Programmer 7500/MAX_PROGRAMMERS.iso/CLIPPER/MISC/IDL_LIB.ZIP/IDLCATS.TXT

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           Integrated Development Library for Clipper
                    function list by category
                  Integrated Development Corp.
                        94 Forrest Street
                       Plaistow, NH  03865
                          [phone]

Over 300 functions in 100% assembly language - fasssssssssst
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35 - CHARACTER:

all_trim()........remove leading/trailing blanks from string
at_last().........position of last occurrence of a character
at_next().............find n'th occurrence of char in string
bit_strip().........remove high bit from all chars in string
cap_first()..........capitalize first letter, rest lowercase
capitalize()............capitalize first letter of each word
center()...........add leading spaces to center in <n> width
chr_count()..........number of occurrences of char in string
chr_found()..........test for chars in one string in another
chr_swap().......swap one character with another in a string
comma()....................add commas to a string of numbers
decode().....................................decode a string
encode().....................................encode a string
isalpha()..................check if all characters are alpha
isascii()..................check if all characters are ascii
isdigit()................check if all characters are numbers
islower()..............check if all characters are lowercase
isnum()..................check if all characters are numeric
isprint()..............check if all characters are printable
isstate()......................verify two letter state codes
isupper()..............check if all characters are uppercase
lead_char()..........replace leading blanks with a character
left().............extract leftmost <n> characters of string
ljust()................................left justify a string
reverse()........reverse order of the characters in a string
right().........extract rightmost <n> characters of a string
rjust().............right justify a string within <n> spaces
soundex()....................create a soundex encoded string
str_center()...................center a string within spaces
str_xpand().......insert space between each char in a string
str_xtract()............extract tokens from delimited string
tab_xpand()......expand tabs with spaces to proper tab stops
trail_char()...............replace trailing blanks with char
trim_punct().........remove leading and trailing punctuation
untrim()............add spaces to expand string to <n> width

4 - DATABASE:

hdr_size()......................get DBF header size in bytes
isdbf()........is there a DBF open in the selected work area
lupdate()..............last update date of selected database
rec_size()......................get DBF record size in bytes

7 - DATE:

date_type()..............get SET DATE TO setting as a string
dtow().......return date as string in format month day, year
islastday()................is date the last day of the month
isleap()............................is date/year a leap year
num2day()..................convert number 1-7 to name of day
num2month().....................convert number to month name
num_days().........................number of days in a month

1 - DEBUGGING:

int3()........................produces an int 3 for debugger

26 - DISK:

chdir()...................change to a specified subdirectory
clust_size().................get disks cluster size in bytes
cur_dir().........................get current directory name
cur_drive().............currently logged drive letter as "d"
del_volume().............................delete volume label
disk_size()...........................get disk size in bytes
disk_space()...............get available disk space in bytes
drive_str()............get string of available drive letters
drives()...................get number of valid drive letters
fre_clusts()..........get number of free clusters on a drive
get_volume()................................get volume label
isdir()............................see if a directory exists
isdisk()......................check if drive letter is valid
isdrive().........................see if disk drive is ready
isfixed().......................see if drive is a fixed disk
isfloppy().....................see if drive is a floppy disk
media_type()..................get disk media descriptor byte
mkdir()................................create a subdirectory
removeable()....................is media in drive removeable
rmdir()................................remove a subdirectory
setlogical()....avoid DOS 'insert disk for drive XX message'
sect_clust()...................number of sectors per cluster
sect_size()...........................get disk's sector size
set_drive().....................set the current logged drive
set_volume()...........................set volume label name
tot_clusts().........get total number of clusters on a drive


18 - PRINTER:

islpt().......................check for LPT port's existence
isprinter().............check if printer is online and ready
isqueue()............................is PRINT.COM installed?
lprint()....................print string to any printer port
lprintln()..............print string to printer with a CR/LF
lpt_reset()...........reset printer ports after an lpt_set()
lpt_set()...................set lpt port to another lpt port
lpt_swap()............................swap LPT ports 1 and 2
prn_reset()..........reset a printer to its default settings
prn_stat()....................................printer status
prtscr().................print the current screen to printer
q_cancel()...........cancel all files currently in the queue
q_f_cancel()................cancel a file in the print queue
q_file().............get current file being printed in queue
q_hold()...............................pause queued printing
q_restart()..........................restart queued printing
q_status()......................check print queue for errors
q_submit().................submit a file for queued printing


