A-Shell Reference General Information Using This Document CHM Files A-Shell Doc Overview Available Docs Organization File Types Updates Locations Feedback A-Shell Setup Guide Updates Introduction Data File Compatibility Program Compatibility A-Shell and MIAME Installation Before Installation File System Setup Installation Overview Security Key Updating Multiple Installations Development vs. Runtime Hardware and Performance Windows Installation File Locations Installation Problems Missing or invalid MIAME... Cannot INIT DSK0... Commands Will Not Execute Installing on a Network Novell/NetBIOS Machine Name Drive Mapping Windows Printers UNIX / Linux Installation File Ownership and Privileges Advanced Privilege Settings Setting Up UNIX Logins Modifying the User .Profile Backspace Key Operation Enabling the Use of KILL.LIT After Installation Modifying MIAME.INI Installing the Security Key Updating the License Licensing Issues LICENS Error Codes Transferring from AMOS Folding Filenames to Lower Case Selecting a Terminal Emulation Running A-Shell Erasing Log Files Periodically Configuration MIAME Environment Variable A-Shell Configuration File Color Configuration Help Menu Links System Parameters SERIAL ALIAS CHARSET CONAME CONSOLE DEVICE EFSEXT ERSATZ Ersatz Definition Files FILES FKEYWAIT FLDATTR FONT IATIMEOUT IJCFREQ INCLUDE JOBPREFIX LANGUAGE LOGDIR LOKSER MALLOCLIMIT MAPIDA MAXINST MAXJOBS MAXLOCKS MEMORY MMAPLIST OPTIONS ABSLOOKUP AMOS_RUNSBR AS400 AUTO_MEMOPEN AUTOTPRINT BRKALC CRLF RC_DIMX EFFUSR EFS EXITWAIT EXTFIO FIELDEMU FPROUND GUI_SPC_IND HEXDEC ISAM_IDXLOK LATIN1 LONGDIR NOAUTOX NOAUTOXLT NOFLDATTR NOJOBMAP NOSPACEATTR NOXABORT NTTS RAWTABS SBX_RUNDIR SEQLOK STRICT TRKTOPSTS XABORT POLYKEY PRINTER QUEUE QUITKEY RUNDIR SBR AMOSJOB1 AXLOCK BSMID5 BUBBLESORT CCYY COMMONNDR EZPRTX INFLD_V1 INFDEF INFLD143 INFLDB3 INFLDCBRJ INFLDEDIT INFLDLDROP INFLD_KEEPALIVE INFLDPS LSTLINSTRIP MALLOCSORT MESAGRTN MSGNUM MSGSIZ MXLOCK PCKLST_GUI PRINTNOFF PRTCHK1 SUBMIT2 TRIMCTL TTI_PGRW XPPPNOCT SSD SWAPKEY SWAPWAIT TRACE Debug Message Window TRMDEF UMASK XONXOFF Printer Configuration Defining Spoolers Printer INI File Examples Init File Commands APEX AUTOFF AUTODLGOK AUXPCDIR BANNER BIN CHARSET COMMAND Host Processing A-Shell Processing CPP CRLF, CRNL DATATYPE DELETE DEVICE DEVICE = AUXLOC: Set Printer Mode Using Printer Name DEVICE = PROMPT: DEVICE = DISK: DUPLEX FONT FONTHEIGHT, FONTWIDTH FORMFEED HEADER LMARGIN , TMARGIN LPP NOABORTDLG ORIENTATION OVERLAY PAPERSIZE PASSTHROUGH PITCH PREFIX, SUFFIX PREVIEW PRTCOPIES STRIPFF WEIGHT XOFFSET, YOFFSET XORIGIN, YORIGIN Troubleshooting Techniques Supported Printer Interfaces EZ-SPOOL EZ-SPOOL Config Files EZ-SPOOL Sample Config File EZ-SPOOL Commands EXTOPT SWITCHES Send File to Printer or Queue A-Shell/Windows A-Shell/UNIX Launching A-Shell ASHELL Command Line Switches Buffer Name Buffer and Snapshot Overwrite Buffer File Change Directory CGI Device Name Exit Alternate Icon Ignore Hangup Hangup Delay Hangup Error Immediately hetcki Hangup Parent Specify INI File Jobname Maximize Minimize Remove Menu Buttons No Menu Settings File Quiet Mode Memory Standalone Background Task Terminal Driver trace Override User Name Version Invisible Invisible with Icon Child Session Command Line File Virtual Command Files Initial Window Settings Launch Background Process on Boot Update A-Shell While Running Other Executables ASHCE ASHLITE COMPIL, OCMPIL, COMPLP PRE/OPRE PSHELL PolyShell Command Line Switches Define executable Read command line arguments Display help message Auto-launch first instance Auto-launch first two instances Define base job name Validate