routines for QB v4.x ONLY Date: 9/90 Author: James Morgan Cost: FW Size: 192k Description: Based on the PD works by Dave Evers (see BASWIND2), this is a much more enhanced (and updated to run in QuickBASIC v4.xx) version of the BASWIND library. Functions include: make window, save/restore screen, scrolling, mouse, nice bar menu routines (much like those found in the QB editor), Lotus 1-2-3 style menus, calendar functions (these are very good), Query input buttons (like QB's "OK" and "CANCEL" button prompts), and more. This file includes 7 assembler source files and 21 QuickBASIC source files (SUBS). Note that the windows have what I call "true shadowing:" Shadows do not erase the text the overwrite, but rather set it to ATTR 8 which makes for a true shadow appearance. Also, the included compiled demos that come with this file are painfully slow (not because of the routines actually, but because the author puts a very long delay after each window pops up). Overall, this is a very useful library and is a "must see." BASWIZ15: A great assembler window and memory tool Date: 4/91 Author: Tom Hanlin III Cost: $35 Size: 281K Description: Wow! Whata library. Tom is the author of ADVBAS (the very first shareware assembler library for QB) and a library which eventually went commercial). In this endeavor, Tom blasts the 64K boundary (bravo) of QB string space. Exploding/collapsing 3-D windows, communication support, adapter stuff, expression evaluators. For additional product support, Tom may be reached via the Fido QUIK_BAS echo. I do not "endorse" products in QuickSHARE, but I must say here that in my opinion, this is the best windowing library I've seen. This is not to mention the many other features that come with this excellent library! * Version 1.20 now includes an XMODEM send routine! * Version 1.40 now includes the following enhancements and bug fixes: Fixed a bug with the StartXmodemSend routine, fixed the cursor problem for MDA systems, now automatically detects MDA and adjusts your color statements for that environment, screen flicker suppression option added, memory management and pointers now added, numeric expression evaluator now supports the use of parenthesis, now comes with a stub file for use w/Crescent's PDQ. A major update! * Version 1.50 now has the GRAFWIZ and MATHWIZ libs included, though both are still currently available as a separate library. Also, due to the size of BASWIZ now, you are *REQUIRED* to use Tom's FREE LIBWIZ utility which allows you to create custom libraries for your specific application. Bug fixes: expression evaluator, WInput, ScreenSize. Additions: to virtual windows system, several new routines. This is one of the best libraries we offer, IMHO. BCDBAS: A Binary Coded Decimal math library Date: 6/89 Author: Chris Rouse Cost: $20 Size: 12K Description: This library offers a more accurate way of storing numbers in QB. Numbers are worked with like strings and accuracy, according to the author, is true to 80 digits! Functions are limited to add, subtract, multiply, and divide. It also offers a variant to the PRINT USING statement. Should work with PDQ. Note (03/91): Due to the lack of registrations, this library will not be updated! Future releases will only be done in the commercial market. BDIR: QuickBASIC source code to list files and subdirs Date: 6/90 Author: Tim Berneman Cost: FW Size: 30K Description: This source file will show you how to read a directory from within QuickBASIC using QB's external INTERRUPT library. It shows how to distinguish between normal files and subdirectories, etc. This is a great work with an .EXE run file included! BDISK10: BIOS disk handling library for QuickBASIC Date: 12/87 Author: Eric Tauch Cost: FW Size: 20K Description: This is another library of routines to interface with the BIOS, but offers 5.25 inch disk (360K) services (formatting, reading, writing, and verifying absolute disk sectors [now you CAN copyprotect your QB programs, how's that?]). Comes complete with the assembler source code! BKIMPQB: Another query input library for QuickBASIC and PDS Date: 08/90 Author: Bill Hewitt Cost: $20 Size: 25K Description: Simply stated, here's another excellent alternative to QB and PDS's terrible INPUT routine. Allows masked input for alpha, integer, and floating point. BMW2: Bar Menu Writer v2.00. Sort of a "preprocessor" Date: 2/89 Author: Lloyd Doering Cost: $5 Size: 80K Description: This is a very interesting approach to creating professional-looking pull-down windows in QuickBASIC. BMW is a sort of preprocessor. You create a window definition file with options and window types listed, and BMW will generate QuickBASIC code to run those menus. This program comes with 1 example file that produces a QuickBASIC v3.00 type pull down window setup. Also included are blockmove (ram) object code modules and bit manipulation object modules. Source code is available for $35 (and is not public domain). Yup, you can be a real yuppie with BMW! BOUNCBAR: Some bar menu routines in QuickBASIC 4.00+ Date: 12/87 Author: Mike Himowitz Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: These routines are written entirely in QuickBASIC. They allow a QB 4.00+ programmer to write awesome "bouncing bar" menus. Uses cursor keys for input. DOSBAS: A hand-full of useful system information routines Date: 12/90 Author: Sidney Kelley Cost: *FW Size: 82K Description: This library includes a lot of good routines for determining a user's system configuration and devices. One which is of particular interest is how to correctly test if ANSI.SYS is loaded (something that is usually very difficult). The ANSI test did work on my system! * The author has set the cost to "a good piece of MASM/QuickBASIC source code." His ASM source code is included. EDITLN: Another great editor for QuickBASIC use Date: 2/89 Author: Mark Hamilton Cost: FW Size: 10K Description: Obviously written in QuickBASIC 4.50, this query input routine is similar to that of the EDITOR routine above. User can edit existing strings or edit initial input of strings. Allows limited number of keys (query input) in addition to the normal keys for editing such as: arrow keys, ^left/right, end, backspace, del, ^y, etc.. I say that the file was obviously written in QB 4.5 because trying to link it with PDQ produced an "unresolved external." A further look determined that the routine called the SOUND function of QB. The author doesn't say anything about fees or source code, but I tested it and it was quite good. EDITOR: A great assembler query editor Date: 2/89 Author: Christopher Rouse Cost: FW Size: 21K Description: This is the best free editor I've seen. Written in assembler, this routine emulates the QuickBASIC editor functions (arrows, CTRL-arrows, HOME, END, INS, DEL, etc.). It has two types of editors. One is just a normal editor function, and the other is an excellent WINDOW input (scrolls left to right)! EGADISK: Create a virtual drive via DOS device driver Date: 8/89 Author: Cornel Huth Cost: $30 Size: 5K Description: As the author describes this device driver, "EGADISK (egadisk.sys) is a DOS device driver that allows users with EGA or VGA video cards to create a virtual disk of 64K. In text mode, these video systems leave an entire 64K plane unused. Why not put it to use?" This has been the topic of hot debate on the Fido QUIK_BAS conference as well. I did notice a slight problem with the documentation. Cornel did not mention what the name of this device is (like, OPEN "EGADISK:" or OPEN "EGA:"), or if it sets up as the next available drive letter (and how one goes about accessing it. I'll talk to the author about this "documentational glitch." Otherwise, a great idea! ERRLEV: Exit QuickBASIC v4.00+ with an errorlevel Date: 10/88 Author: Mike Janke Cost: FW Size: 5K Description: Mike used the EXIT() function of C to create this exit with errorlevel routine. Like the new END [errorlevel] implemented in PDS, this function gives one the ability to exit QuickBASIC with such. The author warned, though, that although he tested the routine, he didn't really know how it worked! Notice: Use of this routine is risky! It should work fine if you are not using any of the functions of QB that cause 'garbage collection' (such as MID$, LEFT$, RIGHT$, etc.). Also, it should not be used if you have any open files (that is, devices). This is just a friendly suggestion from yours truly. EZWINDO1: E-Z Windows library with mouse support Date: 4/91 Author: John Strong Cost: $30 Size: 300K Description: Robert Trost of The Netherlands contributed this nice windowing package originally (authors' updated). Really, this is not just a windowing library, but is a MENUING library which will allow you to easily build several different types of text windowing interfaces (with mouse support). One example uses the QB environment as an example, mimicking the environment very nicely. Includes: full color control, selections can be "greyed out", hot keys, items picked optionally blink, and very fast, "true shadowing" windows. Has two very impressive demos included as well. Since there are 24 variables passed to the routine, however, it does require quite a bit of overhead. There is a separate support library for PDS, but no mention if this library supports FAR strings. Also, I attempted to compile the demo with PDQ but was unsuccessful. Apparently, the library is written in a combination of QB and assembler. $60 registers and gets source. John Strong will also customize this library for registered users. This would allow the library, for example, to work with PDS FAR strings! UPDATE (version not reflected, but this file used to be EZWIN100): Now has PDS support. Various bug fixes and general changes. Support of 43 and 50 line EGA/VGA modes. Option to change "Ok" and "Cancel" button prompts for different languages (per R. Trost, how about that?). FULLDIR: A great DIR$ type routine for QuickBASIC Date: 5/90 Author: Gaylon Hill Cost: FW Size: 9K Description: This is a QB source file that offers a CALL INTERRUPT routine for returning a complete DOS- like directory string in an array. With this routine you no longer have to revert to the sloppy and potentially problematic SHELL method to get a list of files on disk. Allows a mask and a path name. I liked this program so much that I decided to spend a little time with it and include a PDQ verision (filename: FULLDIR.PDQ) that is designed specifically for PDQ. Considering what this library does and that it comes with the source code, I didn't know if I should put this in the source code section, the PDQ section, or (here) the general library section! GETCPU2: Determine the system CPU type in QuickBASIC Date: 9/90 Author: Cliff Brown Cost: FW Size: 2K Description: This file has the machine source with a compiled object file (.OBJ) for linking which will allow a QB programmer to determine the type of CPU a system is running: 8086/88/186/286/386/486/V20. GET$PUT$: A better BLOAD for QuickBASIC 4.00+ Date: 7/90 Author: Richard Randles Cost: FW Size: 11K Description: When I placed a request for a routine that would save a portion of RAM to a string, I did not expect such a fast and powerful routine. I needed BSAVE to save data to a string for internal manipulation within the program. Since BSAVE only saves a part of RAM to disk, it was useless in this case. Richard put this assembler routine together, and it does much more than simply save a block of memory to a string. It will also PUT a string into a block of memory! This makes it useful to load and save screens, do an INSTR on memory (wow), and whatever other uses one can think of. Included is the MASM source code, and the compiled .OBJ code. Note: Richard is also the author to UNSCRMBL, another of my requests, and does a very professional job on both. Check 'em out! INSTRING: QuickBASIC 4.00+ input editor Date: 5/90 Author: Bob Hodge Cost: FW Size: 7K Description: I found this query input routine on a Dallas-local BBS. Impressed, I reworked the code and made this a very functional input routine. Uses arrow keys and works only in insert mode. Can be reworked. KEYBAS: Input routines for your speedy QB applications Date: 12/90 Author: Sidney Kelly Cost: *FW Size: 87K Description: This is a library of keyboard and mouse routines which were written in MASM version 5.0 specifically for QB. The author does not request monetary payment, but wants you to, "send any good MASM or QB source file." LOADPIC: Load PC Paint files in MS QuickBASIC Date: 4/86 Author: John D. Jenkins Cost: FW Size: 3K Description: This assembler source file looks like it was written for QB version 3.00. The SI and DI regs are not saved. Can be reworked. Will load files saved in the PC Paint (.PIC) file format. MANYOPEN: Open any number of files up to 255 in QuickBASIC Date: 12/89 Author: Jonathan Zuch Cost: FW Size: 4K Description: This set of assembler routines allows you to have as many as 255 OPEN files in QuickBASIC at the same time! Comes with assembler source code. MATHWZ11: Math Wizard library let's you count like never before! Date: 2/91 Author: Tom Hanlin III Cost: $25 Size: 60K Description: This is a mathematics library of assembler and QB routines for QB 4.5. Supoort for other recent versions of the BASIC compiler is available with registration. This library has some replacement routines for QB's internal math routines, and some additions: greatest common denominator, Power2, arc cosine/sine, factoral, hyperbolic cosine, convert radians to degrees, more. Especially interesting is the BCD math library (Binary Coded Decimal) which gives 100% accuracy to the 255th decimal place! Note that MATHWIZ is now included with the larger BASWIZ library. It is offered here for those who do not wish to take advantage of the larger library (overall, BASIWIZ is a much better value). MCRAT10: Mouse routines for the Microsoft Mouse Date: 3/89 Author: Mark Mc Carthy Cost: FW Size: 53K Description: This is a very extensive library which will allow a QuickBASIC programmer to use the Microsoft (2- button) mouse. This version works only for text mode applications, but future versions are likely to support graphics too. Since Mark wrote the entire library in QuickBASIC, the QB.LIB interrupt library is required for use. Source code is NOT included with this archive. If the end user does not have a mouse, a TAB/ENTER combination can be used to emulate the mouse. Light pen emulation is included. The author does not expect payment for use of this library, though registration is expected. Of course, you CAN send him a few bucks with your registration...he won't mind. MOUSEDEM: Very good mouse routines for QuickBASIC Date: 4/88 Author: Bob Wilcox Cost: FW Size: 46K Description: This is definately a "must have" library if you ever program for the Microsoft Mouse. It is a structured source list of QB functions which include: ButtonTest, GetButton, Graphics Cursor (*), MenuWindow, MoveCursor, TextCursor, and more. Uses the CALL INTERRUPT library to preform mouse tasks. (*) Note: This library contains three EXCELLENT mouse corsors for graphics (arrow cursor, pointing hand cursor, and an hourglass). Although these are low-resolution (CGA) pointers, I'll assume they could be altered or perhaps will work as is with a better display mode. Also, with this library you have the ability to move the mouse cursor under the program's control, which is perfect when writing presentations. MOUSEMEN: A mouse-menu routine for QB version 3.00 Date: 7/87 Author: Ray Schwarz Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: Written for QuickBASIC v3.00, this mouse menu package may require editing before it can be used with QB v4.00+. Requires the ADVBAS library, too. MR-OBJ: Good ol' BIOS and DOS functions for QB Date: 1989 Author: Scott Russell Cost: $20 Size: 52K This library for QuickBASIC v4.00+ or BASCOM v6 includes standard BIOS and DOS functions, written in MASM. Functions include: boot, buffnum, copy delete, communication routines, printer routines, etc. Has .LIB. NCLB1189: "A PD library of commonly used QB45 SUBs" Date: 11/89 Author: Varies Cost: FW Size: 43K Description: Chip Morrow is responsible for compiling this excellent set of QuickBASIC tools. Routines include: Capslock, Center, ClearKey, EditStr (query input), GetStr, Julian (dates), Disable keyboard, NumbLock, ScrnSave, Windows. Very nice library of routines all written in QuickBASIC version 4.00+. If you have a routine you would like to add to this library, please contact Chip so this library may grow. NRFACE21: A pull-down windowing interface package Date: 4/90 Author: George Campbell Cost: *FW Size: 100K Description: NRFACE (which stands for Interface), is a nice pull-down windowing package. Completely written in QuickBASIC, this package has routines for mouse handling, windowing, file handling, and more. The windowing and the file handling routines are accomplished with the QB.LIB (INTERRUPT library) that comes with QuickBASIC. The use of interrupts adds more power and speed to this BASIC library. Note that I don't suspect that George Campbell expects this package to be used in a commercial application. The NRFACE library is free to those who program for fun or for software on the public domain (no money expected for the program). However, he asks $60 from those who will use it in a shareware package (a bit much in my opinion), and a whopping $1000 for those who want it for commercial appl- ications. Yeah, right. NUVAL: A replacement for QB's VAL function Date: 7/89 Author: Jim Mack Cost: FW Size: 11K Description: Ever wonder why your final EXE sometimes appears to take a wild "jump" in size just by adding a single statement? Chances are that what you're seeing is QB including the Floating Point Math (FPM) library. One of the routines that cause FMP support to be added to your EXE is VAL (another is TIMER -- see TIMING2 in this section as well). But what if you don't need floating point returns? This routine can help. It is an Integer% and LongInteger& replacement routine for VAL which will not cause QB's FMP to be included. It also adds some other benefits such as not exiting with an "Overflow" message, and it respects spaces, unlike VAL [ex: VAL("45 6) returns 456 whereas here it returns 45]. This routine is also, by definition, faster than VAL. PARSECOM: Command line parser routines that went public domain Date: 1/89 Author: Daniel P. Stasinski Cost: FW Size: 9K Description: Daniel is the author to the semi-popular ProWindow library we offer. Described as a "shareware flop," this small library adds some real power to your command line parsing. Written entirely in native QuickBASIC (no external libraries with which to bother), the command line parser will: break down the command line into separate statements, test them for the existence of selected switches and arguments, and will allow multiple commas as delimiters. Comes with complete QuickBASIC source. PBCLON14: ProBAS Clone general-purpose function library Date: 03/91 Author: Tom Hanlin III Cost: $25 Size: 319K Description: I cannot mention this library without giving you a bit of its history. Several years ago (about 1984) Tom Hanlin developed a handfull of machine language routines for his own personal use with the BASIC Compiler of the time. Satisfied with his work, and realizing a need in the compiled BASIC market for such a library, Tom released his first version of what was soon to be popularly known as the ADVBAS (Advanced BASIC) library. It was the first shareware assembler library for compiled BASIC and continues to be used today by QuickBASIC programmers around the world. Too, with the success of ADVBAS, Tom began developing a very similar but more detailed library, ProBAS, for a company called Hammerly Computing. In the past few years of its success as a commercial library, ProBAS sold for a whopping $150 retail. Lately, Hammerly decided to quit paying Tom for his work (gee, that's nice) so Tom decided to develop his own library, again, similar in functionality to that of the ProBAS library. This version 1.00 of the PBCLON library offers 225 functions for QB programmers including the usual BIOS and DOS functions you would expect, EMS routines, BigPrint, BlockMove, Compression routines, communications routines, CDROM check, CheckSum, CopyFile, CRC, Encryption, Date functions, MeanAverage [of arrays], Bit operators, and it offers many replacements for QuickBASIC standard functions but with error flags for smoother program error handling. With 250 routines, indeed, there are more to list than I possibly could in the catalog. Also, when you register, you will receive the complete assembler source code to this library! This library could be considered a continuation of ADVBAS, but I would rather consider it a $150 commercial library coming "home" to shareware at a 600% savings! See also: BASWIZ, GRAFWIZ, QBWIZ. UPDATE (Ver 1.10): Speed of memory/string routines improved, mouse handling enabled, BIOSInkey, SubExist, now has 275 routines. UPDATE (Ver 1.20): Bug fix in Floppies routines fixed and StrIns fixed. Now has 306 routines! UPDATE (v1.3): Adds 55 more routines, now totals 361). UPDATE (v1.14): Added 55 more routines, now totals 416!!! Note: The library is now too large for BASIC to handle as a unit. PBCLONE 1.4+ will now *REQUIRE* LIBWIZXX (available from QS and it is free), a library manager for building specific, customized libraries. Next update not expected until Fall 1991. POPUPS: Text windows and mouse support for QB 4.00 Date: 4/89 Author: Geoff Allan Cost: $25 Size: 71K Description: Here's what might look like just another windowing library for QuickBASIC programmers. Sure, windows are saved outside of DGROUP to preserve that precious string space. Okay, fine, it supports *any* display adapter (MDA, CGA, HERC, EGA, MCGA, EGA). Also, the demo doesn't really have much flair. But there's one thing about this library that makes it stand alone. It comes complete, as it is, as a shareware package, with the entire assembler source code! No, you don't have to wait to register the software before you get to take a peep at the assembler source. It's right here, right now (about a 50K ascii file in itself)! There are 27 routines in this library, and they're available NOW. Friends, it's a rare occasion that I find an author who has enough faith in us, the share- ware users, to readily make the source available such as Geoff has here. If anything, we should register just to express our gratitude in his trust! Plus, for an additional $25, you get a complete pull-down interface similar to that of QuickBASIC's. Check this library out. It's one of a kind. PULLDWN: An integrated pull-down menuing routine Date: 9/90: Author: Albert Duro Cost: FW Size: 30K Description: This machine language library offers a nice QB-style pull-down menu routine. Comes with a very good tutorial and source file you can edit (it machines the actual assembler routine). It is free for non- commercial use. Note: I spent a couple of hours working with this library (looked like exactly what I needed) and discovered a few things: This library is very low-level (passing only BYVAL SADDs [that is, you have to send the reference of the address of the string and numeric variables in binary]). You will have to be very patient and plan to spend a couple of hours just getting familiar with this library. Too, it's very sensitive (locked up my machine a couple of times because of a simple mistake on my part). Overall, though, a very tight (that's EFFICIENT) routine that offers a lot of power. Q4TOOL12: Another good windowing and mouse library Date: 8/90 Author: R. J. Crouch Cost: 25+ Size: 74K Description: Here's another windowing library for QuickBASIC version 4.00 and greater. In addition to windowing routines, you'll find mouse support, save and restore screen routines, quick print routines, delays and a couple others. What sets this library apart from the others is the smooth mouse control within window boundaries. A good package worthy of consideration. QB4BAS46: The *BEST* FW QuickBASIC assembly library EVER!!! Date: 11/89 Author: Harold Thompson Cost: FW! Size: 140K Description: There is no way I can list everything this library can do for QuickBASIC 4.00+ programmers. It has mouse support, and communications, and file, and keyboard, and screen, and...and...and.... This is by all means the BEST freeware library available. It is written in assembler, and competes with any commercial package. If there is anything you order or download from the QuickSHARE network, get this! QB4INPUT: Several input routines and other utilities Date: 11/87 Author: Paul Friedman Cost: FW Size: 4K Description: This library is written entirely in QuickBASIC 4.00+. In addition to various input routines, it has FileExist functions and more. Nice routines. QBBITS: A collection of assembler bit manipulation routines Date: 8/89 Author: Jim Mack Cost: FW Size: 10K Description: A collection of routines written in assembler that will allow a QB programmer to do bit-level functions. In addition to the .OBJ files, the assembler source is included. Routines: Set, clear, toggle and examine the state of any single bit in a 16-bit word. Allows 16 separate flags in a single integer. There is also a routine that will convert a numeric value to a binary string ("1011010"). QBCAL2: Calendar routines for QuickBASIC Date: 2/90 Author: Carl Bunton Cost: FW Size: 19K Description: Here's another library, similar to QBDATE4 below, which uses Julian algebra to create a small, useful complete calendar right where you want it! Written entirely in QB v4.5. QBDATE4: Date input (query input) routines for QB Date: 6/88 Author: Jack Stefirk Cost: FW Size: 10K Description: This library contains data validation routines, difference between 2 dates (Julian algebra), integer to date and date to integer, and day of week for a date. All written in assembler, you get the OBJect code which can be converted to a LIBrary with LIB. QBDB1: A few simple routines for the beginner Date: 8/88 Author: Darryl Bennet Cost: FW Size: 7K Description: This archive includes a few routines to get query input, clear lines on the screen, and parse strings. The routines are written for QB v3.00 and may need modification to work with later versions. They are very simple and will be of interest to the beginning QuickBASIC programmer who is interested in writing QB routines. QBFIELD: Input screen and input field routines Date: 3/88 Author: Doron Oz Software House Cost: SW Size: 111K Description: This library is not really different from the many query input ("field input") libraries we offer in QuickSHARE. However, this one does place an extra emphasis on screen development, and the author essentially leaves the donation/registration cost up to you. The author suggests that this library is designed for QuickBASIC v4.0, but I tested it with v4.5 and observed no errors in compiling or running the provided demo. QBINTS: A great list of about 15 interrupts for QuickBASIC Date: 4/89 Author: David Wesson Cost: FW Size: 67K Description: This is a good list of a few of the interrupts you can call from QuickBASIC 4.00+'s CALL INTERRUPT. This free library contains routines to determine the type of video card, mouse routines, printer ready detect, break toggles, get and set drive, etc. All in QuickBASIC source code. QBMIDI: Control your MIDI instruments from within QB Date: 11/90 Author: "AskUs Tech" Cost: $20 Size: 32K Description: This library gives QB programmers access to their MIDI systems in the form of conventional QB calls (it's a library). Subs include: SeeIfMidiExists, ResetMpu, SetDataInStopMode, PlayNote, AllNotesOff, ChangePatchTo, ReceiveMidiData, OmniModeOn/Off, SettoPoly/MonoMode, and more. Note that this library is somewhat crippled as the author stated, "v2.00 registered version has more features." It is the only library of it's kind, and is therefore offered in the QuickSHARE library. QBSORTS: Two very well-done Quick Sort algorithms Date: 9/88: Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 34K Description: About a year or so ago, I grouped several different sorting routines I collected and put them into one file (BASSORT) for distribution. At that time, they were the best sorts I had ever seen...until now. The two flat QuickBASIC source files that come with this archive might be as well suited for the "source code section," except that they are completely stand-alone routines, and are very good. I compiled and tested these routines and noted the following benchmarks: String sort of 1000 elements took 3 seconds on my 10MHz AT; Numeric sort of 1000 elements took 2 seconds. I also have added a PDQ- compiled version (PDQSORT) which offers a good pre- compiled demo (and proof that it will work with PDQ). PDQ sped it up a bit all right: 1 second to sort the string array, and less than 1 second to sort the numeric array. In short, if you need a good sort, this is it. The initializtion routines use several GOSUB statements (yuck), but the actual routines are very modular SUBs. QBTOOL30: Assembly language toolbox for QB 4.0, 4.1, 4.5 Date: 1990 Author: Christy Gemmell Cost: £25 Size: 218k Description: Windowing, screen (printing, scrolling) and file handling library for QuickBASIC. This library has several object files (.OJB) and comes with fair documentation. Note that the cost is in terms of English pounds! Also, this library is free if you credit the author in your work. QBUTIL5P: A general-purpose programming library Date: 2/91 Author: Daniel Berry Cost: FW* Size: 135K Description: This general-purpose QuickBASIC programming library has over 100 routines to access functions that relate to DOS, BIOS, video, bits, mouse, date and time, and other functions. There are too many to list here. It requires at least a CGA setup, and you should be running DOS v3+. Finally, a source file which is supposed to demonstrate the features of this library comes with the archive, but when I tried to link, LINK returned "Link error L1103: Attempt to access data outside segment bounds." Good general-purpose libraries are somewhat hard to find, so I'm offering this library. Hopefully the author will change at least some of the forgoing in a later release. For $10, it SOUNDS like a deal! UPDATE (v5P): The library is now free, but you can pay the $10 mentioned in earlier versions of the QS catalog to get the source code. I have discussed this library with the author and he sounds interested in making it a better library. All routines are now included. QBWIND: Another QuickBASIC window/menuing library Date: 6/89 Author: Jay Messner Cost: FW! Size: 20K Description: Here's a very good window/menu utility that was written both in QuickBASIC and in machine language. Functions include: InitWind (initialize window and save background screen), DrawWind, CloseWind, MenuV/MenuH (gives menu choices). Compiled and tested, this library worked fine with the included SAMPLE.BAS (window) program. QBWINDOZ: Yet another windowing library for QuickBASIC Date: 11/90 Author: Chuck Clayton Cost: $20 Size: 78K Description: Written in QuickBASIC v4.00, here's a nice windowing library. It ran a little slow on my 10MHz AT, but overall did a well-enough job. The "growing" windows were slow and "shadows" are not "true" (that is, text is not "greyed" out, but totally blacked out). Considering how many windowing packages exist in QS alone, I do not see reason for including the annoy- ware (Copyright routine that pops up for 5 seconds, which you must call with the "shareware version"), but none-the-less here it is. QBWIZ12: QuickBASIC Wizard's library v1.10 Date: 2/91 Author: Tom Hanlin III Cost: FW! Size: 14K Description: Well, Tom