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Information about “PTOOLS”
PTOOLS will prove to be an aid to the Turbo Pascal programmer at every
level. Included on the disk are the source code files for each of the
routines, which will be included in your programs when compiled. Also
included is a documentation file with complete rules for use and a
description of the routine itself. Included for your convenience is a
demonstration program of each of the routines.
Also, these are complete stand-alone programs which can be compiled
and run. They will give the user a good feel for exactly what the
routine does and how to best utilize it. Included on this disk are
routines which will create a window of any size and color which can
overlay a text screen and later be removed (PTOOLWIN), a routine to
change date types and manipulate them, many routines to allow program
controlled data entry and editing.
System Requirements: 64K, one disk drive and monochrome/graphics
display.
How to Start: Check the .DOC files for each program. Then, since
these are all Turbo Pascal routines to incorporate into other PASCAL
programs, the document files will provide all the instructions.
Suggested Registration: $20.00
File Descriptions:
PTOOLSCR PAS Demo for the PTOOLSCR routines
PTOOLSCR INC Routines to manipulate screen functions
PTOOLENT PAS Demo of the PTOOLENT routines
PTOOLENT INC Routines to display, edit and validate data entry fields
PTOOLENT DOC Documentation of the PTOOLENT routines
PTOOLDAT PAS Demo of PTOOLDAT routines
PTOOLDAT INC Converts and manipulates Gregorian & Julian dates
PTOOL1 BOX Combination of PTOOLDAT, PTOOLENT, PTOOLSCR programs
PTOOLTIM PAS Demo for the PTOOLTIM routines
PTOOLTIM INC Routines to read and interpret system clock
PTOOLWIN PAS Demo for the PTOOLWIN routines
PTOOLWIN DOC Documentation of the PTOOLWIN routines
PTOOLWI3 PAS Demo for the PTOOLWI3 routines
PTOOLWI3 INC Routines to create and manipulate text windows
PTOOLWI3 DOC Documentation of the PTOOLWI3 routines
PTOOLWIN INC Routines to create and manipulate text windows
FILES.TXT
ptool1 .box Comabination of PTOOLDAT, PTOOLENT, PTOOLSCR
ptooldat.inc Routines to convert and manipulate Gregorian and Julian dates
ptooldat.pas Demo of PTOOLDAT routines
ptoolent.doc Doc of PTOOLENT routines
ptoolent.inc Routines to display, edit, and vaildate data entry fields
ptoolent.pas Demo of PTOOLENT routines
ptoolscr.inc Routines to manipulate screen functions
ptoolscr.pas Demo of PTOOLSCR routines
ptooltim.inc Routines to read and interpret system clock
ptooltim.pas Demo of PTOOLTIM routines
ptoolwin.doc Doc of PTOOLWIN routines
ptoolwin.inc Routines to create and manipulate text windows
ptoolwin.pas Demo of PTOOLEWIN routines
ptoolwi3.doc Doc of PTOOLWI3 routines
ptoolwi3.inc Routines to create and manipulate text windows
ptoolwi3.pas Demo of PTOOLEWI3 routines
FILES589.TXT
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Disk No 589 PTOOLS v1 DS2
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This PTOOLS disk comes with many handy routines which may be needed by
the serious Turbo Pascal programmer.