terminal type Reverse Poly and Swap Keys Limit to one child VUE Using A-Shell Menus File Menu Edit Menu AutoMouse Copy and Paste Settings Menu Scheduling Beveling Colors Font Misc Settings External Font Leading Background Fill Color Proportional Font Scaling Minimum Margin When Maximized Use Fixed Pitch in Edit Boxes Force Standard Colors in Edit Boxes Set Active Background Color Allow Edit Boxes to Use Leading Space Force Edit Boxes to Match Combo Height Dialog Sizing Dialog Grid Units Font Scaling % Grid Unit % Adjustment Include Caption in Dialog Height Help Menu Mouse Operations Print-to-Email Print Preview Windows Print Preview Color Customization Interfacing to the Outside World IP Lookup Email Web Pages SQL / ODBC CSV (Comma Separated Values) Screen Pictures Function Key Programming Standard IFX Translations Input Line Editing Line Editing Commands APEX Introduction Licensing Updates Preferences Preview on Print On Exit from Preview Preview Window State Preview File Retention Files Requiring Preprocessing Keystrokes and Mouse Clicks Operations Zoom Percentage and Zoom In/Out Find Text Export to Excel Print As Application Intended Open another report file Technical Reference Init File Debugging Settings Files and Folders Troubleshooting Export to Excel Crashing Old Versions of Windows Error Messages A-Shell ?-node license already in use A-Shell out of memory A-Shell partition too small for file buffers Access Denied BIOS computer name required for ?-node network license Cannot create instance Cannot open A-Shell queue system Compiler reports an absurd number of syntax errors Compiler reports many errors; how do I stop display? Cannot open company name file Configuration file not found Control-S and Control-Q do not work (to stop scrolling) Disk is full; what can I erase? Ersatz definition file not found Ersatz device specification is not formatted properly Form feed problems (too many or too few) while printing File specification error Illegal command in MIAME.INI Incompatible version of qflock; remove after all users exit Infinite loop corruption in A-Shell queue system Language definition file not found License does not match operating system version JOBTBL Full! (Increase MAXJOBS setting in miame.ini.) Msg #,# (sys:<filename>) Operating in demonstration mode Out of memory Out of queue blocks Printer not defined to workstation Printing problems under Linux Print spooling with PREFIX, SUFFIX or AUTOFF doesn't work Security key is invalid Specified job name <job> already exists Stack Overflow This update of A-Shell not covered under your license Too many sessions originating from same source address! Unable to initialize ODBC environment Warning: instance already exists for [??????] - over-writing Warning: maximum no. aliases exceeded Warning: maximum no. ERSATZes exceeded Warning: nested include statements not permitted Warning: standalone mode for network license disables locking Windows printer [ptrname] not defined to this workstation Window instance exceeds the limit defined in your config file Write protected error (BASIC Error 24) Your job queue has been zapped; exit A-Shell now Appendix Boolean Arguments in INI Files A-Shell Command Reference Updates Command Processing Filespecs and Directories Mapping Filespecs System Command Syntax Command Search Path Binary Compatibility Wildcard Commands Native Filespecs Command Line Editing and Recall LIT Commands ABOUT APPEND ASHUPD ASTAT ATECFG ATECTL ATSYNC CHAT COMPIL Additional Variables Background Compiler Symbol Definitions ISAM List File Unmapped Variable List Run Compatible Single Code Base Silent Trace AMOS 1.4 