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WI-08: Windows Programming -------------------------------- 3558 "C" Programming for Windows Small Programs Disk -------------------------------- CDK-VB Langley, Brent K. $0 contains information about creating custom controls for VB with C++. Three_d.dll (3D-DLL) Donahue, Ray $20-$50 is a DLL for making a Windows 3.0 dialog box appear to have a 3-dimensional look. Boxes can be recessed, extruding, or shadowed. C source code and EXE files for a demo program are included. Support is provided for EGA, VGA, and above. Dib Reilly, Patrick $0 is a pair of functions for manipulating a DIB bitmap. DOSWin is sample code to restrict puts()-printf() output to a window in Windows 3. It also allows restricting some DOS programs output to a window. FixDS 2.0 Geary, Michael $0 is a C routine that eliminates need for EXPORTS and MakeProcInstance() in Windows applications; prevents bugs caused by omitting EXPORTS or MakeProcInstance(); and allows Windows applications to export functions that will be called directly from a dynamic link library. Journal Fogelin, Eric $0 is a dynamic Link library demonstrating Windows 2.0 Journal Hooks. Mail-OM Oregon Professional Microsystems, Inc. $0 is the Microsoft C source code for a mailing list application for MS Windows. NewSpy 1.0 Feinleib, David A. $25 is an improved version of the Spy program that is included in the SDK. QuickC for Windows Tools (QCTOOLS) English, Arthur $0 is an icon toolbar for use with QuickC for Windows. Functions include opening and saving projects and files, finding next and previous compiler errors, edit fuctions, and more. (Not on this disk. Ask for disk #8897.) Regular Expression DLL (REGEXP) Windfall Software Systems $10 contains a dynamic link library compatible with Microsoft Windows. The library performs regular expression searches and a number of supporting operations. Status Bar Control 1.2.0 (STSBARC) Krikorian, Jean-Marc $0 is a DLL and associated files for displaying a Status Bar in Windows apps. A sample app and all source code are included. Windows C Editor 2.0 (WCE) DeCillis, Tom $35 is a programming shell. It features a logical toolbar and click SAA/CUA compliant interface that lets you edit, run, and compile all the necessary parts of a Windows application using the Microsoft Windows SDK. WinClass (WINCLAS) Pittelkow, Michael $0 is a C++ class library for Windows 3. WINET Booth, Duncan $0 is an execution profiler for Windows applications. C source code is included. WinBegin 3.0 (WINBGN) Crayne, Susan $35 is a development tool for creating very simple C programs which run under Windows 3.0. It is intended for the beginning programmer. Winclip (WIN-CLP) Schulman, Andrew $0 contains source code showing how DOS programs can use INT 2Fh services to access the Windows clipboard (in enhanced mode only). -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3558 -------------------------------- ----------------------------- 3790 Turbo Pascal for Windows Small Programs Disk ----------------------------- AfterDark SDK 1.01p (AFTRDRK) Sands, Richard R. $0 is a development kit for writing modules for the After Dark Screen Saver. Ansioem Robert Digsby $0 displays the ANSI and OEM character set. It allows you to click on a character to find out what it would be converted to if it were passed through AnsiToOem or OemToAnsi. C Source code is included. Beeper (BEEPR) $0 is TPW code that demonstrates the use of a timer call-back function rather than the timer event message. It shows the use of export, MakeProcInstance, and more. Bitmap Buttons (BITMBTN) Thomas, Daniel $0 is a pair of Button objects that lets you create bitmap buttons. BitView $0 is TPW source for a bitmap viewer within an MDI framework. It supports 256 colors and compressed files. Blaise Warren, Robert J. $0 is a screen saver module for TPW. It hooks into the screensaver of the desktop portion of the control panel. Bmhelp $0 contains code for displaying a bitmap from a resource file. Bounce $0 is source for a bouncing ball graphics demo. Center Thomas, Daniel $0 is a procedure which will center a Popup window in its parent's window. ClrCmbo $0 is a TPW unit for a color selection combo box with colors, not names. Clover $0 is source code for a graphics display. Concentration (CONCEN) Rubenking, Neil J. $0 is the source and resource for a Concentration type game. Demonstrates owner-draw buttons, modifying system menu, making window size exactly match contents, etc. Custom Control Library (CCONTRL) Vitabile, Anthony M. $0 is the source code for a custom control library for Resource Workshop. Included is a Percent Completed custom control. DYNST Campbell, Tom $0 is a TP unit for the creation and use of dynamically allocated