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************************************************************************** IMPORTANT NOTICE: In the 32-bit version, the following functions, which used to return space-delimited lists of items: DirItemize DiskScan FileItemize now return tab-delimited lists. This can be changed using the new IntControl(29). See "DLL 2.2abh" section below for more information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the 32-bit version, the following functions work only with 32-bit apps: AppExist AppWaitClose WinExeName See "DLL 2.2abk" section below for more information. ************************************************************************** WinBatch fixes. Dates indicate disk drop into manufacturing. Actual ship is often a week later. Plans are to reship disk to all customers when product becomes stable 5.0H Sept 1, 1994 Initial public release 5.0J Sept 10, 1994 Network Extender fixes 5.0K Sept 19, 1994 Fixed "Use Older / Use Newer" swap in Confirm Replace dialog Fixed problem where \*.* was required on a target directory on FileCopy/FileMove functions (Oops See 5.0N) 5.0L Sept 26, 1994 Fixed MenuChange function Added DiskSize function Added \\machine\share capability to DiskFree and DiskSize functions WinBatch 32 for Intel PCs available 5.0M Oct 3, 1994 Fixed TimeDiffSecs function Fixed DDERequest memory leak problem Started adding this fixes.txt file 5.0N Oct 10 1994 Fixed memory leak on Dialog() function when CTL3DV2 was used. New n3Logout function in Novell3 extender Started adding NEW.HLP file Really fixed the \*.* problem. Previous fix only copied the first file. Modified the DiskFree, DiskSize, and FileSize functions to return a floating point answer if the result is larger than about 2 Gigabytes Fixed Novell 3 Extenders (DLL10G) n3Map fixed to work with ODI drivers n3GetMapped n3MemberSet n3MemberDel 5.0P Oct 19 1994 Fixed FileSize for 32bit versions to return the proper answer Fixed a bug in StrIndex where a @backscan on a one character string would provide an incorrect answer. Fixed problem in CopyMove confirm dialog - Cancel works now. Fixed problem in CopyMove dialog - missing source file error caught before dialog. Fixed problem where Dialog function dialog boxes used BUTTON_FACE color instead of LTGRAY color. Fixed Novell 4 Extenders (DLL10H) n4Map (improved) n4GetMapped n4MemberSet n4MemberDel Novell DLL's updated from the Novell 11/93 release to the 2/94 release WinBatch 32 for Dec Alpha and MIPS now available. Actually, its almost pointless to watch the Winbatch version number, as nearly all the fixes appear in the Dll, which has its own version numbering scheme. By simply obtaining a new Dll, the functionality of Winbatch and the WinBatch+Compiler can be updated. Henceforth, we will be tracking the DLL version number. The WinBatch VersionDll() function will return the DLL version. This is already built into the SYSINFO.WBT file. DLL 2.1ebc Oct 26 First showing up in WinBatch 5.0Q User pointed out problems in the sin and cos routines. Problem traced to what appear to be singularity-type problems in the Microsoft runtime cos and sin routines. The Dll now checks for the bad numbers, and if it is in the range where the runtime routines fail, it stuffs in an appropriate answer. Fix installed in the 16 bit version only, as the 32 bit versions do not seem to have this problem in the runtimes. Fixed a nit in the dialog editor where, when it was requested to display a script, would do so in a dialog box with a "(Unlicensed)" in the title. Fix a parser problem where an error occurred when the first part of a variable name matched a function name provided by the calling exe program. This problem first showed up in using a "Dialog1" name for a dialog in the Dialog Editor. Fixed a SendKey to DOS bug where stuff like {UP} did not work when the NumLock was set. Fixed by turning off NumLock when sending keystrokes to DOS. DLL 2.1fbc Fixed look of Dialog boxes (back to white) when CTL3DV2.DLL is not installed on system. Fixed >very insignificant< problem where if a user did an AddExtender for the same DLL twice (or more) only one instance of the DLL was freed when the WBT file shut down. Fixed problem in 32 bit version for Windows'95 where default directory was not set properly in =C: environment variable. This problem caused wildcarded filenames to be improperly resolved into real filenames. Fixed problem in 16 bit version where DirRemove always returned a true, whether or not the directory was deleted. If the directory is not deleted, it now returns a suppressable, 1030 error. DLL 2.2abf First showing up in WB 5.1A Because of a data structure change to support more binary buffers (5 was coded, 10 was documented) the main dll renamed to WBDBFxxx.dll Fixed TimeDiffSecs (again). If the first date was smaller than the second date, the answer could be incorrect. Fixed a problem in FileAppend where the following code would not work properly. FileAppend("AAA.