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- {* I N S T X . D O C *}
- {* *}
- {* Separate this file out into INSTX.DOC *}
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-
- These file are demarked into Text,Main,and Include files.
- A line of {*********} marks the file header and ....
- A line of {.........} marks the file trailer.
- The header indicates the filename used in the {$I ...}
- statement.
-
- It was necessary to Archive/Squeeze the files to avoid excessive
- download time.
-
- Separate the file with "ARC X INSTX2". Run Turbo with a main
- file of INSTX.210. The input Turbo Compiler 3.00B or 3.01A
- must reside within the current path. Patches will be made
- to a copy; not the "real thing".
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- { I n s t a l l e X e c u t e C o m m a n d }
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-
- This program provides modifications to the Borland Turbo Pascal
- compiler Versions 3.00B and 3.01A.
-
- Menu selections are -
-
- 1) Specify Input Zap Data File
-
- This entry allows you to specify your own input zap file
- or accept the default "INSTX.ZAP" provided.
-
- 2) Specify Input/Output .COM File Names
-
- This entry allows you to override the default Input/Output
- files used as source and target of the zaps or accept the
- defaults of "TURBO.COM" and "TURBX.COM" as the input and
- output file respecively. The input file will be copied to
- the output file. The output file name must specify a file
- other than the input file.
-
- 3) Reverse Edit Intensity Attributes
-
- This zap will reverse the intensity attributes of the Turbo
- editor Menus and editor text screen. This zap will not affect
- the intensity attributes of programs produced by Turbo.
-
- 4) Specify Edit Screen colors
-
- This zap allows PC Color Graphics Adapter (CGA) users to choose
- full screen color attributes for Hilite, Normal, Marked, and Error
- text for the Editor menus and screen. This does not affect
- color/attributes of programs produced by the compiler.
-
- 5) Install the eXecute Command
-
- This zap will install a DOS shell (EXEC process) so you may
- exit to DOS while preserving the TURBO environment. You must
- enter the DOS EXIT command to return to TURBO. Note that this
- process requires a minimum of 128K for the TURBO compiler. The
- eXecute command will obtain a second copy of COMMAND.COM from
- the path specifed by the Comspec= environment parameter. (Thanks
- to John Falconer's UseEnv function). Thus, you must have Command.Com
- available via that path. Errors are returned as "EXEC Error #"
- where # =
-
- 2: Command.Com not found on specified (Comspec) path
- 3: Path not found - incorrect Comspec path assignment
- 4: Too many open files - cant get a handle from DOS
- 5: Access denied - hidden Command.Com ??? Say What !!???
- 6: Invalid Handle
- 7: Memory control blocks destroyed-memory allocation err
- 8: Insufficient memory to run secondary shell
- 9: invalid Memory block address - clobbered memory
- :
- 15: Invalid drive specified
-
- for further information on unlikely errors see DOS Technical
- Reference Manual (Murphy's Error Return Table 5-15).
-
- 6) User specified Zaps
-
- This menu will ask you for a Keyword, search the Zap file
- for a matching Keyword+Version and apply the zap.
- Look at the INSTX.ZAP file for user zaps that apply to
- your particular version of TURBO. You will find such zaps by
- TURBO gurus as
- Bela Lubkin
- N.Arley Dealey
- et al.
-
- whose ideas gave rise to this program. The "maximum" zap sets
- the default mAximum memory that a compiled program uses to
- 64K rather than All memory. the "msgyes" zap causes the compiler
- to answer its own "Include error messages (Y/N)?" Yes, while the
- "msgno" does the opposite.
-
-
- Regards
-
- - The Hunters Helper -
- Lane Ferris
- 4268 26th St.
- San Francisco 94131
- CompuServe [70357,2716]
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