string arrays on the heap and handling all memory management transparently. The file DEMO.PAS contains an interactive demonstration showing you the allocation, use, and disposition of a dynamic string array. EmptyDLG (EMPTYDL) Rubenking, Neil J. $0 is an application template that demonstrates using a dialog window as a main window in a TPW program. FileCopy.PAS 1.2 Allard, Adam A. $0 is source for a fast file copy utility. File Clerk Source (FCSRC) Peoples, David $0 is the source code for File Clerk, a file selector and application launcher. File Dialog (FILEDLL) Gallo, Guy $0 is a DLL for a file dialog box that can be called from TPW or from Word for Windows. Fontlist (FONTLST) $0 is full source code and resource file for a font listing utility. Font Manipulation Utility (FMU) Smith, Mark $0 is a dialog box that allows the user to try out different screen fonts. Infowdw.PAS $0 is an example of a modeless window that can be used to display status information about a program as it is running. Janus Sawatzki, Peter $0 let you create dialogs as MDI child windows, create BorDlgs from standard resource, standard dialogs from BorDlg resources, and support foreign language BorButtons. Lststr 1.0 Rosenberger, Rob ASP $0 helps document string resources. Message Box Utilities 1.0 (MBUTILS) Salesas, Robert $0 makes it easier to write small programs that require little output or input. It is based around the Windows messagebox and provides routines to do MBWriteStr, MBWriteBuf, MBWriteLn, MBClear and MBShowWindow. Source code included. PaintBMP (PNT-BMP) is a unit that lets you create a pop-up window with caption and paint it with a bitmap. Source code and test code are included. Rattle 1.01 Boyd, Craig $10 contains code for allocating and deallocating blocks of memory in a random fashion. Ribbon Thorpe, Danny $0 shows how to set up a non-MDI child window in an MDI window. Time Watch Icon (TIMICON) Mackey, Jack C. $0 illustrates how to make an updateable icon. TPWGray Overmyer, Doug $0 is TPW code showing how to create a dithered gray scale. WinVer 1.0 Kitsos, Costas $0 stamps Windows EXE's or DLL's with the required Windows version. TPW source code is included. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3790 -------------------------------- -------------------------------- 4052 Turbo Pascal for Windows #2 Small Programs Disk -------------------------------- Bezier 1.0 Overmyer, Doug $0 demonstrates how to approximate Bezier curves and produce a rubberbanding Bezier tool for drawing on the screen. Cdfile contains files that allow access to the CD-ROM Extension. EDI Threads for Windows 1.0 (EDI-THD) Eschalon Development Inc. $95 is a complete multi-threading library for Windows. It lets you easily create applications that use background printing, complex redrawing, repagination, serial port polling, text searches and more. Frame3 Hess, Olaf $0 contains an OWL object to create dialogs that have the Borland chiselled steel look without using BWCC. It also shows how to customize a COMMDLG dialog using a hook function. HelpBMP Smith, Matthew T. $0 is a text file with helpful hints for placing BMPs in WinHelp RTF/HLP files. Mfloat.PAS Thornton, Chris & Rubenking, Neil $0 is a routine for forcing a window to stay on top of other windows on the Windows 3 desktop. Modeless Dialog (MODIALG) Vitabile, Anthony M. $0 contains a unit for using modeless dialogs as MDI child windows. Also Source and sample code are included. Modem Borland International $0 contains an example that shows how to use MS-Windows communication API functions. An executable program is included that will dial out and allows you to configure baud rate. Full source code is provided. NoteBox CGSoft $0 is a function similar to a messagebox except that it disappears after a specified number of seconds if no user input is received. OGLRef $0 is a reference for all objects and methods found within the WhiteWater Group's ObjectGraphics TPW library. It is formatted for printing for a hardcopy reference. OWL Custom Controls (OWL-CC) Baker, Shawn Aubrey $0 contains a base custom control object, a base custom control button object, a bitmap button object and a sample code. Owner-Draw List Box (OWNERD) Perkins, Rex K. $0 contains example code of an Owner-Draw list box. It shows how they can be used to display graphics as well as text. Paper Smith, Ralph $0 is source code that shows how to load wallpaper and to adjust the palette. RealIn Perkins, Rex K. $0 is a unit for calling a real mode interrupt from protected mode. Realm Perkins, Rex K. $0 shows how to use the DPMI to access the first meg of physical memory in Windows Real mode. Also included is an example that displays the base addresses of the COM and LPT ports. Screen Saver Switch (SSWITCH) Rochester, Peter Franchuk $0 is the commented source for a utility to disable/enable the Win31 screen saver. Splash Hanrahan, Scott $0 is a unit that adds a 2- or 16-color bitmap splashscreen to TPW programs. Source and sample files are included. Stoplite (STOPLIT) Boyd, Craig $0 demonstrates how to create an animated traffic light icon. StrParse Cooper, John $0 is a TP unit for parsing strings into tokens for easier manipulation. It is an adaptation of the C function StrTok. ToolBox Radecki, David $0 is a unit that builds a toolbox similar to the one in the Resource Workshop Dialog Editor. TPW-MM Milton, Steve $0 contains several units for accessing the new functions and structures in Microsoft's Multimedia Extensions. TPWSpy Boyd, Craig $0 spies on all the windows that are currently open in your Windows session, and displays a window containing all the information it can find out about those windows. TPW source code is included. VBSNdex Zuck, Jonathan $0 is an example for TPW programmers on how to create a string function in a DLL. TP source code included. WinPlay Gibson, Don Phillip $0 is a TPW unit for playing music in your programs similar to the Play command in BASIC. Sample music is included. WinPrint 1.0 (WINPRIN) Bayliss, Paul $0 is a unit to change and setup a windows printer and produce output. WinRezU Daunt, Brendan $0 makes Turbo Vision resource files available to TPW programs. Any type of object can be stored on stream and referenced using character strings. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #4052 -------------------------------- --------------------------------- 12024 Turbo Pascal for Windows #3 Small Programs Disk --------------------------------- DDEConv Schmid, Klemens $0 implements a DDE conversation with any DDE client like Excel, WinWord, ProgMan etc. Dndlb Hayes, Ian $0 contains a unit for a Drag'n Drop listbox. Ezdpmi Bucknall, Julian M. $0 is a unit that encapsulates all the common DPMI requirements for protected mode and Windows programs. You can allocate/deallocate DOS memory with pointers, call a real mode interrupt, map a protected mode pointer onto real mode memory, and more. Encrypt Keul, Manfred $0 encrypts a string using the same method as Windows' ScreenSaver. Ezdpmi Bucknall, Julian M. $0 is a unit that encapsulates all the common DPMI requirements for protected mode and Windows programs. You can allocate/deallocate DOS memory with pointers, call a real mode interrupt, map a protected mode pointer onto real mode memory, and more. Heap Auditor 1.0 (HEAPAUD) Overmeyer, Doug $0 helps diagnose memory leaks from orphaned objects in the GDI local segments. Source code is included. MkFmx Cariotoglou, Mike $0 contains source code and a DLL for a utility to test the File manager extensions. MSortP Kokkonen, Kim $0 is a unit for sorting items in real or protected mode applications. It supports TPW or BP7 for DOS real mode, DOS protected mode, or Windows targets. It takes advantage of all extended memory in protected mode and performs a disk based merge sort if it runs out of memory. Percent Complete DLL (PCCLDLL) Vitabile, Anthony M. $0 is the source for a percent-complete custom control. Playmid Cribbs, Derek $0 contains a unit with BP7 source to play MIDI files in WIN31. This is similar to SndPlaySound but for MIDI files. RunDlg Beck, Randolph $0 provides a dialog box where the modal loop is inside-out so that a program can be interrupted while performing long tasks such as printing reports. Scrgo# $0 shows how to instantly start the WIN31 screen saver and how to install a wh_Mouse Windows hook. Ssave.dll (SSAVETP) lets you access the screen saver password function. StatDemo (STATDMO) $0 is source and sample code for a status bar. Status (STAT-AC) Carney, Adam $0 is code for a modeless status box. Strmsgs Nielsen, Ravi $0 displays a messagebox with both program-supplied and string resource text. TI2000 $0 is a routine for pausing your app while you execute another . UGlbEdit (UGLBEDT) Taylor, Mike $0 is a TEdit variant that uses the global heap, allowing the full 32k to be used. WinDir (TPWINDR) Shaw, Donald E. $0 contains source code and an executable for producing a directory listing in Windows. Directories can be sorted by name, extension, size, or time/date. Xini Maischein, Max $0 source for accessing INI files. 