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  Overview        Overview of Expand library function

                  DISK related functions
  Chdir()         Change the default DOS directory
  RmDir()         Remove a DOS directory
  MkDir()         Make a DOS directory
  DiskTotal()     DiskTotal reports the total disk space in bytes
  GetDisk()       Returns the Current DOS disk drive
  SetDisk()       Set the Current DOS default drive
  LastDisk()      Return the last Logical disk in the system
  GetDrive()      Get the drive letter logical drive was last accessed
  SetDrive()      Set the Logical drive letter
  DiskFixed()     Report whether a disk is fixed or not
  DiskRemote()    Report whether a disk is remote or not
  GetDir()        GetDir returns the current DOS directory

                  FILE related Functions
  MaxHandles()    Return the maximum # of open files
  GetHandles()    Get The number of open files
  Qualify()       Qualify a filename
  Del()           Delete More files at once
  fdate()         set file's date
  ftime()         Set file's time
  fattr()         set file's Attributes

                  FINDFIRST/NEXT Functions
  Overview        Discussion on the use of these functions
  FindFirst()     Find first matching file
  FindNext()      Find next matching file
  FindName()      Return name of File Found.
  FindSize()      Return Size of File Found.
  FindAttr()      Return attribute of File Found.
  FindDate()      Return date of File Found.
  FindTime()      Return time of File Found.

                  DOS Environment Functions
  DosMajor()      Returns the DOS Major version number
  DosMinor()      Returns the DOS Minor version number
  DosVersion()    returns the current DOS version as a string
  DosValue()      returns the current DOS version as a number
  AppendThere()   Report whether APPEND is installed.
  AppendPath()    Return APPEND's PATH.
  KeybCode()      Return Country Code as set by KEYB.COM
  KeybUSA()       Set KEYBoard to standard mode (US).
  KeybNorm()      Set KEYBoard to normal (selected) mode.
  MyName()        Return program's own name
  CommandLine()   Returns the Full Command Line parameters

                  'Low Level' MOUSE Functions
  Overview        General discussion about these routines
  MouseThere()    Reports whether a Mouse is installed
  MouseInit()     Force initialisation of the Mouse
  MouseButtons()  Return #of Mouse buttons
  MouseShow()     Make the Mouse Cursor visible
  MouseHide()     Make the mouse cursor invisible
  MouseLeft()     Report the status of the Mouse's left button
  MouseRight()    Report the status of the Mouse's right button
  MouseMiddle()   Report the status of the Mouse's middle button
  MouseStat()     Report the status of the combined mouse buttons
  MouseRow()      Get and/or Set the Mouse row position
  MouseCol()      Get and/or Set the Mouse column position
  MouseBox()      Define a box wherein the Mouse cursor can move
  MouseChar()     Define the shape of the Mouse cursor

                  'High Level' MOUSE Functions
  Overview        General discussion about these routines
  MouseKey()      equivalent to Inkey, handle Mouse
  MouseGet()      Read a String, recognizing the Mouse.
  MouseAssist()   Get/Set assisted Mouse pointer movement
  MouseSet()      Globally set the status of the Mouse
  MouseAlert()    The Alert() function with Mouse Support
  MouseMenu()     a remplacement of the MENU command, with mouse.
  MouseEdit()     A dbEdit() alike function, supporting the Mouse
  MouseChoice()   an Achoice() alike function, supporting Mouse.
  MouseBrowse()   Browse through memos, supporting the Mouse.
  MouseTrap       Explanation of the workings of the MouseTrap.

                  SOUND functions
  Sound()         Sound the Speaker at some frequency
  Delay()         Delay the Computer for some Time
  NoSound()       Turn off the Computer's speaker

                  DOS PRINT functions
  PrintThere()    This function will provide control over DOS' PRINT
  SubmitFile()    Submit file(s) to PRINT
  CancelFile()    Cancel file(s) from PRINT
  CancelAll()     Cancel All file(s) in Print
  PrintError()    Report the PRINTer errors
  PrintResume()   Resume printing operation
  PrintCount()    Report # of file(s) in Print queue
  PrintFile()     Return name of a file in the queue
  PrintFiles()    Fill Array with PRINT queue.

