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                               Other Fine BASIC Necessities




          GLib: Professional Developers Function Library for QuickBASIC

     GLib is our flagship item - a developers library of professionally
     developed general functions for QuickBASIC.  The current release has
     close to 300 functions in it - far more than any other package
     available on BBS, and even rivaling many commercial packages that sell
     at 3, 4 even 5 times the price!

     Functions include all the ones you would expect such as a way to save
     and restore the video display, how to detect the type of video adapter
     installed, check if a file exists on disk or if a sub directory
     exists,  and check if the printer is online.  GLib goes far, far
     beyond this to include a complete set of lightening fast DOS file
     functions and other very comprehensive routines not found in any other
     package such as a clock that is accurate to 1 sec per 12 hours, an
     extremely flexible menuing function, and a complete input control
     module that includes macro capabilities.

     Using GLIB in your application adds a maximum of power with a minimum
     of overhead.   Of the 290+ functions in GLIB, only 7 are in QB - the
     rest are in assembler to be as fast and as compact as possible.  This
     means that you can now speed up runtime execution by dropping ON ERROR
     traps and by using the appropriate GLib functions actually make the
     program size smaller!  Add power and the professional touch to your
     applications with the many resources in GLIB.

     You can try GLib risk free by downloading GLIB19.ZIP from The
     Information Booth BBS.

















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                 WGLib 1.01 - GLib for Windows and Visual Basic!


     Once you become accustomed to the glitz and dazzle of Visual Basic,
     you discover a large brick wall of functionality.  There isn't even a
     SWAP statement!  For the experienced programmer, it can be aggravating
     to have to recode replacement functions for operations you used to
     take for granted.  For the novice, it can be even more frustrating.

     Now, most of the functions in GLib, that you have come to know and
     love are available for VB and Windows!  Naturally some of the routines
     are missing like save screen and the like - but they have no business
     in a Windows application anyway!  Many of these are replaced with
     Windows related operations such as accessing the sound driver, finding
     out the Windows directory, the System directory and mode that Windows
     is operating in.

     We've even provided a way of modifying the behavior of standard VB
     controls.  With WGLib you can force the drop down list of a Compbo Box
     to open when you want, transfer text strings from an array to a list
     box almost instantly even suppress the echo in an edit control (great
     for password entry!).  Want to add 3-D effects to your VB programs?
     There's no need to buy a $159 library that has just 3-D controls!
     WGLib provides an easy way to draw concave or convex effects on any
     form or around any control!

     WGLib comes with it's own controls: a multipurpose clock that can
     double as a timer, a meter control to display the percentage done of a
     job, an enhanced edit control that lets you specify characters not
     allowed in the input or even make the control read-only.  Other
     controls include scroll bars that give instant feedback and an on-
     screen keyboard status bar.

     The WGLib package comes with a bundle of extras: complete
     documentation (of course), a system resource gauge to monitor the
     demands your program or programming style inflicts on the the system,
     complete demo source code,  a WinHelp file for the Windows Help
     engine, a file full of VB level subs to add zing to your application
     (and save system resources), a Quick Reference Guide to the proper
     usage and declare syntax of all the WGLib routines, even an integrated
     setup program to install WGLib on your system and setup Program
     Manager.


     If you've recently upgraded to Windows and VB, you'll want to check
     out WGLib 1.01 - it helps bring much of the functionality and power
     that you are used to in QB to the Windows platform.  You can exmaine
     WGLib by getting WGLIB101.ZIP.







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                         MemLib:  EMS / XMS  Functions
                            for QB 4.x and BASIC PDS


     Now the power and flexibility of expanded and extended memory are
     yours!  Today's systems almost always have more than the traditional
     640k of memory.  Now you can use this memory in your programs!  We've
     taken EMSLib, a complete toolbox of callable EMS functions and added a
     complete XMS toolbox!

     With the collection of EMS functions, the amount of data your program
     has access to is limited only to the amount of EMS memory installed on
     your machine.  Imagine a number cruncher that has access to 2, 3, 4 or
     even 8 megabytes of data with a simple call to an EMS function!.   We
     use only documented LIM interrupt functions to be compatible with the
     high dollar, name brand EMS boards as well as the generic ones.  These
     functions even work with an EMS simulator published in PC Magazine
     that uses extended memory to simulate EMS memory!