12024 Custom Controls --------------------- FrameOH Hess, Olaf $0 allows dialog boxes with the Borland chiselled steel look without having to use BWCC. It also implements recessed/raised frames. ItsyBit Boyd, Craig $0 lets you create windows with small horiztonal or vertical captions. Mscrol $0 contains Pascal unit for implementing a micro scrollbar. Ownrdr Snoddy, Todd T. $? includes objects that allow you to use BWCC style bitmapped buttons in your own programs without the BWCC. DLL. --------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #12024 --------------------------------- --------------------------------- 12356 Turbo Pascal for Windows #4 Small Programs Disk --------------------------------- Alarm (ALRMTPW) XIAN Corporation $0 contains source code and an executable for a Windows alarm application. You can set the date and time, and a message box pops up with any text you have entered. APIDLL.PAS $0 shows how to launch windows and dialogs from inside a DLL without the aid of OWL. COMDLG7 Aez, Juancarlos $0 contains several units for a BP7 object shell around the Common Dialog API. Code is included to show how to use BWCC with common dialogs and how to add your own controls to them. A WIN31 printer object is also included. Dlghlp Ritchey, Pat and Denzlein, Michael $0 allows you to use the F1 key to call WINHELP. It uses a filter function to get the F1 key in a dialog and sends a message to the dialog window function. F1Help Ritchey, Pat and Steketee, Scott $0 contains an example for implementing F1 help for both menus and dialog boxes using a Windows hook procedure. Menu help allows the user to press F1 while highlighting any menu item, and to receive context-sensitive help on that item. Modal Windows (MODAL) contains a unit implementing modal windows which can behave completely like a dialog box but needs no dialog resources. Msvid $0 contains an interface unit for Microsoft Video for Windows. Openfi $0 contains source code and an executable that demonstrates how to use the File Open common dialog as a main window. It also demonstrates common dialog hook procedures, alternate templates, and adding an icon to a minimized dialog. Patchmb Hess, Olaf $0 is a small program and DLL that show how to patch calls to functions in Windows-DLLs. Player (PLAYER) Calvert, Charles $0 contains source code demonstrating how to use the multimedia extensions to Windows. The code uses the MCI interface to play MIDI, WAV, and CD-ROM. A batch file is included to compile an executable and three DLLs. The DLLs contain the multimedia functionality and the executable represents an object oriented interface. SSaveWin (SSAVWIN) Keul, Manfred $0 demonstrates how to write password protected Screen Savers for Windows 3.1 using Borland Pascal. Screen Savers can be installed via control panel. It uses password-protection that is compatible with Microsoft's algorithm. Full source code, including some simple animation examples is provided. Stadll Plett, Bradley $0 contains a DLL which displays a % complete status box. It also allows the user to cancel a task. The status box is done using a modeless dialog box. VMODE$13.PAS Hess, Olaf $0 is source code for changing to a different video mode under Windows using two undocumented functions. PPFont Poellinger, Paul F. $10 is a DLL providing higher-level language access to NEWLOGFONT and NEWTEXTMETRIC (logical and physical) information about available fonts via EnumFontFamilies. On Screen Keyboard (SJLKBD.PAS) Leonard, Steve $0 is source code that draws an on screen keyboard that lets you type with the mouse, then send the text to another application that is waiting for text. It will not work unless you come directly from the other app., where you were positioned in an input dialog box. WinPCX Rafn, Mark D. $0 contains source code and an executable for a PCX file decoder. --------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #12356 --------------------------------- --------------------------------- 12170 General Windows Programming Small Programs Disk --------------------------------- BoilerPlate 1.0 (BOILER) Baldwin, Dave $0 gets you started on a new OWL program by generating the appropriate boilerplate code. You start by using Resource Workshop or WRT to design your primary resources (menu, accelerator, cursor, etc.). BoilerPlate then uses the resource file (and additional information you supply) to generate code for your application. CTL3D.PAS (CTL3D-P) Hamer-Moss, Steve $0 contains a BP7 interface unit for Microsoft's CTL3D.DLL. It allows BP7 apps to use Microsoft-style 3D dialogs (as in Access, Excel 4.0, etc.) under Windows 3.0 and 3.1. Helper 2.0 (HLPRWIN) (11-93 CD) Brown, L.E. Jr $15 contains a WinWord document template that simplifies the creation of Windows Help files. It allows you to easily edit, compile, test or modify your help files, run your favorite screen capture utility, and manage your project files from within the WinWord environment. Logfile 1.0 (11-93 CD) Raffel, Matthew P. $10 contains a DLL that provides Windows developers a very easy and straightforward method of recording and logging information as a program runs. This will work with any