35 - SCREEN:

abox()...........................display BOX with attributes
aprint()......................print a string with attributes
areplicate()...........replicate a character with attributes
ascroll()...........scroll portion of screen with attributes
clock()...........display a ticking clock anywhere on screen
cls()......................................fast clear screen
csr_bot()...............get/set the cursors bottom scan line
csr_off()....................................turn cursor off
csr_on()......................................turn cursor on
csr_put()................move the DOS cursor to location X,Y
csr_set()............set bottom and top scan lines of cursor
csr_top()..................get/set the cursors top scan line
frame_scrn()........................frame a screen in memory
get_attr()..............get attribute from screen at pos X,Y
get_mode()............................get current video mode
get_page()............................get current video page
info_scrn()..........get information about a screen variable
init_scrn()............initialize a virtual screen in memory
iscga()...........................see if video card is a CGA
isega().............................return .T. if ega in use
ismono()..................see if video adapter is monochrome
isvga().................return .T. if video adapter is a vga
max_col()...............get screen's rightmost column number
max_row()....................get screen's highest row number
puts_scrn()..................print string to screen variable
rest_scrn().................restore the screen from a memvar
save_scrn().......................save portion of the screen
scr_read()....................read characters off the screen
set_attr()..................set screen attributes at pos X,Y
set_mode()............................set current video mode
set_page()............................set current video page
title_scrn().................put a title on a virtual screen
vid_type()..............return video card type as an integer
vreplicate()........replicate char vertically with attribute
un_clock()...........................uninstall ticking clock

16 - KEYBOARD:

kbd_alt()................................Alt key depressed ?
kbd_capl()............................Caps Lock toggled on ?
kbd_ctrl()..............................Ctrl key depressed ?
kbd_extend().......see if bios supports an extended keyboard
kbd_ins().....................................insert key on?
kbd_lshift().....................Left Shift key depressed  ?
kbd_numl().............................Num Lock toggled on ?
kbd_rshift().....................Right Shift key depressed ?
kbd_scroll()......................scroll lock key depressed?
kbd_shift()............................Shift key depressed ?
kbd_stat()..............................current shift status
key_stat()..............display status of NUM,CAP,and INSERT
isinsert().................check if insert mode is on or off
set_insoff()............................set insert state off
set_inson()..............................set insert state on
un_key()......................uninstall keyboard status line

47 - FILE:

f_bof().....................................is file at BOF()
f_bot().................position file pointer at end of file
f_changed()............see if file changed since last backup
f_close().......................................close a file
f_copy()................copy from one file handle to another
f_copy_f()................copy from one file name to another
f_count()...........count number of files matching file spec
f_create().............create a file with optional attribute
f_createf().......create a file, will not erase if it exists
f_dupe().............................duplicate a file handle
f_eof().....................................is file at EOF()
f_erase().........................................erase file
f_error().......................get file function error code
f_first()...........................find first matching file
f_getdate().........................read a file's date stamp
f_gettime().........................read a file's time stamp
f_hide()................change a file's attributes to hidden
f_len()..............get file length of an already open file
f_next().............................find next matching file
f_open().....................open a file for reading/writing
f_prot()..................change file attribute to read only
f_read()........................read in a string from a file
f_readb().........................read in a byte from a file
f_readln()...............................read line from file
f_rename().......................................rename file
f_rep().......................replicate characters to a file
f_seek()...........position file pointer to specified offset
f_setdate().......................change a file's date stamp
f_settime().......................change a file's time stamp
f_tell()...........................get file pointer position
f_top()...........position file pointer at beginning of file
f_unhide().....................unhide a file that was hidden
f_unprot()...............unprotect a file that was protected
f_update()...................update a file's directory entry
f_write()...........................write a string to a file
f_writeb()................................write byte to file
f_writeln()..................write string to file with CR/LF
file_size()........................get a files size in bytes
get_fattr()..................get a file's current attributes
handles()....................get number of file handles left
isferror()............check if a file function error occured
isfile()...........................does specified file exist
ishandle()......................see if a handle is available
max_handle().........total handles available to this process
next_hand().................get next available handle number
set_fattr()..............................set file attributes
set_handle().......increase number of file handles up to 255


8 - ERROR HANDLING:

clr_error().......................clear Clipper's error flag
clr_ferror()..............clear the file function error flag
get_error()...........get most recent operating system error
in_int24()..........install critical error interrupt handler
int24_num()...................get last critical error number
iserror().............has an operating system error occurred
isint24()............check if interrupt handler is installed
un_int24()..............uninstall the critical error handler