Hanlin, Mr. "Gee, shouldn't Microsoft also include", has done it again. QuickBASIC contains several internal routines that are linked with your program to produce an .EXE. The QuickBASIC Wizard library will allow you to access many of those internal variables. This includes access to the current screen colors, cursor, display page, type of CRT being used, if the program is being redirected, etc. Looks like another nice package, and is completely functional. UPDATE (v1.2): Tom decided to make QBWIZ a *FREE* library. It now comes with the source code! (Was $15 in previous catalogs). QLIB5C: Another great assembler library for QuickBASIC! Date: 12/90 Author: Douglas Herr Cost: $25 Size: 171K Description: This is one of the most unique assembler libraries for QuickBASIC I've seen so far. In addition to the usual FindFirst, FindNext file handling routines, the QuickPrint-type and AnsiPrint-type screen routines, this package contains mouse support, comm- unications routines, and many, many bit manipulation routines, Input routines, data management routines, disk routines, EMS stuff, Equipment checks, graphics routines (great for those of us who use PDQ), (there's even one called Quadratic that will solve a quadratic expression!). QLIB5 is designed to be compatible with QuickBASIC 4.00-4.50 and BC7 (PDS). Finally, there are replacements for some of Quick- BASIC's built-in routines (much like PDQ has)! This is a new library and I'll bet it does quite well in the shareware market! Version "5b" added a fix to the math chip routine, more graphics routines, more input routines and so forth. Version "5c" is an update to several of the EMS and Array routines. QWEZ40: Version 4.0 of a pull-down window library for QB Date: 10/90 Author: R. A. Magnanti Cost: $30 Size: 186K Description: Every now and then I receive a truly professional library such as Windows R-E-Z (this package). It is a collection of QuickBASIC and assembler-written routines for QB v4.00+ and PDS which will help the QB/PDS programmer write very impressive, quick pull- down menus. Windows R-E-Z will allocate up to 32K *outside of BASIC's DGROUP* (allowing you to use that precious string space in other areas) for up to 20 windows at a time. Included with this library are functions for input windows, multi-field (query) input, directory routines, scroll windows and more (about 20 routines in all). Included is a demo that shows the real power of this package (looks very similar to that of the QuickBASIC editor). Also included is a 146K documentation file. Note: See PWEZ40 for the PDS version. UPDATE INFORMATION for version 4.00 (last version was 3.60): now has very elaborate amount of choices for windows (shadows and frame types), completely dynamic windows, more directory routines, enhanced error handling, more. QWINDOWS: A QuickBASIC interface/window management library Date: 12/89 Author: Don Lambert Cost: $35-75 Size: 119K Description: Written in assembler, the QWINDOWS library of QB routines allow the programmer to easily integrate professional screens, incorporate windows, pull- down menus, and handle mouse control. This is a shareware (somewhat limited) version of the commercial QWINDOWS Advanced version. It adds about 21K to your QB programs. This package is compatible with BASCOM 5.36-6.xx, PDS v7.xx, QB versions 2, 3, 4 and QB extended. Basic regi- stration is $35. For $50 you also get a printed manual, and for $75 you get the assembler source. REALFUNC: Extend QB's Intrinsic function for real/complex numbs! Date: 11/90 Author: Kerry Mitchell Cost: FW! Size: 36K Description: By definition of the author, this library, "essentially extends QB to include standard FORTRAN functions" (MOD with floating point return, minimum and maximum functions, Cartesian to Polar and Polar to Cartesian, *, \, log, exponentials, and the circular and hyperbolic trig functions. Includes structured source code! SQUAWK: A collection of 48 QuickBASIC sound effects Date: 4/87 Author: Merlin R. Null Cost: FW Size: 35K Description: This is one of the best sound generation demos I have seen for QuickBASIC. Sounds are produced either with PLAY or SOUND. A nice set. SWITCH23: A better way to allocate memory for SHELLing Date: 2/89 Author: Curtice Little Cost: FW Size: 40K Description: This library offers a function to allow a large application to load and run another program (called SHELL in QB) whose memory requirements are too great to otherwise run. Swaps your application to disk or to EMS to free RAM for the other program. Comes with the C, Pascal and QB OBJect files for linking. UPDATE (v2.3): Better documentation on BASIC and SWITCH. SYSTIX: "A long integer replacement for TIMER" Date: 9/89 Author: Jim Mack Cost: FW Size: 20K Description: This is a routine written in assembler (source code is included) which will return a timer value to a LongInteger& and therfore does not call in QB's FPM (Floating Point Math) library [which will save you quite a bit of size in terms of EXE size]. TIMING2: Timing routines for QuickBASIC Date: 4/89 Author: Ken Karp Cost: FW Size: 14K Description: Simply stated, this library includes two timing routines for QB which will allow you to delay QB in terms of x/100 seconds, and has a "background delay." See also NUVAL (another author) for a replacement for the VAL statement). TOPMENU2: An excellent window/menu utility in QuickBASIC Date: 12/89 Author: Glen Miller Cost: FW Size: 67K Description: This is an excellent menu routine that features pull-down menus. It's all automated. You define the option arrays, and the routines take care of the rest. Will require heavy modification for use with PDQ because it uses PRINT often, and it uses floating point math (why, I don't know). Version two really spruces up the functionality of TOPMENU. Because it's written entirely in native QuickBASIC, 8086/88 systems will run a bit slow, but anything greater produces some really impressive results. Includes a fine demo, and this is one of the best menuing systems we have that is written in QB. This Glen Miller doesn't lead a band! TOPMENUM: TOPMENU (see TOPMENU2) for the monochrome display. Date: 3/89 Author: Glen Miller Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: The title line says it all. Refer to TOPMENU2. UNSCRMBL: An application to help you solve Jumble (R) games Date: 8/90 Author: Richard Randles Cost: FW Size: 8K Description: I posted a request for someone to develop a program that could be used to help "unscramble" those Jumble word games I find in the news papers. After trying to write a program that would accomplish this myself, though (and thereby discovering how difficult it was) I became very interested in the algorithm that was needed. Richard had the answer and wrote this program to satisfy my curiosity. The algorithm requires permutations (based on factorials!), and Richard made the whole project look easy. If at this point you don't know what I'm talking about, and example is in order. Given a word (like CAT), there are 6 posibili- ties of different words (cat, cta, atc, act, tac, tca). The PDQ-compiled program and included source will explain further. A very interesting program! VIDBAS: "Text Mode Primatives for QuickBASIC" Date: 11/90 Author: Sidney Kelly Cost: FW Size: 120K Description: These routines all written in MASM v5 (comes with source code) allow you to: save the display, write characters or attributes to the screen at high speeds or to DOS, change the cursor size, turn the blink attr on or off, bload files, and more. Sidney also goes into a little theory of video. This library handles the VEGA 43/50 line modes as well. This is definately a "must have" library. Also included is a windowing library written together with QB and the VIDBAS lib. Author does not request any registrations, but does ask that users send, "any good piece of MASM code." VIDSTA09: Video Status Analyzer library tells it all! Date: 8/90 Author: Sidney Kelly Cost: FW Size: 25K Description: VSA returns very useful information about the current video system. It returns the highest level SCREEN mode supported by the hardware (primary display only). The author does not expect payment for his work, but does request, "any good piece of MASM code" in return. Comes with MASM v5 source. I also added a PDQ batch utility which will return the video type in the form of an errorlevel. (Something I've needed before and something I've also created for the PDQ section). This is an excellent routine. GRAPHICS LIBRARIES ================== 130COLOR: Is it possible to get 130 colors out of a CGA??? Date: 10/88 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 5K Description: This GWBASIC source file will show you how to get the Motorola 6845 (CGA adapter controler) to "support an unsupported mode." Look this one over and judge for yourself. BINED: Another good sprite editor for EGA mode screens Date: 11/90 Author: Frederick Volking Cost: FW Size: 60K Description: You have BLOD2PUT (by yours truly) to create sprites in CGA modes [though IT doesn't have an editor] and now you have BINED for the EGA screens. This utility is frankly not very easy to use at first, but once you get the animator function running, you will be impressed by the clarity of the icons. It allows you to draw your sprite and then saves it in a file that uses sequential output (you will read the file with a simple INPUT# statement). This file format is explained in good detail such that it's quite useful (also, the files you create with this utility can be used in any language). Comes with 3 very good example sprites. BLOD2PUT: A sprite generator from BASIC binary (BLOAD) files Date: 6/89 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 65K Description: At one point in my programming "career" I needed the ability to save graphic images in RAM such that I wouldn't have to take the time to read a data file (and take the chance that the data file did not exist). I created BLOD2PUT for my own use. Actually, it works quite well. BSAVE images beginning at DEFSEG = &HB800 [CGA only: 200 x 320 color or 640 x 200 b/w] can be converted with ease. BLOD2PUT converts BSAVE binary images into numeric arrays such that the data can be READ (i.e., DATA statement) and PUT onto the screen instantly. This archive comes with a demonstration of how the program works, and the complete Quick- BASIC 4.00 source code. BSAVEVGA: Instructions to BLOADing high-res screens in QB Date: 1/90 Author: Microsoft? Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: This file offers complete instructions for how one goes about BSAVEing and BLOADing the high resolu- tion screens of the EGA/VGA in QB v4.00, 4.b and 4.5. Supports SCREEN modes 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13. From what I understand, this file is also available from Microsoft product support. CDRAW: Basic programming screen design tool Date: 3/91 Author: Lei Ming Cost: FW Size: 78K Description: This BASIC programming, screen designing tool will take your CDRAWn pictures and actually convert them to DRAW statements! (Something that I knew could be done but have never seen...until now). The DRAW statements will work with any GWBASIC-compatible BASIC (GW, QB, TB, PB, etc.). Works in all common SCREEN modes as well! Source is available @ $27.50. CGAFILL: An introduction to Color Graphics Structure Date: 3/91 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 5K Description: I have worked with manipulating video RAM for some time now, but I did not fully understand how to do when using the GRAPHICS mode of the CGA. This file outlines how to go about writing directly to video memory. I also included my rendition of the program, compiled with PDQ so to keep the EXE size down. CLIPEDV4: Now include *quick* VGA screens in QuickBASIC! Date: 10/90 Authors: E. Montgomery/M. Welch Cost: $10 Size: 80K Description: Earl and I worked on this set of VGA screen utilities literally for *months*. There are several utilities that will allow you to capture any VGA screen using mode 320x200x256 (SCREEN 13), edit that screen, and include it in your QuickBASIC applications. There is also another utility called REDUCE that will shrink a VGA screen by a factor of 75%. The full screen load is the fastest I've ever seen! Palettes are saved in their original state. Comes with several ready-to-run, PDQ-compiled utilities. All SUBs in the PDQ-compiled programs will compile under QuickBASIC without PDQ. Get this file and let me know what you think! EGA625: Can you display 625 colors on an EGA? Date: 3/91 Author: Robert Siegenthaler Cost: FW Size: 2K Description: Written in GWBASIC, this small file incorporates a combination of LINE statements which actually DO give the EGA with 128K the appearance of, well, at least 100 distinguishable color ranges (my opinion). Also offers 13 shades of grey! You be the judge! EGABAS: Demonstrations for the EGA from "long ago" Date: 3/88 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 11K Description: This archive contains GWBASIC source files (several of them) which display several different, interesting, colorful EGA demonstrations. For the person looking for a QB graphics project, convert all of these files to QB SUB routines! EGAINFO: Machine language routines for GWBASIC -or- QB Date: 8/87 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 9K Description: I received this file which came only as an .ASM source file. After assembling the file (with no errors) with MASM 5.1, I added a 2k PDQ version that shows how this library works. It returns the EGA mode, columns, rows, if the system has a color or mono setup, detects VGA cards and returns the amount of memory on the card. Works great! EGAKAL12: An excellent Enhanced Graphics demonstration in QB Date: 02/91 Authors: See below Cost: FW Size: 29K Description: Judson McCledon released this demonstration at one point and Thomas E. McCormick reworked it a bit. When TEM delivered this demo to me for QS, I added several changes to make this one of the best, most structured QB/EGA demos I have seen (see also GDEMOSRC in the graphics section for another similar demo). I also added information on who to change variables such that this demo would run on a VGA. FONTLIB: "On screen font graphic system for QB programmers" Date: 5/88 Author: Kevin Spatz Cost: $30 Size: 72K Description: This utility is somewhat similar to the GFONT demo we offer, except it does not appear to be as powerful (it's not a demo, though...). It will let you create your own custom fonts for use in QuickBASIC 3.00-4.00+ from sizes 2x2 to 16x16. It comes with 6 ready-to-use fonts. Also, a routine that you may CALL from within QuickBASIC allows you to print a character ANYWHERE within pixel range (as opposed to being limited by the LOCATE range). Overall, a nice job. GDEMOSRC: Source code to some excellent QB-written demos Date: varies Author: varies Cost: FW Size: 4K Description: Although I should probably put this archive in the source code section, I thought it would be better suited for this area. This archive contains three source code files (two of which were written by our own Earl Montgomery): FRAGMENT, HVEIL, and KALIDE. All three are useful for those who have always wondered how those excellent high-resolution demos are made. Note: Requires EGA/VGA to run. GLOBE: A CGA rotating globe written in GWBASIC Date: 11/84 Authors: Karl Koessel/Andrew Tuline Cost: FW Size: 8K Description: Although this source file is written in GWBASIC, it provides an interesting perspective into the world of graphics animation. Sprites are used to create a seemingly 3D rotating planet/globe. GRAFIX25: A Tandy 1000 graphics and sound driver/library Date: 8/90 Author: Joseph Albrecht Cost: $15 Size: 140K Description: This is an excellent set of routines that allow a programmer (of any language) to access the powerful Tandy 1000 special 320 x 200 x 16 color graphics. It also supports the Tandy sound system and the T.I. SN76496 sound chip. Routines for plotting points, line and circle drawing, boxes, painting, etc. are included. This is a TSR graphics device driver that functions sort of like ANSI.SYS and MOUSE.COM. UPDATE (v2.0): Added support for 1000 SL/TL 640x 200x16 color modes (in TANDY11 driver), added dynamic memory adjustment, verifys if machine is a Tandy before installing, fixed bug with PUT and CIRCLE, added Ellipse function, Bit masking (XOR), viewPort, GetScreen/PutScreen, and shows a general marked improvement in execution speed. UPDATE (v2.5): Added video paging functions, rewrote the sound routines, added timer functions and command line parameters (/M) to indicate protected RAM. This started as a project that Joseph put together for his own use (I believe), but is turning out to be one of the best options Tandy users/programmers have to access those better-than-average graphics. GRAFWZ15 The Graphics Wizard library for QuickBASIC Date: 2/91 Author: Tom Hanlin III Cost: $25 Size: 95K Description: When I posted a request for a replacement graphics library for QuickBASIC (one that would work with Crescent's PDQ) on the QUIK_BAS echo, I did not expect such a quick and well-written response. The Graphics Wizard library will run both under PDQ and QB. It replaces many of QB's built-in graphics routines (and usually adds much less .EXE size to your final program). Routines include replacements for LINE, SCREEN, and PRINT (graphics mode). Also included are some routines to read the current graphics color, print the current image out to an Epson printer (great!), read and display .MAC images, Polygon routines, and Mirror images! Registration gets the complete assembler and QuickBASIC source code as well. UPDATE NOTE (v 1.10): Now supports SCREEN 1, 2, 7 and 9 (up to EGA). Added a means of getting and/or setting the border color and the palette. This update also includes: larger banners, loading of PCX files and GET/PUT replacements for SCREEN 2 modes. Hey, *I've* registered this one! UPDATE NOTE (v 1.20): Added support for VGA! UPDATE NOTE (v 1.30): Completed the VGA support by adding SCREEN 11 and SCREEN 12 support, now also supports Hercules (TM) graphics without the need for the QBHERC TSR that comes with QB, new algo- rithms for the G#Line routines, and two demos that I created. UPDATE (v1.14): 320x400x256 VGA support added. Get/Put for SCREEN 13, Circle and elipse routines addded. UPDATE (v1.5): 360x480x256 VGA mode added. "Text graphics" routines for SCREEN 0. Note: This library is now being offered with the more collective library, BASWIZ. If you are going to register GRAFWIZ I suggest you pay the little extra for BASWIZ; it's a better value. ICONS: Some excellent MS Windows v3-type icons for QB Date: 02/91 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 4K Description: This archive contains 13 of the most sophisticated- looking button-type icon files for an EGA i've ever seen. Looks like the button icons in Windows 3.0. IMGBLD: Image Builder v1.10, a graphics editor Date: 11/89 Author: Paul Eggers Cost: $10 Size: 64K Description: "This is a QB graphics utility for creating images, fonts, icons, or anything else that fits into this category." It requires an EGA or better to run. Input is handled through the keyboard or the mouse and files are saved to BSAVEs or sprite arrays (uses DATA statements for the sprites). My test run proved fruitless ("Illegal function call") but I didn't spend a great amount of time with it. Nice interface. JANSFONT: It's finally here, true shareware fonts! Date: 7/89 Author: Jan Ewing Cost: $35 Size: 88K Description: QuickSHARE participants often ask for a good QB font library, and I usually direct them to the GFONT package. Finally, here is an alternative that is not a demonstration! It is a fully functional font package which supports SCREEN modes 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Fonts included with this library are: Shadow, Tiny, Cursive (more). Registration gets more fonts AND a font editor. LINEGA24: A nice EGA demo program/source, newly reworked Date: 02/91 Author: See below Cost: FW Size: 24K Description: This is a pretty good EGA demo of colored, bouncing lines. UPDATE (ver 2.40): Will Fastie deserves the original credit for the GWBASIC implimentation of this great demo. Thomas E. McCormick reworked it a bit for QB. I have now completely changed the source code to add a better flow. This is a must see. Includes PDS compiled .EXE file. One of my favorite demos! MEGADRAW: A CGA/EGA sprite editor with animation! Date: 3/89 Author: John Buckman Cost: $20 Size: 110K Description: v1.3 of Megadraw. This is a very well-written program which, like SPRITE, can be used to draw some awesome EGA or CGA graphics sprites. This one will write QuickBASIC source code for you that defines your sprites. For $50, you can get the QuickBASIC 3.00 source code. Requires EGA to run. MOIRE: What is a Moire Pattern, and what does it look like? Date: 5/90 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 2K Description: This small source code file shows how to produce moire patterns (you'll know it when you see it:). Source code is in GWBASIC and requires an EGA to run. PSETMA: Pixel plotting routines for QB graphics Date: 6/88 Author: Alan Fridlund Cost: FW Size: 7K Description: These MASM routines (comes with source and compiled OBJect files) will handle pixel plotting on CGAs and EGAs (PSET replacement) 30%-40% faster than native QB. It also allows for bit masks: replace, OR, AND, and XOR flags...and if you're using an EGA or a VGA, you also have a choice of pixel colors). QB4_1000: A Tandy 1000 special graphics support library Date: 9/88 Author: Harold Tower Cost: $25 Size: 50K Description: This appears to be an excellent set of tools which will allow a Microsoft C or a MS QuickBASIC programmer to access the special 320 x 200 16-color graphics of the Tandy 1000 line. From what I can tell (I couldn't test this out since my T1000 has a regular VGA attached), this library has replacement state- ments for CIRCLE, GET, PUT and so forth. Note also that you *must* have Microsoft C v5.1 to be able to use this with QuickBASIC! Evidently, part of the C library will be linked into the QuickBASIC program. QBEVGFX: High-quality graphics routines for QuickBASIC v4+ Date: 10/90 Author: Cornel Huth Cost: See Size: 79K Description: Cornel shipped me the demo to this excellent QB graphics package back in September, and now the complete package is ready. The demo that comes with this archive is one of the most impressive graphics demonstrations for QuickBASIC I have ever had the pleasure to evaluate. At the end of the demo you are given a wire-frame box with control keys which will allow you to control the animation (spinning on the axis, for example) of the box. Truly, truly impressive (like CAD). This library is written in completely self-contained 8086 machine language. It requires an EGA/VGA card with at least 256K video RAM. Further, since it is self-contained, it will run under other languages as well. Included are video controler routines, drawing routines, fonts, and miscellaneous items (such as windowing). The shareware version is $19.95. For $39.35 you get the 2-dimensional (additional) routines, and for $59.95 you get the 3-dimensional items. All registrations get the 200-page "programmer's documentation." This is a very fast library, even on an 8086! QGSOURCE: Source to "Selected Topics" segment in the QB manuals Date: 11/89 Author: Microsoft Cost: FW Size: 4K Description: This is the source to the elementary bar graphing program presented in the "Selected Topics" QB manual (page 258 for QB v4.0). It's here so that you will not have to key the code in yourself. QIKDRAW2: Create SCREEN 8 QuickBASIC sprites with a mouse Date: 4/91 Author: David Rice Cost: FW Size: 60K Description: This program is similar to that of the Megadraw package. It uses ONLY a mouse. It writes QuickBASIC version 3.00+ files by creating DATA statements. it also allows sprites of essentially any dimension (adjustable). I suggest that the mouse handling have an "erase pixel" button, perhaps the right button, since currently the user has to chose the background color to "black out" any mistakes. Overall, it's a much better editor than the previous version QS offered (QUIKDRAW) and is now free! READGIF: Yes, you read it right, read GIF! Date: 4/91 Author: Cornel Huth Cost: FW Size: 32K Description: Cornel Huth, author to several other libraries in this catalog including QBTREE, has done what others said could not be done: He has put together a flat QB source file which will read and display GIF files! Cornel complains that the display time is very slow, but I'm sure many will be happy to find that it can be done at all! Too, I suggest that it could be optimized. Unfortunately, Cornel has not commented the source very well, so I suggest getting the GIFSTD files we offer in the Source & Text section of QS, such that you can follow the logic. SMALLFNT: A CGA-only tiny little font for your programs Date: 2/90 Author: Tom Hanlin III Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: Designed to work with QB v4.xx and BASCOM 6, this routine will allow you to display, in the CGA SCREEN 2 mode, very small characters effectively giving you a 106x33 inch screen. Characters are only in upper case and high bit characters are not supported, but for the most part, this is a very useful routine! SPRITE: A CGA sprites generator and editor Date: 8/84 Author: Joey Robichaux Cost: $20 Size: 17K Description: This looks like a pretty good graphics editor. Images are saved to disk in the form of a sprite. I could only access SCREEN mode 1 (low res CGA). Other modes may be available. Good example, too. VGACOLOR: VGA colors and palette colors demo program Date: 1990 Author: Ray Ligocki Cost: FW Size: 46k Description: This program (comes with the source code) allows you to see the exact color/palette combinations of the VGA in screen modes 11 and 13. The author says that this program is written in QuickBASIC v4.5, though the source obviously is GWBASIC (and speghetti at that). Overall, it is a useful tool for pinpointing exact color combinations you may use in your own QuickBASIC programs. VEGX20: Graphics file formats for QuickBASIC/PDS Date: 11/90 Author: Dwain Goforth Cost: $25 Size: 178K Description: This library will allow you to save EGA screens (SCREEN 9 mode) and VGA screens (SCREEN 12 mode) in a special quick-load format. Uses an RLE (Run Length Encoding) method to compress picture image files. Written in a combination of assembler and QB, this library creates very efficient screens (a VGA saved screen that was blank [all codes are the same] compressed to a 72 BYTE file!). Comes with a TSR to capture screens as well. Has support libraries for QB versions 4.0/4.5 and PDS v7.0 near and far strings. MAGAZINE ROUTINES/PROGRAMS ========================== ACCURACY: Test the accuracy of the 8087 with this source Date: 10/87 Author: Jim Roberts Size: 5K Description: This 8087 compiler math testing benchmark software from PC Tech Journal is designed to test the accuracy of the 8087. Source code appears to be for QB v3.00 (which had alternate math options). Could probably be used for testing the PDS math as well. BASIC13: Another GW BASIC tutor, but rather nice! Date: 1988 Author: Carol Hall, ed Size: 100K Description: This program and related source comes from I.B. Magazine. It has several GWBASIC programming example files I consider to be of no consequence. However, it also has a program called TUTOR which is very interactive and worth a look! CALEND: A schedule keeper in QuickBASIC 4.50 Date: 6/90 Author: Hardin Brothers (PC Resource) Size: 60K Description: This scheduler appeared in the June 1990 issue of PC Resource (Number 39). It is completely written in QuickBASIC and gives several date routines for keeping track of valid dates and the days of the week for the date given. It's a fair scheduler comes with the compiled .EXE program. I downloaded this file from the PC Resource BBS myself. CRYPT: A Dr. Dobb's Journal article on encryption Date: 1/90 Author: Bob Stouts Size: 2K Description: I found this file on the Crescent support BBS and thought it would be useful for QuickSHARE. It is a good encryption routine written in native QB. DSBROWSE: Source to a browsing utility for QuickBASIC Date: 9/87 Author: Dan Mick Size: 9K Description: This Microsoft System's Journal article includes several useful routines: DSearch (search directory like WHEREIS), Browse (file browser). Has assembler source code that, by the looks of it, probably won't work with QB v4.00+ without slight modification. If you modify this code, I would very much like to see the results offered for public inspection. JOTS: A hangman-type game written in MS QB 4.50 Date: 3/89 Author: Unknown (PC Resource) Size: 65K Description: A text based game, JOTS takes a sort of swing from the usual hangman-type game. It is an interesting set of source files to review. PCACCESS: Wow! It's a complete communications terminal in QB! Date: 3/90 Author: Jay Munro (PC Resource) Size: 63K Description: Wow! I'm impressed. Here's a relatively complete communications terminal (like Qmodem, PCPlus, etc.) written entirely in QuickBASIC! Uses an external file transfer protocol (like DSZ, for example). Has carrier detect routines, flush COM buffer stuff, and more. This looks really good! QB1234: A PC Magazine 1988 issue on Lotus 1-2-3 structures Date: 1988 Author: Unknown (PC Magazine) Size: 5K Description: Simply stated, this source code shows the reader how to read and write Lotus 1-2-3 files. Commented and structured source code. QB4PLUS: A PC Resource Special Issue (1990) QB source Date: 5/90 Author: Unknown (PC Resource) Size: 11K Description: This archive contains several routines that use the CALL INTERRUPT to do things like check the COM status, flush the keyboard, get the date, check if the printer is ready, and do screen scrolling. Since there's no real documentation, this archive is offered to those who know what it's about, and didn't want to key in another magazine listing! XMOVE: A QB utility to move files (works like XCOPY too) Date: 12/89 Author: Unknown (PC Resource) Size: 25K Description: This QB source file, though not well commented (actually, it's not commented at all) offers several good CALL INTERRUPT routines. This utility also has a couple of XCOPY-like switches that allows you to move files with the <A>ttribute bit set, or it prompts you for each file. A nice utility in its own right, and a great QB source file. PDQ-SPECIFIC (Crescent Software) =============================== In this section, we will offer programs that were compiled using Crescent Software's QuickBASIC replacement library, PDQ. Although much of the source you find in this section *may also* compile under QuickBASIC with no modification, they were designed for PDQ and very well may not. Since everyone out there in "QuickBASIC land" will not have PDQ, I request that, with your source code, you send the compiled version of the program. In addition to providing usable utilities this way, you will be encouraging others to give PDQ a try. I will say here [as I have said so many times on QUIK_BAS] that PDQ reduces the need for a QuickBASIC programmer to learn C. PDQ has the "look and feel" of C as it runs, with the code structure of QB. Further, PDQ will often produce smaller .EXE files than a similar program written in C. NOTE: I have received a few contributions from QS users lately that only have the .EXEs and not the source code. I see no point in offering these in the library since source code is mainly what users want to see. {Crescent Software: (203)-438-5300}. BASWIZ: For windowing & more in PDQ, see this in general area. CKVMON: A utility for checking a system's video type Date: 01/91 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 5K Description: After doing some volunteer work for The Salvation Army (rebuilding systems for resale), I wrote a demo disk for use in the retail stores. I needed a utility which would tell me what kind of video a system had (such that the demo disk would work with many different configurations). This utility is it. Uses the PDQ Monitor% FUNCTION and sets an appropriate errorlevel. CLIPMS11: Clip Message version 1.01 - for BBS use Date: 10/90 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 30K Description: I wrote this utility to fill a void in my PCPLUS (C) by Datastorm (R) modem software. PCPLUS does not directly support "quoting" messages [such as echo mail in the QUIK_BAS forum]. In this archive you will find the message quoter utility, and another utility that will report the port address of the corresponding COM device (COM1-COM4). Also included is the source code for both programs, the executable files, and a 7 page documentation. Note that CLIPMSG is a PDQ-TSR, and therefore cannot by any means be compiled directly from QuickBASIC. Version 1.10 now includes a much easier setup facil- ity than previous versions. You can now configure CLIPMSG in one simple step, without having to think! As of v1.10, CLIPMSG has been tested with success on the following BBSs/systems: OPUS, PCBoard, GT, RBBS, QuickBBS, Remote Access, Pheonix, TBBS, and even the (I think it's a VAX) setup used with Delphi. CLSERS: Two programs to clear the screen at DOS level Date: 9/90 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 4K Description: This archive contains two different CLS replacements which can either be used as stand-alone utilities or incorporated into PDQ applications in the form of a sub. The routines, DISSOLVE and CKRCLS, as they stand both require a CGA or better to run. Anything less will lock up the system. If you have a mono system and have PDQ, though, just change the DEF SEG = &HB800 to read DEF SEG = &HB000. DISSOLVE will work in any Microsoft implementation of BASIC, whereas CKRCLS is PDQ-specific. DOSWATCH: A PDQ-TSR to monitor DOS activity/access Date: 7/90 Author: Ethan Winer Cost: FW Size: 7K Description: Ethan Winer has granted QuickSHARE permission to carry one of their most interesting PDQ TSRs, DOSWATCH. Included with the PDQ distribution disk (normally), DOSWATCH monitors all access to the Disk Operating System (much like the old XRAY program from long ago). I have included this program in this section of the catalog to show QB programmers both how powerful and efficient PDQ really is. This TSR requires a CGA (or it might work with CGA emulation software) and hooks about 5K of conventional RAM. A great example for those who have thought about purchasing this excellent extension to QuickBASIC, and is useful in debugging! EASYDOOR: For QBBS/RA doors in PDQ, see this in communications. FREE_PDQ: No, it's not PDQ for free, but reports disk freespace! Date: 4/91 Author: Thomas E. McCormick Cost: FW Size: 10K Description: This source code shows the PDQer how to calculate disk space (like CHKDSK does) but will check several drives in a flash! For example, FREE ABCDE checked and returned valid responses for all of my drives in about 2 seconds. Requires QuickPAK Pro to recompile the source code. GRAFWIZ: For graphics in PDQ, see this in graphics section INPUT031: A do-it-all batch utility written in PDQ Date: 2/91 Author: Rob Flor Cost: FW Size: 7K Description: This is an interactive batch file utility which offers several additions to the DOS batch language. Input routines and so forth are available. MW3DCHAR: A "3D" Character-generating "font-type" program Date: 4/90 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 12K Description: Recently I found an ASCII text file by Jerry and Todd Whittaker (Ohio) that contained about 30 very nice "text graphics" characters based on the IBM extended character set. I liked the art so much that I thought I would design a program which would print strings of these large characters automatically [as the file was, it would require that one clip each character and port it into whatever application manually]. MW3DCHAR is that program. It is designed to work both as a batch file "echo enhancer" and a low-level screen designer [via the DOS redirection facility]. If you write programs and have difficulty designing unique opening screens, or if you would really like to spruce up your batch files or your word processing documents, get this program. Character size is 6 rows by 9 columns each. Source code is available upon request. MWADLINE: A program to add line numbers to program source Date: 9/90 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 7K Description: Here's another PDQ-specific program I wrote which will add line numbers to program source (useful, for example when converting a QuickBASIC program to GWBASIC). I actually found a similar program on a BBS and the author(s) wanted a registration! Ha! This one's smaller, faster, and FREE! Comes complete with the PDQ source code, and a run file. The current version of this program is v1.11. MWADPRNT: Utility to add PRINT to a standard ASCII file Date: 9/90 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 5K Description: This PDQ utility is useful when you're designing program screens. With MWADPRNT you can design your screen in your program editor *exactly* as you want it to appear, save it as a pure ASCII file, then run it through MWADPRNT for a finished result. Moreover, it serves as a good example of a file processing utility in PDQ. Source code and an example batch file is included for your inspection. MWBACHR: Oh no! It's another character-maker program! Date: 12/90 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 8K Description: Based on the art by Christopher R. Rouse in his TITLEG source file (find this in the utility area), here's another character program that uses the double bar "graphic" characters to create 5x5 (that's 5 characters by 5 rows) characters. See MWCHAR2 for a better description of what this does. MWCHAR2: A medium sized MW3DCHAR-type utility Date: 9/90 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 13K Description: After being quite pleased with the outcome of MW3DCHAR (mentioned in this section), I decided to create a similar utility with a "character set" of my own design. Although the characters that this program produces are by no means as artistic as those designed by Jerry and Todd Whittaker, it is still a nice alternative. This program may be used in the same capacity as that of MW3DCHAR. The "size" of the largest possible character is 3 rows by 3 columns. New (9/28/90): Released version 2.00 of MWCHAR. This is a completely reworked "character set" for submission to Crescent Software. I have discovered a much better method of what I'll call character access pointers. I am now including the source code with this archive! Documentation and batch files are also included. Also, there is a clock that comes only with the QuickSHARE distribution archive. MWCHAR was previously released without the source code on several BBSs for general use. MWCLS100: 17 different ways to say "CLS" at the DOS level Date: 11/90 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 9K Description: Here I have incorporated several of the many popular CLS routines found on BBSs for a long time into one program. Entirely written in QuickBASIC + PDQ, this utility is useful to those of us who do a lot of DOS batch "programming." Source code is not included since it will eventually be submitted to a magazine for publication. MWDRIVE: Check for a formatted disk in a drive with this. Date: 9/90 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 5K Description: In my years of PC batch programming, I have written many utilities to fill needs that DOS left out. MWDRIVE (currently version 1.10) fills one of these voids. It will turn off the DOS critical error handling long enough to check to see if a formatted diskette is inserted in a disk drive. If the drive is not ready, or if the disk that is in the drive has not been formatted, MWDRIVE will return a DOS errorlevel of 1. If you're a REAL batch programmer, you'll know where this can be used! Included in this archive is the PDQ source code, the MWDRIVE.EXE run file, and a quick documentation file with an example of how MWDRIVE can be used. MWEGALIN: An excellent EGA graphics demonstration for PDQ Date: 02/91 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 9K Description: This program is essentially LINEGA24 which we offer in the GRAPHICS section of QuickSHARE. I have reworked the code using the extended EGA routines included with v2.1x of PDQ and other extended PDQ routines such that it runs the same as it does in QB, but is a WHOLE lot smaller! MWYAC200: Mike Welch's "Yet Another Character" library Date: 12/90 Author: Mike Welch Cost: $5 Size: 40K Description: Here's another utility that can spruce up batch files or make BBS screen/program screen development much easier. Very similar to MW3DCHAR in function. UPDATE (v2.00): Included *6* additional MWYAC character utilities, similar to the original MWYAC. MWYAC is now shareware for commerical use, but is still free to those who use it to produce BBS screens or public domain software. This is one of my pet projects, and I plan on expanding this lib- rary as I develop new "character sets." All files include the source code (which will compile with QB without any modifications), the PDQ-compiled run files (EXE), better documentation, and a test run batch file which serves as an example of use. PARSE: Parse filenames in DOS for use with DOS macros! Date: 01/91 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: I wrote this utility when doing some processing of submissions to QS. I have subsequently used this utility for a plethora of different needs. What it does is, given a valid DOS file name, PARSE strips the minor name (the part of the filename followed by the dot [.]), and returns the major name in the environment variable %X%. For example, if you wanted to compile a series of .BAS files and you were using DOS v3.30 which has the CALL keyword, and you had a separate batch file (let's call it COMPILE.BAT) which ran BC to compile the program and LINK to link it), you could use PARSE as: FOR %f IN (*.BAS) DO CALL COMPILE %f. This would compile all of your QB files in one step! PFS2ASC: Convert Pfs: Pro Write documents to ASCII files Date: 10/3/90 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 11K Description: I designed this utility because I really needed it. It will convert a Pfs: Professional Write version 2.00 file (with embedded control codes) to a standard ASCII text file that can be read by any editor or word processor. Source code is included. Within the source code itself I document what I observed about the format of this type of file coding. PRNTV20: An ASCII file printing utility with a graph Date: 10/90 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 13K Description: PRNT is one of my most used, favorite utilities. It's function is simple, but it does the job of printing standard ASCII files quite well. In addition, it prints the system date, the file name that is being printed, and the page number at the bottom of each page, and it adds form feeds such that I don't print documents over the paper's perforation. Finally, PRNT prints a small progress graph (very similar to the kind the PAK utility uses) to keep the user's attention! This archive comes complete with source code, run file, and documentation. QBCOMM: For communications in PDQ, see this in COM area QBNOVELL: Utility in PDQ for Novell Network users Date: 2/91 Author: Mike Shaffer Cost: FW Size: 14K Description: This utility shows a user list on Novell Networks with total elapsed time logged in. QBSER15: See this for FREE communications routines in PDQ RLE4BAS: Run Length Encoding routines for QuickBASIC Date: 9/2/90 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 19K Description: Earl Montgomery posted a message on the Fido QUIK_BAS echo with information about a RLE compression algorithm he developed. Later, Jerry McBride reworked the code a bit and subsequently fixed a bug. It worked fine as an RLE encoding routine, but when I saw it I realized that it wouldn't take a lot of extra effort to also add encryption to the routine. Hence, this source file and .EXE file are twofold in purpose: Provide a way to compress an ASCII file to save some bytes for QuickBASIC programs that keep data files, and two, while at it, encrypt the string. I am including this routine in the PDQ area because the actual RLE4BAS file is written specifically for PDQ. However, the two functions, RLEEncrypt%() and RLEDecrypt%() will work fine with QB. * Was COMPRES2 earlier. Note: See also, RLE in the source code area. TAPPOUT: A replacement for boring ECHOs (batch utility) Date: 9/90 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 7K Description: This utility replaces ECHO by "tapping out" the message in the batch file. Comes with documentation, PDQ source code, .EXE run file, and a test batch file. Currently version 1.01. TIMERUN: A clone of Norton's TIMEMARK, and FREE too! Date: 9/90 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 8K Description: Here's a fine example of how powerful and efficient PDQ really is. Peter Norton's TIMEMARK and this TIMERUN program do about the same thing: they time the execution of a program when it's run as a child process (SHELL). The differences are quite interesting, though. TIMEMARK is written in C and is a larger run file than TIMERUN! So there! Included is the PDQ source code, the .EXE run file, and a quick documentation file. I have used TIMERUN for several months on several different systems with no errors! Version: 1.01. TREK: The entire Enterprise stuffed into 1 little file Date: 2/91 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 7K Description: This file has GOT to be either the most sophisticated conbination of computer graphics art and sound ever produced...or a good example of why one should never program text-only animations <grin>. VIDBUF: System's information utility in PDQ Date: 11/89 Author: Alex Bose Cost: FW Size: 5K Description: VIDBUF returns the monitor type, the physical buffer offset, and if the system in running in the DOS, Desqview or TopView environment. Uses CALL INTERRUPT for this testing. PDS-SPECIFIC (BASIC v7.x) ========================== PDS is a very powerful implementation of QuickBASIC, with far string support (which hints that you will avoid the "Out of String Space" errors), ISAM functions, and overlays which will allow up to 16MB of program access. If you have some PDS code, do send it with your QuickSHARE order. New files are slowly starting to trickle in, and it's nice to see more people taking BASIC seriously. Also, now that I have PDS myself, you will be seeing more in this area from me. Too, PDS contributions are starting to really trickle in, so this area will definately grow. The current version of PDS is 7.10. BASIC71: Product release information from Microsoft Date: 10/90 Author: Microsoft Corp. Cost: FW Size: 5K Description: This is a release notice of PDS version 7.1. It is a text file that outlines some general inform- ation about PDS (benchmarks, capabilities, etc.). Consider this a "what is PDS" file. If you have considered purchasing PDS, this file might give you a little more information about the product. BATCH21: Batch [file] Tools written in PDS Date: 12/90 Author: Robert Schoolfield Cost: SW Size: 46K Description: Using a combination of PDS and Crescent's QuickPAK Professional, Robert has assembled a nice selection of useful batch file tools. Functions include: check CPU speed, an ASCII chart, PrintDate, a batch file text editor, and more. Robert is a professional programmer, so you will be assured of quality here. Also, although it's not commented, the source code is included. BC7CECHO: A ECHO batch file enhancement in PDS Date: 4/90 Author: Thomas E. McCormick Cost: FW Size: 17K Description: This program uses the Microhelp stub files to create a smaller-than-average PDS .EXE file. Still, it is a nice example of PDS programming (source). BC7CPUHZ: Test the effect of LAN software with PDS Date: 01/91 Author: Thomas E. McCormick Cost: FW Size: 28K Description: This is a utility to, "deduce relative slowness due to LAN software overhead." That is, it is designed to be used to see how much extra time is used when running LAN software, or how much the LAN software slows down machine operations. BC7CTAIL: Get a lower-cased COMMAND$ with this utility Date: 03/90 Author: Thomas E. McCormick Cost: FW Size: 18K Description: If you're tired of getting an uppercase COMMAND$ in PDS, this file shows you how to get the command tail (from the PSP) in PDS. Uses CALL INTERRUPT. BC7DT-2: A time stamp program written in PDS Date: 11/90 Author: Thomas E. McCormick Cost: FW Size: 24K Description: The PDS version of this time stamping routine requires MicroHelp's Mach 2 library to be re- compiled. Using PDS' INTERRUPT library, this program will print the date and time in an "English like" format. I spent a while with this file myself and added a PDQ version to show the difference between PDQ and PDS+Mach2. The PDS+Mach2 version (Mach2 is supposed to make programs smaller I believe) LZEXE'd came to 16K whereas a similar program in PDQ LZEXE'd to 2K. BC7EQGET: Discussion/program on using INTERRUPTS in PDS Date: 3/90 Author: Thomas E. McCormick Cost: FW Size: 9K Description: This source file covers ways of accessing via INTERRUPTS things such as: GetDate, bits, GetDOSVer, GetVidoeMode, GetCursorPosition, BreakWord (takes a 2 byte word ("integer") and returns the high/low bytes in separate integers (e.g., AX=AH * 256 + AL)), Int2Bin (converts integer to a binary$ representation). Also included is a file (QB4INT) that describes extensive use of the INTERRUPTS in QB v4.xx (a file that is offered in the source section of QuickSHARE). BC7NOTES: "A blood, sweat and tears file from a PDS programmer" Date: 4/90 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 3K Description: This is a flat ASCII file that lists several quirks and bugs one PDS v7.00 programmer discovered while using the language. BC7STUB: A benchmark you can run for PDS stub files Date: 3/90 Author: Thomas E. McCormick Cost: FW Size: 17K Description: Thomas does it again with this PDS source code and executable file. This program will allow PDS programmers to benchmark the effect of linking Microsoft stub files. If you've ever wondered, "gee, does this stub file really make a difference," this program will answer that question for you and really speed up the process! BC7_XREF: A cross-refrence utility for PDS users Date: 2/91 Author: Thomas E. McCormick Cost: FW Size: 73K Description: This utility will cross reference any size PDS file. Output goes to the device of choice (PRN or DISK). Offers a sorted data dictionary. Comes with source. EZWIN: For menuing/windows/mouse, see in GENERAL section. GRCSCR: A presentation graphics file in PDS Date: 02/91 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 69K Description: At the time of this writing, I am employed at Garland Retarded Children. Our director needed a demonstration that could be infused with a video we're developing to be used as an introduction screen (sort of a title screen). Beginning with my newly obtained PDS, I wrote a demo for this purpose. It is specific to the *VGA* but could be adapted to any graphics screen type. I also used the Font Toolbox that comes native with PDS in this demo and must say that I am very impressed with the capabilities of this font library. PDSINFO: Several very useful notes on the new MS PDS Date: Varies Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 22K Description: This is a flat ASCII file that appears to have originated from the Microsoft forums on Compuserve. It discusses several unteresting and useful internal facts about PDS: discussion of the new currency data type, linking with C, stub files, math libraries, tool boxes, more. Although the file is not that well organized I think every PDS programmer will be interested in at least SOMETHING in this file. PWEZ40: Windows R-E-Z windowing library for PDS Date: 10/90 Author: Richard Magnanti Cost: $30 Size: 186K Description: For information on this library, please see QWEZxx (where xx is the version number) in the general libraries section of the catalog. QBFREE71: A "Free bytes" program for multiple drives/source Date: 2/91 Author: Thomas E. McCormick Cost: FW Size: 16K Description: This program allows multiple file specs and quickly returns the bytes free on a given drive. I ran it on a DOS 4.01 105MB disk, though, and it returned an invalid value (understandable). It did, though, work flawlessly on my 8086/32mb hard card. Includes source code and .EXE file. Update (was BC7FREE in earlier versions of catalog): now uses QuickPAK Pro. I haven't tested it on the 105mb disk as I did BC7FREE, so perhaps that works as well? QLIB: For a general library with PDS support, see this. QXLIB: A general purpose true-shareware lib for PDS Date: 10/90 Author: Douglas Herr Cost: $25 Size: 121k Description: This is the first version (v1.00) of the QLIB specifically designed for the Professional Develop- ment System (PDS). Includes several machine language CALLs for: input, data, disk, EMS, equip- ment, graphics, video and more. This library is NOT CRIPPLED! I spent a few hours evaluating the sister to this library, QLIB, and know it to be a very professionally-written, smooth library. I do not have PDS so I could not evaluate this package but based on my past experience with Douglas' work, I feel assured that this is an equally valuable product. Also note: If you want both the QLIB for QuickBASIC and the QXLIB for PDS, Douglas offers a deal; $35 for both packages. SAM303: Server Activity Monitor for LANtastic Networks Date: 3/91 Author: Humbleware Computing Cost: FW Size: 40K Description: "If you have a 'dedicated' server in your system and have wished for a network monitor that could be run without human intervention and that would give you a quick assessment of network activity with just a quick look over your shoulder then SAM is the answer." Totally strucutred PDS source which uses the CALL INTERRUPT library to obtain information. SELDIR: Directory routines for PDS programmers Date: 10/90 Author: Richard Eaton Cost: FW Size: 3K Description: This source file provides an easy means to allow your end users to select directories from programs you create with the Professional Development System Version 7.1. Users pick a file from a "graphical display of the tree." Requires Crescent's QuickPAK. TRIMS: Replacement for PDS's LTRIM$() and RTRIM$() functions Date: 6/90 Author: Jim Mack Cost: FW Size: 11K Description: I use QB and PDS's LTRIM$() and RTRIM$(), I would say, in just about every program I write. Those who have used it realized at one time or another the need for the xTRIM$s to also strip CHR$(0) and CHR$(9) (tab) characters. This function handles that task. QBNEWS ====== Following versions of the QBNews (Dave Cleary, ed.) are available. If you haven't read the QBNews, I highly suggest you do. Every issue is packed full of QuickBASIC product reviews, tips on quirks and efficiency, and complete programs. In my opinion, it is a much better publication than The Cobb Journal or any of the PC magazines that use BASIC as their central language. Released quarterly. Vol Num Date Size Programs included with this issue ================================================================= 1 1 10/89 15K FINDEM (gets file names+), SCRNSUBS 1 2 02/90 48K GRAPHSPK, SSEARCH, QEXEC 1 3 05/90 51K UEVENT, CLONE, FRAME, ASMREQ, FASTFILE 1 4 09/90 177K CALC, FOSSIL, DOSWATCH, TERM, IQUEUE 1 5 12/90 66K ZV, DB, QBFORMAT, DAZZLING, FILESPEC 2 1 03/91 63K PSHOP, SMALLEXE, Z.BAS, ELEAVE ================================================================== Originally, I planned this section only to contain The QBNews (Dave Cleary, ed.). However, recently I have been made aware of a new newsletter called Softips which also comes with an on- line reader. I will now also offer this newsletter (unless it fails...it has heavy competition with The QBNews) in this section. From what I could gather, the excellent, easy-to-use online color reader is written in QB. Much like the popular QBNews, too, BASIC Softips contains several segments: Forum, Q&A, Project of the Month, Long-term Projects, BASICS, Advanced, Book of the Month, and Software of the Month. Note, though, that Softips is very commerically-oriented and you will see commercial adds as you read the news letter. Update to rules of source for Softips: You can *SELL* your assembled programs found in this magazine, but not the source. + Softips Electronic Newsletter + Vol Num Date Size Notes FileName Reader v ================================================================= 1 1 10/90 105K Segment-oriented mag SOFTIPS1 1.00 1 2 12/90 111K Segment-oriented mag ISSUE2 1.10 1 3 01/91 187K Segment-oriented mag ISSUE3 1.20 TEXT & SOURCE CODE ================== * Note: I have started saving screen clips from various messages on the QUIK_BAS echo. These clips range from working sub routines to PEEK locations in memory. There is some great stuff on these disks. Some files are in native QuickBASIC, while others are in assembler. These files are not cataloged here nor are they offered on The Shipyard or, to my knowledge, by any of the QuickSHARE points. Keeping these files in such an arrangement would be too costly both in terms of time and catalog file size. If you would like a copy of these disks, you will need to request them via United States Mail (or Canadian mail, et. al). ------------------------------------------------------------------- 15PUZZLE: A puzzle game written in QuickBASIC Date: 1/91 Author: Dale Dewy Cost: FW Size: 3K Description: If you have ever heard of a game called MLSHUT or "Shut the Box," you'll know what this game does. Remember those plastic puzzles where the object of the game is to arrange all numbers (1-14) or letters (etc.) in a particular order? 15PUZZLE is that type of game and here's the source. 3DPLTRT: An interesting demo and function plotting program Date: Unknown Author: W. Chuck Cost: FW Size: 4K Description: This GWBASIC source file plots the function Z = Z(X,Y) and it rotates the surface. Very interesting on a CGA, but would really look nice on an EGA or a VGA. AIRCRA: A QB game source that will be an excellent project Date: 1/88 Author: David Scheall Cost: FW Size: 4K Description: This is the source code to a very simple graphics game in QuickBASIC v4.0. It's a "shoot 'em up" type game that needs work to be really good. If you're new to QuickBASIC or if you would like to contribute some good code to QuickSHARE, this file will serve as an interesting learning project. ANACLOCK: Analog clock with a digital readout Date: 1983 Author: Glen Wesley Cost: FW Size: 2K Description: This is a simple one-line piece of GWBASIC code which does an incredible job of printing a clock (with a face and also a digital version) on a CGA. Nothing fancy, but for one line it is a sight to see. ANSI: For those who want to know how to print ANSI screens Date: 9/90 Author: Brett Emery Cost: FW Size: 46K Description: This source file is a utility of sorts that in effect shows you how to print color/animated ANSI- coded screens to the CRT. Comes with a compiled version and two of the most breath-taking animated ANSI scripts I have ever seen! Even if you already know how this can be done, get this archive. The ANSI animation is a true work of art. ANSIFUNC: A collection of DEF FN???