Windows' language which can use API calls. PBCWin 1.0 Hanlin, Thomas III $20 is a general purpose DLL for Windows programming. It is oriented toward VB but can be used with any language that supports DLLs. There are 79 routines, including bit manipulation, array initialization, PEEK, POKE, and SWAP routines, checksums and CRCs, equipment testing, string info, and more. RTF Magic (RTFMAG) BKMA $20 contains a WFW macro that allows the rapid conversion of documents into Windows Help files. You use the outline feature of WinWord to organize the information and RTF MAGIC creates a matching table of contents in your help file. You do not have to build all the jumps, because browse sequences and buttons are automatically added. WinMon 1.1 (WINMON) Burki, David $25 allows Windows programmers to display debugging information in a list box. The API to display information uses the same variable argument list format as the standard C printf() function. The set of APIs allow the behavior of the list to be controlled by the application being debugged. Wsheap TurboPower Software $0 is a tool for analyzing dangling heap space and resources in Windows applications. --------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #12170 [10] --------------------------------- ASMClock $0 #3461 is assembler code (and executable) whose purpose is to show that MASM 6.0 can be used to write Windows programs. The assembler code was translated from a sample C program in Petzold's Windows book. Requires SDK 3.0. Atree Thomas, Monroe M. $0 #3463 is a complete programmers interface and an interpreter for non-programmers to experiment with Adaptive Logic Networks. Requires Windows 3. BasicBasic 1.3 Davidsaver, Mark $15 #4204 lets you compile BASIC programs for DOS or Windows. Not all "standard" BASIC commands are supported. This is a very easy way to develop small programs without regard for which environment they will run under. Several sample files are included for compiling, and ASCII source code is accepted. CDB for Windows Daytris Information Systems $149 #3319 is a database toolkit for Windows programmers. A complete C-API is included with over 40 predefined database function calls. CDB is based on both the network and relational data models and uses an ISAM methodology for key file management. Other features include file locking, and the ability for multiple applications to access the same database concurrently. 480K of disk space is required. ClickBar 1.0 WynApse SoftWare $36 #4835 is a DLL that provides Windows software developers a robust 3D button interface. It allows you to produce commercial quality menubars, with 144 3-dimensional buttons to choose from. Other features include seamless integration with Borland's Resource Workshop, example source code, and more. DIB Smith, Ralph $0 #4029 contains three example TPW programs illustrating the use of device independent bitmaps. One program is for 16-colors, and two are for 256-colors. Source code is included. EDI Install Pro 2.0 Eschalon Development Inc. $100 #20216/4400 is an installation utility for Windows. Features included dithered and/or bit mapped background, user selectable components, PM group creation, INI file modification and creation, version checking, full file compression with pack/unpack utilities, multiple disk support, and custom DLL support that allows you to expand the capabilities of EDI Install Pro to handle almost any possible installation requirements. HyperAct [CAPPS] 11-93 CD Infotivity Technologies, Inc. $? #12639 allows the creation of dialog boxes, edit system control files and perform other functions without writing a single line of code because it uses standard Windows Help or Notepad commands. All specific functions are performed by using the simple HyperAct options. It's also usable by any help authoring system that creates Windows HELP. InWin 4.0 [INWIN] (09-93 CD) Softline, Inc. $100-$300 #20216/12317 is a global installer for applications and files running under Windows 3.x or DOS applications/files installing into the Windows environment. Features include error checking and informational dialog boxes, custom headers/footers/title/program name, and point and click end-user help. You can utilize any DOS self-extracting executable compression routine. A "gas gauge" indicator shows the current percentage of the install. Support is provided for up to a 10-disk installation. An ASCII file editor (such as Notepad) is required to create the script files. Modified Setup1 Johnson, L.J. $0 #20216/4463 adds new features to the PTK Setup program. It provides options to do a Full Installation or Update Files, and allows users to install in either a new program group or an existing group. SVInstal 2.1 [SVINST] (11-93 CD) Soft Ventures $40 #20216/4377 