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- ** MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION **
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-
- 1. To print the manual at the DOS prompt enter:
-
- PRNT ( For most printers )
- LAZPRNT ( For HP compatible lazer printers )
-
- PRNT.BAT or LAZPRNT.BAT and WIND_REZ.DOC must be in the
- current drive and directory.
-
-
- 2. To print the quick reference guide ( enhanced version
- only ) at the DOS prompt enter;
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- PRNT2 ( For most printers )
- LAZPRNT2 ( For HP compatible lazer printer )
-
- PRNT2.BAT or LAZPRNT2.BAT and QUICKREF.DOC must be in
- the current drive and directory.
-
-
- 3. To run the demonstration program at the DOS prompt, enter:
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- DEMO
-
-
- 4. NOTES FOR BASIC 7.+ USERS. ( ENHANCED VERSION )
-
- Do not use unnamed COMMON blocks in your program. If
- your program requires unnamed COMMON blocks see the
- section "Important notes for BASIC 7.0/7.1 users." in
- the documentation.
-
- There are two sets of libraries for BASIC 7.+. Depend-
- ing on which version of BASIC you have, you will receive
- the following.
-
- - PDSALL71.LIB, PDSALL71.QLB, PDSNER71.LIB and
- PDSNER71.QLB are for BASIC 7.1
-
- - PDSALL70.LIB, PDSALL70.QLB, PDSNER70.LIB and
- PDSNER70.QLB are for BASIC 7.0
-
- The libraries were produced from within the QBX environ-
- ment. QBX compiles using the far string option. You
- must use the far string ( /Fs ) option if you compile
- outside the QBX environment.
-
- If you are using BASIC 7.0 and upgrade to BASIC 7.1 you
- can create your own compatible library by loading QBX with PDSASM.QLB ( QBX/L PDSASM ). Load all of the basic files required by WINDOWS R-E-Z.
-
- DIRWIND.BAS
- INPTWIND.BAS
- PULLDOWN.BAS
- SCROLL.BAS
- WIND_REZ.BAS
- PDSMEM.BAS
-
- Make the library from within the QBX environment. The
- library will contain all routines and have error detection.
-
- 5. NOTE FOR BASIC 7.0 USERS. ( UNENHANCED VERSION )
-
- Do not use unnamed COMMON blocks in your program. The
- enhanced version of WINDOWS R-E-Z provides the ability
- to use unnamed COMMON blocks.
-
- The library, PDSUNEN.LIB, contains object files made
- from the BASIC 7.1 compiler. While making an executable
- file from within QBX, the following message will appear.
-
- LINK WARNING L4051: BRT71EFR.LIB: CANNOT FIND LIBRARY
- Enter new file spec:
-
- Press ENTER or RETURN. The file, BRT71EFR.LIB is not
- required.
-
- 6. NOTE FOR USERS OF UNENHANCED VERSION FOR QUICKBASIC AND
- BASIC 7.+.
-
- Only two Multi-field input screens are permitted with a
- maximum of 25 fields per screen in the unenhanced version
- of WINDOWS R-E-Z.
-
-
- ** NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 4.20 **
- ( See WIND_REZ.DOC for details. )
-
- New - Version 4.20
-
- - Pulldown windows may be displayed at selectable locations
- on the display. Previous versions restricted the menubar
- to row one.
-
- - The ESC key may be optionally used to exit the multi-field
- input routine MULTINPT.
-
- - Input routines accept dates from 01/01/1901 to 12/31/2099.
- Previous versions restricted the the date from 01/01/1980
- to 12/31/2099.
-
- - Input routines may use one of ten date formats;
-
- DD/MM/YYYY DD/MM/YY
- DD-MM-YYYY DD-MM-YY
- MM/DD/YYYY MM/DD/YY
- MM-DD-YYYY MM-DD-YY
- MM.DD.YYYY MM.DD.YY
-
-
- Compatibility issues:
-
- NOTE: To assure compatibility with earlier versions replace
- the declare statements in programs written with earlier
- versions with the DECLARE.INC file included with version
- 4.20. This will assure argument matching. Failure to do
- this can result in the program crashing.
-
- The following routines were changed in version 4.20 and
- are not compatible with earlier versions. Minor program
- revisions are necessary for programs incorporating
- earlier versions. ( SEE WIND_REZ.DOC FOR DETAILS )
-
- - SETWIND has an additional argument which specifies the
- date format for input routines.
-
- - SETPULL has three additional arguments. These arguments
- set the menubar's top row and left column position and the
- menubar's width.
-
- - INPTWIND has an additional argument. It is used to deter-
- mine if the RETURN key or ESC key exited the routine.
-
- - MULTINPT has an additional argument. It is used to deter-
- mine which key exited an autoexit field.
-
- The following routine was changed in version 4.10 and
- is not compatible with earlier versions. Minor program
- revisions are necessary for programs incorporating
- earlier versions. ( SEE WIND_REZ.DOC FOR DETAILS )
-
- - SETWIND has an extra argument to disable the scroll window
- direction arrow.
-
- - After a window is made or saved it must be deleted via
- RSTRWIND or DELWIND before the number assigned to the window
- can be used by again MAKEWIND or SAVEWIND. This prevents a window from being accidently "made over itself". Failure
- to delete a window before using the window number again
- will result in an ERROR 8 - WINDOW PRE-EXISTS.
-
-
- The following routines were changed in version 4.00/.01 and
- are not compatible with earlier versions. Minor program
- revisions are necessary for programs incorporating
- earlier versions. ( SEE WIND_REZ.DOC FOR DETAILS )
-
- - GETANS, PULLDOWN, and INPTWIND have an extra argument
- for border designation.
-
- - SETWIND now has five argument designating windowing
- speed, default sound, window shadow color, high intensity
- display for PULLDOWN and SCRLWIND, and the type of decimal
- point ( period or comma for some non-USA users ).
-
- - SCRLWIND no longer has a argument for the window number
- as it acts upon the active window.
-
- - SETINPT has an extra argument specifying the color of the
- active field for MULTINPT.
-
- - FINDDIR has one less argument as it no longer has to
- place the directory listing in a string.
-
- - SETSOUND is no longer required due to changes in SETWIND.
-
- - CHNGFAST is no longer required due to changes in SETWIND.
-
- - FILLDIR is no longer required due to changes in FINDDIR.
-
- - The argument designating the code ( CODE$ ) for INPTWIND
- has changed.
-
- - The argument designating the type of directory search
- ( TYPE$ ) in FINDDIR has changed.
-
-
- The following routines were changed in version 3.60 and
- are not compatible with earlier versions. Minor program
- revisions are necessary for programs incorporating
- earlier versions. ( SEE WIND_REZ.DOC FOR DETAILS )
-
- - PULLDOWN has an extra argument which sets the color of
- the key character for the items in the pulldown window.
- PULLDOWN no longer returns the selected menubar string
- and pulldown window string to the calling program. It
- returns the sequential number of the selected menubar
- item and selected pulldown window item.
-
- - SCRLWIND has an extra argument which sets the color of
- the key characters for the items in the scroll window.
- SCRLWIND no longer returns the selected string. It re-
- turns the sequential number of the string in the scroll
- window.
-
-
- The following input routines changed in version 3.40,
- are not compatible with earlier versions. Minor program
- revisions are necessary for programs incorporating
- earlier versions. ( SEE WIND_REZ.DOC FOR DETAILS )
-
- - INPTWIND and SETINPT have an extra argument defining
- allowable characters for RESTRICTED fields.
-
- - MULTINPT has an additional argument which determines
- if all fields or single fields are updated.