-type ANSI functions Date: 7/87 Author: Humbleware Cost: FW Size: 9K Description: This is a nice set of functions that are in the old DEF FN??? (where ??? is the name of a function) format. This implies that they will be compatible with all versions of QuickBASIC, BASIC, and PDS. Control all ANSI I/O with these routines. ARCH1: An extensive look at various file formats Date: 10/89 Author: Raymond Clay Cost: FW Size: 13K Description: This text (40K when unpacked) lists many of the most popular compression headers (ARC, PAK, ZIP, ZOO, LZH) plus it covers .GIF files and others. Not for the beginner, I would suggest. ARCREAD: A QuickBASIC 4.00+ program to read .ARC headers Date: 2/88 Author: Dave Evers Cost: FW Size: 2K Description: This program will allow the QuickBASIC 4.00+ programmer to read headers of files stored in the old .ARC format. I didn't test it, but looks good. AREA300: Area Code Finder application in native QB Date: 11/90 Author: Owen Carlson Cost: FW Size: 11K Description: By the definition of the author, this program "provides information concerning the telephone area codes used in the United States and Canada." What it does is, you type a state, then a city that is listed in the menu, and an appropriate area code for that region is listed. Nice work. ASMDIR: MASM 5.1 source to a DIR$() type function Date: 1/89 Author: Jim Mack Cost: FW Size: 5K Description: This MASM 5.1 source code shows you how to implement a FindFirst/FindNext function from within QuickBASIC without having to call the external INTERRUPT library provided with the QB distribution disk. The sub that you use is similar in function to the new DIR$() function in PDS. ASMREQ: Interfacing information for QB + MASM Date: 05/90 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 3K Description: This is an informational text file which discusses how one goes about interfacing QuickBASIC v4.xx+ with MASM v5.xx+. Nice commented code and comes with useful OBJect files. Great for beginners. ASTROCLK: Now, your PC is more than an expensive clock! Date: 9/88 Author: David H. Ransom, Jr. Cost: FW Size: 274K Description: By the author's description, this is an "Astronomical clock and celestial tracking program." I'll leave the meaning of THAT to the star gazers out there. What I will mention about this program is that it comes complete with runtime (.EXE), documentation (well over 100K in itself), and the complete Quick- BASIC source code. This is one of the few items that QuickSHARE offers which comes with such a wealth of information AND the source code. Very interesting. ASTRONMY: A set of routines for the "astronomically minded" Date: 4/88 Author: TS and Rita Kelso Cost: FW Size: 158K Description: The author (the person who typed in these routines) describes this archive best as, "This library contains the complete BASIC source code to all the programs contained in Peter Duffett-Smith's...book, 'Astronomy With Your Personal Computer.' These programs represent a wealth of astronomical appli- cations ranging from Julian Date conversions to finding the circumstances of solar and lunar eclipses. I highly recommend purchasing this book as it contains much information regarding the theory and formulas of each subroutine together with their limitations. The information provided in the book will not be repeated here. The sole purpose of this library is to allow use of the programs without the tedium of having to type each one and subsequently eliminate the errors." I'll also add that the routines all appear to be for GWBASIC, but since there is so little information in this area, I decided to carry this file. BARBAS: An example of the True BASIC language Date: 4/90 Author: Dana Basker Cost: FW Size: 5K Description: I have included this source code for the person who is interested in other dialects of PC BASICs. This code is written in the True BASIC language. True BASIC is a relatively new BASIC language written by the original authors of the original Darthmouth BASIC (Kemeny and Kurtz). True BASIC is trying to standardize the BASIC language by meeting ANSI specifications. Oh, and if you're a True BASIC programmer, you'll be able to use this source code to print bar codes on a HP Laser Jet III! BAS2MASM: Interfacing information for MASM/QuickBASIC Date: 11/90 Author: Microsoft Corp. Cost: FW Size: 30K Description: This file is a very good reference for the person who already knows machine language programming and wants to know how to interface the language with QB. 100K in uncompressed size, this text file describes passing variables back and forth from QB to MASM, and from MASM to QB. In short, it is an interface reference and tutorial file that gets into the real details of this work. Valid for QuickBASIC v4.00, 4.00b and 4.50; BASCOM 6.00 and 6.00b; MASM 5.00 and MASM 5.1; Quick Assembler v2.01. BASASM: Discussion about assembly interfacing w/BASIC Date: 7/86 Author: Mark Bridger Cost: FW Size: 7K Description: This is a discussion about interfacing assembly routines in GWBASIC. Good for those who still program in the BASIC interpreter. BASCPRGS: Several GWBASIC mathematic calculation examples Date: 8/85 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: This archive contains FORMULAS for several common calculations: kilometers to miles, miles to kilometers, faurenheit to celsius, celsius to faurenheit, fett to meters, meters to feet... well, you get the idea. Metric emphasis. BASCREEN: Query/field input routines for QB Date: 11/88 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: If you need the definition of what a Query Input routine is, use SCAT to scan for that keyword. In short, this archive offers three different query input routines for strings, integers, and numerical data that requires floating point math. BASGAMES: Ten rather nice GWBASIC games Date: Varies Author: Varies Cost: FW Size: 113K Description: While the source to these games are in spaghetti BASIC (GWBASIC with GOTO and GOSUB overuse) they could offer a new, inspiring QB programmer a chance at restructuring the code *to* QuickBASIC. Quite a challenge but an excellent project/learning experience (includes GOLF, TREK, TICTAC, and an artillery game...more). BASICZEN: The ancient ritualistic event for QBers...or not Date: 3/91 Author: J. R. De Palma, MD Cost: FW Size: 9K Description: This file will not help you program your PC, it will not tell you how to produce more efficient code or how to write a program to do the dishes. What it WILL do is give you a very interesting few minutes of "pleasure reading." A script by John Richard De Palma, M.D., on his ills of learning to program in BASIC and the trouble he experienced finding someone who did not have an attitiude problem with the language. BASMAN: BASIC Programming Manual for Business Systems Date: 10/79 Authors: See below Cost: $5 Size: 200k Description: While this file is very old and will obviously be quite dated (even to GWBASIC programmers) it does offer some interesting insights. Co-authored by Lou Strnad, Sylvia Schwartz and Tom Kuczkowski, this manual was originally written for a BASIC introduction class at Westbrook College (in Portland, Maine). It is 203 printed pages. Note that the files are designed to be printed directly to an IBM Graphics printer and will not print well to other printers (it is printer-specific). BASSORT: Several excellent QuickBASIC sort algorithms Date: 6/89 Compiled by Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 53K Description: Sorting has always been a problem for me. However, after receiving a modified ripple sort algorithm from Mike Shaffer (Sysop; SOS BBS in Dallas), I reworked that source. Sorts 1000 records in 1.4 seconds on an AT computer! Also, my own MASSORT that is a pseudo-heap sort, and many others. BASTIP14: Could it be that old knowledge is still valuable? Date: Varies Author: Dean Wood Cost: FW Size: 260K Description: Although they are quite old (some dating as far back as 1982), this archive of over 500K of tips from GWBASIC programs are sure to be "new" to some. If you are new to programming or if you would like a little deeper "peek under the hood," this is the archive for you. Included are discussions about BSAVE, PEEKPOKE (this is a "must have"), increasing RAM to 768K, random number generators, and more. This archive actually contains 4 PKZIPped files, BASTIPSx.ZIP, where x is 1-4. BBSRECS: A collection of Bulletin Board System file formats Date: varies Author: Dick Dennison Cost: FW Size: 32K Description: Dick Dennison collected (and in many cases, created) this list of file formats for BBSs. Includes the following: PCBoard (data, users, callers, messages, configurations), DIXBBS, Wild Cat v2.00 (this one is by the authors-Mustang Software), TagBBS, BBSX. Also includes RBBS door formats, Gap door formats, and so forth. Some of the files you will find in this archive will be simple text files, others come in the form of C source code, and several are written in QuickBASIC and are in TYPE definitions with comments. A nice collection. BIGPRINT: ROM Bit patterns have never been bigger! Date: 08/89 Author: Michael Himowitz Cost: FW Size: 13K Description: This source file shows how one goes about reading the ROM bit patterns of the static character set to create "large characters." This particular file also uses scrolling and other tidbits. It probably requires quite a bit of RAM since the entire "character set" is loaded into arrays at the beginning. BIOSDOC: IBM BIOS Quick Reference Cards Date: 8/87 Author: David E. Powell Cost: FW Size: 27K Description: This file comes with four "card files." Two cover DOS functions and two cover BIOS functions (that is INTERRUPT functions). This file uses the extended "graphic text characters" of the IBM for emphasis and illustration, so to print these files to your printer, it must be able to print these characters. BLACK1&2: Plot the Fido Network right on your screen! Date: 8/88 Author: Judson McClendon Cost: FW Size: 62K Description: If you have ever followed a FidoNet conference for a long period of time, you must have encountered the "Fido Black Hole" [My personal research suggests that this is actually a worm hole]. This program will show you where your messages goes when it does not make the destination. Okay, this is all in jest, but this program WILL plot a black hole on a CGA, EGA or VGA and does a very nice job of it! BLOCK: ROM bit pattern-based character generation Date: 2/91 Author: Bob Ghodsi Cost: FW Size: 32K Description: This program source code will show you how to print colorful block letter messages in QB using the ROM bit patterns of your PC. See also BIGPRINT. BLUEBOOK: Several assembler routines from long ago Date: 4/85 Author: Varies (Hal-PC UG) Cost: FW Size: 67K Description: I am including this extensive collection of various assembler routines for the QuickBASIC programmer who is interested in learning assembly language. Although I am sure than none of these routines will run under QuickBASIC as they stand, there are over 100 .ASM files offering information for the beginning assembler programmer. BROWSE: File browsing source code for QuickBASIC programs Date: 1/89 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: Robert Trost, our QuickSHARE friend in The Netherlands, delivered this interesting source code for QS inclusion. Simply stated, this routine will allow a user to browse a text file. Routines you will find within this program include functions for scrolling, If[file]Exists, and browsing ASCII files. Requires knowledge of CALL INTERRUPT. BTS: Bill Tracking System - A QB source listing Date: 4/90 Author: William J. Hatten Cost: FW Size: 58K Description: This is an application that is a simple database to keep records of personal bills (received and paid). The author wrote this program also as a way to learn QuickBASIC. I'd say he did a nice job. It has a good menu interface. BURYDATA: A text on how to append a BC-compiled .EXE Date: 2/90 Author: Lawrence Stone Cost: FW Size: 5K Description: A text file that discusses how to find a pre- defined token within a BC-compiled .EXE, read it in and keep its byte location for possible re-writing of the data that follows. There is a nice article about this (1990) in both the Cobb Journal and the QBNews. C64_CONV: Conversion utility for C64 BASIC Date: 4/90 Author: "Dad's Software" Cost: FW Size: 7K Description: This QB v4.5 program will convert programs written for the Commodore/64 BASIC to IBM and vis-versa. CCIT: CRC/16 routines for QuickBASIC Date: 9/86 Author: Vern Buerg Cost: FW Size: 5K Description: Apparently, this source code is written in a MASM v4.x series assembler but with just a little work it could be moved to modern QB. CHECKERS: A cool CGA GWBASIC checkers game, "Oh Boy!" Date: Unknown Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 4K Description: This file demonstrates how one can create great games in the BASIC interpreter. Though I don't want to carry many GWBASIC items, this one is really too good to leave out of the library. CHRONOS: Calendar routines/algorithms in QuickBASIC Date: 8/87 Author: Frederick Volking Cost: FW Size: 32K Description: This archive contains a gregorian calendar, a calculator (calculates, in addition to basic functions, numbers between bases). Includes Turbo Pascal source code, Turbo BASIC source code, and QB source code. The author declares, "the Graphics Cycle Evaluator is a tool for visually looking at recurring cycles in time (ocen tides, menstration, growing, seasons, comet visitations, etc.)." CHXCARDS: Simple database programs in QuickBASIC, v2.00 Date: 12/90 Author: George Jones Cost: FW Size: 11K Description: The author describes this set of programs as a "series of small database programs is primarily for home use to maintain addresses, Christmas card lists, magazine subscriptions, etc.. The records can be sorted, displayed on screen or printed as listings or labels." Options include: create, edit, list delete, sort, print. Has a great interface! CLINK120: Source code to SEAlink protocol in C Date: 8/87 Author: SEA Inc. Cost: FW Size: 27K Description: System Enhancement Associates (SEA) distributed their C source code to SEAlink (which has become relatively popular and is a supported communications protocol in many terminal programs these days). By SEA's definition, "...purpose of SEAlink is to provide a file transfer protocol that does not suffer from propagation delays, such as are introduced by satellite relays or packet switched networks, while retaining full compatibility with Xmodem." I am offering this SEAlink C source code in hopes that some brilliant C programmer can convert it to native QuickBASIC v4+ code. CLIPPER: Mark and clip text in QuickBASIC by Joe Koss Date: 4/90 Author: Joe Koss Cost: FW Size: 5K Description: These are some page clipping routines that Joe Koss (Quik_bas echo, et. al) uploaded to the echo and to The Shipyard. They show how one can go about highlighting text and saving it in an array for later use. Works sort of like the mark function of a word processor. CLOCK: A really interesting clock program Date: 11/89 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 7K Description: Every once and a while, I come upon a native QB source file like this one that really gets my attention. This is an unfinished "large clock" program by an unknown author with some really *excellent* ASCII created "characters" [similar to MWCHAR and MW3DCHAR- see the PDQ area for details]. I compiled this program with PDQ [after making one change with the divide operator] to a 3500 byte .EXE for your observation. I would like to see this program completed and sent back. The fonts here are really good! CLOCKS: A collection of very creative clocks! Date: 2/89 Author: Dave Satterfield Cost: FW Size: 4K Description: This archive offers the source code to some of the most unusual clocks I have ever seen. These clocks display the time in DIFFERENT BASES, including a bar clock, binary clock, clock with a normal face, color clock, and a hex clock. All are written in structured QB. CODE39: A bar code printing utility in native QB Date: 05/85 Author: Bill Wood Cost: FW Size: 5K Description: I do not like to include GWBASIC in QuickSHARE, but periodically I find a one-of-a-kind item such as CODE39. This GWBASIC program will print bar codes (like the universal product codes) on an epson printer. The author does do a nice job of using the "Top-Down" approach to programming (an old GWBASIC technique which makes GWBASIC as structured as possible). It would, hence, be easy to convert to modern QuickBASIC. COLA21: Cost of Living Adjustment program v2.1 Date: 5/90 Author: Joe Wells Cost: FW Size: 32K Description: If a cigar cost 5 cents in 1900, how much does it cost now? COLA says 77 cents (is that right?). Interesting...with complete source code. COMPORTS: Another text on accessing COM3/4 in QB Date: 10/89 Author: Pete Petrakis Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: For those who have MicroHelp's QB/PRO6 communication library, this text may be a life saver. It discusses accessing COM3 and COM4 in QuickBASIC with QB/PRO6 in mind. Useful information. COMPRESS: A discussion of the .LZH file format Date: 4/89 Author: Haruhiko Okumura Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: Harukiko was behind the LHARC utility long before it's release by Yoshi. He discusses the history of the algorithms and gives a brief talk about file formats. Interesting reading. COMPRES2: * See RLE4BAS in the PDQ section of the catalog COPR: Information on (C)opyrighting your software Date: 11/90 Author: Beach Craigmyle Cost: $13 Size: 18K Description: Written by an attorney in Lousiville, Kentucky, this is a rather extensive and even academic look at what is involved in copyrighting your software. The author describes this file as, "This booklet is a programmer's guide to copyrighting software. The materials give step-by-step instructions on how you can file an application for Certificate of Copyright Registration on Software." It unpacks to a 35K ASCII file. I must admit, this is one of the very few information (text) files QuickSHARE offers which has a price tag. COPY: Safely copy a file in QuickBASIC Date: 12/90 Author: Rick Cooper Cost: FW Size: 25K Description: Rick created this file to answer a friend's question of how one would go about copying a file in native QB. Using the CALL INTERRUPT library, this source file will allow you to emulate the DOS COPY command nicely. Returns a code if an error occurred during the copy. Also, unlike most all other copy routines I've seen, this one also keeps the SAME DATE and TIME of the original file, and will work across different subdirectories. A nice job. CR2SORT: A potentent little sorting algorithm Date: 6/88 Author: David Hanson Cost: FW Size: 23K Description: This is a new sorting algorithm developed by the author. It is short but sweet. I added an example sort and simplified the routine a little (the original is left with this archive as well). As it is, the primary drawback I see is that it requires the FPM (floating point math) library to operate. This just means that it will add to your code size a bit if your program would otherwise not use FPM. CRTWHICH: How to tell which monitor is the active one. Date: 10/87 Author: Mark Novisoff Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: This file shows the reader how to tell if a color or monochrome monitor is active and to find out if a Hercules adapter is plugged into the system. It also returned a valid VGA recognition for my system. Note: This file came with a QB-compiled demo. I deleted this demo and compiled it in PDQ to reduce the size of the archive. CTERM: A Cheap communications Terminal Date: 1989 Author: Nando Favaro Cost: FW Size: 20K Description: First I will say that this is not a QuickBASIC source file, it is a ZBasic source file. I am including it in this listing to give QS users an idea of what a program written in this acclaimed compiler looks like (er, uh, "know the enemy"). Simply enough, it s a source and executible archive that will run as a "cheap terminal." No frills. Note: it locked up my system, but I didn't spend much time with it. Passed along to me by Harry Gish, ZBasic fan. CTLBREAK: GWBASIC source to disable CTRL-Break press Date: 11/85 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 2K Description: If you've ever wanted an easy way to use POKE and PEEK to disable the result of a CTRL-Break press, this will do that job. Designed to run in GWBASIC, but should work equally well in QuickBASIC. DATEMAN: Various date routines in QuickBASIC 4.00 source Date: 12/89 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 3K Description: Well, these are various date routines written in QuickBASIC 4.00+ source! Date2Julian type stuff. DDALIB10: Dick Dennison's favorite Assembler routines Date: Varies Author: Varies Cost: FW Size: 10K Description: Dick Dennison is QuickSHARE's New York Point SysOp and here he offers a collection of routines written in MASM (many of which come from the Fido QUIK_BAS echo...which is where QuickSHARE began). Routines include FlipBits, Skeleton (template for MASM/QB routines), FloppyA, Mid$ replacement, interrupt routines (like QB.LIB) for GWBASIC, Exit_with_ errorlevel safetly, get lower case COMMAND$, and more (requires that you have MASM to use the programs in this library. Version 1.00. DEPTHC3: An old ASCII text game of battleship Date: 01/90 Author: See below Cost: FW Size: 56K Description: Depth Charge was originally written by Jerry Kotler (version 1.00) and is an ASCII text/graphic game. The original version was written in GWBASIC. Version 2.00, by Thomas E. McCormick, is a semi- structured, QB version of the same game. Interesting little game, but probably needs a little work. DEZIP15: TPascal source code to an unzip utility Date: 3/89 Author: R. P. Byrne Cost: FW Size: 30K Description: This is a Turbo Pascal (version 5.0) source code to a (PK)unzip utility. I am including this code in QuickSHARE in the hopes that a proficient Pascal programmer will convert this code to native Quick- BASIC (v4+). This archive comes with a runfile (compiled from the source). I tested it on a recent ZIPped file, and DEZIP returned an "unknown compression method" error message (it is thus an old implementa- tion of zip). Still worth keeping, though. It *did* recognize file names within the zip file. DISPFILE: Display files and mark from a scrolling window Date: 01/91 Author: Rick Cooper Cost: FW Size: 80K Description: Rick created this file to be used as an example. Using the CALL INTERRUPT library provided with QB, this source file shows how one goes about entering a mask (like "*.*" or "*.BAS"), using the DOS FindFirst/FindNext calls, and displaying the files in a window with a scroll bar for marking. Very useful source examples here. Note: very little comments, so you will need an INTerrupt reference book to understand what he is doing. Also, a similar (but less complete) utility is available in the GENERAL LIBRARIES section, FULLDIR. UPDATE Note: Though no version is revealed in the file name, the file we offer now has improvements over an older version: Removed unnecessary proceedures, remove the screen after use (new option), reworked the ValidDrive routine so it doesn't hang the system when the drive is empty. DIPSET: GWBASIC program to check/set DIP switches Date: unknown Author: Steve Dorr Cost: FW Size: 5K Description: This GWBASIC source file (one of the few that we offer in QuickSHARE) not only will tell you the current DIP settings on your PC, but it will allow you to change some of these settings without having to take the case off! Very interesting and has a nice interface. The code, though, is in typical GWBASIC (yuck!). DATREAD: Create list of PCBoard files Date: 2/88 Author: Jeffery Morely Cost: FW Size: 41K Description: This program source shows you how to create a listing of PCBoard .DAT files and Cnames. It is intended to work with PCBoard versions 12.xx. Includes full field descriptions and numbers. DICT21K: Twenty-One Thousand Words Date: 05/87 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 65K Description: If you're thinking about adding spelling capabilities to your QB applications, here's a 21K word list in lower case to help you out. DPMISPEC: DOS Protected Mode Interface (DPMI) Date: 7/90 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 43K Description: This text explains in great detail what DOS protected mode (OS/2) *is* and how to program with [uh, or around?] it. DREVAL10: A beginning set of routines for calculator programmers Date: 3/91 Author: David Rice Cost:: FW Size: 4K Description: If you have ever wanted a routine which will take a given mathematical expression and return a computed result, you need this source file. For example, if A$ = "53 - 7^3 - 243" - DREVAL would process this string and return 533 as the answer. The author shows real skill in his simplicity. DVINT390: Ralph Brown does it again with this interrupt list Date: 7/90 Author: Ralph Brown Cost: FW Size: 33K Description: This is a text file which offers a comprehensive list of interrupts that affect or pertain to the DeskView environment by Quarterdeck. It is a subset of Ralph Brown's complete INTxxx list, the most comprehensive list of documented and undocumented interrupts you will ever find. DVINTQB: An assembler routine for Deskview interfacing Date: 1/88 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 3K Description: The source code in this archive is in MASM. It appears to be an interface between QuickBASIC programs and Deskview. There is no author inform- ation, no documentation, or anything. If someone finds that this is not PD, please let me know. ECHOUTL: Multi-purpose Echomail utility Date: 12/90 Author: Jack Decker Cost: FW Size: 61K Description: By definition of the author, this is a "multi- purpose echomail utility that runs between the import and export cycles of your favorite echomail processor [...] and checks for duplicate messages." Evidently, folks in FidoLand have an attitude problem with QB, since the author of this utility included in the phrase, "unfortunately, it is written in QB," in the documentation. We'll let you slide this time Jack! EGAMENU: A EGA DOS-level menu system written in QuickBASIC Date: 11/89 Author: Robert Krosnowski Cost: FW Size: 41K Description: Here's another case-in-point that QuickBASIC makes a good utility language. This program is designed to be used as a DOS shell. Offers a menu "language" that is centered around the DOS batch language. It requires at least an EGA to run (and will run in the EGA mode on VGA systems). Customizable, and the source code is included. Actually useful! EGASAV: A native QuickBASIC routine to save the EGA screen Date: 2/88 Author: Teri Schiele Cost: FW Size: 2K Description: This QuickBASIC source file shows how to save a screen in EGA mode and maintain the palette data. EMTOL110: A collection of "tools" by Earl Montgomery Date: 11/90 Author: Earl Montgomery Cost: FW Size: 32K Description: Earl Montgomery is a friend of mine and he seems to be constantly pumping out new innovative and insightful routines and information regarding QuickBASIC programming. I told him that if he would collect some items together, I would keep up with global documentation, version updates and so forth to an "EMTOOLS" library. He agreed and here it is. So far, this library includes font routines, a very excellent font editor, bar menu routines, palette demos (in VGA), VGA color array lists, and more. This library will assuredly grow over time. ENPUT: Yes, that's right, ANOTHER query input routine! Date: 05/90 Author: Frederick Volking Cost: FW Size: 3K Description: This is the source code to yet another query input routine. Used to replace QB's native INPUT. FILECPY: MS diskcopying has never been easier (?) Date: 10/86 Author: Jeff Sumberg Cost: FW Size: 3K Description: This QuickBASIC v2 source code is written to use CALL INT86 to access diskcopying functions. Note that CALL INT86 has been replaced in QuickBASIC with CALL INTERRUPT, you can still access this alternative interrupt library with by simply using CALL OLDINT86. FINANCE: Various financial calculations/functions in QB Date: unknown Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 10K Description: This source file can show how to do various financial calculations. The source code is not too structured, but it could help in a pinch. It looks like GWBASIC code that has been run through a BAS2SB kind of processor. FOG2: Routine to compute a FOG index Date: 7/88 Author: Thomas E. McCormick Cost: FW Size: 5K Description: Thomas McCormick has delivered some very useful items to QuickSHARE, but this one is definitely one of the most interesting source files he has submitted. A modification of an older program by the name of FIG, this program does a surpurb job of calculating an index to reading complexity and punctuation. Even offers a few suggestions! FORMULAS: Various mathematical/calendar formulas in a file Date: 4/88 Author: Judson D. McClendon Cost: FW Size: 9K Description: This text file contains several formulas which will help you determine pi, Newton's method for extract- ing positive integral roots, date information (like when Easter comes), and so forth. All are written in BASIC format. FPLOT: Mathematical plotting algorithms for the CGA Date: 1986 Author: James Fuller Cost: FW Size: 5K Description: This GWBASIC code is an adaptation from old Apple code which will show you how to plot a given function in Cartesian or Polar coordinate systems. Option to BSAVE your graph. Code is structured *for* GW! GETINTGR: Another query input routine, but different Date: 12/90 Author: Jerry Jackson Cost: FW Size: 3K Description: Unlike so many of the query input routines we offer in QuickSHARE, this one defaults to a numeric mask (allows only numerals to be entered). However, it also allows other masks to be specified, AND it allows you to use your own user-defined blinking cursor. Looks great! GIF89A: Text file by Compuserve about the GIF file format Date: 8/90 Author: varies Cost: FW Size: 25K Description: This file is a discussion about the newer Graphics Interchange Format files as defined by Compuserve. This is more of an update to the file GIFSTD which is also offered in the QuickSHARE library. I thought that this newer version of the file lacked some of the useful information one finds in GIFSTD. For more information, see that file. Furthermore, if you get GIF89A, I suggest you also request GIFSTD. GIFSTD: Text file by Compuserve about the GIF file format Date: 6/87 Author: varies Cost: FW Size: 13K Description: This file is a discussion about the Graphics Interchange Format files as defined by Compuserve. If you have ever wanted to write your own Quick- BASIC applications to read and write GIF files, you probably need to begin by reading this file. It discusses the GIF signature, screen discriptor, compression used, etc.. There is an update to this information in the file GIF89A which includes new standards for higher resolution screens. If you get this file, I suggest you also get GIF89A. GO: A subdirectory CD-type utility Date: 4/89 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 18K Description: This utility "moves you quickly from one subdirectory to another." I don't know why anyone would want to use this as an actual program (from what I could see, it would be just as easy to use the DOS CD command). I am including it, however, because it has some good CALL INTERRUPT functions. Source file and .EXE run file are both included. The source code is not commented at all. It looks like it might have come from PC Resource. Since I'm unsure about that, though, I'm putting it here. GTINIT: Extract information from the GTUSER.BBS file Date: 3/90 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: This routine allows GT BBS SYSOPs/programmers the ability to extract the following type of information from the GTUSER.BBS file: access level, name, baud, total calls, last call, time until next event, etc.. HEAP&QST: A heap sort and a quick sort algorithm for BASIC Date: 4/84 Author: Nelson Ford Cost: FW Size: 4K Description: This archive includes two different sort algorithms for GWBASIC. They can be converted to work under QuickBASIC with a little modification. The sorts are: quick sort, and a heap sort. HERSHEY: The infamous database of Hershey Fonts Date: 02/88 Author: PCM's Bill Barden, Jr. Cost: FW Size: 108K Description: A while back, this database of "Hershey Fonts" were a popular topic of discussion on Delphi. They are all designed for low resolution graphics (CGA and maybe Hercules modes), but I suspect they could be used with EGA or even VGA with a little effort. The reader is written in GWBASIC. I would very much like to see someone convert this reader and the related utilities to structured QuickBASIC. Some of the fonts are very, very good. HUFFMAN: The popular Huffman compression algorithm Date: 7/90 Author: M. Rosenberg Cost: FW Size: 3K Description: Based on the 1984 method used in "Algorithms" (R. Sedgwick), here is a PowerBASIC source file to the Huffman encoding technique. Huffman encoding has, for years, been used in conjunction with other file compression techniques to produce the smallest archives possible (LHARC, for example, uses a combination of Huffman encoding with the LZW algo- rithm). No matter how much I tried, I could not get this structured sub routine to work in QB (drats!). Evidently, it uses a keyword in ProBASIC that does not exist in QB. If someone has ProBASIC and could convert this routine to QuickBASIC, it would be of interest to many QBers. INPEDI: Prompt and query input editor for QB Date: 11/89 Author: Randy Sharpe Cost: FW Size: 9K Description: Here's a routine written entirely in QB (much like my rendition of the INSTRING [in general section]) that will print prompts and allow editing. INTER191: The most extensive list of INTerrupts available Date: 1/91 Author: Ralph Brown Cost: FW Size: 340K Description: Ralph Brown originated his list of interrupts for the PC YEARS ago, and he still keeps it current today. Distributed literally all over the world, this list of hardware (BIOS) and software (DOS, DesqView, Mouse etc.) interrupts really is the most extensive one you will find, either electronically or commercially distributed. In this list you will find some real "oddball" interrupts as well: TopView, Video, Carbon Copy Plus, Amstrad PC-Specific, Internal Reserved BASIC (for the IBM), etc.. Note that QuickSHARE also carries a less extensive (much older) version of Ralph's list which lists only the more common BIOS and DOS interrupts. This file is called MSDOSINT and it can be found in this category of the catalog. ISDRVRDY: Is the diskette drive ready to go? Date: 2/91 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 3K Description: This program will set an errorlevel based on if the diskette drive is ready to receive data (if the hatch is closed and a formatted diskette is inserted into the drive). Uses the ALIAS "_exit" method of setting errorlevels. KERMITC: The Kermit protocol (modem) C source code Date: 7/83 Author: Bill Catchings et. al Cost: FW Size: 11K Description: I am including the source to the kermit protocol in C in hopes that some C AND QB programmer will have the desire to convert the source to QB. LH_ANSIC: Another LHARC-compatible compression program Date: 10/89 Author: Peter Fitzsimmons Cost: FW Size: 29K Description: The author in this package is trying to lay the ground work for an ANSI_C-Compatible (and therefore, cross-compilable) LZH program. He places no restric- tions on the code as it comes (use it as you will). This C source code is "based on the LZH (Lempel-Ziv- Huffman) Compression method developed by Haruhiko Okumura and Haruyasu Yoshizaki." The program is supposed (there is not a compiled version provided, and I do not own an ANSI-C compiler to test the actual program) to be 100% compatible with the LHARC utility. Supports three functions: List files in lzhive, Add files to lzhive, and extract files within a lzhive. QuickSHARE is offering this complete source code in the hopes that some pro- ficient C and QuickBASIC programmer will take the time to convert the code to QuickBASIC so we can all use it. Furthermore, I would guess that it is possible to incorporate the routines in this library such that they could be at least CALLed from QB. LHARCEX: Forum message clips about the LHARC compression Date: 4/89 Compiled by: Grant Ellsworth Cost: FW Size: 8K Description: These forum messages discuss a bit more about that wonderful LHARC compression algorithm. They are in several different files. LINEAR: Shows how to program forecasting routines in QB Date: 1/89 Author: Jerry C. Hughes Cost: FW Size: 3K Description: I am really impressed with this QuickBASIC source file. It shows how to make forecasts (predictions) using linear algebra! You type in a series of numbers (in a sequence, like maybe your monthly bills), and based on an average sequence (let that sequence be increasing, decreasing, or unchanging) this routine shows how to "predict" the next couple of outcomes! I tested this one out with a simple sequence of numbers (such that I would be able to predict the next numbers myself): 1,2,3,4,5 and indeed LINEAR returned 6,7. Very interesting. MAKMENU2: A QuickBASIC v4.x Bar Menu Function Date: 8/89 Author: William Baer Cost: FW Size: 35K Description: This file offers, "A QB 4.x function to create a vertical bar menu, make a choice of the options displayed on the menu and then return the value of the position to the caller." This routine is very primitive but has good speed and within a fancy window would look very nice. MASACRE: An interesting QuickBASIC game! Date: 7/88 Author: Mark Botta Cost: FW Size: 40K Description: This game, specifically coded for a 286 and requiring at least an EGA display, is very interesting. It is surprisingly well-done considering the source code is only 4K in size! If you are a QB game author, this is a must-see. The game is like the old skiing games but the graphics are something to behold. The author suggests that changing the code is acceptable but to leave credit to him in any new documentation. This could serve as a project for someone, therefore. MENUBA: A good bar menuing routine for QuickBASIC Date: 3/90 Author: Robert R. Smith Cost: FW Size: 4K Description: Here's another menuing program written entirely in native QuickBASIC. Creates the bar menu that is similar to that of the one used in the QuickBASIC editor. Hot keys, the works. Source code. MENURTNS: Several routines in native QB source Date: 7/90 Author: Robert Smith Cost: FW Size: 20K Description: This archive contains several menu routines in QB source code and other related items, including: GetTime/Date$, Shadow, WaitKey$, MenuBar, MenuWindow, and DrawBox. MGLOBAL: Purchases and re-investment of dividends source Date: 3/89 Author: George Jones Cost: FW Size: 11K Description: In the documentation of this archive, the author mentions several different programs. This archive was delivered to me with only one of the files he mentions, MGLOBAL. MGLOBAL is a program source file which shows the QBer how to program for recording purchases and re-investment dividends for the PAINE WEBBER bond funds. The author *will NOT accept any money for his work*! MINICALC: Put Lotus 1-2-3 out of business with this program! Date: 4/86 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 12K Description: This GWBASIC source code file offers an introduction to spreadsheet programming. Note that this program is written in a worse-case spaghetti code. If someone wants a project, this is an item that could be converted to structured QuickBASIC. MISQBSRC: Miscellaneous QuickBASIC source files Date: Varies Author: Varies Cost: FW Size: 10K Description: Thomas E. McCormick recently sent two 1.2mb disks full of various QB items. The source files in this archive contain several interesting contributions from various authors which I have packaged together. This includes: checking for LPT1 ready status, swapping LPT ports [very useful], example of making music by directly controling the speaker port, nice complete-looking list of IBM port addresses, find ROM release date of BIOS, approximating the root of a number using Newton's Approximation method [my personal favorite], system information addresses, routine to detect a VGA, and screen scrolling routines. Some are written in GWBASIC, while most are written in modren QB. Nice assortment. MO&TIME$: QuickBASIC month and time formatting routines Date: 1990 Author: John Gutknecht Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: If you have ever wanted TIME$ to print the time in a 12-hour format (instead of the 24-hour format) or if you have ever wanted the month to appear at the beginning of DATE$, then these two FUNCTIONs are for you. I have also included a PDQ-compiled example for your observation. Good routines. MONKEY14: A utility program that uses the ADVBAS library Date: 3/88 Author: Tom Hanlin III Cost: FW Size: 24K Description: This source file and executable program will allow you to change the file attributes and the date and time stamps on a file, thus, the "monkey." It requires Tom's ADVBAS library to be compiled. Comes with the QuickBASIC v3 (?) source code. MOUSE1: Mouse routines for text mode (only) in QB Date: 10/89 Author: unknown Cost: FW Size: 25K Description: This set of mouse routines were written entirely in QB and require the INTERRUPT library (QB.LIB) to function. Functions let you determine if the mouse software is loaded, how to reset the mouse, set the boundaries, show or hide mouse cursor, and get location and button status. Pretty good. MOUSROUT: A file designed for rats! Date: 09/90 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 3K Description: This file looks like a very useful text mouse routine library which calls on the CALL INTERRUPT(x) libraries. 100% native QB. MSBASSTR: A routine in MASM that helps learn the interface Date: 6/90 Author: MS Journal Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: This file contains a routine called DoMessage which will output a sting on a dialog line. It serves as a great example of passing BASIC string descriptors (both NEAR and FAR!) to MASM, and passing fixed-length and variable-length strings between QB and MASM! This file is perfect for those who are just starting to write their own low-level assembler routines for QB. MSDOSINT: A list of the most common DOS/BIOS interrupt services Date: 12/87 Author: Ralph Brown Cost: FW Size: 35K Description: Ralph Brown has become rather famous over the world for collecting a very extensive list of DOS and BIOS interrupts for the PC family. This list is rather old, but lists the general essentials. The more recent editions list machine-specific interrupts (like how to change the cursor on a Toshiba laptop) and can be quite overwhelming. Look for INTXXYYY (where XXYYY are numbers) to appear in the catalog in this section in the future. It will be the more recent edition. This one, though, is a classic. MUZAK2: A few tunes in BASIC you can PLAY around with Date: 7/86 Author: Aaron Ross Priver Cost: FW Size: 89K Description: Written in ol' GWBASIC, this is a music player (that is, an EXE exists which will play the files for you) with 58 different music files. I test compiled one of the music files which contains simple PLAY statements in sequential access file format in both QB and PDQ with success (the one I tested, well, it was the theme to Star Trek of course). This is version 2.21 of the archive (considering the date, I don't think an update will arrive). Author advocates modification. UPDATE (v2.3): New driver with more organized menus, and now has 124 music files! Note that the EXE I received for the menu driver was corrupted so I replaced it with a version compiled with PDS...which reduced the size of this archive a bit. MWALLOC: How to allocate memory for using all of string space Date: 3/91 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 7K Description: One of the primary concerns of programmers who program large applications in QuickBASIC involves available string space. Despite what you might have heard, QuickBASIC *CAN* use ALL OF AVAILABLE STRING SPACE. The methods for accomplishing this task are not well explained in the QB manuals, so I have presented a method in this archive which I have used with great success. MWALLOC has allocated as much as 480K of RAM for string processing and as little as a few bytes (depending upon the amount of available memory at the time). In short, MWALLOC will show you how to: use all of available memory, determine how many subscripts to use in your DIM statement, and link your final program. NACDI: Near Assembler Clock-Display Information Date: 02/91 Author: Thomas Jaeger, CZAR SW Cost: FW Size: 18K Description: If you've ever used the [basically, it's a] TSR CLOCK function in QB4BASXX then you'll know what this file does. Using QB's ON TIMER function, it displays the 24-hour clock on the screen just like it was done in assembler. Uses direct screen writes which could cause snow on cheap CGA setups. Impressive. NCQLB110: Members of Newark Connection RBBS's Library Date: 1/90 Author: Doug Wilson, ed. Cost: FW Size: 65K Description: This is a nice library of different routines written all in native QuickBASIC source code. Functions include: CapsLock, Center, ClearKey, Date2Jul, EditStr, Jul2Date, LPTStat, Windowing, and a few more. This is an excellent "beginners library." NEWCHAR: ASCII text of three different sized "char sets" Date: 3/87 Author: Andy Keever Cost: FW Size: 10K Description: This is simply a text file that contains 3 different sizes of "ASCII-generated character sets." This character set is useful for creating your own fancy QuickBASIC program (introduction) screens. If you have seen the opening screen to PC-File, you will have an idea of what these characters look like. They are all outline characters, and are all quite large. ONCLOCK: A TSR-timer look alike routine for QB Date: 3/91 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 2k Description: This program will show you how to use ON TIMER to constantly display a clock while doing other tasks in the background (demonstration calls INPUT from the keyboard while the clock is updated in the corner of the screen). Very good job. PAYMENTS: Source code to simple amoritization routines Date: 10/90 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 2K Description: This file contains four QuickBASIC SUB routines (SolveInt, SolvePmt, SolvePV, SolveTerm) which, when you supply 3 of the 4 known values, will solve for the forth. For example, given the present value of the item, the interest rate, and the term of the mortgage (in months), you would use the SolvePmt routine to solve for the monthly payments. Very structured, useful routines. PCASMTUT: *THE* PC Assembler Tutor Date: 8/90 Author: Chuck Nelson Cost: $10 Size: 392K Description: For just $10...cheaper than your average "super special" pizza...you can begin to discover what awaits you in the wonderful world of assembler. Using the shareware A86 assembler as a model, the author describes assembly programming, debuggers, I/O, block moves, and BASIC relationships. With respect to the assembly portion, the author covers topics such as numbers, arithmatic, DATA, registers, multiplication and division, logic, bit manipulation, jumps, and pointers. When unpacked, this archive offers over *One Megabyte* of text files. Well, that oughtta keep you busy for a while... PCBASIC: Want to create your own BASIC? Here's a start! Date: 11/88 Author: Phil Cockcroft Cost: FW Size: 105K Description: This archive contains a set of source code in C that can be used as a beginning intrepreter (and perhaps a compiler?). Written by a student as a second year project, this "language" is based on Microsoft level 5 BASIC and RT11's MU-BASIC. Built and tested on a VAX, this source is now public domain. PCBLIB: A file for the PCBoard/QB programmer Date: Unknown Author: Christopher Orr Cost: SW Size: 7K Description: This file contains a few procedures written in native QuickBASIC that will allow QB programmers to read: PCBOARD.SYS, PCBOARD.DAT, MSGS (including conference MSG files), CNFN, AND USERS files. Although the author suggests that this is a share- ware work, he does not mention the suggested registration cost (hence, "SW"). The author also suggests that it may be used as long as it is not altered without his permission. PCBOOK: A printing utility for the HP Laserjet Date: 10/90 Author: Jay Munro Cost: FW Size: 7K Description: This native QB source file will show you how to print text files on HP LaserJet II, IIP, or III printers. Uses two-sided printing in landscape mode. Untested. PEEKSX: An extensive list of BASIC PEEK addresses! Date: 6/86 Author: Mike Todd Cost: FW Size: 7K Description: Okay, now EVERYONE knows where I get my answers to the PEEK/POKE questions on the Quik_BAS echo! This extensive list of offsets covers equipment, video, communications, keyboard and more. It also has a program to list the offsets in any MS-DOS compatible machine. PHONEN: Structured Query Input for Phone Numbers Date: 11/90 Author: Mike Schoonmaker Cost: FW Size: 3K Description: This is simply a routine in native QB source code which will allow the programmer to get a masked input of a phonenumber in the format (xxx)-yyy-zzzz. Syntax: CALL PhoneNumber(Numb$, Format$). PRIMES: Now *you* can discover a new prime number Date: 3/91 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 2K Description: Actually, I am not the original author to this source file (original author unknown), but I did take the original GWBASIC source and convert it (by hand...not with a conversion program) to structured QB. It displays prime numbers up to n. And no, you won't win any prizes with this program for finding a new prime number...(I don't think...). PROGINFO: Extensive information about programming video Date: 2/90 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 12K Description: This is a text file released by ATI (the company that makes those excellent VGA video boards) which discusses extensively how to write programs in assembler for video access. Segments and offsets are given that can easily be read using BASIC's PEEK, so I thought it should be included with QuickSHARE. This is the most detailed, tech- nical look at video programming I have seen! PS: An Epson printer utility in native QuickBASIC 4 Date: 6/89 Author: Kenneth G. White Cost: FW Size: 20K Description: Here is an interesting printer utility that is command line driven. If you have ever wanted to program a utility in QuickBASIC, but didn't know how to check for parameters, this program will serve as a fine example (it takes about 20 different arguments). Kenneth has donated several of his own routines, and they are all worth the download. QB2P103: Structured source for HP Laserjet programming Date: 3/90 Author: Bob Bartlome Cost: FW Size: 39K Description: This source will show the HP Laserjet/QB programmer how to print on two sides of the paper in the HPLJ's landscape mode. QB4-SAMP: A collection of good INTERRUPT routines for 4.00b+ Date: 4/89 Author: Kyle Sparks [of MS] Cost: FW Size: 20K Description: Here's a nice set of some common and uncommon INTERRUPT routines with the QB 4.00b source. This suggests that it will not work with v4.00-4.00a. There are two assembly source files that save and restore the screen (and they are well documented) in addition to: DriveType, HercPrintScreen (to either a Laser Jet or an Epson), Windowing, File date/time changes, system equipment, etc.. Great! QB45FDTR: A BCOM45/BRUN45 patch to keep DTR when ENDing Date: 6/89 Author: Kenny Gardner Cost: FW Size: 3K Description: This is a short debug script file that will show you how to patch your QuickBASIC v4.50 BRUN45 and BCOM45 libraries such that you will not lose the DTR if you're using QB for writing doors. QB45INP: A collection of QuickBASIC prompt/input routines Date: 11/88 Author: J. Clulow Cost: FW Size: 8K Description: Written entirely in QB version 4.5, these input and prompt formatting routines allow the QB programmer more control over input than the standard INPUT or LINE INPUT functions. It also requires the ADVBAS library to run. QB4INT: What is CALL INTERRUPT and why should you care? Date: 3/91 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: This file offers a good text which discusses the bare necessities for using CALL INTERRUPT in QuickBASIC. Topics include: libraries and quick libraries, user- defined types, $INCLUDE files, CALL INTERRUPT I/O, differences between CALL INTERRUPT and CALL INTERRUPTX, and a reference guide. QB4MEMAN: A text file by Microsoft on memory management in QB Date: 6/89 Author: Microsoft Cost: FW Size: 11K Description: This is a useful informative file by the staff at Microsoft, about 13 printed pages, that discusses how the compiler manages memory internally. The document supports QuickBASIC versions 4.00, 4.00b, 4.50, and BASIC version 6.00. Covers: code management, data management, and explains how to read the .MAP file, more. QB-BACH: Source code to several Bach tunes Date: 5/88 Author: David Scheall Cost: FW Size: 7K Description: David did a fine job converting 4 popular Bach tunes into QB 4.00+ format. Source code only. QBASICST: A list of QuickBBS file structures Date: 10/90 Author: Jim Young Cost: FW Size: 18K Description: This file lists the QuickBBS version 2.04 file structures. This list is arranged in QuickBASIC 4.00-4.50 TYPE definitions with comments. Also included is a sample listing that explains how to go about accessing these files in QuickBASIC. QBASTYPE: List of QBBS v2.04 file structures Date: 11/89 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 3K Description: This is the best, most extensive list of various QBBS file formats I have seen thus far, structured in QB's TYPE format. This list includes the QBBS file structures for: Event record, Board record, Config record, flags, User record, system info record, TimeLog record, and Exit record. QBBBS103: A list of Bulletin Boards that support QuickBASIC Date: 01/91 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: When I first started QuickSHARE I found a file called QBBBS that listed about 7 BBSs that supported QuickBASIC. I found that this file was often file requested and downloaded, and decided that it must be of real interest. Since the file was quite old (like two years old) I decided to compile a new one and here it is. This version lists about 15 BBS that support QuickBASIC programming by either offering national echos, file areas specifically for QB programmers, or both. If you are a sysop and would like your BBS name to appear in this list, please send me all information (as listed in the QBBBS file) and I will add your system to the ever growing list. Note: Since this file is updated quite a bit, I won't mention the systems that are added here. Starting version: 1.00. QBROWSE: A "list-type" utility written in QuickBASIC Date: 5/88 Author: Harold Thompson Cost: FW Size: 43K Description: Harold Thompson is the author of that excellent FREE QB4BAS library. Here, he demonstrates the power of his machine language library with a list- type utility. Included is the source code and the executable file. To recompile the source, you will need Harold's QB4BAS library, available from us. QBDOORS: Information on writing RBBS doors in QuickBASIC Date: 11/87 Authors: Matt Malden/Leo Farmer Cost: FW Size: 41K Description: This archive actually contains two primary source files. One shows how one would go about writing a door in GWBASIC. The other (by Leo F.) is a conversion of the program for QuickBASIC 3.00. There is also a file included that mentions how to patch QB such that it doesn't drop the DTR. QBINTERS: A short tutorial on using CALL INTERRUPT with QB Date: 4/89 Author: David Wesson Cost: FW Size: 13K Description: This file is a short tutorial on how one goes about accessing the many PC interrupts via QuickBASIC (using the QB.OBJ file that comes with QB). There are a few source files that explain how to tell the video type a system has, the amount of bytes free on a disk, the current DOS version, the current drive, etc.. Note that I removed the INTER[rupt] files that were included in this archive. They are accessible (and usually updated) on a BBS local to you. QBJ903DS: The "but how do I program the joystick" reference Date: 7/90 Author: David Sosnowski Cost: FW Size 3K Description: This file contains several structured QB source files which will be useful to the QB programmer who wants to program the game port (joystick). QBPP: A QuickBASIC source code formatter IN QuickBASIC Date: 8/90 Author: Kenneth G. White Cost: FW Size: 28K Description: Kenneth does it again with this command-driven utility. The .EXE that comes with this archive is a functional utility in itself, besides the source code that shows you how it's done. The .EXE is quite small, so I am thinking it was compiled with PDS or squeezed with LZEXE. Again, another fine work by our friend Ken. QBQUIRK: A collection of bugs & fixes for all versions of QB Date: 10/90 Author: Mark Novisoff (MicroHelp) Cost: FW Size: 31K Description: This is the first update I've seen of this file for over a year. Mark Novisoff knows his QB business, and he also knows QB's bugs. For example, did you know that if the last line of your $INCLUDE file does not have a carriage return, that you will likely run into an error? Notes are on compati- bility, bugs, efficiency and more. Get this! UPDATE (last was 3/90): Now updated to include information about PDS and even more notes on QuickBASIC. QBSCRSAV: A quick save screen routine for text modes Date: 12/89 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 2K Description: This routine shows the QB programmer how to quickly save text mode screens by using an ALIAS of B$ASSN called MemCopy. B$ASSN is a routine in QB that is very fast though not directly offered as a keyword. With it you can easily copy blocks of memory from one place to another. As it is set up, this routine saves a text screen using "MemCopy" to a numeric array which is not the most efficient method of saving the screen (costly in terms of RAM requirements and numeric data space). Still, it is very useful and could be modified for maximum efficiency. QBSUB10: A collection of beginner's QB SUBS Date: 6/86 Author: David Poskie Cost: FW Size: 31K Description: Written by a "medium level" QB programmer, these routines offer the beginning QB programmer some interesting ideas for creating their own custom QB routines. Included are SUBs to get input, parse the command line, windowing routines, delay, etc.. Note that they may need editing since they were probably written for QB version 3.xx. QBWRTMSG: Information on writing QuickBBS messages Date: 1991 Author: Mark E. Morgan Cost: FW Size: 5K Description: This is QuickBASIC v4.5 source code which shows you how to write a QuickBBS message base style message. Untested. QINP73: Yet another nice query input routine source file Date: 06/90 Author: Raymond Dixon Cost: FW Size: 53K Description: Here's another optional replacement for QB's native, terrible INPUT. This one offers masked input routines (def): where you specify what can be entered. The author wrote this in PDS and mentioned that, "...SLEEP() won't work in QB." We all know it will, at least w/ver 4.00b+. QSORT: A Quick Sort algorithm/routine for QuickBASIC Date: unknown Author: William Nolan Cost: FW Size: 3k Description: This routine is simply a quick sort (one of the most popular sort algorithms available today) written in 100% native QuickBASIC. It contains several GOTO branching statements, but I must interject that in my experience (see BASORT) such branching statements are necessary in sorting routines to achieve maximum speed. RAH-MENU: A QuickBASIC menu SUB routine for ADVBAS users Date: 6/90 Author: Richard Hudson Cost: FW Size: 4K Description: This is a source code listing written in QB ver 4.00 that automatically handles QuickBASIC menu making tasks. It requires the ADVBAS assembly library also available via QuickSHARE. RLE: Another Run Length Encoding algorithm Date: 9/90 Author: Kenneth G. White Cost: FW Size: 5K Description: About the time I finished my Run Length Encryption algorithm (which you can find in the PDQ area), Kenneth comes up with the same idea. Handled much differently than I, this program allows QB programmers to save a bit of file space when text files are on the disk (will also save a bit of string space in QB programs). Another good work. ROMCHAR: A GWBASIC prog. to display large characters Date: 7/82 Author: Will Fastie Cost: FW Size: 1K Description: If you have ever wondered how one goes about creating those cool big ASCII-based characters, then this program is for you. RPOPMENU: A source file to demonstrate popup bar menus Date: 11/90 Author: Rick Cooper Cost: FW Size: 9k Description: The author defines this source file as "popup menus with selections accessed via the highlight bar." I would define it as a very nice point-and- shoot menu bar routine with a 3-D shadowed window library written in native QuickBASIC. Uses the CALL INTERRUPT library for additional speed. A nice job and a useful library. SAYGET: Emulate dBASE's @SAY..GET routines in QB Date: 6/87 Author: See below Cost: FW Size: 41K Description: Lee M. Bernbaum adapted this code from the original work of Vernon E. Davis. It is a dBASE emulator that allows dBASE functions such as: AVSAYGT, QB2SAYGET, QB3SAYGET, TBSAYGT. Note: ^ADVBAS - ^QB v2.00 - ^ QB v3 - ^ TurboBASIC. If that doesn't make sense: this file supports all versions of QB from v2.00-v4.5 and it also supports TurboBASIC. Also, there is a faster module designed for use with Tom Hanlin's ADVBAS (machine language library available in QuickSHARE). SEARCH: QuickBASIC source to a WHEREIS-type utility Date: 5/89 Author: unknown Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: From the looks of this file, I would guess it originated in a magazine article (though no documen- tation exists). This source file will search for a given file (wildcards accepted) and will even search in each *matching* file for a string of text. Ran quickly on my 8086 PC. SHOWTYME: Programming example of the Zbasic language Date: 3/91 Author: James Ducasse Cost: FW Size: 74K Description: The author describes this code as, "...an excellent example of using the high-speed USR 8 and USR 9 integer SINE and COSINE functions built into all versions of the Zbasic compiler." I have included this source as an example of the language for those who are interested in other dialects of PC BASIC. SHUTTLE: A GWBASIC source file to draw a 3D shuttle Date: 8/85 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 4K Description: This is an old favorite BASIC program. You enter the x,y,z axis, and it draws a space shuttle based on your input. Interesting. SKYGIF: A General Information Format file reader in C Date: 05/90 Author: Wayne Gary Cost: FW Size: 78K Description: This is a free .GIF (Compuserve's format) reader written in C. The reason I am including this in the source area of a QuickBASIC library catalog is because it includes DECODER.C. This source file unlocks the secrets to how GIF files are encoded (with the LZW method). Several of us on the QUIK_BAS echo would very much like to see a similar utility written in native QB...if possible. If you would like to take on this challenge, here's a good file to get you started. SOUNDEX: What every good spelling checker needs Date: 11/87 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 28K Description: If you have ever wondered how Word Perfect, PFS: Pro Write, Wordstar, Microsoft Word (etc.) know how to give you those "suggested spellings," this source file will help. It returns a Soundex code for alphanumeric strings. No documentation, so you will have to discover the mechanics to use it. Structured QB sub. SPFX: Interesting group of sound effects Date: Unknown Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 4K Description: This GWBASIC source code lists about 20 different excellent sound effects using the SOUND statement. They should be directly portable with QuickBASIC. STARS10K: The beginning of a potentially excellent QB game Date: 12/89 Author: Frederick Volking Cost: FW Size: 50K Description: The author says that this source file, "demonstrates a 'trick' where [he] was able to write a program which utilizes about 300 bytes of data for each of 10,000 different worlds (i.e., about 3 mega- bytes of data) but only requires about 40K of disk data space!" I call it a potentially excellent idea for an awsome game. Consider this file to be a game shell. All it needs now is some extra forethought, imagination, and programming time. If you've ever seen Starfleet, then you'll under- stand why this file offers the QuickBASIC programmer a means of storing "planet and alien data" for an unbelievably small amount of RAM or disk space. I really think this "game shell" has potential. STATSQB: Statistical analysis routines in QuickBASIC Date: 9/89 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 28K Description: This program will calculate the mean, standard deviation, and coefficients of varients for those interested in stastical analysis. Short code. STREE: A QuickBASIC rendention of the DOS TREE Date: 9/89 Author: G. Smith Cost: FW Size: 28K Description: This source offers a tree list on a specified path. It will read the directory and return all files that match the specification. SVGAKIT: Information on accessing the Super VGA Date: 5/90 Author: John Bridges Cost: FW Size: 30K Description: This archive contains several files written in assembler and C which will show you how to access the extra functionality of the SuperVGA screen modes (i.e., bank switiching, schemes, etc.). This information is only useful for those with a good knowledge of machine language and also a knowledge of how QB operates. SVSCR: An assembler script to save current screens to RAM Date: 9/86 Author: Lyle Smith Cost: FW Size: 4K Description: This QB v2.00 assembler source needs to be reworked slightly to function in QB 4.0+. Otherwise, it looks good, and it's free! SYSTAT: Show the current settings of SW1 and SW2 on PC Date: 1/84 Author: Varies Cost: FW Size: 4K Description: Those who have seen the public domain utility by the name of EQSTATUS (a PC Magazine utility) will immediately know what this utility does. It displays the current hard switches on the PC and PC/XT known as SW1 and SW2. These switches reveal information that is valuable to the programmer: number of disk drives, type of display, available memory, if there is a coprocessor on board, parallel ports available, serial ports available, etc.. This is another GWBASIC spaghetti code file. Someone wishing to convert it to modern QuickBASIC as a project is hereby encouraged. TCQB: Compuserve QUICKB external protocol driver Date: 2/88 Author: John