     MemLib is a stand alone library with no external dependencies and is
     sourced in 100% assembler so it performs lightening fast.  If you have
     extended memory and the XMS driver from Microsoft, you can do much of
     the same thing with XMS.  Store huge arrays (numeric or even user
     defined TYPE) in XMS with a single line of code, erase that array to
     make room for other data, fetch it back when needed and even make
     updates to arrays stored in XMS with a single line of code !  Amazing!
      With XMS, we only perform documented XMS 2.00 calls to remain
     capatible with any driver you might use that is XMS 2.00 compatible.

     MemLib would be a bargain if that was all it did, but we've also
     supplied a fantastic SHELL replacement.  Now you can SHELL out to
     another program or even to DOS (COMMAND.COM) and have as much as 630k
     available to the child program!  Using either XMS or EMS memory we
     swap out your parent program then execute the child you specify,
     leaving all but 1-2k of base memory available.  If you have neither,
     or both memory types are already largely in use, we've thrown in a
     disk swap routine.  This does the same but swaps the program out to
     disk!  This routine alone is worth the price of MemLib.


     The EMS routines support LIM 3.0, 3.2 and 4.0 Expanded memory specifi-
     cations and requires only a LIM/EMS board with memory.  XMS is
     compatible with the Extended Memory Specification (XMS) ver 2.00 and
     requires only extended memory and a XMS driver such as HIMEM.SYS that
     comes with DOS 5.0.

     A MemLib demo is available from The Information Booth BBS as
     MLIB20.ZIP

     Note: MLib will be available September 1992.  Until then EMSLib
     handles all the EMS functions mentioned. (QBEMS11.ZIP)



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                AsyLIB: Communications Functions for QuickBASIC

     One of the most popular programming areas in QB is communications
     programs.  Over the years, we received so many requests for various
     TCOMM specific functions that we developed AsyLIB.  This is a fairly
     complete set of telecommunication type routines with a sample terminal
     program.  Included are many assembler primitives for such things as
     calculating a CRC, and performing lightening fast disk reads.

     Higher level routines provide for the bulk of the functions in AsyLIB
     - a complete screen I/O module can virtually replace all PRINT
     statements allowing you to maintain a status line and keep in synch
     with the serial port I/O.  Also included is complete send and receive
     support for virtually all the popular file transfer protocols - XModem
     Checksum, XModem CRC, Relaxed XModem, Ymodem Batch and XModem-1k
     (Ymodem).  An easy to use external driver interface is even provided
     for even more protocols via proprietary drivers such as ZModem, JModem
     and Kermit.  Virtually any protocol around can be included into your
     program.


     Novice programmers may also find the sample Terminal program to be a
     sound foundation to build your own application on - things such as
     dialing directory management, set up options and sample control loops
     for a terminal program.  Novices and experts alike will love the very
     powerful script file language we built in - these can even be
     'compiled' for the ulitimate in runtime performance!

     AsyLIB is entirely self-contained, there is no need to buy GLib or any
     other library or package to use it, though you may find a general
     library collection adds the professional touch for things such as pop
     up windows, screen saves and the like.  TCOMM programming becomes a
     breeze with AsyLIB.

     The current version of AsyLIB may be downloaded from The Information
     Booth BBS as ASYLIB11.ZIP.



















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                    QBSerlyze:  Program Serialization for QB

     Until now the only economical way to include serial number control in
     a QB based program was to hack up the end program or recompile with
     the new serial number in it.  QBSerlyze provides serialization and as
     you would expect, a maximum degree of flexibility.  As the developer
     or publisher, you can serialize programs before they are shipped or
     allow the end user to serialize them; you can have your program
     serilize itself or utilize an external standalone serializer;
     serialization can be simple and straight forward, or can include
     agreement to certain licensing agreement prompts - we build options
     and flexibility into everything we write.


     The serial numbering algorithm used allows for a developer (you)
     defined "version" number and a 4, 5 or 6 digit serial number.  This
     allows for a great deal of flexibility whether you decide to track
     actual versions or prefer to use this to identify products, or
     distribution zones.  The version number, serial number and even a
     registration name are locked into the EXE file.  Since the serial
     number must meet a specific algorithm, only a legitimate serial number
     may be entered.