PTOOL1 BOX Combination of PTOOLDAT, PTOOLENT, PTOOLSCR programs
PTOOLDAT INC Routines to convert and manipulate Gregorian & Julian dates
PTOOLDAT PAS Demo of PTOOLDAT routines
PTOOLENT DOC Documentation of the PTOOLENT routines
PTOOLENT INC Routines to display, edit and validate data entry fields
PTOOLENT PAS Demo of the PTOOLENT routines
PTOOLSCR INC Routines to manipulate screen functions
PTOOLSCR PAS Demo for the PTOOLSCR routines
PTOOLTIM PAS Demo for the PTOOLTIM routines
PTOOLTIM INC Routines to read and interpret system clock
PTOOLWIN DOC Documentation of the PTOOLWIN routines
PTOOLWIN PAS Demo for the PTOOLWIN routines
PTOOLWIN INC Routines to create and manipulate text windows
PTOOLWI3 DOC Documentation of the PTOOLWI3 routines
PTOOLWI3 INC Routines to create and manipulate text windows
PTOOLWI3 PAS Demo for the PTOOLWI3 routines
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NOTES589.TXT
Program name: PTOOLS
Author name: R. D. Ostrander
Address: 5437 Honey Manor Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46241
Telephone Number: None
Suggested Donation: $20.00
Program Description:
PTOOLS will prove to be an aid to the Turbo Pascal programmer at every
level. Included on the disk are the source code files for each of the
routines, which will be included in your programs when compiled. Also
included, is a documentation file with complete rules for use and a
description of the routine itself. Included for your convenience is a
demonstration program of each of the routines. These are complete
stand-alone programs which can be compiled and run. They will give the
user a good feel for exactly what the routine does and how to best
utilize it. Included on this disk are routines which will create a
window of any size and color which can overlay a text screen and later
be removed, a routine to change date types and manipulate them, many
routines to allow program controlled data entry and editing. I found
that, by reading the three types of files for each include file,
understanding how to incorporate these into my own programs was an
easy matter. These programs will require an IBM PC or very close
compatible which runs Borland's Turbo Pascal and the Turbo Pascal
program itself.
PTOOLENT.DOC
PTOOLENT.INC Copyright 1984 R D Ostrander Version 1.0
Ostrander Data Services
5437 Honey Manor Dr
Indianapolis IN 46241
This Turbo Pascal include file is a display and data entry tool. It Displays
a given String (or Character Array), Integer, or Real (Dollar) data field
in a given screen area and allows the operator to make changes via the
keyboard. It allows the operator to end the editing using many ending
keys and passes information about those keys to the calling program.
This program has been placed in the Public Domain by the author and copies
may be freely made for non-commercial, demonstration, or evaluation purposes.
Use of these subroutines in a program for sale or for commercial purposes in
a place of business requires a $20 fee be paid to the author at the address
above. Personal non-commercial users may also elect to pay the $20 fee to
encourage further development of this and similar programs. With payment you
will be able to receive update notices, diskettes and printed documentation
of this and other PTOOLs from Ostrander Data Services.
PTOOL, and PTOOLxxx are Copyright Trademarks of Ostrander Data Services.
Turbo Pascal is a Copyright of Borland International Inc.
The Call format for PTOOLENT is:
Set Data <String, Integer, or Real> initial display value.
Set DataType <Char> type of edit.
Set DisplaySize <Integer> number of spaces for display.
Set DisplayDecimals <Integer> for Real numbers only.
Set ReturnCode <Integer> need not be set but must be a variable.
GoToXY (X, Y) to set the Display Area location.
PTOOLENT (Data, DataType, DisplaySize, DisplayDecimals, ReturnCode);
Examples: Var CustomerName : String [24];
ReturnCode : Integer;
Begin
CustomerName := ' ';
Gotoxy (1,1)
PTOOLENT (CustomerName, 'S', 24, 0, ReturnCode);
See companion program PTOOLENT.PAS for further examples.
Note that the DisplaySize must be > DisplayDecimals + 1.
Invalid data and cursor movements cause beeps to the operator.