Bridges Cost: FW Size: 20K Description: This archive contains the C source code to the Compuserve QUICKB protocol. If compiled, the program can serve other terminals such as QModem and PCPLUS as an external protocol. If someone out there knows both C and QuickBASIC very well, you would benefit many by converting this to a routine that can be called from within QuickBASIC directly. TEXTWIND: A QuickBASIC 4.00+ source file for graphics input Date: 6/90 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 4K Description: I compiled and tested this source file with QB version 4.50 and found it not to be so much a text window library (written entirely in QB), but more of a GRAPHICS window and query input library! I found a bug in it immediately, but the source offers a potentially excellent input and graphics window library. TICK: When all else fails...call on the power from the PIT! Date: 4/86 Author: Graeme McRae Cost: FW Size: 18K Description: This file offers a C source code which demonstrates how one goes about programming the Programmable Interval Timer (PIT). The PIT controls items such as Direct Memory Access (DMA), RAM refresh, disk drive motor on time, and the system time. I have always found this chip to be of interest and it offers quite a bit of power without floating point mathematics. TPZSFZ: Turbo Pascal source code to Zmodem protocol Date: 9/88 Author: J.R. Louvau Cost: FW Size: 25K Description: Simply enough, this is a Turbo Pascal source file for the Zmodem (communications) protocol. It is placed in the QuickSHARE library with the hopes that some good Pascal AND QuickBASIC programmer will take the time to convert this code over to QuickBASIC...where it belongs! TRUCK: GWBASIC source to the simpliest graphics animation Date: unknown Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 2K Description: This source file, though not commented, is a very useful look at true graphics animation in BASIC. Although the source code is written entirely in GWBASIC, it will run directly in QuickBASIC without any alteration required. Furthermore, it is very simple, so there's not a lot of "extras" to confuse the beginning graphics programmer. A truck running along the highway. Requires a CGA though it should be easy to convert it to Hercules or others. TSRS: The history and basic concepts behind TSRs Date: 7/87 Author: Steve Gibson Cost: FW Size: 11K Description: This file is by the author's definition, "the history and technology of TSR [Terminate but Stay Resident] software." In this text file the author, who is the President of Gibson Research corporation and [at the time of this writing at least] the "Tech Talk" columnist for InfoWorld, discusses some interesting UNDOCUMENTED history about TSRs and how/why they exist. Very interesting reading. TUNES: QuickBASIC/TurboBASIC source to 210 songs! Date: 3/88 Author: Jeff Thomas Cost: FW Size: 19K Description: This is the most comprehensive list of "one-voice" (as opposed to the Tandy/PC Jr three-voice) music source I have ever seen! 210 different short tunes are listed in this lzhive. This includes "All Through the Night, America, America the Beautiful, Bicycle Built for Two, Bill Bailey" and several, several others (that list just comes from the first menu screen of the demo). The source was originally written for TurboBASIC but compiled and ran with no errors in QuickBASIC v4.50. UNZIPSRC: Another unzip source file not in QuickBASIC! Date: 3/89 Author: Samuel H. Smith Cost: $10 Size: 18K Description: By the author's own description, "UnZip is a small zipfile extract utility. It is written to be as small and portable as possible and is intended to be a starting point for implementation of .ZIP files in non-IBM environments." This archive contains both the C and Turbo Pascal source code to this subset of unzip. Because I have neither compiler, I could not test it on a recent zip (but would assume that it could not handle the newer implementation of PKZIP compressions). None-the-less, would some good C -or- Pascal programmer please convert the source code here such that it may be used in native Quick- BASIC v4+??? QuickBASIC, my friends, is not THAT slow, and such a utility is really needed in the QuickBASIC programmer's community. USINGLIB: An introduction to OBJects, LIBraries, and tools. Date: 2/91 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 8K Description: My observations suggest that one of the most difficult areas for QuickBASIC programmers who are beginning to incorporate libraries into their programs involves the use of LIB.EXE and LINK.EXE. This text file is a brief introduction to both LIB and LINK. It discusses the theory of and purposes for libraries, covers object files, and touches on related link errors. If you have found Micro- soft's library manager tools to be difficult, perhaps this text will be of benefit to you. VGASTARS: Plots realistic-looking star maps on the screen Date: 3/89 Author: David Ranson, Jr. Cost: *FW Size: 107k Description: Inspired by the program STARS.BAS originally done by Richard Berry (and published in Astronomy Mag.), this is a good example of how one would go about creating his/her own stellar laser show with the computer! This program may require a 286 and it definately requires a VGA (with my 10MHz AT and an 8-bit VGA card the program ran a little slow). A short list of the many functions of this program include: Search for individual stars or constell- ations, optional mouse, optional stellar coordinate system on screen. Note that to really benefit from the many capabilities of this program one needs a good understanding of astronomy (it's not too beginner-friendly). Includes the entire source file. VIEWBKUP: How to view DOS 3.3 backup disks from within QB Date: 8/89 Author: Mark Guthrie Cost: FW Size: 45K Description: This source code will show you how to read the MS/PC DOS v3.30 diskettes created with DOS's backup program. I was unable to test it because I do not use DOS's backup. Also, it will not compile under PDQ v1.49, so modification may be required. WORDUSEL: A 16K completely-ASCII list of commonly-used words Date: 7/87 Author: Cats Paw Inc. Cost: FW Size: 148K Description: This file contains 16,518 of the most commonly used words in the English language. The list is in flat ASCII in the form of a sequential file, and the list is in alphabetical order (lower case). The list contains a frequency number (how often each word was used in a couple large volumes) besides the word. I have included a utility of my own which will create a different word list with this information removed. This word list is useful, for example, for the programmer who is wanting to create a spelling checker. 16K words must have taken a LONG time to key in! WRTEXE: Another "how to alter an EXE file," but w/a twist Date: 11/90 Author: J. D. Noland Cost: FW Size: 21K Description: This is a C source file that I am including because it offers the most extesive, commented analization of the EXE header I have ever seen. The EXE header includes, among other things, how much memory is required by the program when it runs. WWWQB: Word wrap and edit routines in QuickBASIC Date: 1987 Author: Steven Skindell Cost: FW Size: 7K Description: Written for QB v3.00, this source file will at least give you an idea of one method of creating a word wrapping editor. It requires a QPrint routine to work, which was not supplied by the author. I wrote a couple quick substitutes such that it may be tested without having to search for such a library. Uses ON KEY xxx extensively. WXMODBAS: GWBASIC source to another Xmodem routine Date: 9/86 Author: Peter Boswell Cost: FW Size: 11K Description: Okay, so it's written in spaghetti GWBASIC, so what? It is a source file that offers a different version of Xmodem (WXmodem) and the author advocates modification (hint, hint). If you are writing a terminal program and would like to have the ability to send and receive files via modem, this would be a nice place to start. XMODEM: "Terminal Transponder/Disk Log" Date: 5/84 Author: "Jac" Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: This GWBASIC file appears to offer the source to an Xmodem send AND receive! The code is in old spaghetti format (yuck) but if someone cares to take the time to convert it to structured format, here's a beginning. This file appears to be a sort of terminal but the options are very limited. I didn't have the time to fully test this file, but it looks very interesting! XMDMC: QuickBASIC source code to XMODEM protocol! Date: 11/87 Author: Ed Parry Cost: FW Size: 7K Description: This source file looks like an Xmodem routine written in QB v3.00 or earlier. I also ran into 1 unresolved external, "SLEEP," which obviously cannot be used by QuickBASIC v4.00b+ since this is already a reserved word. The code is also very unstructured, but conversion should not bee too difficult. Handles Xmodem CheckSum and XModem/CRC-CCITT. Someone take it on themselves to convert this to modern, structured QuickBASIC, it's a needed item. XMODEM-C: The C source to an XMODEM protocol Date: 6/86 Author: Donald Krantz Cost: FW Size: 13K Description: This is a C source file to the XMODEM protocol. It is useful for QB programmers who want to develop their own implementation. (Christensen). XMOSR: Xmodem CRC routine in QuickBASIC! Date: 2/91 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 3K Description: This is a working implimentation of Xmodem/CRC which requires a fossil driver to work (a system file that most bulletin boards use as a platform). Also, a CRC routine must be obtained. QuickSHARE really needs one very good Xmodem source file for the public domain. This file, together with the other Xmodem source files we offer, could serve as groundwork to a "catch all" Xmodem send/receive protocol for a person looking for a "project." YMODEM-C: The C source code to Omen Tech's YMODEM Date: 12/86 Author: Omen Tech Cost: FW Size: 11K Description: The source to YMODEM may be useful to QB program- mers who are wanting to create their own version for QuickBASIC. Omen Tech only requests that you mention them in your documentation. ZV: DIX Zipview: View PAK, ARC, ZIP, ZOO, and LZH files Date: 10/90 Author: Dick Dennison Cost: FW Size: 16K Description: Finally! Here's the source code to a program which will allow QuickBASIC programmers to read (view) any zipive in the form listed above. This is similar to the -v option in PKZIP. Source is written in 100% QB and I tested it personally on every format listed above, with the exception of ZOO files, with success. By permission of the author, too, I have included a PDQ-compiled version of this utility (8k EXE) and modified the source a bit such that it will compile with either QB's native library or Crescent's PDQ. This is a fine job indeed! UTILITIES & TOOLS (MISC) ======================== 26HDCOM1: A TSR monitoring utility Date: 12/90 Author: Cornel Huth Cost: FW Size: 19K Description: (v2.01): Display hard drive status and comport status on the 26th line. Gives a very detailed list of what kind of activity is going on with the hard disk and monitors what the COM port is doing in a fashion similar to the lights on an external modem. Comes with the complete 50K assembler source file, which is very well commented. All this, and only uses 2.5K of conventional RAM. APB16: ApBASIC - A QuickBASIC *clone*!!! version 1.20 Date: 1/91 Author: GFx Research Size: 131K Cost: $40 Description: Here's an interesting addition to the QuickSHARE library: A QuickBASIC/TurboBASIC *clone*. That's right, this program is a sort of blend of Turbo BASIC and QuickBASIC with regards to the editor's interface. Plus, it's a compiler! Seems to support many of the BASIC keywords, plus has several addi- tional metacommands. When looking through the online help (the manual is, unfortunately, all on disk, so you won't be printing that out) on one occasion, it did lock up my computer. A CLS PRINT "Hello World" program compiled to a 28K .EXE file (QuickBASIC compiled the same program to a 13K .EXE file). Overall, though, a major work and not a bad alternative to QuickBASIC itself! The nice aspect to APB is that it will allow you to easily use all of available memory with simple (not fixed length like QB) strings (I tested a 350K text string and returned no errors). ASICV201: ASIC v2.01 - "It's Almost BASIC!" Date: 10/90 Author: David A. Visti Cost: $10 Size: 125k Description: Written in the language of C, this is a true BASIC assembler (though the author calls it a compiler) which will produce very small .COM files from your source program! A typical "Hello World" program assembled to a 338-byte .COM file. This version currently supports about 30* different BASIC keywords and it uses the older GWBASIC syntax where there are revisions in QuickBASIC (for example, you open a file as OPEN "O", Buffer, "FILENAME" rather than the newer OPEN "FILENAME" FOR OUTPUT AS Buffer). I was rather impressed with this one and spent a few hours in my evaluation of it. To see how compatible it was, I took a CLS routine I wrote and converted it to ASIC. The first thing I noticed was that ASIC does not allow a block IF and it does not support any of the structured DO-LOOPs that QB supports. For example, rather than having IF A$ = "MYSTRING" THEN and having a block following it, ASIC only allows a GOTO to follow the IF THEN statement block (i.e., IF A$ = "MYSTRING" THEN Label). Finally, once I finished the conversion of my QB program to the ASIC language, I timed the execution of the ASIC version (500 bytes) with the original PDQ-compiled version (450 bytes). The PDQ-compiled version executed faster by a factor of 35%. Overall, though, this being the first version I see a very useful utility coming from David Visti and his ASIC. UPDATE NOTICE (v2.00): Added another 30 keywords and other enhancements which include: (Environment related): source level debugging, short cut keys, repeat last search, enhanced pull-down menus; (Language related): BLOAD/BSAVE, Command$ (by golly, in lower case too), Date$, Time$, Timer, END [with errorlevel], RUN/CALL, INP/OUT, Serial port support, more file support, restore, and many, many more. If you cannot afford PDQ, this is your solution! UPDATE NOTICE (v2.01): Fixes a bug with RND and PRINT. AT-LAST: Terminate but Stay Resident (TSR) Programmer's tool Date: 12/90 Autor: Duane Bowen Cost: $15 Size: 12K Description: This TSR programmer's tool offers the following features: ASCII table (hex, decimal, char, color value), box characters, eject printer page, POKE or PEEK values into RAM, a ruler line (for text design), and a scan code finder. Requires only 6K RAM! BAS-XREF: A GWBASIC cross reference utility Date: 9/88 Author: James Demberger Cost: $15 Size: 70K Description: This GWBASIC tool will read a basic source file saved in tokenized BASIC format and list the following information: the source code from line number to line number, a cross reference of variable names, line numbers, numeric constants, reserved words, etc.. Member ASP. BAS051: A BASIC Compiler for the 8051 family Date: 3/89 Author: Winefred Washington Cost: $10 Size: 33K Description: This program will run on an IBM PC or compatible. It is a subset of GWBASIC and generates assembler source files (which must still be assembled) for an EPROM! Does not produce MASM-compatible code, however. BAS2C: A BASIC to 'C' "converter" Date: 3.89 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 30K Description: Although quite limited, this utility can somewhat convert BASIC source code to an equivalent 'C' instruction. I couldn't get it to compile, though. BAS2SB: A GWBASIC to structured QuickBASIC "converter" Date: 1/88 Author: No-Bugs Software Cost: $35 Size: 16K Description: This is a pretty well written BASICA converter. It will turn all IF/THEN/ELSE structures to IF/THEN/ ELSE/ENDIF block structures, remove line numbers that are not referenced, and more. Pretty good. BASIC-C: An interesting BASIC interpreter written in 'C' Date: 12/88 Author: Mike Lavett Cost: FW Size: 38K Description: This is a BASIC interpreter that will run .BAS programs like MS-BASIC. Although quite limited in ability, it gives us all an inside view to how a BASIC interpreter is written. BASICODE: A library of DOS utilities created with ASIC!!! Date: 2/91 Author: Gary Raymond Cost: FW Size: 23K Description: I find this rather exciting, considering that the ASIC compiler (a compiler which will produce very small .COM files, also available in QuickSHARE) is being used to produce other freeware! This LZHive comes with 17 ASIC-created utilities. Note: The source code is not included, but for $10 the author will send the source to you. Very interesting... BASICODR: A BASICA program generator like QuickPRO Date: 12/86 Author: Fred Volkins (v2.0) Cost: SW Size: 150K Description: This is another QuickPRO+ type automatic data field and database designer. Everything is done on screen and looks well written. Author says this program is shareware. No registration fee is suggested, though. BASICQZ: Challenge your knowledge of the BASIC language Date: Unknown Author: Scott Miller Cost: FW Size: 24K Description: This utility is a quiz of GWBASIC commands (which are mostly similar to QB). Since most of the questions also relate to QB, it is of use today (it appears to be several years old). I missed 7 out of 60 of the questions I answered...but uh, I accidently pressed thw wrong key on a couple of them! BASTOFOR: A GWBASIC to MS FORTRAN converter in BASICA Date: 6/83 Author: Jim Glass Cost: FW Size: 10K Description: This program, written in GWBASIC, can convert GWBASIC files to fortran source code. Agreed, it's probably outdated, but it is interesting to see how conversions of this type are done. BAS_TEST: A rather comprehensive look at the BASIC contenders! Date: 6/90 Author: Duane Allred Cost: FW Size: 170K Description: This file offers a comparrison of QB v4.5, PDS v7.0, and PowerBASIC v2.00b. It is a very comprehensive look at these 3 (well, 2 really) contenders. Good opinions on the big three that are refreshingly well-articulated. BBC: BASIC Assembler! Date: Unknown Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 70K Description: This program requires the BRUN20 module to operate (included) so it is written in QB v2.x. It is supposed to create a pure assembler listing from a source file you create (and appears to do a fair job of it). However, I tried to assemble the result of a simple "Hello World" program which had fruitless results. BDEX11: BASIC line number reference and organization Date: 8/90 Author: Randolph Beck Cost: FW Size: 16K Description: This program will separate commands and remove unreferenced line numbers. It also changes line numbers by affixing an "L" to the beginning of the line number and adding the ":" suffix (e.g., 100 would be L100:). This program will work in BASIC, C or Pascal. Indentations follow IF/THEN, FOR/NEXT, and WHILE/WEND statements. It also strips REMs that are not followed by a remark. Note: While "structurizing" the GWBASIC code, it will not add an END IF to the end of a block IF statement. BI: Allow GWBASIC to have access to interrupts Date: 9/88 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 10K Description: This assembler source gives the GWBASIC programmer access to the powerful functions of DOS interrupts. The assembler source is provided, along with the compiled BI file. Use BLOAD to load the service. BRUN30: QuickBASIC Run-time for v3.00 compiled programs Date: 1987 Author: Microsoft Cost: FW Size: 52K Description: This is the BASIC runtime module for programs which are not compiled with the /o option (BC prog /O). I have had several folks ask for runtime modules (theirs gets damaged and QB v2 and v3 are no longer available) so I am including this runtime for that purpose. What other good is it? COX14: Programmer's Ruler (TSR utility) Date: 12/89 Author: Doug Cox Cost: FW! Size: 5K Description: This is a TSR (Terminate but Stay Resident) utility which will serve as a ruler to the screen. It hooked a mere 1100 bytes of RAM (~1K) on my machine and worked perfectly. Comes with the A86 source code and tells you how to go about changing the hot key if desired. DC: TSR event monitoring-type utility Date: 6/90 Author: Cornel Huth Cost: FW Size: 7K Description: This is a machine-language TSR program that monitors the disk drive(s) and communication port(s). It is useful to the programmer who is debugging software, and is simply interesting to watch. Disk drive access reports the drive, cylinder, head, sector, and status of disk controler. The serial monitor aspect of this program monitors DTR, RTS, CTS, DSR, RI, DCD and the port's initialization status. Cornel has several utilities out in the public domain, and is the author of that great graphics library for QuickBASIC, QBEVGFX. DOC2COM: "A Text File Assembler" Date: 4/90 Author: Gerald DePyper Cost: FW Size: 7K Description: I have seen several different utilities that will take a text file and convert it to a self-contained reader/program. This one does essentially the same thing, but with a couple of exceptions. The document must not be larger than 64K (it creates a .COM file), and printing goes to BIOS instead of DOS which makes a faster browse! This is a free utility and looks like it does a good job. EDCRYPT: A string encrypter/decrypter for QuickBASIC Date: 4/87 Author: Jack Kilday Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: This assembly routine is a modification by Jack Kilday of a program that appeared in PC Magazine. It works fine with PDQ and QuickBASIC 4.50. Note, it seemed to garble data space (try it with a long string). May need a little modification since this was probably written for QuickBASIC 3.xx. EGACAP: A TSR program to capture EGA screens for use in QB Date: 1/90 Author: J. Brook Monroe Cost: FW Size: 69K Description: This package contains three programs. One is a TSR that allows QuickBASIC programmers to capture EGA screens in mode 640x350x16 color. It also has a BLOAD replacement routine. In addition, it comes with a routine to display .PCX files, and another to change palette information in the QB capture file. The author has donated this program to the public domain as his "plastic football" advertisement. This is a nice set of utilities, and is not crippled. EGADUMP: A TSR to print high-res EGA screens w/asm source Date: 7/86 Author: Dr. R. Brooks Van Horn, Jr. Cost:FW Size:8K Description: This TSR works with the DOS GRAPHICS command to allow you to print high-resolution 640x350x16 EGA screens to an Epson/IBM dot matrix printer. It is being offered in QuickSHARE since it contains the source code to work with an Epson. An inspiring machine language programmer could use this information when writing a driver in/for QuickBASIC. ENVTEST: A QB routine to check the run state of a program Date: 11/89 Author: Daniel P. Stasinski Cost: $1+ Size: 8K Description: This routine is a "short and simple [sub] program that allows your programs to tell if they're running in the QuickBASIC environment" or from a compiled .EXE. This seems like more of a develop- ment tool than something that will actually be used in a real program, so I decided to place it in this utility section instead of the general libraries section. FIXPL100: Prevent PKLITEd files from being decompressed Date: 12/90 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 7K Description: This fixup for PKLITEd files will prevent the PKLITE E[-x]tract option from having an effect on your compressed files. For more information, see FIXLZ, which does the same thing for LZEXEd files. FIXLZ100: Prevent UNLZEXE from decompressing LZEXEd files! Date: 12/90 Author: Mike Welch Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: In the beginning, there was EXE. It was bigger than COM, and it was good. Soon, EXE began to grow beyond the disk's means. Then, Microsoft introduced EXEPACK. It made smaller EXEs, and it too was good...just not good enough. Finally, a French fellow by the name of Fabrice BELLARD developed a hi-performance EXEPACKer called LZEXE (based on the LZW algorithm used with the semi-popular LHARC compression utility). It allowed EXE's to be very small, and this was very good. Also, it could be used to add a light amount of protection on an EXE, such that it could not conceivably be reverse-engineered. But alas, then came UNLZEXE which changed all that. UNLZEXE would reverse the compression imposed by LZEXE such that it COULD be changed. Finally, our story ends (I HOPE) with FIXLZEXE. It will alter the EXE that has been compressed with LZEXE such that UNLZEXE cannot uncompress it! (whew!). Note that all of the other formentioned utilities are also available from QuickSHARE. GIVEBK13: Speed up applications with this assembler source Date: 4/88 Author: Kurt Riegel Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: This routine allows a sort of RAM patch for appli- cations running under DeskView or Double DOS. Evidently, the author will himself use it to speed up his RBBS processing. A very interesting addition to QuickSHARE. Added because, after all, RBBS *is* compiled BASIC! ICON13: Icon editor for QuickBASIC version 1.30 Date: 1/89 Author: Dwain Goforth Cost: $15 Size: 54K Description: Written by one of our friends in the QUIK_BAS (Fido) echo, this utility allows QB programmers to create and edit EGA or VGA icons. The program looks well- written. Requires a mouse. It's easy to use, but some documentation would be nice. I guess you get that when you register the package. IF-END: A utility to check for correct IF-END IF pairs Date: 10/87 Author: Nelson Ford Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: This utility tries to do a better job of tracking down "Block IF without END IF" errors. Note that I tried to run it and discovered that it needs the BRUN30 (runtime for v3.00) file! If you have QB v3.00 or its runtime, then this will work! INFO15: Infobar v1.50. TSR to help with text screens Date: 6/90 Author: Philip Malan Cost: $5 Size: 7K Description: When I first found this utility, I thought it was sort of useless...until later when I started designing a custom exploding window library and needed to test the coordinates (x,y) of the text screen. Infobar is a TSR that will allow you to tell exactly where your window borders appear (and it will give the character attribute), your text appears, etc. It is well worth the $5 registration, IMHO. INT86V2: POKE into your keyboard for a real shock! Date: 11/88 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 9K Description: This TSR will allow you to set the registers and will generate an INTerrupt from the keyboard. This is useful for seeing what values are returned to what registers after a given INTerrupt service. INTERC: Another "DOS XRAY" type utility...with a twist Date: 8.87 Author: Ned Konz Cost: FW Size: 33K Description: Written in C (source code is included with this archive), this utility is similar to the many "DOS XRAY"-type utilities (Crescent Software sends a DOSWATCH program with their demo disk which is written with PDQ that does this type of job). This program, though, has a sort of "twist." Rather than just printing a few instructions in a small, hard- to-read window in the corner of the screen, this program writes the results to a file that can be easily viewed. This is a nice program for those who are trying to debug their software, or want to "keep an eye on" a program that is a virus suspect. KCC-003: The Conditional Compiler Date: 9/90 Author: Ken Prevo Cost: $5 Size: 13K Description: This conditional compiler works as thus: you insert "@CMD" commands in your source code, in the form of a remark. Allows you to set the compiler name, switches, link name and switches, and will compile only the portion of code that you want compiled. It is not very intuitive and the documentation is rather poor, but the utility itself is quite useful. LIB&QLB4: A QuickBASIC LIBrary manager program Date: 12/88 Author: Harry Hodson Cost: FW Size: 43K Description: This is another LIBRA-type utility that will manage your .LIBrary files. It appears to be very capable. It will work with both your .LIB and your .QLB files. Works only with QuickBASIC versions 4.00 and greater. LIBKEY10: Library manager for your QuickBASIC programs Date: 2/91 Author: John Coon Cost: $20 Size: 60K Description: This utility was previously FASTQLB in earlier versions of the QuickSHARE Catalog. Improvements over FASTQLB include handling of larger libraries, up to 1000 OBJect files at a time. This is a LIB.EXE shell which provides the following functions: extract OBJect files (from a list! that's nice!), build new library (from a list), add OBJect modules, remove OBJect modules, list OBJect, and make a QLB-quick library. LIBRA13: An extension to the Microsoft Library Manager Date: 12/88 Author: Herb Rose Cost: $20 Size: 30K Description: This utility is an interface to the library manager Microsoft includes with its compiler(s) {LIB.EXE}. It will trace and extract OBJect modules from a .LIB file, trace external references, and so forth. LIBWIZ12: "The Library Wizard's BASIC Library Manager" Date: 4/91 Author: Tom Hanlin III Cost: FW Size: 30K Description: This utility "allows you to customize your QuickBASIC libraries, selecting just the routines you want." It also creates a cooresponding INCLUDE file! Further, it has a utility which will extract all OBJect files out of a LIBrary (not a trivial task with Microsoft's LIB.EXE). Interestingly, this utility is compiled with Crescent's P.D.Q. Hmmm. Note: LIBWIZ is required for many of Hanlin's BASIC libraries. LINKER: A smart linker utility Date: 3/90 Author: Robin Duffy Cost: $10 Size: 31K Description: This utility is designed to help you compile stand- alone EXE's. It is really designed for QB v4.00 (where the entire library could possibly be linked to the EXE), but will work with v4.5 as well. It is interactive and saves your default parameters. I do suggest that the author add directory options to give it a more point-and-shoot "feel." However, overall it is one of the easiest to use utilities of its type I've seen. I compiled a program in 5 minutes after browsing through the documentation briefly. LOVR114: A small version of the OVL301 overlay manager Date: 3/89 Author: Michael E. Devore Cost: FW Size: 18K Description: For information on overlays, see the OVL301 file description. This is a sort of "small model" overlay manager. Allows nesting of up to 4 levels, and up to 12 overlays per application. Michael Devore is a member of the Asso. Shareware Pros.. LZEXE91: Compress an EXE file *much* smaller than EXEPACK! Date: 1/90 Author: Fabrice BELLARD Cost: FW Size: 44K Description: This is one of the best utilities I think we have to offer in QuickSHARE. This utility will allow you to compress ANY QuickBASIC-compiled file down by (usually, at least) a factor of 25%. It will not process overlay files (like the ones PDS creates) but is a very good utility (I saved about a meg of hard disk space with this utility). It comes with three primary utilities: COMTOEXE [convert a .COM file to an .EXE so it too can be processed], UPACKEXE [to remove the Microsoft EXEPACK on a pre-existing EXE file], and the actual LZEXE utility. Compression is based on the LZW compression found in LHARC. The documentation and program messages are all in French, but it doesn't take a lot to determine how to use the program. For example, a QB-compiled program that contained nothing more than PRINT "Hello World" was 12798 bytes. EXEPACKED, it was 12271 bytes, and LZEXEd it was 9974 bytes! Surprisingly, too, the execution speed is not dramatically affected! See also: UNLZEXE and FIXLZEXE in this area. MAKE41: An inline link directive utility for QB Date: 12/90 Author: Robert Schoolfield Cost: SW Size: 26K Description: In the authors words, "MAKE allows an interface that is just as easy as environment compiling, but adds the flexability of linking support libraries and stub files" which are not possible from the QB environment (QB(x).EXE). It offers, among other things, full support for QB, PDS and PDQ. Written in PDS v7.1 and comes with the source code. The way it works is thus: you include a set of compile switches in the form of a REMark inline in your source code. The MAKEr will then read these switches and automatically compile your source code. This offers a potentially standardized means of linking since most programmers comment such switches in their source code anyway (I do). Very useful and capable. MAKEDCL: DECLARE SUB/FUNCTION automater for development Date: 3/91 Author: Thomas E. McCormick Cost: FW Size: 12K Description: This utility allows you to select DECLARE statements for a single program (extract, e.g.). Uses the .LST list from MAKEQLB (also available in this library) to extract DECLAREs. MAKEOB: Turn ANY file into a CALLable .OBJect file!!