*","BBB.TXT") The DLL now does better <Ctrl-Break> checking. SendKey slowed down a minor tad to help other applications out. 32Bit versions will try harder to locate the WIL DLL on startup. The compiler time check of various DLLS has been removed because of assorted problems. We'll just roll the DLL name instead when incompatibilities arise. The DLL appears to be extremely stable, and the bug fixes implemented lately tend to be minor (see above) A buglet where an ItemInsert on a null string installed a leading delimiter before the inserted item - leading to a list with two items, the first being null, and the second being the desired item - was fixed. When ItemInsert'ing into a null list, no leading delimiter is stuffed in. A problem with PlayWaveForm where it was not checking the [Sounds] section of the WIN.INI file for all possible cases has been fixed. Fixed a problem with FileCopy/FileMove, where the target was ".." and it was a root directory. DirExist now returns TRUE for hiden and system directories. It also uses an improved method (hopefully) of checking for root directories and directories with relative paths (eg, "..\TEMP"). Changed FileExist to return a value of '2' if the specified file exists but is currently open by another application in "read-deny" mode. Most of the other file manipulation functions (except FileOpen) will cause a sharing violation if they try to access such a file. Fixed problems handling file and directory names containing high ANSI characters (>127). Fixed a problem that occurred if, inside a FOR loop, the user changed the increment variable to a string. Fixed an intermittent problem with performing comparisons of negative floating point numbers. FileFullName now correctly expands "dot" directories ("." and "..") in the path name. Fixed a problem processing lines such as "Gosub %param1%" inside conditional structures, when param1 was undefined. (32-bit version) Fixed some incompatabilities with Windows 95: FileAppend FileMove MsgTextGet WinActivate (where the specified parent window had a modal child window displayed -- focus was going to the parent window instead of to the child window) Fixed a problem with accessing the DLL if it was located in the parent directory and ".." was on the path. FileCopy, FileMove, and FileAppend now check for sufficient free disk space before performing the requested operation, and return an error if there is insufficient space, as follows: 1404 FileCopy: Insufficient free space on target drive 1405 FileMove: Insufficient free space on target drive 1406 FileAppend: Insufficient free space on target drive NetWare 3 extender 12012 First showing up in WB 5.1A New functions: n3ServerList(request) Returns name of connected server request: 0 = all connected servers (tab-delimited list) 1 = default server 2 = primary server n3FileAttrGet(filename) Returns NetWare file attributes filename = a file name, which may include a full path, and which may *not* include wildcards. Returns a number which is the sum of all attributes set for the specified file. Use the bitwise AND operator (&) to determine if a specific attribute is set. See below for a list of attribute constants. n3FileAttrSet(filename, attribs, mode) Sets NetWare file attributes filename = a file name, which may include a full path, and which may include wildcards. attribute is one or more NetWare file attribute constants (see below for list). If multiple attributes are specified, they should be combined using the bitwise OR operator. If mode = @ON, specified attributes are set. If mode = @OFF, specified attributes are removed. Note: The 'execute-only' attribute cannot be removed. New constants (used by n3FileAttrGet and n3FileAttrSet): @attr_Ro Read-only @attr_H Hidden @attr_Sy System @attr_X eXecute-only @attr_A Archive-needed @attr_Sh Shareable @attr_T Transactional @attr_P Purge @attr_Ri Rename-inhibit @attr_Di Delete-inhibit @attr_Ci Copy-inhibit @attr_Dm Don't migrate @attr_Ic Immediate compress @attr_Dc Don't compress NetWare 4 extender 14007 First showing up in WB 5.1A Changed functions: n4memberGet(group, user) n4memberSet(group, user) n4memberDel(group, user) these functions no longer take a 'server' parameter (they change the groups on all servers) New functions: n4ServerList(request) Returns name of connected server request: 0 = all connected servers (tab-delimited list) 1 = default server 2 = primary server 3 = preferred server n4FileAttrGet(filename) Returns NetWare file attributes filename = a file name, which may include a full path, and which may *not* include wildcards. Returns a number which is the sum of all attributes set for the specified file. Use the bitwise AND operator (&) to determine if a specific attribute is set. See below for a list of attribute constants. n4FileAttrSet(filename, attribs, mode) Sets