Editting Keys for use by the operator are:
Left Arrow : Move cursor to left one position
Right Arrow : Move cursor to right one position
Ctrl-Left Arrow : Move cursor to 1st position
Ctrl-Right Arrow : Move cursor to first position past last character
Tab : Move cursor right to next word
Shift-Tab : Move cursor left to previous word
Backspace : Erase character to left of cursor
Del : Erase character under cursor
Ctrl-E : Erase editing area
Ctrl-F : Fill field with character to left of cursor
Ctrl-X : Erase all characters from cursor on
Ctrl-L : Left justify data
Ctrl-R : Right justify data
Ctrl-S : Start Editting over
Ctrl-N or Ctrl-Q : Quit with no change in data
Ctrl-P : Retreive Previous data or Ctrl-E(rased) data
Ctrl-U : Change all data to Upper Case
Ctrl-D : Change all data to Lower Case
Ins : Toggle Insert function on/off
Alt-Numerics may be used to enter character graphics codes
Return codes are:
0 = Esc
1 = C/R or Ctrl-N or Ctrl-Q
2 = (Filled Field)
3 = Ctrl-Break or Ctrl-C (if $C- not set)
16-26, 30-38, 44,50 = Alt-Alphabetics
59-68 = F1 - F10
71 = Home These are the codes returned to the
72 = Up Arrow calling program in the ReturnCode
73 = PgUp field when the operator ends the
79 = End editing by pressing one of these
80 = Down Arrow keys. Other key combinations can
81 = PgDn also cause an end of edit & return
84-93 = Shift F1 - F10 spurious codes. Note that the code
94-103 = Ctrl F1 - F10 of 2 is returned when the operator
104-113 = Alt F1 - F10 enters a character (or space) in
114 = Ctrl-PrtSc the last position of the field.
117 = Ctrl-End
118 = Ctrl-PgDn
119 = Ctrl-Home
132 = Ctrl-PgUp
Now go out and try PTOOLENT and by all means, look at the code of both
PTOOLENT.PAS and PTOOLENT.INC to completely understand how to incorporate
the Ostrander Data Services product into your programs.
Write to find out about other ODS software available that might not be
on this bulletin board.
PTOOLWI3.DOC
PTOOLWI3.INC Copyright 1984 R D Ostrander Version 3.0
Ostrander Data Services of
5437 Honey Manor Dr PTOOLWIN.INC
Indianapolis IN 46241
These Turbo Pascal procedures are text window manipulation tools used to ease
the manipulation of Windows in an IBM PC environment. They are used to open
and close windows while saving the data covered by the window. Borders around
windows are also supported.
This program has been placed in the Public Domain by the author and copies
may be freely made for non-commercial, demonstration, or evaluation purposes.
Use of these subroutines in a program for sale or for commercial purposes in
a place of business requires a $20 fee be paid to the author at the address
above. Personal non-commercial users may also elect to pay the $20 fee to
encourage further development of this and similar programs. With payment you
will be able to receive update notices, diskettes and printed documentation
of this and other PTOOLs from Ostrander Data Services.
PTOOL, and PTOOLxxx are Copyright Trademarks of Ostrander Data Services
Turbo Pascal is a Copyright of Borland International Inc.
Version 2.0 of PTOOLWIN (aka PTOOLWI2) supports stack operations for holding
screen image data. Each screen opened absorbs 4006 bytes of Heap/Stack while
it is open for the storage of the image on the screen before the new screen
was opened. This area is freed up when the window is closed. No checks are
made within PTOOLWIN to ensure that there is sufficient space on the
Heap/Stack for PTOOLWIN to execute properly. The calling program must do this
via a MaxAvail call such as
If MaxAvail < 0 or MaxAvail > 4006 then PTWOpen (1)
else (((((ERROR ROUTINE)))));
Version 3.0 of PTOOLWIN (aka PTOOLWI3) automatically determine whether a
Color/Graphics or a Monochrome display card are active and sets the output
accordingly IF PTOOLWIN_Screen_Type IS AN 'X' WHEN PTWSET is first called.
This variable still has all the functionality in Version 1.0 and 2.0 - if
PTOOLWIN_Screen_Type is set to a 'C' or 'M' by the calling program, it will
take precedence and the switching of screens can still be done this way.
