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Short: Basic tools and listings
Author: Frank Reibold
Uploader: peterr@stud.uni-hannover.de
Type: dev/basic
Kurz: Basic-Tools und Listings
Basic_Utils
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Basic_Utils is a collection of small Basic sub programs and functions I wrote
for some of my projects (MicroPaint contains an extended version of the ARexx
port and number formatting functions provided here, for instance).
I hope that it is of use for some people :-)
This package does also include some utilities like the system information
tool CBSI.
Sources
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This package covers among others the following topics:
o a dBase viewer
o real and integer number formatting (according to Locale settings)
o calculating with *very large* integer numbers
o a sample ARexx port
o a screen grabber
o grep and replace tools (note: the ACE versions alter the files directly
on the disk whereas the Hisoft Basic versions load the whole file into
memory)
o linear regression analysis tool
o command line parser
o modifying .ini files with Blitz Basic (like MS Windows)
o FPU detection for Blitz Basic 2 (if present, you can use the new FPU
library for maximum speed!)
o progress indicators for Blitz Basic 2 users
o various other source codes
The source codes are written in the following languages:
o ACE Basic
o Hisoft (Maxon) Basic
o Blitz Basic 2
Each source code contains a description of the provided functions.
Some ACE sources can be used with Hisoft Basic and vice versa.
Utilities
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You can find the following utilities in the Bin directory:
o cbcrypt98 - a file encryption utility (ACE, binary only)
o cbsi - a system information tool (Blitz Basic 2, binary only)
o grabscreen - saves a screen to an IFF-ILBM file
o grep - searches for strings in files, ACE version
o delcode - processes text files and deletes control characters and
duplicate blank lines etc.
o exe_timer - calculates the execution time of programs
o mbver - corrects the version strings of Hisoft Basic executables
o MemDiff - calculates the memory consumption of programs
o replace - replaces strings in files, ACE version
Suggestions
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Have a look at the following archives for other interesting topics:
o ACE_Tuning.lha - how to obtain faster ACE executables
o mkagidx361.lha - updates the index of AmigaGuide documents
o Progr_Langs.lha - a comparison of programming languages
o MicroRexx100.lha - an ARexx extension server
Author
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Send bug reports, suggestions, questions and usefull Basic, C, C++, Pascal, E
or Modula-2 sub programs to:
Frank Reibold
Ottberger Weg 13
31737 Rinteln
GERMANY
Happy programming!