NetWare file attributes filename = a file name, which may include a full path, and which may include wildcards. attribute is one or more NetWare file attribute constants (see below for list). If multiple attributes are specified, they should be combined using the bitwise OR operator. If mode = @ON, specified attributes are set. If mode = @OFF, specified attributes are removed. Note: The 'execute-only' attribute cannot be removed. New constants (used by n4FileAttrGet and n4FileAttrSet): @attr_Ro Read-only @attr_H Hidden @attr_Sy System @attr_X eXecute-only @attr_A Archive-needed @attr_Sh Shareable @attr_T Transactional @attr_P Purge @attr_Ri Rename-inhibit @attr_Di Delete-inhibit @attr_Ci Copy-inhibit @attr_Dm Don't migrate @attr_Ic Immediate compress @attr_Dc Don't compress WB 5.1C April 18, 1995 Fixed problem with compiler and compiled WBT's causing a sharing violation if the DLL was on a network and not marked read-only. Fixed problem with compiler and compiled WBT's not finding the DLL if it was located in the Windows or Windows System directory. Fixed problem with large compiled WBT's being unable to extract the WIL DLL when run on a disk >= 4 gigabytes in size. In WILX.DLL extender -- fixed problem with xDriveReady sometimes causing a GP fault. DLL 2.2abg First showing up in WB 5.1C Added two new string constants: @CR (13) carriage return @LF (10) line feed Fixed bug in BinaryIndex where it wouldn't find the last character in the buffer. WB 5.1D July 18, 1995 WinBatch compiler: for new projects, compiler will use settings (type, icon, and extenders) from the last project. DLL 2.2abh First showing up in WB 5.1D ************************************************************************** IMPORTANT: File delimiters ************************************************************************** In order to support long file names in Windows NT and Windows 95, which can contain embedded spaces, we have changed the default file delimiter, used to delimit lists of files and directories, to a TAB in the 32-bit version of WIL. In the 16-bit version of WIL, the default delimiter has not changed, and remains a space. Note that this is the "default" file delimiter. We have added the ability to change the file delimiter to a character of your own choosing, using the new IntControl 29. If you are using the 32-bit version of WIL, and want to make the file delimiter a space for compatability with existing scripts, you can place the following line at the beginning of each of your scripts: IntControl(29, " ", 0, 0, 0) Conversely, if you want to standardize on a TAB delimiter, you can use: IntControl(29, @TAB, 0, 0, 0) Apostrophes (') and back quotes (`) are no longer treated as special characters to delimit file names containing spaces. They are now treated as ordinary characters in a file name. ---------------------------- Functions which are affected ---------------------------- The most important functions affected by this change are: DirItemize DiskScan FileItemize which now return lists delimited by the current file delimiter character. The following functions, which take file or directory lists as input parameters, now expect the lists to be delimited by the current file delimiter character. However, they now also accept lists delimited with a TAB or a vertical bar ("|", which may be easier to code in a WIL script): DirItemize DirRemove DiskFree FileAppend FileAttrSet FileCopy FileDelete FileItemize FileMove FileRename FileSize FileTimeSet FileTimeTouch Note that DiskFree will continue to accept space-delimited lists as input. ************************************************************************** New IntControl: IntControl(29, delimiter, 0, 0, 0) Changes the default file delimiter. The first parameter is the new file delimiter you want to use, and must be a single character. The return value of the function is the previous file delimiter character. If you specify an empty string ("") as the first parameter, the function will return the current file delimiter character but the file delimiter will not be changed. Added option to WinMetrics: WinMetrics(-4) will return the Windows platform: 0 = Other 1 = Windows 2 = Windows for Workgroups 3 = Win32s 4 = Windows NT 5 = Windows 95 In StrSub, you can now specify a length of -1, which will extract the rest of the string. In TimeWait, you can now specify "00:00:00" for the date, which will wait for the next occurrence of the specified time (ie, today or tomorrow). Added support for 3-D Dialog's in Windows NT, if CTL3D32.DLL is present in the SYSTEM32 directory. Fixed TimeAdd so that it doesn't trim out leading zeros in each field. The Wallpaper function now obeys the tile parameter in Windows 95. Improved handling of colors in Dialog function. Added 3D effect to radio buttons and checkboxes in Dialog function. Fixed problem where if an error occurred in a called WBT, control would go to the "Cancel" label in the calling program. In Dialog and DialogBox, you can now really use IntControl(4) to allow the dialog to be closed without selecting a file, even if there is an edit box associated with a file listbox. If you press a pushbutton after changing the file mask in an edit box, the listbox will be updated with the new mask. But if you press a pushbutton without changing the file mask, the dialog will close (and will return a file name of "NOFILESELECTED"). Fixed problem where string variables were not converted properly to integers at the beginning of a "For" loop. Fixed problem where lines that should have been ignored (eg, if they followed a Break statement) could cause errors if they contained invalid syntax. If the second parameter of an IntControl(12) statement is "" or "0", any previously-set exit message will now be cleared. Also, you can now specify a message beginning with "0". Fixed problem processing "If" statements with a blank string to the left of the equals sign. Fixed a problem in the 32-bit version where the Dialog function would return an invalid file name (garbage characters) if no file was selected. Improved IsKeyDown processing (especially under Windows 95). Improved Ctrl-Break checking (especially under Windows 95). Made WinWaitClose steal less processor time in the 32-bit version. WB 5.1E Aug 3, 1995 In the 32-bit version of WinBatch, it is now possible to run WinBatch files whose names contain spaces, by delimiting the file name with double quotes on the WinBatch command line. For example: WBAT32I "Sample Program.WBT" param1 param2 CallExt now handles file names containing spaces, in 32-bit version. 32-bit version of WinBatch will now run WBT's with file names longer than 64 characters. INI settings have been moved from WWW-PROD.INI to the registry, under key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wilson WindowWare\Settings\WWW-PROD DLL 2.2abj First showing up in WB 5.1E For functions which take a partial window name, you can now specify a tilde (~) as the first character of the window name, which will match any window containing the specified string anywhere in its title (ie, not necessarily at the beginning of the title). For example, "~Notepad" will match a window title of "(Untitled) - Notepad" and a window title of "My Notepad Application", as well as a window title of "Notepad - (Untitled)". This should prove especially useful under Windows 95. A '~' at the end of the specified window name indicates (as before) that the name must match the window title through to the end of the title. So, "~Notepad~" will match a window title of "Notepad" and a window title of "(Untitled) - Notepad", but will not match a window title of "Notepad - (Untitled)". New function: WinIdGet(partial-winname). Returns a unique "Window ID" (pseudo-handle) for the specified window. The Window ID can subsequently be used with any WIL functions which accept a window name as a parameter. This can be useful to distinguish between multiple windows with the same name, or to track a window whose title changes. For example: Run("notepad.exe", "") winid1 = WinIdGet("~Notepad") ; gets the most-recently-accessed Notepad Run("notepad.exe", "") winid2 = WinIdGet("~Notepad") ; gets the most-recently-accessed Notepad WinPlace(0, 0, 500, @ABOVEICONS, winid1) WinPlace(500, 0, 1000, @ABOVEICONS, winid2) WinActivate(winid1) All functions which accept a partial window name as a parameter now accept a Window ID, as obtained from the new WinIdGet function (above). New functions to manipulate Windows 95 shortcut link files (Windows 95 only): ShortcutExtra(linkname, description, hotkey, iconpath, iconindex) Sets additional information for the specified shortcut file. iconindex = 0=based index of desired icon in "iconpath" ShortcutInfo(linkname) Returns information on the specified shortcut file (TAB-delimited): path, params, workdir, showmode, desc, hotkey, iconpath, iconindex ShortcutMake(linkname, pathname, params, workdir, showmode) Creates a shortcut for the specified filename. showmode = @NORMAL, @ZOOMED, or @ICON In 32-bit version, Run... commands now support file and directory names containing spaces. In 32-bit version, Run... commands no longer support the undocumented method of running a program with a non-standard extension (eg, "SSSTARS.SCR") by replacing the period (.) in the file name with an asterisk (*). However, this is no longer necessary, as the Run... commands in the 32-bit version can now run such programs directly. The 32-bit bit version is now able to run Windows 95 shortcut files under Windows 95, using any of the Run... functions. The "Run" mode specified in the shortcut file (ie: "Normal window", "Minimized", or "Maximized") will always be obeyed, any command-line parameters specified in the shortcut's "Target" field will override any parameters passed by the Run... function, and a working directory specified