Version 3.0 was developed by LEW PAPER of St. Paul MN using the
card routine "WINDOW.PAS" developed by BELA LUBKIN of Borland.
Thanks to both of these people by the original author. A good
example of User Supported Software at work.
RDO.
Procedures available in PTOOLWIN.INC are:
PTWSet (Screen#, X1, Y1, X2, Y2, - Sets up window coordinates so that later
BorderSwitch, references can be made by Mnemonic only.
BackgroundColor, PTWSet must be done once for each window
ForegroundColor) before it is Opened.
The Screen# is a number between 1 and
the maximum number of windows allowable
set in the Constants Block below.
The X and Y Coordinates are the same as
for the Turbo Pascal Window procedure.
A border may be placed around the window
and the size of the window will be
decreased to fit inside the border. The
BorderSwitch functions are:
0 - No border
1 - Single line block graphics border
2 - Double line block graphics border
-1 - Single line Reversed color border
-2 - Double line Reversed color border
The BackgroundColor and ForegroundColor
parameters are the same as for the Turbo
Pascal TextColor and TextBackground
procedures.
PTWOpen (Screen#) - Activates a window (previously set by
PTWSet) and saves the screen covered by
the window.
In the Constants Block following, there
is a parameter that sets the maximum
number of windows that may be open at
any one time.
PTWClose - De-activates the open window, activates
the previous window and restores the
screen covered by the closed window.
Note that the PTWOpen & PTWClose have a
"Push/Pop" type of action.
Constants in the PTOOLWIN.INC file that must be set by the programmer before
compilation are:
PTOOLWIN_Number_of_Windows = nn;
This determines the number of windows that may be set with the
PTWSet procedure. This is easily determined when the calling
program is designed.
It also determines the number of windows that may be open at any one
time.
Use the largest of the two figures that you expect.
There is a constant that must be set before the PTWOpen or PTWClose procedures
are called:
PTOOLWIN_Screen_Type : Char = 'C';
If the final program is going to be run on an IBM PC with a Monochrome
video card then this parameter must be set to 'M'. If the PC has
a Color/Graphics card then it must be set to 'C'. This setting may be
done at run time rather than at compile time since the difference that
this parameter makes is whether to store and recall the screen data at
$B8000 (Color Graphics) or $B0000 (Monochrome) via the absolute
variables :
PTOOLWIN_C_Screen : Char absolute $B800:$0000;
PTOOLWIN_M_Screen : Char absolute $B000:$0000;
This may be found in the calling program by using either the
PTEMonoAttached or PTEColorAttached functions found in the PTOOLENV
Environment control.
Now go out and try PTOOLWIN and by all means, look at the code of both
PTOOLWIN.PAS and PTOOLWIN.INC to completely understand how to incorporate
the Ostrander Data Services product into your programs.
Write to find out about other ODS software available that might not be
on this bulletin board.
PTOOLWIN.DOC
PTOOLWIN.INC Copyright 1984 R D Ostrander Version 1.0
Ostrander Data Services
5437 Honey Manor Dr
Indianapolis IN 46241
These Turbo Pascal procedures are text window manipulation tools used to ease
the manipulation of Windows in an IBM PC environment. They are used to open
and close windows while saving the data covered by the window. Borders around
windows are also supported.
This program has been placed in the Public Domain by the author and copies
may be freely made for non-commercial, demonstration, or evaluation purposes.
Use of these subroutines in a program for sale or for commercial purposes in
a place of business requires a $20 fee be paid to the author at the address
above. Personal non-commercial users may also elect to pay the $20 fee to
encourage further development of this and similar programs. With payment you
will be able to receive update notices, diskettes and printed documentation
of this and other PTOOLs from Ostrander Data Services.
PTOOL, and PTOOLxxx are Copyright Trademarks of Ostrander Data Services
Turbo Pascal is a Copyright of Borland International Inc.