--(?) Date: 6/88 Author: Kevin Russell Cost: FW Size: 11K Description: By definition of the author, this utility, "converts any disk file less than 32K to be used as a Microsoft object file." I suggest that this is rather misleading and suggest that it may work on small .COMmand files but not on EXEs (perhaps if they were DESIGNED to save the appropriate registers and did not call INT 21h (hard exit) it would work). I tested it on a few .COM files (average size = 300 bytes) and received cold-lockups 80% of the time. The author does include instructions and test example in C. MAKEQLB2: Create efficient quick libraries (.QLB) with this Date: 01/89 Author: Crescent Software Cost: FW Size: 40K Description: This program comes as a utility with the QuickPak Professional library offered by Crescent software. It "examines a program and all of it's dependent modules and creates a quick library containing" only those modules that are used. Comes complete with an executable file, and documentation. Note: If you hear that this utility is NOT on the public domain, let me know immediately! The documentation leads me to believe that it is PD. ME40A: Multi-Edit: A very powerful programmer's text editor Date: 05/89 Author: American Cybernetics Cost: Below Size: 181K Description: Although this text editor is annoyware, and although it does not come with any printable documentation, I must say that it shows great promise. This is a programmer's editor (similar in properties to that of QEDIT, also offered by QS) with a LOT of features. Attributes include: editing of files up to 32mb in size (2 billion lines, 2048 cols), 100 files can be editoed simultaneously, built-in hyper help, spell checker available, elaborate macro language, and an UNDO which stores your last 64K (that's *K*) of operations! In my words, it is a sophisticated, multi-tasking editor, or better yet, the Word Perfect of programming editors. Cost is steep for shareware, $99 gets the base version and $199 for the "professional" version. Overall, very good quality. MINIMAKE: A small make utility for QuickBASIC programmers Date: 7/90 Author: Wayne M. Hammerly Cost: FW Size: 22K Description: This is a MAKE program which will automatically compile and link QuickBASIC programs based on the .MAK file that is created with QB and/or QB(x). Very useful for users of QuickBASIC 4.00 where the environment would link the entire library in with your program! MK_EXE2: Make_exe version 2.00, another MAKE utility Date: 10/90 Author: Steve De George Cost: FW Size: 78K Description: This MAKE utility has a very friendly, professional interface and easy-to-set options for compiling and linking QuickBASIC v4.xx source files. It is designed to write batch files which will compile and link your files for maximum efficiency. Configurable, it offers options for QB, PDS and even PDQ (!). The author said that there are still a few bugs that exist (though I didn't find any). Source is included, but he calls several of his own functions from his own user library that are not included. MYED106: TSR text editor utility written in QuickBASIC Date: 10/87 Author: Nelson Ford Cost: $25 Size: 64K Description: If you have EMS RAM or DOS 3.xx and a hard disk, you can use this QuickBASIC program to edit plain ASCII text files. It is a nice editor with some truly asthetic screens and it comes with the QB source code. However, to recompile it as a TSR, you will need MicroHelp's StayRes Plus TSR library. OBJTOASM A .OBJ to .ASM converter utility Date: 4/86 Author: Unknown Cost: FW Size: 13K Description: This program "disassembles" Microsoft standard .OBJ (object) code to .ASM (assembler) code. Seems to be pretty accurate. OBJTOOL: View or ALTER an OBJect file with this utility Date: 3/90 Author: Tom Hanlin III Cost: $20 Size: 12K Description: Tom, the Wizard, has done it again with this utility. OBJTOOL will allow you to: verify that an OBJect is intact and is not corrupted, display public and external symbols, CHANGE a public or external symbol (this is VERY useful if you are using more than one library and there are two different functions by the same name). It has a special switch for /BASIC. Compiled in Modula2. OKF215: OPTIKS version 2.15 file conversion utility Date: 4/89 Author: Keith P. Graham Cost: $89! Size: 105K Description: This program allows you to convert various graphics images between each other. This program (I assume) is crippled and will only save files in the BASIC BSAVE format. Hmmmmm. OPTCALL: v2.3 of the QuickBASIC 4.00 code optimizer Date: 11/88 Author: Mike Cocke Cost: FW Size: 80K Description: I think that only QuickBASIC 4.00 users will need this optimizer. It works around a bug in QB 4.00 that would cause entire user libraries to be linked to the final .EXE file. This helps to fix that. OVL301: An overlay manager for ASM ... QuickBASIC 4+ Date: 2/89 Author: Michael E. Devore Cost: *FW Size: 115K Description: "Overlays are portions of program code which are loaded from disk into memory on an as-needed basis [author]." What this means is that you can have very large QB programs that require less RAM than would otherwise be possible (and much better than using CHAIN). Written entirely in assembler, this package will work with CLIPPER, MASM, Turbo C, and QB 4.00+. It requires 14K itself to run, supports nesting of overlays [up to 4 levels]. A very well- documented, professional package. The author has a commercial version. This version is solely for *non-commercial use*. PC-FLOW: A fair flow charting utility Date: 8/86 Author: Dave Makoski Cost: FW Size: 40K Description: The author of this program source code flow charter does not request a monetary donation to use his program. He *does* request that you send him a note telling him that you are using his software. It requires a CGA and prints output with the GRAPHICS program. It does *look* like it's written in QuickBASIC, by the way. Version 1.02. PCF2QB4: A PC File+ to QuickBASIC "converter" Date: 1/88 Author: Integrated Fin. Sys. Cost: FW Size: 38K Description: The author defines this program as an "automatic source code generator for QB versions 3-4." What it does is it reads PC File's .HDR files and converts the database structure to FIELD statements for you. For $25 you get the source and a different version that uses the TYPE method of fielding. PHELP1: "Helpme: The Pinnacle Software's Help System" Date: 12/89 Author: Pinnacle Software Cost: $75 Size: 74K Description: This program is designed to help other programmers quickly get their users up and running. It organizes documentation in a self-contained, semi- tutorial run file (interesting concept here). It will help the programmer organize user information in such areas as copyright information, a basic program introduction, user manual, setup and configura- tion, registration information, comment form, what's new in this version, and so forth. It also comes with a built in "list-type" utility for viewing the manual online. This will be of some real use at times! PKLTE103: PKLITE executable file compression utility Date: 12/90 Author: Phil Katz Cost: $49 Size: 50K Description: For an idea on the concept of what this utility will do, see the entry for LZEXE. This utility by none other than the author of PKZIP, will compress an EXE file that will still run! Options include: always/ never compress files with overlays (something that may or may not work, and probably will not work), make BAK of original, *extra compression method, remove extra EXE data, time/date stamp options, expand a compressed file. Phil notes that for files that modify the END of the EXE file (like for storing data in the same file, but are not actually loaded as a part of the EXE), this utility should still work since the compression is only effective on the load image data. *There is a commercial version (costs $149 too) that will add "extra compression" to the file. Sounds like PKLITE is crippled to me. It will compress a file, but in no way compares to the French LZEXE utility QuickSHARE also offers (and LZEXE is completely free). Note: PKLITE offers an option to "uncompress" the file. Since the compression itself can serve as a light protection from "reverse engineering" of your code, I have created a utility called FIXPLxxx (where xxx is the version number) which will prevent your PKLITEd files from being extracted with the E[-x]tract option. FIXPLxxx is also offered in this section of the catalog. UPDATE NOTICE (v1.03): Fixes various internal bugs and adds several new utilities: HDREXE, CHK4LITE. PREQB: Version 1.00 of "The Master of QuickBASIC" Date: 10/88 Author: Gary G. Kraemer Cost: $10 Size: 18K Description: Written in the language of C, this utility will allow a QB programmer to determine which compile and link switches to pass to QuickBASIC. Options are offered in the form of a bar menu. It requires ANSI.SYS to function (don't really understand why, though). Allows customization of things such as: configure file I/O, set compiler options, set linker options, compile file, link file, compile and link file, run QB, exit. The BC (Basic Compiler) options include: /a, /ah, /c, /d, /e, /mbf, /o, /r, /s, /v, /w, /x, /zd and /zi. Link options: /he, /pau, /i, /b, /q, /e, /nop, /nod, /se, /m, /l, /pac, /co, /noi, /cp, /do, /st, /ds, /h, /nog, /o. A utility of this nature has been the subject of many a thread in the Fido QUIK_BAS conferences and should be of interest to many. PREQLB12: A Quick Library building utility Date: 1/91 Author: MicroHelp Cost: FW Size: 62K Description: This utility was originally released with the QB Pro Volume 8 library produced by MicroHelp, but is now released as public domain (free!). It will automatically build a QLB using only those OBJect files (routines) needed. Has, of course, a very professional interface. If you need a Quick Library builder, this is your tool. PROBE20: Program performance analyzer Date: 4/90 Author: Colin Sterman Cost: FW Size: 51K Description: "[A program] to analyze performance of a program to determine where optimization will be of the most benefit." This program actually runs a program and, for example, times FOR/NEXT loops! Interesting. PSCAN10: A tool to be used with the MS LIB.EXE utility Date: 2/89 Author: Tom Hanlin III Cost: FW Size: 8K Description: This is a utility designed to find public symbols in an OBJect or LIBrary file. Use it to locate specific routines or public symbols, or to create a list of all available routines/symbols. Note: it does not extract object files from a library (use LIB to accomplish this function). One nice aspect of this utility is that it allows you to specify wildcards for lists, which can be very useful. Compiled in Modula2. PSCM12: The Project Source Code Manager for QB Date: 12/90 Author: Bart Henthorn Cost: $15+ Size: 95K Description: The two programs included with this archive control a project database that contains the complete source code and support files for a project. Main purpose is to maintain and archive various versions of the project as it evolves. PSCRN35: A QuickBASIC screen designing utility: ver 3.50 Date: 6/90 Author: Rob Smetana Cost: $29/49 Size: 217K Description: This looks like an excellent commercial-quality program. It is designed to aid the QB programmer in creating I/O screens and interfacing between the end user and the programmer. Sort of like the Quick Screen designer by Crescent Software, P-Screen allows one to create virtually any screen, compress it, use fancy pull-down menus, hot keys etc.. Furthermore, this program will produce .COM files and supports QuickBASIC versions 3.0-4.xx. The designer looks very professional. QB45LOAD: Allow QB programs to "run in the background!" Date: 9/89 Author: Quarterdeck, Inc. Cost: FW Size: 5K Description: A small utility, QB45LOAD allows QuickBASIC programs or even QB.EXE itself to "run in the background." The file is a small .COM loader that works only in text mode. According to the documentation, this program is completely free. However, considering the author, it is suspect. Please inform me if you discover this program is not public domain. QBASFLOW: QuickBASIC program flow analyzer Date: 9/88 Author: Clyde Coulter, Jr Cost: FW Size: 9K Description: This utility comes only in the form of a source file and with therefore have to be compiled under QuickBASIC before it can be utilized (compiles to a 70k file). This utility will analyze your QB code and do the following: produce program source listing including line numbers, produce label and variable cross reference, produce a program tree, produce a reserved words usage list (useful), produce string data reference. It will work with either QuickBASIC v3 or v4 (default is v3). The author suggests that the code may be reworked but not for personal gain (not for profit). Useful tool. QBASIC4: Norton Guides information bank for QuickBASIC Date: 9/88 Author: Gizmo Mike & Roy Barrow Cost: FW Size: 211K Description: This is a Norton Guides (NG.EXE) file that "covers virtually every aspect of QB -- not just statements and functions, but data types, compiler switches, definitions, explanations, low memory guide, attri- bute chart, error codes..." [the author goes on]. This guides list is valid for QB v4.x. QBCREF: Yet another QuickBASIC Cross-Reference utility Date: 4/90 Author: Greg Tesch Cost: FW Size: 46K Description: Here's another cross-reference utility for your QB source code. Has all source to the utility plus some assembler source code as well. Structured. QBGEN A database and field program generator. Date: 4/88 Author: Paul D. Hyer Cost: $35 Size: 141K Description: This is another QuickPRO+ type program generator. It converts a file with field specifications you create to QuickBASIC 4.00+ source code. I did not test it out, but it looks like a pretty good program. QBHELP!: Expanded help facility/utility for QB Date: 07/88 Author: HumbleWare Computing Cost: $30 Size: 81K Description: This is a TSR utility which offers extended help when programming in the QB editor. I would consider it the missing hyperhelp in QB v3. QBLIST41: QuickBASIC source code printing utility Date: 1/90 Author: Craig Patterson Cost: FW Size: 55K Description: This is an interesting QuickBASIC source code print utility that numbers the pages of your source code, prints the date of the file, and the name of the program on every page (headers/footers/formfeeds). QBMAKE: A MAKE type utility for QuickBASIC 4.00 Date: 3/89 Author: Cornel Huth Cost: FW Size: 47K Description: This utility aids in linking QuickBASIC programs that have more than one module. It is menu driven and appears to be written in QB. For $15 you get the source code. QBMAP40: A utility to map QuickBASIC source files Date: 5/89 Author: Larry B. Crimmins Cost: FW/SW Size: 47K Description: This appears to be a very good multi-file Quick- BASIC source code mapping utility. It is free for non-commercial use, and shareware for commercial use. It is a "multi-module (multi-file), BASIC language source code mapping utility" which "scans an unlimited number of BASIC source files and produces formatted output by source file of: SUB and FUNCTION calls, CHAINs, RUNs, SUB and FUNCTION definitions." It also scans $INCLUDE files and counts the usage of each SUB/FUNCTION in the file (just to name a few!). This is an upgrade of a previously-offered QuickSHARE utility. QBSC15: Screen utilities for the QuickBASIC programmer v1.5 Date: 4/88 Author: Tony Martin Cost: $15 Size: 309K Description: This library contains routines to print banners on the screen, check for a CGA, MakeMenu% function, windowing, centering text routines, and so forth. This is an update to a file by a different name (it was QBSCR in previous catalogs). Includes very organized documentation, merge or bload images that you create with the included editor, 15 diff- erent ways for screen to appear or disappear, menuing, windows, great great great! Has auto screen blanking BUILT IN! It will require 1 meg of disk space to unpack and will take a while to learn, but I would say that it competes, at least, with Crescent's QuickScreen development kit. Very good work. QBX400G: A GWBASIC x-reference utility by V. Buerg Date: 10/88 Author: Vernon D. Buerg Cost: 15 Size: 47K Description: I did not test this program out on a GWBASIC file because I did not have one handy when I evaluated the program. Still, considering who the author is [does the word LIST mean anything here?] I feel sure that it is of the finest quality. Note: does NOT come with the QuickBASIC source code itself! This is an update to a previous version carried by QuickSHARE (v3.00). QCP208: A compiler enhancement utility for use with QEDIT Date: 11/89 Author: Tim Farley Cost: FW Size: 60K Description: The author describes QCP as a, "program to ease invocation of compilers and other software tools from a function key in QEDIT version 2." The way this program works in QEDIT is they you would "hit a function key...and QCP decides which program to run based on the name of the file you are editing." If there were compile errors, after the file is reloaded into QEDIT, QCP will actually position the cursor at the location of the error in the source code such that it may be quickly located and corrected! The author notes that QCP needs QMAC (distributed with registered versions of QEDIT) to be fully functional. Also, QCP is completely free to registered users of QEDIT. QDENT: "Your QuickBASIC Program Source Indenter" Date: 6/90 Authors: D. Bower/Jeff Potter Cost: FW Size: 37K Description: This utility will take your QuickBASIC source file and indent it according to Microsoft's suggestions for block structure. Blocks include: FOR-NEXTs, DO-LOOPs, WHILE-WENDs, IF-THEN-ELSEIF-ELSE-ENDIFs, and SELECT-CASEs. I tested it on a 100K payroll program I have been working on (after unindenting it...) and QDENT did a fine job of "reindenting." QEDIT21: Sammy Mitchell's excellent Quick Editor, v2.10 Date: 02/90 Author: SemWare/SM Cost: $55 Size: 121K Description: Over 10 work years have gone into the development and production of this intelligent programmer's (or general purpose) text editor. Functions include windows (edit and save more than one file at a time), macros, pull down menus AND control-key operated, 99 cut-n-paiste buffers, a DOS shell, search/replace, word-wrap, and so so much more. Besides all the glamour, QEDIT has to be THE most configurable text editor on the market today (you can define your own control keys for essentially everything). As a personal note, this catalog is generated with QEDIT version 2.06. I can think of only one needed inprovement, QEDIT needs the ability to page to EMS or to disk. One of the nicest things, IMHO, is that QEDIT is a very small .EXE. Doesn't take very much disk space and does a LOT. QTITLE21: A nice "screen title" generator for any language Date: 7/90 Author: Russell Johnston Cost: $30 Size: 54K Description: This is a nice addition to the utilities section in that it allows you to create fancy screens using several different "text graphics"-based characters (similar to the MWCHAR-type utilities in the PDQ section). Includes auto centering, stretch (tall or wide), and many other features. Will write several kinds of files for C, Pascal, QB, ASCII, and even FAXs'. Note, however, that this file has a date stamp crippling scheme (too bad). You can easily run the program by setting the system date as mentioned in an included FIX file. While this crippling definately expresses a distrust for the shareware user, it is the only utility of its kind which offers so many different options. REGS10S: Interrupt view port and diagnostic utility Date: 10/90 Author: Jeff Barber Cost: $25 Size: 70K Description: This is an XRAY-type utility that will "aide advanced programmers in the ability to test the results of a DOS or BIOS INTerrupt call..." and view the results of that call. It's designed as a kind of point-and-shoot diagnostic utility. Written in BC7 with overlays, has a nice interface. RS2MSB: Convert Radio Shack Model I/III BASIC to MS-BASIC Date: 3/88 Author: Larry Schuster Cost: FW Size: 6K Description: The title line says it all. There is no way I could possibly test this one, folks :-). SB12: Screen Builder for QuickBASIC programmers Date: 3/87 Author: unknown Cost: *FW Size: 110k Description: Written in QuickBASIC v2.00 with the ADVBAS library of its time, this utility allows the QuickBASIC programmer to draw boxes and use any character from the IBM character set in a screen. It creates BLOAD screens or what the author calls "array screens." This is a general text-mode design tool. SERIALNO: A program that adds serial numbers to any file v1.00 Date: 10/86 Author: Steven Margison Cost: $20 Size: 25K Description: Unlike SERLYZ, this program allows you to serialize ANY file (.DOC, .EXE, etc.). Although encryption is not mentioned in the documentation, it is not crippled in any way. Functions include a menu interface, error checking, auto numbering incri- ments, and data logging. In other words, this program keeps a log file of the users and their serial numbers, too. SERLYZ03: A program that adds serial numbers to QB programs! Date: 11/89 Author: InfoSoft Cost: $25 Size: 38K Description: This program allows the QB programmer a quick and easy means of imbedding serial numbers into programs. Serial numbers are encrypted such that they cannot easily (if at all) be removed. Programs which are "serialized" will verify themselves each time the program is invoked. This is a limited version, but the author suggests that if you're a freeware author and you don't expect more than 999 users, you don't need to register. Registration allows much larger serial numbers, and also includes assembler routines that allow the program to be self-modifying. SLINK10: A "Smart Link Shell" utility Date: 5/89 Author: Tom Hanlin III Cost: FW Size: 27K Description: This utility will allow you to: use wildcard specifications for the main OBJect module to be linked, automatically generate a .COM .EXE or a .SYS file in one step (bye-bye EXE2BIN!), delete original OBJect file after successful creation of the executable file, automatically determine if the file should be a .COM .EXE or .SYS file, and more. Written in QB v4.5 with ProBAS v3.10. STRUCT2: A GWBASIC-to-structured QB conversion utility Date: 04/87 Author: Roy Barrow Cost: FW Size: 40K Description: Written in QB version 3.00 (probably), this is a sort of primitive BAS2SB program. I tested it on a couple files, one of which was CHECKERS (available in the source code section of QS). STRUCT2 locked up my machine repeatably when trying to convert CHECKERS to QB. I am including this program because a real need exists for a current conversion utility (BAS2SB is rather old). This utility comes with source code which might serve as a beginning to a really "smart" utility. Note, however, that to recompile the source here, you will need Roy Barrow's QBTOOLS library. STANANSI: Various text files and programs for ANSI use Date: Varies Author: Varies Cost: Varies Size: 56K Description: This is one of the most comprehensive looks at using the ANSI driver to control the computer. This archive contains information about ANSI music, ansi colors, creating BBS screens, and more. TITLEG: A "large character screen builder" utility Date: 1988 Author: Christopher R. Rouse Cost: FW Size: 4K Description: This source file can be compiled to create a utility which will help you build "large characters" from a pre-defined "character set" from "text graphics characters." I liked the art work in this so I created my own routine, MWBACHR, which can be found in the PDQ section of the catalog. UB-723: A scientific GWBASIC-*type* interpreter Date: 7/89 Author: Yu Ji Kida Cost: FW Size: 401K! Description: Written by a faculty of the science department of Kanazawa University, Japan, this is a GWBASIC type of interpreter which has a scientific appeal. Written for an IBM AT 286/386 (at least), this interpreter offers real mathematic capabilities. One example program allows you to display Pi up to 2500 decimal places, and on my 10 MHz AT, this process took a mere 1 second to complete. It also has (oh boy!) support for complex (i.e., "imaginary") data, such as SQR(-1). It accepts machine language code, can have output directed such that several devices output at the same time (for example, PRINT would go to the disk, the screen and the printer all at once with one PRINT statement). Has a built-in X-reference utility, and is very similar to GWBASIC in design. This is a very useful interpreter for the scientific community; fast, accurate. UNLZEXE5: Remove the compression imposed by LZEXE v090-091 Date: 5/90 Author: Mitugu(Kou) Kurizono Cost: FW Size: 12K Description: This utility will simply return an EXE file, compressed with BELLARD's LZEXE, back to a state of uncompression. This works on both LZEXE v0.90 and v0.91'd files. The source by this Japaneese author, written in C, is also included. See also, LZEXE and FIXLZEXE. VGARAM: Use EGA/VGA RAM as CONVENTIONAL!!! Date: 10/90 Author: Brett Warthen Cost: $20 Size: 8K Description: This is a TSR (Terminate but Stay Resident) program that will actually allow you to use the memory of the EGA and VGA as CONVENTIONAL (that's BASE) RAM! From what I could tell, it makes some internal changes to the flags in memory such that the computer is told it has a CGA attached (therefore, you cannot use the EGA or VGA when you have this program running). I tested it on my AT clone with great success. It kicked my conventional RAM from 640k to 736k (added 96kb RAM) and after loading it CHKDSK (yes, CHKDSK) returned that I had 682,848 bytes FREE! Also, SYSID (another popular memory and configuration tester) reported the same, and QuickBASIC's FRE(-1) returned similar results! This program will be invaluable to programmers who KNOW their users will be using EGA or VGA systems. Great when conventional memory is a problem and will be useful with any CGA or less program. It can be removed from memory as well. A very func- tional, useful utility for database programmers. XRAY: A look under the hood helps when things stall... Date: 12/85 Author: John Ferguson II Cost: FW Size: 10K Description: XRAY is the PC Background Monitor. It allows you to watch areas of the PC's memory be affected while your program runs. Has the ability to watch RAM variables and the stack change. The user should, however, have a solid understanding of the PC's architecture and assembly language to utilize this excellent old stand-by utility. ZBF: Zero Bytes Free - ala Beta version Date: 2/90 Author: Joe Erhardt Cost: $29+ Size: 68K Description: If you have ever run out of memory with the BC compiler, this utility might be for you. It will take a QB source file and all related include files and shorten variable and proceedure names to allow for more compiler work space. I tested it on a rather large payroll program (over 100K source) and noted the following, before and after: 44013 Bytes Avail (after) 44013 Bytes Avail 17925 Bytes Free -------> 17538 Bytes Free This reveals only a slight change. The idea is great, however. Updates may prove more fruitful. DEMO PACKAGES ============= ---------------------------{ Demoware }--------------------------- Because a very large percent of our QuickSHARE callers are calling long distance, I have separated the demo packages from the main line shareware and freeware descriptions. I suspect that most long distance callers will be interested in fully functional QuickBASIC libraries. Furthermore, as you have probably noticed, the catalog is extremely large. I have removed the complete descriptions from the demoware. Files that fall in this area are more than likely very good packages, but are too limited in capacity to be considered shareware by the QuickSHARE distributor. For the purposes of QuickSHARE, shareware libraries will be fully functional. Shareware is based on trust, and if QuickBASIC library authors don't trust us well enough to provide a *working* copy of their material, then they should go commercial (most have, but still reap the benefits of free adver- tising through BBSs). Note: QuickSHARE "points" [support networks] may or may not carry **** any of the following files. This is an option of the point. ------------------------------------------------------------------- ASYLIB11: Version 1.10 of this demo communications library Date: 10/88 Author: Infosoft/Gizmo Mike Cost: 35 Size: 87K Brief: Communication routines for QB v4.00+, BASCOM 6. BB: Berlinetta BASIC: The TSR interpreter! Date: 3/88 Author: Mohsen Al-Ghosein Cost: $100 Size: 32K Brief: A Terminate-Stay-Resident (TSR) BASIC interpreter. BCLOCK11: "EXE runtime file protection for QB and BASCOM" progs Date: 10/88 Author: InfoSoft Cost: $15 Size: 35K Brief: Good for checking illegal alterations to your EXE. DEMOPAK: Demonstration of QuickPAK Professional Date: 1990 Author: Crescent Software Cost: CALL Size: 112K Brief: Also includes QuickSCREEN and others. (1 disk) DIALOGIC: An interactive dialog box interface package. Date: 2/90 Author: Johathan Waldman Cost: $79 Size: 250K Brief: Dialog boxes like QB's interpreter for your programs. GFONTS23: v2.3 of the "Great Fonts" package for QuickBASIC Date: 4/90 Author: Dwain Goforth Cost: $25 Size: 67K Brief: A very nice fonts package for QB, all screen modes. GLIB17: A general-purpose programming library for QB v4.50 Date: 3/90 Author: InfoSoft Cost: $35 Size: 175K Brief: This is the QB version of GLIB20X. GLIB20X: A general-purpose programming library for PDS Date: 3/90 Author: InfoSoft Cost: $45 Size: 154K Brief: General purpose programming tools for PDS. INDEX MANAGER: A database index file manager in assembler Date: 8/89 Author: Fred Lepow (CDP) Cost: $59 Size: 82K Brief: An index manager demonstration (for databases). LITE400Q: Demonstration of ProWindows for QuickBASIC Date: 3/91 Author: DSE Software Cost: $25 Size: 121K Brief: Was PPWN20 in earlier catalog. Good windowing lib. LITE400X: Demonstration of ProWindows for Professional Dev Sys Date: 3/91 Author: DSE Software Cost: $25 Size: 122K Brief: Same as LITE400Q but for PDS. Good windowing library. MHELP: Demonstration of MicroHelp's QB utilities. Date: 1990 Author: MicroHelp Cost: CALL Size: 2 disks Brief: The complete demo package to MicroHelp's work. QB4DBLIB: A demo of some of the best dBASE III routines Date: 1/88 Author: A.J.S. Publishing Cost: $139 Size: 91K Brief: dBASE III routines for QB