in the shortcut's "Start in" field will override a working directory parameter in RunShell. New directory attribute functions: DirAttrGet(dirname) Gets directory attributes (like FileAttrGet) DirAttrSet(dir-list, settings) Sets directory attributes (like FileAttrSet) FileAttrGet and FileAttrSet now return an error if a directory name is specified. Use the new DirAttrGet and DirAttrSet instead. New functions (32-bit version only -- the 16-bit version will just return the passed file name): FileNameLong(filename) Returns the long version of a filename. FileNameShort(filename) Returns the short (ie, 8.3) version of a filename. New IntControl (32-bit, Windows NT only): IntControl(30, "sourcefile", "destination", 0, 0) Performs a delayed file move. The file is not actually moved until the operating system is restarted. This can be useful for replacing system files. "Sourcefile" must be a single file name, with no wildcards. "Destination" may be a file name (which may contain wildcards) or a directory name. The destination file MUST be on the same drive as the source file. If the destination file exists, it will be replaced without warning. "Destination" can also be a NULL string (""), in which case the source file will be deleted when the operating system is restarted. Under Windows 95, and in the 16-bit version, this function performs a regular (non-delayed) FileMove. This function returns "1" on success, "2" if it performed a regular FileMove instead, and "0" on failure. New registry functions (32-bit version only): RegApp(progname, path) Creates registration entries for a program under "App Paths". RegDelValue(handle, subkey-string) Removes a named value for the specified subkey from the registry. "Subkey-string" must be enclosed in square brackets (see RegSetValue). "Subkey-string" of "[]" deletes the "default" value. In 32-bit version, PlayMidi function now support file and directory names containing spaces. New function (32-bit version only): InstallFile(filename, targname, default-targdir, delete-old, flags) Installs a file. "Filename" is the name of the source file to be installed, with optional path. "Targname" is the name of the file to be created. It may not contain a path. You can specify a blank string (""), in which case the target file will have the same name as the source file. "Default-targdir" is the directory where you want the file to be installed. The file will be installed to this directory, unless it is a shared file or a file with the same name already exists elsewhere. If "Delete-old" is @TRUE (or non-zero), and a file with the same name as the file being installed already exists, it will be deleted, even if it is located in a directory (on the path) other than the target directory. If "delete-old" is @FALSE, such a file will not be deleted. "Flags" specifies other optional flags that affect the operation of this function, combined with the OR ('|') operator. They are: 1 - shared file (file should be installed to a shared directory) 2 - force install (install file even if older than existing file) When installing 32-bit image files (EXE's, DLL's, etc.), this function uses the version information embedded in the files to determine whether a file being installed is newer than an existing file with the same name. When installing any other type of file, which does not contain appropriate version information, this function uses the time stamps of the respective files instead. The return value is in the form: "result|tempname", or "result|" where "result" is the value returned by the "VerInstallFile" Windows API function; and "tempname" is the name of the temporary file that was created if the file could not be installed, or blank otherwise. New function (menu-based implementations only): CurrFilePath() Returns the full path+filename of the currently-selected file. Like CurrentFile, but returns a full pathname. New IntControl (32-bit, Windows 95 only): IntControl(31, 0, 0, 0, 0) Returns a tab-delimited list of WinId's for all open Explorer windows. IntControl(67) and IntControl(68) now work in Windows 95. DosVersion now returns correct values in Windows 95. Added new request #'s to WinResources for 32-bit version: 10 - returns a number between 0 and 100 that gives a general idea of current memory utilization, in which 0 indicates no memory use and 100 indicates full memory use. 11 - total number of bytes of physical memory. 12 - number of bytes of physical memory available. 13 - total number of bytes that can be stored in the paging file. Note that this number does not represent the actual physical size of the paging file on disk. 14 - number of bytes available in the paging file. 15 - total number of bytes that can be described in the user mode portion of the virtual address space of the calling process. 