Category : BASIC Source Code
Archive   : VBIT11.ZIP
Filename : IDBTOOLS.HST

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Additions and changes to IDBTOOLS - version history
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Date Description
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22jan95 Version 1.1 released.
+ Functions that returned 0=FALSE, non-zero=TRUE, now
returns the Visual Basic value for "True", which is -1.
The problem was that the "Not" operation did not work
with these routines, since Visual Basic calculates
BITWISE NOT instead of LOGICAL NOT (which would be a
bit more inteligent). The only value giving 0 (False)
after a BITWISE NOT operation, is -1.
The following tests should now work as expected:
If Not LicenseIdbTools("UserName","CODEXX") Then ...
If Not LicenseProgram (......
If Not Modulus10Valid (.....
If Not Modulus11Valid (....

+ The functions ITabRead, ITabReadFixedRecLen and ITabWrite
now causes a stopwatch to be displayed as the wait cursor
while file I/O is in progress.

+ Attempt to read non-existent file into a table will result
in an empty table. This gave an error before.

+ Minor modifications to the messagebox text describing
the shareware restrictions/conditions for using this tool.

+ Improved error checking on table handles. ITabDelete now
put 0 into the handle argument variable after the table
has been deleted. Use of illegal handles (e.g. 0) will
give VB Runtime error 420 (Illegal Object Ref.)

+ New function: FullPath("..\*.tmp") -> "C:\TEST\*.tmp"

+ ITabRead, type=*CSV* will now decode fields surrounded by
quotes, allowing the given delimiter to be included in the
data fields. Two subsequent quotes in a field surrounded
by quotes, will be interpreted as one.

11jan95 Version 1.0 released. This is the first public release.
No known bugs. The libraries have been used for approx.
2 months by several advanced beta testers.

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Noted wishes for future versions:

- ITabCopy(fromTab&,fromLine%,toTab&,toLine%,numLines%)
copy between tables
- ITabCopyExtToVTSS(tab&,SS,fromLine%,toLine%,numLines%,switches%)
extended calls giving the programmer more control
- ITabCopyExtFromVTSS
- ITabCopyToGrid / ITabCopyFromGrid
ITabCopyToSpread / ITabCopyFromSpread
(similar to ITabCopyToVTSS / ITabCopyFromVTSS)
- ITabCopyToListBox / ITabCopyFromListBox
- ITabCopyToTextBox / ITabCopyFromTextBox
- Sorting tables on various date formats
- ITabSort, extended call giving the programmer more control

Comments and suggestions are welcome. Send mail to:

[email protected] Idb Micro Adept AS
Strandgaten 207
N-5004 Bergen
Norway
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