     A complete set of runtime support routines are included to make use of
     this valuable tool.  These include routines to get the serial number,
     get the registration name, check the validity of a serial number, even
     a routine to encode and embed the serial number/registration name into
     the EXE from a setup or install type routine.

     Serialized programs are clearly an aid to developers when it comes to
     thwarting piracy - after all who wants to pass along a program that
     has their name and/or serial number encoded and embeded in the
     program?  Shareware and Freeware developers stand to gain too -
     imagine being able to enable advanced or 'registered' features simply
     based on the return from a function:

         IF SerValid THEN
             Registered = 1
         ELSE
             Registered = 0
         END IF

     Inhouse developers can gain too.  Programs developed for use in-house
     that can have some general public interest can be protected with
     QBSerlyze so that should they pop up on local BBS, you can determine
     who the culprit is.  The uses for QBSerlyze are limited only by your
     imagination!

     A QBSerlyze trial-pak supporting only 3 digit serial numbers is
     available from the Information Booth BBS as SERLYZ03.ZIP.





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                      BCLock: EXE file protection programs


     In this day and age, any number of things can befall your program
     after you compile it.  Wicked (yet talented) people can hack out a
     simple disk read call to a devastating disk write - making your
     helpful and useful application a disaster to anyone who executes it.
     Or perhaps an un-scrupulous person patches the code to bear their name
     and/or copyright.  This would include altering flags or variable
     values that determine whether or not registered or advanced options
     are available to the program.

     QuickBASIC programs can be especially susceptible to virus attacks or
     infection, simply because they tend to contain a large amount of
     uninitialized stack space.  If the state of your program is locked
     into the EXE, at run time you can check for such infections and warn
     the user and/or abort harmlessly.  We would be silly to say that
     BCLock will prevent all sorts of viral attacks, but a virus would have
     to be specifically written to detect for BCLock protected programs
     (unlikely) before it would fail.

     Whether your concern is benign tampering, malicious patches or
     viruses, BCLock protects your program from these threats by quite
     literally locking the state of your program into the EXE at
     compile/LINK time.  Any changes made to the file after that WILL be
     noticed by your program at run time with a simple call.  BCLock is
     designed to protect serious and/or often run programs from these type
     of threats.

     A demo of BCLock can be downloaded from The Information Booth BBS as
     BCLOCKER.ZIP
























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                      Blackbox:  High level menus and tools


     BlackBox is a collection of higher level routines that extend and
     build on the incredible power of GLIB 1.7+ and QB 4.5.  BlackBox is
     made up  entirely of QB sourced routines most of which call various
     GLib 1.7+ routines to create various menus, input control modules and
     much, much more!  Just look at some of these:

       FView - A callable file viewer similar to Mr Buerg's LIST.COM
       DFBox - A file/dir/device navigation similar to that found in
               QB 4.0 and QB 4.5!

       PWInput - An input module that does not echo back the characters:
                 great for passwords or employee ID Codes!

       PullDown - A compleat pull down menu system that supports the
                  MOUSE and up to 60k of menu selections!

     Calendars, time calculations, number formating, fast small input
     modules, file compare and search routines and over 40 more!


     But callable menus and routines are not the end of the story, there is
     a sample SETUP program that shows how to set up and create a
     configuration file and read it back in at runtime, a program to
     'beautify' (format) your QB programs, even a patch utility to elimiate
     the 'Press any key to return to system' from your programs - a MUST
     for BBS utilitys and programs that must run un-monitored dependably!
     BlackBox also includes ZTOOLS:  a collection of BASIC routines to
     allow your QB program to access PKWare ZIPFile directories: get
     filenames, create text file lists and more all from your QB program!!


     If you have GLib, you won't want to be without BlackBox 1.1. (BlackBox
     requires GLib 1.7+)

     A demo of BlackBox is available on The Information Booth BBS as
     BLKBX11.ZIP.



     The Information Booth BBS can be reached at [phone]
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                       Copyright InfoSoft 1987-1991, 1992