16 - number of bytes of unreserved and uncommitted memory in the user mode portion of the virtual address space of the calling process. The existing request #'s (0-4) will still work, but are not useful on 32-bit platforms. It is not possible to determine free system resources in the 32-bit version. Fixed problem with Dialog and DialogBox returning "NOFILESELECTED" even if a file was selected, if IntControl(4) was set. INI settings have been moved from WWW-PROD.INI to the registry, under key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wilson WindowWare\Settings\WWW-PROD WB 95B Sept 7, 1995 New Box functions: BoxButtonDraw(BoxID, button ID, "text", "rect") BoxButtonKill(BoxID, button ID) BoxButtonStat(BoxID, button ID) BoxCaption(BoxID, caption) BoxColor(BoxID, "color", wash color) BoxDataClear(BoxID, "tag") BoxDataTag(BoxID, "tag") BoxDestroy(BoxID) BoxDrawCircle(BoxID, "rect", style) BoxDrawLine(BoxID, "rect") BoxDrawRect(BoxID, "rect", style) BoxDrawText(BoxID, "rect", "text", erase flag, alignment) BoxesUp("rect", show mode) BoxMapMode(BoxID, map mode) BoxNew(BoxID, "rect", style) BoxPen(BoxID, "color", width) BoxTextColor(BoxID, "color") BoxTextFont(BoxID, "name", size, style, family) BoxUpdates(BoxID, update flag) The 32-bit WinBatch compiler now allows you to specify an icon for the EXE being compiled. DLL 2.2abk First showing up in WB 95B In the 32-bit version, the Run... functions will look in the registry under "App Paths" for the location of the specified program, if you do not specify a path for it. In the 32-bit version, the Run... functions will look in the registry under "App Paths" for a "Path" setting for the specified program, and, if found, will prepend it to the "PATH" environment variable before running the program. In the 32-bit version, the following functions now work, but only with 32-bit applications: AppExist AppWaitClose WinExeName In the 32-bit version, AppExist and AppWaitClose are not able to detect the existence of 16-bit DOS or Windows applications, and WinExeName will return the string "(16-bit application)". In the 32-bit version under Windows NT, these functions accept (and return) module names instead of full program names. The module name is usually the same as the root name of the program, without the extension. For example, WinExeName("Program Manager") will return "progman". With AppExist and AppWaitClose, any file extension or path information which is part of the 'program-name' parameter is ignored; so, for example, AppExist("c:\temp\progman.exe") will return TRUE if Program Manager is running, regardless of what directory PROGMAN.EXE is actually located in. One exception: WinExeName("") will return a full path to the program making the current call to the WIL Interpreter. BinaryPeekStr, BinaryPokeStr, and BinaryStrCnt now check for (and reject) negative parameters. RunWait now gives up some processor time while it's waiting. New function (32-bit version only): WinSysInfo() Returns a tab-delimited list of system configuration information: computer name of the current system. processor architecture. page size (specifies granularity of page protection and commitment). mask representing the set of processors configured into the system. number of processors in the system. processor type. granularity in which memory will be allocated. system's architecture-dependent processor level. architecture-dependent processor revision. This function should be used instead of WinConfig in the 32-bit version. Additional request #'s for WinMetrics (32-bit version only): 41 TRUE or non-zero if the Microsoft Windows for Pen computing extensions are installed; zero, or FALSE, otherwise. 42 TRUE or non-zero if the double-byte character set (DBCS) version of USER.EXE is installed; FALSE, or zero otherwise. 43 Number of buttons on mouse, or zero if no mouse is installed. 44 (Win95 only) TRUE if security is present, FALSE otherwise. 63 (Win95 only) The least significant bit is set if a network is present; otherwise, it is cleared. The other bits are reserved for future use. 67 (Win95 only) Value that specifies how the system was started: 0 - Normal boot 1 - Fail-safe boot 2 - Fail-safe with network boot Fail-safe boot (also called SafeBoot) bypasses the user's startup files. 70 TRUE or non-zero if the user requires an application to present information visually in situations where it would otherwise present the information only in audible form; FALSE, or zero, otherwise. 73 (Win95 only) TRUE if the computer has a low-end (slow) processor. 