38 - ENVIRONMENT:

alternate()................character status of set alternate
background().......get current SET COLOR TO background color
bell()..........................character status of set bell
confirm()....................character status of set confirm
console()....................character status of set console
decimals()............return current set decimals to setting
default().................get current SET DEFAULT TO setting
deleted()....................character status of set deleted
delimiters()......................current delimiters setting
delims()..................character status of set delimiters
escape()......................character status of set escape
exact()........................character status of set exact
exclusive()................character status of set exclusive
fix()..........................character status of set fixed
fkey().................get string assigned to a function key
foreground().......get current SET COLOR TO foreground color
get_color()............current SET COLOR TO value as integer
intense()..................character status of set intensity
isalternat().................logical status of set alternate
isbell()..........................logical status of set bell
isconfirm()....................logical status of set confirm
isconsole()....................logical status of set console
isdeleted()....................logical status of set deleted
isdelims()..................logical status of set delimiters
isescape()......................logical status of set escape
isexact()........................logical status of set exact
isexclusiv().................logical status of set exclusive
isfix()..........................logical status of set fixed
isintense()..................logical status of set intensity
isprinton()......................logical status of set print
isscore()...................logical status of set scoreboard
isunique()......................logical status of set unique
margin()................return current set margin to setting
path().......................get current SET PATH TO setting
printon()......................character status of set print
score()...................character status of set scoreboard
set_color().............................set foreground color
unique()......................character status of set unique


8 - COMM PORT:

com_in()................input a character from a serial port
com_init()............................initialize serial port
com_out().....................send a string to a serial port
com_reset()............reset the com ports after a com_set()
com_set()..............set com port to another physical port
com_stat().......................get serial port status word
com_swap()............................swap COM ports 1 and 2
iscom().......................check for COM port's existence


7 - MEMORY:

allocate()................allocate memory outside of Clipper
deallocate().....deallocate memory allocated with allocate()
dos_mem().................get amount of DOS memory installed
exp_mem()............get amount of expanded memory installed
ext_mem()............get amount of extended memory installed
fre().............................amount of available memory
isems().....................see if expanded memory installed


24 - SYSTEM:

computer().............................name of computer type
crash()....................................hang the computer
dos_ver()................get operating system version number
get_args()........................get command line arguments
gete()..............................get environment variable
inp()......................................input from a port
ismath()......................is math coprocessor installed?
isverify()....................check if DOS verify flag is on
last_drive()..........get char. of lastdrive = in config.sys
math_chip()......what kind of math coprocessor is installed?
num_args()..................number of command line arguments
outp()...............................output a byte to a port
peek()....................read a byte from a memory location
poke()...................store a byte into a memory location
processor()............................get type of processor
set_time()..................set the computer's internal time
set_date()..................set the computer's internal date
save_timer()........................save the timer interrupt
rest_timer().....................restore the timer interrupt
rom_date()......................get computer's rom bios date
sound()...............produce a tone on the computer speaker
terminate().............quit program with an errorlevel code
timeh()............get time string in hundredths of a second
verify()..........................set DOS verify flag on/off


11 - LOGICAL:

ltob().................convert logical var to "1"-"0" string
ltoc().............convert logical var to ".T."-".F." string
ltod().............convert logical var to "Up"-"Down" string
ltof()..............convert logical var to "On"-"Off" string
ltol()..........convert logical var to "Right"-"Left" string
lton().................convert a logical to a numeric 1 or 0
ltos()................convert a logical variable to a string
ltow()..........convert logical var to "True"-"False" string
ltoy()..............convert logical var to "Yes"-"No" string
ntol()............................convert numeric to logical
stol().........................convert a string to a logical


6 - BIT FIDDLING:

and().............................bitwise and of two numbers
not()...............................bitwise not of a numbers
or()...............................bitwise or of two numbers
shl()..............logically shift a number left by <n> bits
shr().............logically shift a number right by <n> bist
xor()....................bitwise exclusive or of two numbers

5 - BINARY:

bin2num()....................convert binary string to number
byte2bin().....................convert byte to binary string
dec2hex()......................convert decimal number to hex
hex2dec()......................convert hex string to integer
num2bin()....................convert number to binary string


19 - INTERRUPT:

interrupt()...................execute DOS or BIOS interrupts
off()..................get offset address of memory variable
reg_ax()....load/get register value for a DOS/BIOS interrupt
reg_bx()....load/get register value for a DOS/BIOS interrupt
reg_cx()....load/get register value for a DOS/BIOS interrupt
reg_dx()....load/get register value for a DOS/BIOS interrupt
reg_ah()....load/get register value for a DOS/BIOS interrupt
reg_bh()....load/get register value for a DOS/BIOS interrupt
reg_ch()....load/get register value for a DOS/BIOS interrupt
reg_dh()....load/get register value for a DOS/BIOS interrupt
reg_di()....load/get register value for a DOS/BIOS interrupt
reg_si()....load/get register value for a DOS/BIOS interrupt
reg_es()....load/get register value for a DOS/BIOS interrupt
reg_ds()....load/get register value for a DOS/BIOS interrupt
reg_cf()....check status of carry flag after a DOS interrupt
reg_flags().........check status of flags after an interrupt
set_seg().........get the segment/offset address of a string
seg().................get segment address of memory variable
string().....................get string at specified address


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