| Published By | Date | Version | Knowledge Level | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sprezzatura Ltd | 01 JUL 1991 | 2.03+ | EXPERT | UTILITY, DISKETTE, THREE, BANNER, BTREE_SCAN, CAPLOCK, COLOUR, CRC, DOSENV, FLIPTAB, FTOSTR, GAS_BAR, LABEL.DISPLAY, LCFUNCTIONS, LCPOSITIONS, NOVUSER, NUMLOCK, NUM_TO_WORD, PERCENT_DONE, PLAY, ROMAN, ROUND, ROUND2, RTP25, SELECT_BROWSE, SPREZ.DEMO.A, WRITEAMT, XLATE_IND, AUTOGRAPH, BANNER, PAL, POWER_G, CANONLBP, DISPLAY_AREV_COMMON, HPLJET2, INSERT_CODE, MENUUTIL, DOS2REV, HP66, HPII, HPIILAND, HPRESET, REV2DOS |
Continued from Utility Diskette # 3 - Part I
| BANNER | Provides MSG type A replacement - displays text in a scrolling banner until user presses a key. |
| BTREE_SCAN | User defined function to display a Btree index (with associated information) for a given field in a popup, positioning the user at a user defined location within the popup and permitting navigation of the index backwards and forwards. Supports full POPUP functionality. |
| CAPLOCK | Assembler subroutine passed 1 to turn capslock on or 0 to turn capslock off |
| COLOUR$ | An equated insert block with 256 possible colour combinations. Makes it possible to print CYAN_ON_DBLUE$ etc. |
| CRC | User defined function to calculate a 16-bit CRC for a record. |
| DOSENV | Assembler subroutine, passed variable to contain dos environment settings. Returns dos environment settings CHAR(0) delimited. |
| FLIPTAB | Swaps key assignments for Tabs providing more traditional tabbing. |
| FTOSTR | Used to force cleanup of descripter() by passing number through internal NUMBER TO STRING CONVERSION (and thereby adjusting floating point internal precision to correspond with presented and evaluated representation). |
| GAS_BAR | Amended version of GAS_BAR to fix some screen corruption problems. |
| GET.DOS | Assembly language subroutine to return the current DOS version. |
| LABEL.DISPLAY | Comprehensive label manipulation program for use within windows. Permits redisplay, removal, restoration, recalculation, colour changes et al. |
| LCFUNCTIONS | Equate block to replace labelled common area (due to be adopted in future releases of 2.1). |
| LCPOSITIONS | Equate block to replace labelled common area (due to be adopted in future releases of 2.1). |
| NOVUSER | Assembly language subroutine to return the current Novell user name. |
| NUMLOCK | Assembler subroutine passed 1 to turn numlock on or 0 to turn numlock off. |
| NUM_TO_WORD | Converts passed integer to word string. |
| PERCENT_DONE | GAS_BAR equivalent for FOR/NEXT loops. |
| PLAY | A subroutine to emulate the GWBASIC PLAY statement. Permits the setting of tempos, octaves, notes etc. |
| ROMAN | User defined function to take Arabic numbers and convert to Roman. |
| ROUND | Simple rounding function. |
| ROUND2 | More complex user defined conversion for rounding. |
| RTP25 | Example use of replacement RTP25 to show the user different debugger screen. (Note that replacement RTP25 routines ought to avoid the use of higher level routines such as MSG to avoid being caught in infinite loops - PRINT is preferred - Ed). |
| SELECT_BROWSE | Allows operator to select desired record in browse list and to reposition the current browse list pointer at the selected record. |
| SPREZ.DEMO.a | Series of routines provided to illustrate complex window processing. Well documented internally. Shows how to use LABEL.DISPLAY, ROUND2, FTOSTR. |
| WRITEAMT | The WRITEAMT function converts a number < 99 trillion into its written out form in dollars and cents, suitable for writing checks. It stops with an error if the number input is too large or contains alphabetic characters. The input number (NUM.IN) is assumed to be in MD2 format. |
| XLATE_IND | User defined conversion subroutine to make direct accesses to an associated file's index for verification or display. |
| AUTOGRAPH | A shareware version of a simple graphing utility for AREV. Displays line graphs and bar charts. If used on a network can be instructed to auto-refresh every X seconds. Ideal for use in financial applications. |
| BANNER | A .EXE file designed to replace the REVLOMSG with ANY PCX graphic file. Included also are several sample PCX files. Requires careful installation so refer to the on-disk docs. Remember that RevTech might consider the non-display of copyright messages a violation of licence agreement. |
| PAL | A .EXE file which is used in conjunction with the provided subroutines and entry windows to adjust the palette within AREV to that of your choice. Norton Control Centre comes to AREV! |
| POWER_G | A .EXE file which permits the display of a PCX graphic from within AREV and displays up to four buttons which the user can select with a mouse or Alt-Key combination - returning a code to AREV! Thus a PCX map of the world could be shown and the user allowed to pick one of four continents. Control would then be returned to AREV which could then display a map of the continent with the four major countries etc etc. This is a limited but fully working example of a graphics project we are seriously considering taking further. |
| WILLY WORM | An arcade style game involving a growing worm, power pellets and sudden death! Excellent use of VSPACE and sound. |
| CANONLBP | Printer Driver definition for AREV 2.1 |
| DISPLAY_AREV_COMMON | Attaches to macro key to display popup of all AREV.COMMON variables within a window |
| HPLJET2 | Printer Driver Definition for AREV 2.1. |
| INSERT_CODE | Makes writing programs easier. Uses a macro to insert common blocks of code into a program. Caters for file opens, popups standard headers etc al and can be extended. |
| MENUUTIL | Adds four softkeys onto the makemenu window to permit resorting, combining, duplicating and reordering menu options. |
| DOS2REV | Converts DOS file of any size having CRLF delimiters to @FM delimited. |
| HP66 | Sets 8 LPI on a Laserjet |
| HPII | Sets compressed portrait on Laserjet |
| HPIILAND | Sets compressed landscape on Laserjet (great for code listings) |
| HPRESET | Resets Laserjet |
| REV2DOS | Converts DOS file of any size having @FM delimiters to CRLF delimited. |
(Volume 3, Issue 3, Pages 6-9)