74 (Win95 only) TRUE if the system is enabled for Hebrew/Arabic languages. There are a number of other request #'s which can be specified, but are of limited usefulness and therefore not documented here. Details on these can be obtained from Win32 programming references, available from Microsoft (and others). New mouse functions: MouseClick(click-type, modifiers) Clicks mouse button(s). This function performs a mouse click at the current cursor position. "Modifiers" can be set to 0 if none are desired. click-type: @LCLICK left click @RCLICK right click @MCLICK middle click @LDBLCLICK left double-click @RDBLCLICK right double-click @MDBLCLICK middle double-click modifiers (can be OR'ed together with '|'): @SHIFT hold down shift key @CTRL hold down control key @LBUTTON hold down left mouse button @RBUTTON hold down right mouse button @MBUTTON hold down middle mouse button MouseClickBtn(win-name, child-win, button-text) Clicks on the specified button control. This function clicks on the pushbutton, radio button, or checkbox whose text is specified by "button-text". If the button is located within a top-level window, specify the window name in "win-name" and specify a blank string for "child-win". If the button is located within a child window, specify the top-level window name in "win-name" and the child window name in "child-win". MouseMove(x, y, win-name, child-win) Moves the mouse to the specified X-Y coordinates (based on a 1000 x 1000 screen). If "win-name" specifies a top-level window and "child-win" is a blank string, the specified X-Y coordinates are relative to "win-name". If "win-name" specifies a top-level window and "child-win" specifies a child window of "win-name", the specified X-Y coordinates are relative to "child-win". If "win-name" and "child-win" are both blank strings, the specified X-Y coordinates are relative to the Windows desktop. New constants: @LBUTTON left button @RBUTTON right button @MBUTTON middle button @LCLICK left click @RCLICK right click @MCLICK middle click @LDBLCLICK left double-click @RDBLCLICK right double-click @MDBLCLICK middle double-click Fixed problem where an invalid YmdHms string containing two consecutive colons could cause a GP Fault. In the 32-bit version, AppExist and AppWaitClose will now wait several seconds for the specified application to appear. Fixed problem in menu-based WIL applications where tabs in menu item descriptions would be displayed as non-printable "black-box" characters. Added new request #'s to MouseInfo: 5 - returns mouse coordinates relative to the client area of the window under the cursor, in virtual (1000x1000) screen units. 6 - returns mouse coordinates relative to the client area of the window under the cursor, in virtual (1000x1000) client units. In the 32-bit version, IconReplace now supports 32-bit EXE files. The replacement icon must be the exact same size as the original icon. New IntControl: IntControl(32, address, "data type", 0, 0) Returns the contents of the memory location specified by "address". "Data type" specifies the type of data to be retrieved: "BYTE" - returns a byte "WORD" - returns a word "LONG" - returns a long integer Fixed WinMetrics(-1) with 32-bit graphics cards. It was returning -1 for these; it now returns 2,147,483,647. WB 95C Oct 10, 1995 New function: BoxButtonWait() Waits for any button in any box to be pressed. Fixed problem with WinBatch locking up when minimizing a WinBatch box that was displaying width-justified text. DLL 2.2abl First showing up in WB 95C Fixed problem with DirExist returning @FALSE for a UNC which was a root directory share on another machine (eg, "\\SERVER\C"). DirMake will now create multi-level directories (eg, "C:\ABC\DEF\GHI"). New functions: BinaryIndexNc(handle, offset, string, direction) Like BinaryIndex, but case-insensitive. WinItemNameId() Returns a list of top-level window names and their "Window ID's", in the form: "window1-name|window1-ID|window2-name|window2-ID|..." In the 32-bit version, Delay and TimeDelay functions now accept floating point numbers: eg, Delay(0.5). New function: ShellExecute(file-name, params, directory, display mode, operation) Performs a ShellExecute. "file-name" is a program or data file to be launched. "display mode" can be @NORMAL, @ICON, or @ZOOMED. Or you can specify 0 to display "file-name" in its default mode. "operation" is the operation to perform on the file ("Open", "Print", etc.), which may or may not correspond to an available "verb" on the context menu for the file. This parameter may be case-sensitive. Specify a blank string "" for the file's default operation. Note: If you use this function to launch a shortcut, and the shortcut points to an invalid path, Windows will display a "Missing Shortcut" dialog box asking if you wish to update the shortcut. This would not be suitable to use in unattended operation. Instead, you could use one of the Run.. functions to launch the shortcut, which would return an error #1932 if the shortcut could not be launched, and this error could be trapped using the ErrorMode function. See also RunShell. New function (32-bit version only): RegQueryItem(handle, subkey) Returns a tab-delimited list of named data items for the specified subkey. New IntControl: IntControl(33, p1, 0, 0, 0) Controls whether a listbox control in a dialog box allows multiple items to be selected. P1 Meaning -- ------- 