installs program and data files from a distribution floppy to a hard drive. It creates directories and copies files to them, builds a Windows program group and loads icons, and presents a README.TXT file in a pop-up window. WinSetup 1.0 Money Smith Systems, Inc. ASP $54-$104 #20216/12064 is a compact (26K) program for installing applications in Windows. This is designed for shareware authors/vendors and supports multiple disk sets, self-extracting archives, Program Manager installation, documentation viewing, and prior post-install commands. The INTL Package Fahller, Bjrn ASP $55 #4449 contains a DLL that adds international support to your applications. Also included are an INI file with international phrases and names of weekdays and months, a demonstration program, a Windows help file, source code, and more. IXFWIN 1.1 [IXFWIN] (10-93 CD) Orange Software $88 #12502 turns C or C++ code into a cross referencing database. It lets you interactively search and browse through programs. This can help programmers better understand their source code and enable them to reuse their software. JORF The JORF Company ASP $85 #7825/4585 [2 disks] is an object-oriented programming language for DOS and Windows that allows easy creation of data entry/database programs. It includes a DOS/Windows interpreter, editor, source level debugger, context-sensitive help, and sample programs. Support is provided for arrays, pointers, variable length records, multiple indexes, and network access to files. MWCC Object Library 1.03 [MWCC03] (11-93 CD) Microworks $0 #12489 provides a comprehensive set of 3-dimensional windows, dialogs and custom controls to use in application development. You can easily implement an enhanced Borland look, an enhanced Microsoft 3D look, or use the library's own custom 3D style. Example code for several applications is included. Requires PKUNZIP (on #1705) to extract files. Programmer's File Editor 0.04.008 [PFE004] (08-93 CD) Phillips, Alan $0 #20228 is a programmer-oriented text editor for WIN31, Windows for Workgroups 3.1 and Windows/NT. Because its file capacity is limited only by the amount of available memory, it can handle very large files. Other features include the ability to run DOS commands, user- configurable key mapping, full font support, application launching, DDE support, and much more. The variety of features available make this package a powerful integrated development environment for any Windows programmer. Available on 3.5" 1.44MB MegaDisk and CD only. Quasar SQL for Windows Stellar Industries $198-$298 #3942 makes it easy for programmers to create relational database applications for Windows. It takes full advantage of Windows' pull down menus, dialog boxes, icons, and on-line help. It features a clear error-handling and reporting interface, and a complete transaction management facility. It provides a full-featured relational database engine, a multiple document editor, implementation of the American Standard SQL specification, and advanced indexing capabilities. This program gives developers a choice of front-end development environments, including C, C++, Visual Basic, Pascal, and more. Sample files are included. A hard disk or high density floppy is required. Slider VBX Control [VBSLID] 11-93 CD Northeast Data Corp. $? #12642 is a DLL control that appears as a slider similar to those used on audio/video equipment such as stereos, tuners, and amplifiers. There are two versions available one for VB and the other for VC++ [VCSLID]. CreateHelp! 2.01 Barnes, Nic $40 #12333 is an authoring tool for creating Windows help files using WinWord 2.0x. Features include automatic context identification, search and link jumps and pop-ups, auto keyword addition, default font for titles and definitions, the ability to insert referenced hypergraphics, and full control of compilation options from within WinWord. Other features include point and click macro building, outline building from a list file, summary reporting, auto page building, secondary window support, context numbering, and full editing of the HPJ file from within CreateHelp. The manual also includes a section explaining how to write help files for first-timers. Quick and Dirty Help Allen, Phil $20 #27776/4142 lets you use any ASCII editor to produce RTF files for the creation of Windows 3.0 Help Files. With QDHelp, you can easily create help files with links, popups, bitmaps, search keys, and browse sequences. Support is included for topic macro links, colored text, and automatic generation of HPLJ files. The MS Help Compiler is required. (Also see WI-01: #3477, Xantippe, which can create RTF files very easily.) Visual Help 1.0f (08-93 CD) WinWare $49 #27776/12328 makes it easy to create Windows Help files