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' ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
' Program Title: Sample Program for TriBBS's NETWORK.DAT API UNIT
' Copyright: 1997-98 by Freejack's Software
' Author: Gary Price
' Last Modified: 02/21/98
' ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
' Notes:
' ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
' History:
' ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
'
' In this sample.bas file, you will see servals different examples on how
' to use the Pointer "netwk" to make calls to the TriBBS API NETWORK.PBU Unit.
' Also there are some examples showing how to use the NETWORK.PBU Unit
' without using pointers. To use any of the current examples, go to the
' section and you will see a "$IF 0" statment at the head of the example, all
' you need to do to make that section of code run is change the '0' to any
' non-zero number.
'
' A pointer is a varible that holds 32-bit (4 byte) address of data located
' elsewhere in memory. It is called a pointer because it literally points
' to data. The data at which it points is known as the target.
'
' Pointers are Powerfull! The address is defined at run-time, so any target
' in memory can be referenced by your program just as if it were a standard
' PowerBASIC varible. This type of indirection is much faster and more
' efficient than PEEKing and POKEing at the target data.
'
' All String Pointer calls will grab the data from memory, and strip any
' spaces and null terminator characters from the end of the string which
' will allow you to print with better screen output control.
'
' When writting back to memory with a pointer string, this NETWORK API will
' set the length back to proper size and add the null terminator, CHR$(0)
' to the end of the string. This again, will save time in writting back
' to the original record NETWORK.DAT.
'
' For non-pointer calls, you will have to adjust the string yourself for
' proper printing to the screen. Also, when writting back to the NETWORK.DAT
' file, you must add a num terminator to the end of the string. More on this
' in the Non-Pointer example.
' ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
$CPU 80386 ' Requires a 386 system or faster
$OPTIMIZE SPEED ' make fastest possible executable
'$COMPILE EXE "NETWORK.EXE" ' compile to an EXE
$DEBUG MAP OFF ' turn off map file generation
$DEBUG PBDEBUG OFF ' don't include pbdebug support in our executable
$LIB COM OFF ' turn off PowerBASIC's communications library.
$LIB CGA OFF ' turn off PowerBASIC's CGA graphics library.
$LIB EGA OFF ' turn off PowerBASIC's EGA graphics library.
$LIB VGA OFF ' turn off PowerBASIC's VGA graphics library.
$LIB LPT OFF ' turn off PowerBASIC's printer support library.
$LIB IPRINT OFF ' turn off PowerBASIC's interpreted print library.
$LIB FULLFLOAT OFF ' turn off PowerBASIC's floating point support.
$ERROR BOUNDS ON ' turn on bounds checking for pointer debugging
$ERROR NUMERIC OFF ' turn off numeric checking
$ERROR OVERFLOW OFF ' turn off overflow checking
$ERROR STACK OFF ' turn off stack checking
$COM 0 ' set communications buffer to nothing
$STRING 16 ' set largest string size at 16k
$STACK 2048 ' let's use a 2k stack
$SOUND 1 ' smallest music buffer possible
$DIM ALL ' forces all Varibles and Arrays to be
' pre-dementioned before use.
$DYNAMIC ' all arrays will be dynamic by default
$OPTION CNTLBREAK OFF ' don't allow Ctrl-Break to exit program
DEFINT A-Z ' default all variables to integers for maximum
' speed and minimum size
'============================================================================
'============================================================================
' DECLARATIONS SECTION
'============================================================================
' ** THIS SECTION IS FOR LINKS AND INCLUDES STATMENTS **
$LINK "G:\PB35\TBAPI10\PBAPI10.PBL" ' ** SET THIS LINE TO YOUR PATH **
$INCLUDE "G:\PB35\TBAPI10\PBAPI10.INC" ' ** SET THIS LINE TO YOUR PATH **
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------
' ** DECLARE SUB's BELOW THAT WILL BE USED IN THIS PROGRAM **
'
' Use this section for any declarations needed to be made other than the
' NETWORK.DAT API which are located in the NETWORK.INC file.
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
' ** SET THIS LINE BELOW TO YOUR TRIBBS MAIN NODE's DIRECTORY **
TBNode1sMainDirectory = "E:\TRIBBS"
'============================================================================
'============================================================================
' ** MAIN PROGRAM BODY **
'============================================================================
CLS ' Clears screen prepares it for printing
'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
' ** EXAMPLE 1 for NETWORK.DAT Pointer Calls **
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
$IF 0 ' Change the '0' to '1' to run this example
DIM NWN AS STRING ' Dimention Local Varible to hold the Network Name for
' this example
NETWORK_DAT_Open ' Opens NETWORK.DAT
IF NETWORK_DAT_Length <> 0 THEN ' Check and make sure record doesn't have
' 0 bytes
NETWORK_DAT_Read 1 ' Reads in a record
PRINT "Total Records:" NETWORK_DAT_Length ' Returns and Prints Total
' Records in NETWORK.DAT
NWN = NETWORK_DAT_GetNWN ' Returns a 32-bit pointer to the Network
' Name string
PRINT NWN ' Prints the File Area Name
NETWORK_DAT_PutNWN "New Network Name" ' Let's put a new Network Name in
' for this this Network
PRINT NETWORK_DAT_GetNWN ' Returns a 32-bit pointer to the Network
' Name string with the new Network Name.
END IF ' End the check network file for records
' condition
NETWORK_DAT_Close ' Closes Network.dat file
$ENDIF
'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
' ** EXAMPLE 2 for NETWORK.DAT Pointer Calls **
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
$IF 0 ' Change the '0' to '1' to run this example
'Dimention some local variables for this example
DIM NWN AS STRING ' Local Varible to hold the Network
' Name
DIM NetLength AS INTEGER ' Local Varible to hold Record
' length for Network.dat
DIM x AS INTEGER ' Local Varible for FOR/NEXT Counter
NETWORK_DAT_Open ' Opens NETWORK.DAT
IF NETWORK_DAT_Length <> 0 THEN ' Check and make sure record doesn't have
' 0 bytes
NetLength = NETWORK_DAT_Length ' Local varible to hold record for
' Network.dat
FOR x = 1 TO NetLength ' Set x for a FOR/NEXT Counter
NETWORK_DAT_Read x ' Reads in a record
PRINT NETWORK_DAT_GetNWN ' Returns a 32-bit pointer to the Network
' Name string with the new Network Name.
NEXT x ' Add 1 to x
END IF ' End the check network file for records
' condition
NETWORK_DAT_Close ' Closes Network.dat file
$ENDIF
'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
END ' Ends the Program