v4.00+. QBZIPDIR: Read .ZIP files with these two routines Date: 10/89 Author: Missing Link Computer Cost: $10+ Size: 15K Brief: A .QLB to test ZIP reading is provided. QBZIPV: Another set of .ZIP reading routines Date: 2/89 Author: Infosoft Cost: FW* Size: 30K Brief: Extension to the GLIB to read ZIP files. SPL: The Structured Programming "Language" Date: 5/90 Author: Dennis Baer Cost: $42 Size 112K Brief: A mix of Pascal, BASIC and C converted to QB!?! VGX10: Graphics file save/restore library with TSR utility Date: 4/90 Author: Dwain Goforth Cost: $25 Size: 175K Brief: Works only on SCREEN 12. Version avail for PDS. ZB-PC460: Demonstration of the ZBASIC compiler Date: 4/91 Author: 32 Bit Software Cost: CALL Size: 110K Brief: ZBASIC has been around for years and is still growing. FINAL NOTES =========== Consider this section to be the "bulletin area." Temporary notes and items of general information will be listed in this section. :==:==:==:==:==:==:==:[ Who is Mike Welch? ]:==:==:==:==:==:==:==: Mike Welch is a Rehabilitation Science major at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Allied Health), in his Senior year. He is also a graduate of Richland Community College having obtained an Associate Degree in Arts and Sciences. In addition to school work, the author of this catalog has written a few articles on structured programming in GWBASIC and QuickBASIC. Much of his "free" time is spent studying BASIC and machine language, programming new psychoanalysis applications ["type tests"] on his computer, programming freeware and share- ware applications, collecting new QuickBASIC programming support libraries, integrating technology into service delivery, involving himself in Dallas-local politics, "cosysoping" The Shipyard Buletin Board System, moderating two echo mail areas for the Developmental Disability Connection BBS, and tutoring others on how to use the IBM PC. Mike is employed as a mainframe operator at Data Dallas Corporation, and still does volunteer work at his old work sight, Garland Retarded Children, an extended day care and habilitation center for the mentally retarded. ------------------------------------------------------------------ UPLOADING THE CATALOG This catalog is the result of literally hundreds of hours of work. It will likely be of use to other Buletin Board Systems that carry QuickBASIC files, since it offers a good description of the subject matter. At this time, I am placing only one restriction on catalog uploads to other systems: keep the archive name consistent! Also, I have recently started adding an QSUPDATE file which outlines the updated files in the catalog. I also require that you include this file with your uploads. The catalog is updated at least once a week, and uploaded to The Shipyard about every two weeks. Each time I make a change to the catalog, I change the version number as thus: Version X . YY ~\ ~~\__ Minor change \__ Major change, 100 updates In the case of a "minor change," I may have added from a single file to 20 or so. The "YY" is an accumulator, meaning that if the last version was 2.19 and I have made a minor change, the next version would be 2.20. The X is now also used as an accumulator. When you archive this catalog, please name the file as follows: qscatXYY.ZIP You may use any archive method you please. ZIP is used in this example because it is the most popular one. By keeping this naming convention consistent, BBS users will be able tell immediately when a new version of the catalog is available. Note: Because The Shipyard *always* carries the most recent version ~~~~ of the catalog, it will always be called QSCAT.EXE. This is a self-extracting archive file that will unpack QSHARE.CAT. ------------------------------------------------------------------ QuickSHARE POINTS The demand for QuickSHARE files has grown to a level that I have decided to network the services. These support BBSs, which I refer to as "points," offer the exact same service as The Shipyard but may be closer to your area. Before listing the BBSs, their file request addresses, hours, and so forth, I will mention the rules to which QuickSHARE points must agree to comply. If you call a QS point that is not in accordance with the following, please contact me immediately. I require QS points to abide by these rules to benefit YOU, the caller. Primarily, this involves a level of consistency which will make QuickSHARE downloads easier to obtain. Note: If you are living in a state that already has a point, you may contact that SysOp about becoming a "QuickSHARE Support BBS." If the SysOp of this point agrees, you will receive your QuickSHARE updates from the "Point Moderater" of your area instead of from me. While this cuts the time that is required of me to service points, it may allow more than one point in a given state. You would also have to agree to the same rules outlined below: A. DISTRIBUTION 1. Points may NOT charge for distribution of QuickSHARE files or the QuickSHARE catalog. 2. I will handle all USPS deliveries. The only exception involves points in another country (our first Canadian point, for example, offers QS files via Canadian mail). 3. You should be able to easily obtain any file that is listed in the QS catalog. This does not apply to the demo software. I do not require that points carry demos or annoyware. Also, Files that have just been released may not yet be available on a point board. For the most part, if you have downloaded this catalog from The Shipyard, the file you need should already be available on a point board. I mail out updates at the time I upload files to The Shipyard, not long after. 4. You should be able to log on to a QuickSHARE point BBS with the same access method as that of The Shipyard. a. Username = Quick Basic b. Password = QuickSHARE B. THE CATALOG 1. Under no circumstances will any point moderator be allowed to make any changes whatsoever to the QuickSHARE catalog without my previous written permission. If you think you have a modified copy of the catalog please tell me! C. WHO CAN BE A POINT 1. At this time QuickSHARE has enough points to be sufficient. Unless you live in one of the States or countries listed below, I will not process any more point setups. Points are quite a lot of work to keep running! If you do live in one of the areas below, please download or request via mail the QSPRULES.COM file (mail requests will receive a hard copy of this file). It is a detailed list of the rules for QuickSHARE points, mostly outlined above. a. California b. Brazil c. Holland d. Other countries D. FILE COMPRESSION METHODS - File Requests 1. I do NOT require a point to use any specific file compression utility for their QuickSHARE files on their BBS. I use the LHARC/LZW/LZH method for several reasons: It compares to that of PKZIP (the most popular method) in terms of com- pression ratios, it is completely public domain (author requests nothing for its use), and primarily, I can offer the LZHE unLZHer program that is under 10K itself to those without an unlzher. Due to requirements on file distribution of PKZIP and its related utilities, Phil Katz requires that his entire package be offered together. This archive is over 100K itself, and is too sizable to slip on a disk with other QS orders without compromizing disk space that could be used for QuickBASIC libraries. 2. You may call a point and find QuickSHARE files, therefore, with the ZIP extension as opposed to the LZH extension. This is NOT against QuickSHARE point policy. I want sysops to have as much freedom in this respect as possible. If you call a point which has the .ZIP extension, you will, therefore, also need PKUNZIP by Phil Katz to uncompress the QuickBASIC library. This will, however, be available locally, probably on any board that carries files. 3. If you are familiar with "file requests," most (and I really think ALL) of our points support this method of long distance file distribution. However, in the case above, if you specify an .LZH extension in your request, you *may* get a "file not found" returned. I therefore suggest that when file requesting from a point that you have never before visited (and subsequently do not know the file extension), you request the base name and a wildcard extension. For example, if you wanted BASWIZ20 you would request BASWIZ20.* and not include an extension. Here, the worst that could happen is that you get 1 file BASWIZ20.ZIP and another BASWIZ20.LZH. E. USING A POINT 1. If you live in an area where you are closer to a point than The Shipyard, I highly recommend that you call the point since, as I have said before, it will carry each of the files offered in QuickSHARE. Too, chances are very good that you will find a board with a faster modem than we have, will be able to get online easier, and will save on the cost of calling the board long distance. Calling a local point just makes good sense! Currently, The Ship- yard is overloaded with callers and it is very difficult to get online (we run only 1 node/line). Do call your neighboring point and, if nothing else, show your support. DISCLAIMER (General and Specific) Jim Woolly, Scott Knapp, and Michael Welch (all of Dallas), and all related sysops/cosysops to the forgoing, in addition to all sysops and cosysops which are referred to as "QuickSHARE Points," hereby disclaim all warranties relating to this software, whether expressed or implied, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. We will not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential, indirect or similar damages due to lost data, lost profits, lost time, or lost minds for any reason what so ever. QuickSHARE is offered to Quick BASIC programmers as a service and this in no way constitutes responsibility for the materials offered in the QuickSHARE catalog. If you have a problem with the software you find in this catalog, you should contact the author of the software, not a QuickSHARE representative. a. Furthermore, one point cannot be held responsible for another. If you have a problem with a point, please tell me immediately. However, the most I can ever do is cut the point's file feed, and it would take quite a nasty deed for me to take such action. For the most part, you will need to talk to the sysop of the point for assistance with the BBS, access, and related problems. I am, however, very interested in any feedback you may offer regarding the appeal, service, and dependability of any of the points listed below. ---------------------[ Points are listed below ]------------------- POINT #1: BBS Name: The Wizards of Orchid BBS F P Location: Ferndale, MI i o Telephone: (313)-547-2985 r i Baud rate: 2400 bps max s n Zone:Net/Node: 1:120/161 t t Hours: 24 hours (anytime) Sysop(s): Jeff and Lynda Howard - "Howbie" Date began: End of September, 1990 POINT #2: BBS Name: Gulf Coast BBS Location: New Port Richey, FL Telephone: (813)-856-7926 Baud rate: 300 to 14400 HST (like FAST) Zone:Net/Node: 1:3619/20 Hours: 24 hours (anytime) Sysop(s): Jim Brewer Date began: Early October, 1990 POINT #3: BBS Name: Oregon Trail Crossroads BBS Location: Casper, WY Telephone: (307)-472-3615 Baud rate: Hayes ULTRA v96,v32 9600 max Zone:Net/Node: 1:303/5 Hours: 24 hours (anytime) Sysop(s): Thomas ("Tommy") Lange Date began: Early November, 1990 POINT #4: BBS Name: The Nest Egg BBS (Gap BBS) Location: Lenexa, KS (Kansas City suburb) Telephone: (913)-492-2739 Baud rate: USR HST 14,400 max (like FAST) Zone:Net/Node: Not on FidoNet Hours: 24 hours (anytime) Sysop(s): Tom Frye Date began: Early November, 1990 POINT #5: BBS Name: Durham Systems (ONLINE) Location: Whitby Ontario, Canada Telephone: (416)-430-3812 Baud rate: 2400 Max Zone:Net/Node: Fido: 1:229/110 Hours: 24 hours (anytime) Sysop(s): Paul Chantler Date began: Mid November, 1990 POINT #6: BBS Name: The COM Port Location: Montgomery, AL Telephone: (205)-260-9904 Baud rate: 2400 Max Zone:Net/Node: 1:375/19 Hours: 24 hours (anytime) Sysop(s): Craig McCracken Date Began: Late November, 1990 POINT #7: BBS Name: dix MOJO BBS Location: New Hampton, NY Telephone: (914)-374-3903 Baud rate: Up to 19,200 super FAST! Zone:Net/Node: 1:272/34 Hours: 24 hours (anytime) Sysop(s): Dick Dennison Date Began: Mid January, 1991 POINT #8: BBS Name: Fantasia BBS Location: Richmond (Vancouver), BC Canada Telephone: (604)-274-4657 Baud rate: 2400 Max Zone:Net/Node: 1:153/301 Hours: 24 hours (anytime) Sysop(s): Eric Yung Date Began: Late February, 1991 POINT #9: BBS Name: Apple Capital BBS Location: Wenatchee, WA Telephone: 509-663-3618 Baud rate: Up to 14.4 HST (fast!) Zone:Net/Node: 1:344/61 Hours: 24 hours (anytime) Sysop(s): Bob Finley Date Began: Early March, 1991 POINT #10: BBS Name: Majestic Royalty BBS Location: Phoenix, AZ Telephone: 602-278-1651 Baud Rate: UNKNOWN Zone:Net/Node: 1:114/68 Hours: 24 hours (anytime) Sysop(s): John Mendivil Date Began: Early May, 1991 ------------------------------------------------------------------ HOW CAN YOU HELP??? I am constantly searching Dallas-local BBSs for new and better QuickBASIC support libraries and related files. However, I cannot do the job alone. We need *your* help to keep the library current, and to help it grow. Currently, we have a need for any of the following types of files. This list will assuredly change as our library becomes more "rounded" and as BASIC itself grows. If you have a copy of a library that meets one of the following descriptions, please send it to us. Furthermore, this list also targets a specific need in the QuickBASIC and PDS (BASIC v7) shareware market. If you have ever wanted to become a shareware author but did not know where to begin, this list may offer you a few ideas: 1. Any files with the new Professional Development System [PDS - BASIC v7] as the subject matter. a. Libraries and routines are really needed. b. Information on interfacing different languages with PDS. Especially, as it relates to the new ISAM functions and FAR strings. c. Anything else of general interest. 2. Support libraries for PDQ: A replacement library for QuickBASIC versions 4.00 and above. a. Any library, either compiled by BC itself, or assembled. Since this is a call for PDQ-specific routines, feel free to include in your libraries the different form of CALL INTERRUPT that comes with the library, or any PDQ-specific "keywords." b. Any source files that are designed for PDQ. c. Notes: o - If you have not heard of PDQ, it is an excellent product that allows you to create .EXEs that are actually *smaller* than their 'C' counterparts. 3. Any database routines and libraries a. This is the least successful of all the subsections in the QS catalog (with the exception of the PDS area, which is even worse). We need essentially anything you can offer! 4. Any graphics-related routines. ------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTES TO AUTHORS If you are planning on releasing your own library for QuickBASIC programmers in the shareware market, I have a few suggestions for you. The following suggestions will make your product easier for all shareware distributors to process, and it will make the down- loads less painful for your users: 1. Always distribute your product in an archive (using PKZIP, LHARC, ZOO, ARC, etc.) which REVEALS THE CURRENT VERSION of your library. For example, if you were marketing a product called "Joe's Hi-Pro QB Lib," pick a name that reveals the product name (here, I'll use JHPQBL) and include the version number, making the name JHPQBLXY (where X is the major version, and Y is the minor version). If you were marketing version 7.3, therefore, you would use JHPQLB73. 2. Always INCLUDE A SMALL UPDATE file which briefly outlines what your library does, and what you kind of changes you have done to it since its initial release. A common filename is UPDATE.TXT or WHATS.NEW. 3. Include a REGISTRATION FILE, perhaps by the name of REGISTER.ME or HOWMUCH.TXT, which briefly outlines the terms of the software and what you think it is worth. 4. DO NOT CRIPPLE your library. There are a LOT of libraries (as you can see) for QuickBASIC, and more are being written (e.g., you have tough competition). As an incentive, you might offer the source code to your library with registration (Crescent Software offers all of the source to their libraries, and they are doing quite well financially). 5. DO NOT INCLUDE A .QLB (Quick Library) file with your distribution. It adds quite a bit of size to your final distribution file. Secondly, if your library is written in a combination of ASM and QuickBASIC, or if it's written entirely in QB, the QLB will only be valid to use with the version of QB you yourself used. Instead, create a MAKEQLB.BAT type of batch file that will automate the process of building the Quick Library. 6. Don't spend your time writing a library when a good library is already available! Take a second and use SCAT (the QS Catalog search utility which should be distributed with this catalog) and search for WINDOW. At the time of this writing (April 1991) I found *39* libraries that offer some form of window support. Therefore, it should be clear that you would have to offer one helluva excellent product for next to nothing before it would be competitive. Other topics include: a. Libraries that offer BIOS and DOS services. There must be thousands out there, and QuickSHARE carries several variations. Many of which are free! b. Sprite editors for graphics. We carry several. c. Alternative BASIC compilers. We offer two very good compilers, APB and ASIC, which have been in development for some time and will be tough to beat. d. Query input routines. We have dozens of routines which serve as a replacement for the cludgy INPUT statement, most of which are free. e. Menuing libraries. Unless your library is very versitile, very inexpensive, and very efficient in terms of EXE size, don't spend your time with this library type. We're flooded with them! 7. ITEMS THAT ARE IN DEMAND include the following. This list comes from requests by QuickSHARE users and might point you in the direction of a successful product: a. Any library which would display and perhaps even save ALL MODES of PCX, PIC, GIF, MAC, etc. type of graphic files. GIF and PCX are the two most requested formats. b. Data compression libraries are in big demand. One which impliments a LZW algorithm could also be expanded to unpack GIF files as well. c. Any library which would reduce the size of a QuickBASIC program. Crescent's P.D.Q. is a very popular library because it can make your QB program smaller than an equivalent program written in C. I suggest libraries, in particular, which will do quicker i/o than QB, with less overhead. Too, replacements for QB's native functions that will usually require floating point math (such as VAL, TIMER, RND, etc.) appear to be in demand. d. Protocol (Xmodem, Zmodem, Ymodem, Kermit, etc.) libraries. They need to both tranmit and receive data over a Hayes (TM) compatible modem. e. A library which would allow QuickBASIC to TSR (Terminate but Stay Resident--similar to that of MicroHelp's Stayres Plus and Crescent's PDQ). f. Games. If offered with source code, these could prove profitable. Text-based games, for the most part, are OUT. Games which incorporate impressive graphics and which work in different SCREEN modes will attract attention. g. Font libraries. Currently, there is very little available in the way of font libraries on the shareware market. Of the few good font libraries I have examined, one of them is a demonstration only. A fully-functional library would be of great interest to several users. h. Mathematic and statistical analysis libraries. These libraries might include Binary Coded Decimal for improved accuracy. I have a number of QuickSHARE participants who work in the scientific community and who could benefit from very complicated functions written in a low-level language (assembler). i. Mass sorting algorithms/libraries. A library which would sort even a sequential list in FAR memory would be useful to many. Moreover, I see a sorting library which pages the data to disk as it sorts (not requiring much memory in which to run) to be of benefit to several of the QB database programmers who participate in QuickSHARE. ------------------------------------------------------------------ DID YOU KNOW?... In this section, I will outline upgrades to QuickBASIC, PDS, and discuss a few items of interest that relates to the BASIC language. QuickBASIC...FOR WINDOWS??? =========================== Mark Strelecki, Atlanta's BASIC SIG's coordinator, informed me that Microsoft BASIC Development is currently working on a version of QuickBASIC that is specifically designed for programming software under Microsoft Windows! Finally! REAL productivity, with a standard user interface. Mark suggests that Windows is the interface of the 1990's, and by the mid 1990's, all popular software will run under some kind of standard interface [said with MS Windows in mind]. I'll keep you posted on the details! Detail update: 12/18/1990: I recently had contact with the Micro- soft PC QuickBASIC Product Manager, Steve Podradchik, who answered a previous inquiry about Windows QuickBASIC with "it's not available." The inform- ation about this product is very shaky and "hearsey." Shortly, I hope to offer the "real scoop" on this issue! Detail update: 02/01/1991: I recently received a market research call from a Microsoft representative. The research was to determine if QuickBASIC/PDS programmers would like to have programming tools for Windows. Therfore, I have a little more substantial proof that something is in the works! While on the subject of Windows, as you probably know, the most recent version of this integrated environment is 3.00. I recently received a free "Working Model" of Windows 3.00 for evaluation purposes. To my knowledge, this offer is available for anyone who calls Microsoft Product Information and requests this item. Disks are shipped on either 1.2mb floppies, or 720k floppies. If you would like a chance to see what "all the fuss is about," do call and request this working model. It does not come with any documentation but offers a lot of information for the curious. Microsoft "Windows hotline:" (800) 323-3577 The Windows Working Model has everything the normal Windows package offers, except: manuals and related documentation, memory management, colored drawing program, complete communications package, and other related desktop utilities. The Working Model, does, however, "work," and will let you really get the feel of Windows. UPGRADE TO PDS v7.00 ==================== If you purchased the Professional Development System (BASIC v7) and have not received upgrade information, I highly suggest you do so immediately...especially if you use quite a bit of addon libraries. Seems there is a bug with v7.00 that, in some rare cases, will allow it to scramble the hard disk! Version 7.10 also includes some upgrades to the language. Upgrade cost is $50. NEWS FROM DOSLAND ================= Microsoft is currently testing DOS v5.00. In addition to the fact that this version is supposed to use the same conventional RAM of version 3.3, (4.xx required quite a bit of RAM just to run), it will be shipped with a special version of the QuickBASIC interpreter. I recently had the chance to evaluate a copy of this particular imple- mentation myself. In short, the new basic interpreter will be called QBASIC, and includes the on-line hypertext features of QuickBASIC. This version of QB essentially does everything QuickBASIC does. It does not, though, compile files to an EXE. Since it does compile source into memory, though, it will run much faster than it's grand- father, GWBASIC. This is a very progressive step on the part of Microsoft. Hopefully, with the advent of QBASIC, we will see less articles in computer magazines that offer "spaghetti code" listings in GWBASIC. With all due respect to MY first programming language, I'll say that it looks like GWBASIC may have finally seen its end (RIP). CRESCENT SOFTWARE PRODUCT NEWS ============================= Crescent P.D.Q. Users: It's getting close! Crescent has been working on adding floating point math support to P.D.Q. but has had a devil of a time with it (trying to keep the library efficient while still offering FPM has been quite a task). I recently talked to a Crescent representa- tive who informed me that the library should offer FPM within a month of this writing (March 3rd, 1991). **UPDATE** - IT'S HERE!!! P.D.Q. now offers floating point math! That's right, now you can program those complicated mathematic programs and use the PDQ alternative link library. This is a major step for both Crescent and for the BASIC language. Note that at this time (26th of March, 1991) there are no manuals for the additional functionality of PDQ...but a 50K "readme" file exists which will cover the basic notes over this new addition to PDQ! Graphics Workshop Demo Now Available: (from Crescent BBS): A Graphics Workshop demo is now available in the Crescent Demo file area. If you would rather receive a demo via U.S. Mail, please call Crescent at (203) 438-5300. We are pleased to announce The Graphics Workshop. This is a comprehensive collection of both high- and low-level routines that help you create stunning graphics displayed at blinding speeds. The Graphics Workshop is intended for use with EGA and VGA systems, however it includes full support for capturing and displaying .PCX format files in all screen resolutions. The low-level routines are ideal for adding graphics capabilities to P.D.Q. The Graphics Workshop is priced at $149, and like all our products comes with extensive demonstration programs and full commented source code. NOTICE FROM TOM HANLIN III ========================== "My ADVBAS library has long since been discontinued. Since PBClone replaces ADVBAS, I'd like to request that all sysops remove ADVBAS from their boards. If you have a copy of ADVBAS but not PBClone on your BBS, write me, and I'll send you a copy of the shareware version of PBClone or a BBS number where you can find it locally. There are apparently a lot of copies of ADVBAS still floating around after all these years, and I'd like to terminate 'em. Tom Hanlin III 3544 E. Southern Ave #104 Mesa, AZ 85204 Please pass the news along." PRODUCT REVIEWS: =============== MS GAME SHOP - By Tom Frye, QuickSHARE Point #4 Contents: Included in the package is the book "Learn Basic Now" by Michael Halvorson and David Rygmyr (Foreward by Bill Gates) Microsoft Press, program disks (available in both 3.5" and 5.25") containing the Quick Basic Interpreter (QBI) and GAMESHOP, six game programs with source code all in Quick Basic. I do not know the suggested retail price, but purchased this copy for $42.00 at a discount software store. Which is not a bad price considering the book with QBI alone retails for $39.95 (no GAMESHOP). Also included was a "special discount offer" to purchase Microsoft Quick BASIC for $74.95 plus $5.50 s&h. That's not a bad price, but I've seen QB in local stores selling for around $65.00, so you may want to check local, before you order, should you decide to purchase QB. Short Description: The book is a great beginners (hands on) tutorial in Quick Basic and there are examples of structured source code (text and on disk) that you can load and run in QBI as you are reading through the book. The book is well written, with the beginning QB programmer in mind, and is very easy to understand (I'm barely past the beginner status myself). I'd recommend this book to anyone with no prior programming experience, that is trying to learn QB. It's the one that got me going (I was lost with just the QB manuals alone to learn from). The GAMESHOP consists of six games, QBLOCKS (TETRIS clone), QBRICKS, QSPACE, QSHIPS, QMAZE, and QSYNTH (for creating your own music) all with complete QB source code. Upon running GAMESHOP, you are presented with a scrolling menu to select the game of your choice. After playing and/or exiting the game, you are taken directly into QBI where the source code for the game you just finished is loaded. The source is well commented, and presents you with several suggestions for modifications to the program, then explains exactly what to do to modify several of the games parameters, such as speed, paddle size, color, patterns, scoring, etc., should you choose to do so. The source is well written, using very descriptive names for all functions, sub-programs, and variables, and contains about the most extensive commenting I have ever seen anywhere. This looks like a very nice, reasonably priced product that will definitely be of great value to the beginning QB programmer, and while the "old pros" probably won't gain much from the book and tutorials, they may pick up a tip or two from the source code that is included in GAMESHOP. I've even enjoyed playing some of the games! (Thanks to Tom Frye--MW) SOUNDBLASTER DEVELOPER'S KIT (By Geoff Drayson) [ed Mike Welch] If you really want to seriously develop a SOUND BLASTER program I strongly recommend that you consider buying The Soundblaster Software Developer's Kit. The library costs US$ 100.00. For more information (product # 13221) call 1-800-378-3838 for orders, or 1-408-982-9226 for technical support. LEARN BASIC NOW (By Chuck Roman) [ed Mike Welch] Learn Basic Now is a new book by Microsoft Press which comes with a version of QuickBASIC called QBASIC (doesn't have a compiler but has about everything else). It is designed to simplify learning QuickBASIC (and programming in general). A new QuickBASIC programmer outlines what he likes about this product below. The average retail for this package seems to be in the $45 range. What I like best about the Q-Basic tutorial and interpreter package, 'Learn Basic Now', is the step by step treatment of each of the Q-basic commands, and the follow up with short programs that demonstrate the use of these commands. Being able so see the programs run, since they are all on disk, is an added feature that allows the student of Q-Basic programming to alter the programs to see how they are changed by alternate programming. The clear presentation of how to install and use subroutines is heads and shoulders above the cryptic presentation that comes with the Q-Basic compiler. The only addition I would have liked to see in the manual is a treatment of random-access file creation. Sequential file creation is admirably covered, but nothing was given on the creation of random-access files. HEY, YOU ======== I have spent quite a bit of time working with this catalog in hopes that it will make your QuickBASIC/PDS programming easier (indeed, this is a hobby for me that at times feels more like a full-time job). Furthermore, I sometimes wonder if anyone ever gets this far in their reading, or if they just scan for a particular library. If you have any suggestions about additions that may be added to the catalog, or if you have any comments that will benefit the QuickSHARE idea, please pass it along. I may be reached at the post office box listed at the top of the catalog, or on the Fido QUIK_BAS echo. Too, if you would like to show your appreciation for the effort that has gone and is still going into this work, please clip the form at the beginning of the catalog and mail it in. Be sure to include the name of the BBS or SIG from which/whom you received the catalog. By doing so, I will be able to tell which areas need additional attention. Thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------------ * Microsoft is a Registered Trademark (TM) of Microsoft Corporation QuickBASIC is a Registered Trademark (TM) of Microsoft Corporation {EOF}