Category : BASIC Source Code
Archive   : PWL520X.ZIP
Filename : EMPTY.BAS
REM $DYNAMIC
DEFINT A-Z
REM $INCLUDE: 'LITE.BI'
CONST WINMEMSIZE% = 8191 ' <= WINDOW MEMORY SIZE
CONST SCRNMEMSIZE% = 4096 ' <= SCREEN MEMORY SIZE
CONST MAXWINDOWS% = 30 ' <= MAX NUMBER OF WINDOWS
CLEAR , , 4096
LOCATE 1, 1
PreInit ' <= PRE-INITIALIZE THE WINDOW MANAGER
REDIM SHARED VirMem(WINMEMSIZE) AS INTEGER ' <= VIRTUAL MEMORY
REDIM SHARED scrn(SCRNMEMSIZE) AS INTEGER ' <= SCREEN MEMORY
REDIM SHARED vcb(MAXWINDOWS) AS vircb ' <= VIRTUAL WINDOW INFO
REDIM SHARED wcb(MAXWINDOWS) AS wincb ' <= DISPLAYED WINDOW INFO
REDIM SHARED cursor(MAXWINDOWS) AS cursorTYPE ' <= CURSOR CONTROL ARRAY
REDIM SHARED wcbndx(MAXWINDOWS) AS INTEGER ' <= LIST OF HANDLES
CLS
InitPro ' <= INITIALIZE THE WINDOW MANAGER
ReCycleMode 1 ' <= ENABLE "VIDEO RECYCLING"
SetEventDelay 18 ' <= SET EVENT DELAY TIME (1 SECOND)
UseDrivers 0, 0, 1 ' <= INSTALL CURSOR DRIVER
FillScreen 1, 1, MAXROWS, MAXCOLS, 23, 250, SNOW
Notice
MouseInstalled = CheckMouse(buttons)
MouseCursorOn
Main:
DO
SELECT CASE GetEvent(0) ' <= POLL THE EVENT MANAGER
CASE 16 ' <= WAS
IF MouseInstalled THEN
MouseCursoroff
termMouse
ResetVideo
END IF
END
CASE 17 ' <= EVENT TIME-OUT
CASE ELSE ' <= SKIP OTHER EVENTS
END SELECT
LOOP
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