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- PBWiz 1.2, 03/01/92:
-
- Inexplicably, I managed to leave many of the DECLAREs for the MOUSE unit
- out of the previous releases. There was also an error in one of the
- DECLAREs for the equipment unit. These have been fixed.
-
- I've added a demo to show the use of the equipment and video unit. Type
- "DEMO" to take a look. I've also added a demo for the archive viewing
- routines. Type "VARCDEMO filename" for a plain list, or add the "/V"
- option for a detailed view of the archive.
-
- The various $INCLUDE files have been gathered together into a single file,
- PBWIZ.INC, for convenience. I've also added a quick reference of the
- routines, PBWIZ.REF.
-
- A display unit has been added. This includes scrolling in any direction,
- DOS/ANSI output (print, cls, color, locate), save/restore any part of a
- screen, fast and flexible string displays, recoloring of selected areas,
- and pop-up windows.
-
- The EXTMATH.PBU unit has been split in two: EXTMATHA.OBJ & EXTMATHB.PBU.
- This allowed me to add a number of assembly-language routines to the math
- unit, including bit shifts and rotatations.
-
- The EQUIPMEN.OBJ unit has been extended to return the BIOS date and PC
- type information. It can now also tell you whether DR DOS is being used
- instead of MS-DOS.
-
- There have been some changes to WHERE.BBS. Of particular note to
- PowerBASIC users is that The Bard's Lair (Dave Navarro's board) has
- "dropped carrier" on a semi-permanent basis. Dave has moved to The
- Consultant's BBS, as have I. See the WHERE.BBS file for more info.
-
-
-
- PBWIZ 1.1, 01/10/92:
-
- The documentation has been reformatted. Ample room has been left for
- margins in case you'd like to create a bound manual.
-
- A brief demo program has been added to demonstrate the use of PBWiz. It
- shows the 256-color graphics modes in action. Type VGADEMO to try it out.
-
- Two sets of memory routines have been added, giving you access to EMS and
- XMS memory. The older EMS 3.x and EEMS standards are supported as well as
- the current EMS 4.0.
-
- Comprehensive keyboard control has been added. Get the states of any alt,
- control, or shift key; get or set CapsLock, Insert, NumLock, ScrollLock;
- access 101-key "enhanced" keyboards; put a string into the keyboard
- buffer; speed up the keyboard; take control of the PrintScreen key; see
- what a key is without actually getting it; more.
-
-
-
- PBWIZ 1.0, 12/03/91:
-
- This is the initial release of The PowerBASIC Wizard's Library, featuring
- extended math support, a numeric expression evaluator, mouse support,
- string handling, equipment information routines, time/date manipulation,
- viewing archives (ARC, ARJ, LZH, PAK, ZIP, ZOO), and VGA graphics (320x200
- and 360x480 in 256 colors).
-