without having to know any of the technical in's and out's. All you have to do is type in (or cut-and-paste) text and push a few buttons. You can run your help file in VH before compiling it to save time. This is a boon for programmers, but non-programmers can also use it to create hypertext documents for Windows. It is a stand-alone environment which does not require WinWord. This version has some significant bugs and limitations which the author is working feverishly to overcome. (We may have an update by the time you read this.) But this is potentially the best Help file creator we have seen. VBRUN200 is included on this disk. Help Compiler 3.1 is required. WinHelp+ 3.0c Stedy Software & Systems $26 #27776 ties together tools used in creating help files. It has a pushbutton interface for calling up editors for RTF and BMP and other necessary input files, QDHelp (above), and the Help Compiler itself. (Available on 3.5" 1.44MB MegaDisk ONLY!) RTFGen 2.01 [RTFGEN] (11-93 CD) Baldwin, Dave $0 #12357 converts plain ASCII files into Rich Text Format for use with the Windows Help Compiler. This is much easier than learning Word, or its equivalent. WinEdit Wilson WindowWare ASP $60 #3277 is a programmer's editor designed for creating and maintaining program source code. Being a Windows App, it lets you load files as large as all the free memory available to Windows - up to 16meg. Being an ASCII file editor makes it useful in preparing files for Windows based desktop publishing programs. Features include unlimited number of document windows, word wrap, the ability to run compilers (or other tools) from within WinEdit with automatic capture of error messages to a window, search and replace, access to SDK and C 6.0 help, and fast operation. It updates itself to cope with multiple instances and quitting Windows sessions, and lets you view Next/Previous Error of compiler output. Tools:W Gryzich, Kent $295-$495 #1940 allows fast development of Microsoft Windows applications using the Windows SDK. It adds dialog box input validation, multi-user database interface, graphical display of database records, report writing, help, start-up, DDE and more. (The author can no longer be reached at the address provided in the documentation.) TPW2VB 3.0 (11-93 CD) Liddicoet, Brett $20 #12653 lets you write VB custom controls in TPW instead of C by providing access to the VB API via a DLL. TPWmisc Willer, Steve $0 #4462 contains source code and executables for several useful utilities. Included are applications for monitoring free resources, memory, and disk space. Others include a FRAMES unit that draws various types of 3-D boxes, and a TWindow descendant that couples Borland's look with the NDW percentage bar. vxBase 3.0 Comsoft Inc. $50 #7614/3946 [3 disks] contains a DLL and sample files for creating dBASE compatible applications. Features include up to eight active browse windows, large indexing buffer, memo functions, multi-user options, and much more. Also included is DataWorks. It is an xBase power user's tool to be used by developers building applications with VXBASE for Visual Basic. Available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and CD only. WinDialog [DIALOG] (08-93 CD) Cordts, Soenke $45 #12415 is a simple way for programmers to create dialog boxes. These dialogs can be implemented into programs using the Application Program Interface that is included, or C source code can be generated. Features include animation, animated buttons, sound for buttons, and more. Windows Developer 1.55a [WINDEV] (11-93 CD) Helios Software Solutions ASP 25 Pounds #12052 is an integrated program development environment. It can aid programmers in editing, compiling, linking, and testing projects using multiple edit windows. Other features include multi-vendor compiler support, tools to compare files, hypertext links, context sensitive help, a built-in file manager, and more. Windows Developer for NT 1.52 Helios Software Solutions ASP 25 pounds #12253 is an integrated program development environment. It can aid programmers in editing, compiling, linking, and testing projects using multiple edit windows. Other features include multi-vendor compiler support, tools to compare files, hypertext links, context sensitive help, a built-in file manager, and more. Requires Windows NT, and a 386 PC running the Oct. 1992+ Beta Win32 Software Development Kit. Windows Enhanced Dialog Library Smedley, Mike $60 #3787 is an extensive DLL designed to make dialog box data entry much easier for both the programmer and the user. Features include formatted data entry, field validation, automatic updating of variables, numeric data entry, overtype mode, context-sensitive help, and much more. A demo executable is included. ]]]]]]]]]]