Procedures available in PTOOLWIN.INC are:
PTWSet (Screen#, X1, Y1, X2, Y2, - Sets up window coordinates so that later
BorderSwitch, references can be made by Mnemonic only.
BackgroundColor, PTWSet must be done once for each window
ForegroundColor) before it is Opened.
The Screen# is a number between 1 and
the maximum number of windows allowable
set in the Constants Block below.
The X and Y Coordinates are the same as
for the Turbo Pascal Window procedure.
A border may be placed around the window
and the size of the window will be
decreased to fit inside the border. The
BorderSwitch functions are:
0 - No border
1 - Single line block graphics border
2 - Double line block graphics border
-1 - Single line Reversed color border
-2 - Double line Reversed color border
The BackgroundColor and ForegroundColor
parameters are the same as for the Turbo
Pascal TextColor and TextBackground
procedures.
PTWOpen (Screen#) - Activates a window (previously set by
PTWSet) and saves the screen covered by
the window.
In the Constants Block following, there
is a parameter that sets the maximum
number of windows that may be open at
any one time.
PTWClose - De-activates the open window, activates
the previous window and restores the
screen covered by the closed window.
Note that the PTWOpen & PTWClose have a
"Push/Pop" type of action.
Constants in the PTOOLWIN.INC file that must be set by the programmer before
compilation are:
PTOOLWIN_Number_of_Windows = 10;
This determines the number of windows that may be set with the
PTWSet procedure. This is easily determined when the calling
program is designed.
PTOOLWIN_Max_Number_Open = 10;
This determines the number of windows that may be open at any one
time. The programmer will want to set this accurately to the maximum
number needed by the calling program since 4006 bytes of memory are
taken for each window that may be opened. This memory is taken in the
data area at compilation time. This was done in order to allow the
calling program the widest possible latitude in design; the stack is
not used for this since running out of memory at execution time would
be very inconvenient.
There is a constant that must be set before the PTWOpen or PTWClose procedures
are called:
PTOOLWIN_Screen_Type : Char = 'C';
If the final program is going to be run on an IBM PC with a Monochrome
video card then this parameter must be set to 'M'. If the PC has
a Color/Graphics card then it must be set to 'C'. This setting may be
done at run time rather than at compile time since the difference that
this parameter makes is whether to store and recall the screen data at
$B8000 (Color Graphics) or $B0000 (Monochrome) via the absolute
variables :
PTOOLWIN_C_Screen : Char absolute $B800:$0000;
PTOOLWIN_M_Screen : Char absolute $B000:$0000;
This may be found in the calling program by using either the
PTEMonoAttached or PTEColorAttached functions found in the PTOOLENV
Environment control.
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FILES TXT 884 5-30-86 10:15a
FILES589 TXT 1333 8-16-86 4:06p
GO BAT 382 8-16-86 4:16p
NOTES589 TXT 1408 7-18-86 8:23a
PTOOL1 BOX 57796 2-23-85 2:02p
PTOOLDAT INC 36352 2-23-85 2:00p
PTOOLDAT PAS 6784 2-23-85 2:00p
PTOOLENT DOC 5248 2-23-85 2:02p
PTOOLENT INC 20864 2-23-85 2:02p
PTOOLENT PAS 6016 2-23-85 2:02p
PTOOLSCR INC 11873 2-23-85 2:01p
PTOOLSCR PAS 3456 2-23-85 2:03p
PTOOLTIM INC 12672 2-21-85 8:14p
PTOOLTIM PAS 2816 2-21-85 8:14p
PTOOLWI3 DOC 7000 5-17-85 10:15a
PTOOLWI3 INC 12867 5-17-85 10:00a
PTOOLWI3 PAS 4576 5-17-85 10:22a
PTOOLWIN DOC 6264 2-21-85 7:45p
PTOOLWIN INC 11392 2-21-85 8:15p
PTOOLWIN PAS 4352 2-21-85 8:14p
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