0 Single selection 1 Multiple selection (default) Improved registry functions in 32-bit version: RegSetValue, RegQueryValue, and RegDelValue: 1. Can now specify a named value of [Default] to indicate the primary value for the key (shown in the Registry Editor as "(Default)"); eg: RegSetValue(mykey, "[Default]", "some data") 2. Can now specify a subkey string containing a named value; eg: RegSetValue(mykey, "MySubKey[MyItem]", "some data"), or, RegSetValue(mykey, "MySubKey\[MyItem]", "some data") Fixed WaitForKey in the 32-bit version. In the 32-bit version, you can now use the Run... functions to "run" data files (eg, Run("win.ini", "")). FileItemize and DirItemize now handle names containing spaces. In 32-bit version, fixed problem with 3D dialogs not being used under Windows NT. WB 95D Nov 1, 1995 Compiler now optimizes WBT's by removing comment lines and whitespace. OLE automation (ObjectOpen and ObjectClose functions) now supported in 32-bit version. When a custom icon is specified, the 32-bit compiler now installs it as the icon that is displayed in the Win95 Explorer window, as well as the icon that is shown in the task bar. Fixed a problem with some of the Box functions, where a color or font that was specified in a definition-type command (such as BoxTextColor) would be used for an output-type command (such as BoxDrawText) that preceded it in the command stack, instead of the default color or font being used. DLL 2.2abl First showing up in WB 95D New registry functions (32-bit version only): RegQueryBin(handle, subkey) Retrieves a binary value from the registry. The value is returned as a space-delimited string of hex bytes; eg: "AB 45 3E 01" RegQueryDword(handle, subkey) Retrieves a DWORD value from the registry. RegSetBin(handle, subkey, value) Sets a binary value in the registry. The value is specified as a space-delimited string of hex bytes; eg: "AB 45 3E 01" RegSetDword(handle, subkey, value) Sets a DWORD value in the registry. New date/time functions: TimeJulToYmd(julian-date) Converts the specified Julian date value to a date in YmdHms format. Hms will always be "00:00:00". TimeSubtract(YmdHms1, YmdHms2) Subtracts YmdHms2 from YmdHms1. YmdHms2 can not be larger than YmdHms1. New IntControl's: IntControl(34, p1, 0, 0, 0) Returns the error message string which corresponds to the specified WIL error. p1 = error number. IntControl(35, p1, 0, 0, 0) (32-bit version only) Slows down SendKey. p1 = amount of time to delay between each keypress, in milliseconds (1000 milliseconds = 1 second); 0 = no delay (default). Returns previous delay setting. IntControl(36, p1, p2, 0, 0) (32-bit version only) Waits until an application is waiting for user input. p1 = window name associated with application p2 = timeout, in milliseconds (-1 = no timeout) This function waits until the process which created the specified window has finished its initialization and is waiting for user input with no input pending, or until the specified timeout interval has elapsed. It can only be used with 32-bit GUI applications. It returns @TRUE if it has successfully waited, or FALSE if a timeout has occurred (or if it was unable to initiate a wait). In dialog boxes, if you create an EDITBOX field with a variable name that begins with "PW_", it will be treated as a passsword field (ie, asterisks will be echoed instead of the actual characters that the user types). In dialog boxes, file listboxes now use long file names in the 32-bit version under Windows 95. In the DiskScan function, request numbers 8 (CD_ROM) and 16 (RamDisk) are now supported in the 16-bit version. In 32-bit version, added 3D effects to dialog listboxes and edit controls under Windows 95. SendMenusTo now accepts a Window ID for the window name parameter. In 32-bit version, fixed a problem using the Run[] commands to launch a Windows 95 shortcut file. InstallFile function now supported in 16-bit version. NetWare 3 extender 12013 First showing up in WB 95D Fixed a problem with n3GetMapped, if the specified server name was also the partial name of another server (eg, if you specified "\\SERVER1" and you also had a server named "\\SERVER10"). n3FileAttrGet and n3FileAttrSet can now be used to get and set directory attributes. NetWare 4 extender 14010 First showing up in WB 95D Fixed n4Detach function; it now does a full detach, and it now returns @FALSE if it is unable to detach from the monitored connection (ie, from the primary or login server). Fixed a problem with n4GetMapped, if the specified server name was also the partial name of another server (eg, if you specified "\\SERVER1" and you also had a server named "\\SERVER10"). n4FileAttrGet and n4FileAttrSet can now be used to get and set directory attributes. WB 95E Nov 2, 1995 DLL 2.2abm First showing up in WB 95E In 16-bit version, fixed a problem with DirMake creating a directory name containing high ANSI characters (>127).