                  DIAL Functions
  AtModem()       Send Modem commands (eg. Dialing Commands)
  Dtr()           Modem Control function
  IsPort()        Check if Communication port is available

                  Miscellanous Functions
  ReBoot()        Just like pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del..
  d2bin()         Convert a Double to a binray variable (8 bytes)
  bin2d()         Convert a binary variable (8 bytes) to a double
  InitPrinter()   Send an Printer Init command
  Vmode()         Get and Set the video mode
  FastKey()       Set the keyboard rate to fast
  SlowKey()       Set the keyboard rate to normal (and that is slow)
  Banner()        Generate Banners (string 8 times bigger than normal)

                  SCREEN functions
  Overview        A small discussion on these functions
  PackScr()       Pack a saved screen variable.
  UnpackScr()     Unpack a packed saved screen variable.
  Shadow()        Just another Shadow function
  GetText()       Get text from a screen position.
  GetScreen()     Return area of a screen test as a Memo var.
  ReplAttr()      Low Level routine to replace attributes
  DelAttr()       Low Level routine to Delete attributes

                  STRING functions
  Uppercase()     Return uppercase equivalent of foreign chars too
  Reverse()       Reverse a String.
  PackStr()       Perform some simple Packing method on a string
  UnpackStr()     Unpack string packed by PackStr().
  Encode()        Perform some simple Encoding on a string
  Decode()        Decode a string coded by Encode()

                  Machine Identification Routines
  ROMdate()       This function returns the ROM BIOS revision Date
  ROMid()         This function returns the ROM identification byte
  ROMscan()       Scan the ROM for some identifying string.
  CPUval()        This function returns the CPU type as a number
  CPUname()       This function returns the CPU type as a string

                  LOTUS 1-2-3 Functions
  Create123()     Create a Lotus worksheet file.
  Write123()      Write an expression to a 1-2-3 worksheet
  Width123()      Set the column width of a worksheet column
  Close123()      Close the created worksheet file

                  DATE & TIME Functions
  StoD()          Convert a YYYYMMDD string to a date variable.
  SetDate()       Set the system date
  SetTime()       Set the system time
  RealDate()      Return the date as stored in the real-time clock
  RealTime()      Return the time as stored in the real-time clock
  PackDate()      Pack a Date expression into a 2 char sized string
  PackTime()      Pack a time variable into a 2 byte sized string.
  UnpackDate()    Restore the original date from a packed string.
  UnpackTime()    Restore the time string from packed time
  StartTimer()    Start the timer
  GetTimer()      Return the elapsed time in seconds.
  TimerStr()      Return the elapsed time in a time string

                  Environment Editing Functions
  Considerations  When using these functions
  SetEnv()        Replace or Insert a new environment variable
  DelEnv()        Delete an environment variable
  ReadEnv()       Read an environment string from the original Env.
  EnvUsed()       Return the number of bytes currently in use by ENV.
  EnvSize()       Return the number of bytes reserved for the Environment
  EnvOrig()       Return Pointer to original Environment strings.
  EnvPtr()        Return/Set the Environment Pointer
  EnvCount()      The Count of Enviroment strings
  EnvStr()        Return the Nth string of the environment
  EnvDel()        Delete the Nth string of the environment
  EnvAdd()        Add a string to the environment strings.

                  EGA/VGA specific Functions.
  EGAthere()      Report presence of an EGA or a VGA
  VGAthere()      Report presence of a VGA specifically
  LoadFont()      Load a text mode font into the EGA/VGA
  MaxFonts()      Report how many fonts can be loaded at once
  SetFonts()      Specify which font blocks to use now
  EGAcolor()      Change the standard Color to any of 64 colors.
  VGAcolor()      Change the standard Color to any of a .Million

                  JOYSTICK interface routines
  JoyPress()      Return the status of the 1st joystick button (1 or 2)
  JoyPress2()     Return the status of the 2nd joystick button (1 or 2)
  JoyX()          Return the X coordinate of the Joystick
  JoyY()          Return the Y coordinate of the Joystick

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