Version Copy Local Include COPY CREATE DATE, TIME DEL DEVTBL DIFF DING DIR CDATE LONG NATIVE SNOxxx DO DUMP EL, EP ELSE ENDIF ERASE ERSATZ EXIT EZTYP Status Line Information Printing Wide reports Variable rows FIXTRN FORCE HEAD HOST IF IMGDSX ISMUTL JSTAT KILL LICENS LOAD LOG LOKUTL MAP MEMORY MMAP MOVE PAGE PRE/OPRE PRINT QUTL RENAME SAVE SEND SENDing to ATE SET AHASH CMDINP INFDEF TERMINAL options TITLE definition string TRACE options SHLEXC SORT SRCCOM SUBMIT Windows UNIX without switches UNIX with switches SYSTAT Controlling Terminal MAC Address Kill Phantoms Wide Kill Zombies TAIL TELNET TELSER TIME TYPE U VERIFY VERSYS VUE INI.VUE AUTODELETE AUTOSAVE COLOFFSET DRAW GO LCKFILE LOCKSTRICT MODEM MOUSEPOS QUITWARN UPDSSL Function Keys Special Commands Command Mode Commands Display Mode Commands Extended Display Mode Commands WSET ZTXFER ZXPWIN CMD and DO Files Arguments $0 through $9 Comments Colon (:) Commands IF / ELSE / ENDIF Statements GOTO and EXIT Statements LOOKUP Statement Special $ Variables Global DO File Parameters K0 - K9 Commands Input Case Concatenate Parameters A-Shell Development Guide Updates Introduction A-Shell as a CGI Engine UNIX Version Windows Version A-Shell CGI Command Line A-Shell CMD / RUN Testing / Debugging CGI Web Servers Apache on Windows Example A-Shell/FAX Command Format Command Listing Supported AlphaFAX Commands Additional Informational Commands Cover Page Commands Unsupported AlphaFAX Commands Document Formatting Codes Sample Document Defining the Fax Printer AUI Development Introduction Definition Overview Planning for GUI Text message tokenization Using OPTIONS=GUI_SPC_IND Spacious Screen Layouts Use of INFLD Upper and Lower Case Parameterized Programs or Templates Catalog Your Fields Decide on Environments Analyze, Organize Display Logic Steps to GUI Configure the Display Define the Color Palette Adjust Leading to Relieve Crowding Remove Status Lines Adjust the Font Activate INFLD GUI Mode INFLD-Related Display Settings Fixed Pitch Font Standard Colors In Edit Boxes Edit Boxes Use Leading Space Edit Box Height Activate GUI Version of PCKLST Application Adjustments Buttons Yes/No Fields and Checkboxes Groupboxes Anachronisms INFLD Subroutines for Each Field Parameterized Field Attributes Main Menu GDI Printing Dialogs Event-driven Procedural Programming Further Improvements GUI Tools Text Attribute Manipulator Control Dump BASIC Extensions PLUS Extensions AMOS CMDLIN DEFINE DIVIDE'BY'0 DO {WHILE / UNTIL} ...LOOP EDIT$ FILL$ FOR...NEXT GETKEY Hex, Octal, ASCII Values I (Integer) variable type ODTIM OPEN for APPEND READ'ONLY REPEAT SWITCH A-Shell Extensions DIMX INPUT CSV PAD REDIMX RETURN (<expression>) XGETARG, XGETARGS, XPUTARG WRITECD XFUNC INCLUDE Nesting Dot Variables ARGCNT User-defined Functions Function Name and Type Invoking A Function Parameter Passing (In) Parameter Passing (Out) Local Variables Global Variables External Variables Return Expression Error Trapping Exiting The Function Parameter Type AS Examples Procedures MAP Statement Extensions ERR(#) Extensions XREAD and XWRITE Defined Structures INSTR() ELSEIF Clauses Dynamically-Sized S and X Variables Compiler Directives PRAGMAs FORCE_FSPEC Conditional Compilation Statements IF <constant expression> MESSAGE ERROR XCALL Name Length d/BASIC Extensions Environment Variables ASHCLIENTIP ASHFTPDEBUG ASHTMP ATE ATECACHE ATEPERMCACHE ATEEXE ATELOCALDIR ATEVER FORCEATE HOME MIAME PERMCACHE REMOTEHOST TERM XTREERAW GDI Printing Writing GDI Printing Directives Parameters: Symbols vs. Values Line (Vertical) Spacing GDI Printing Directives Totpages (%#) BIN DUPLEX ELLIPSE ESCAPE FTP IMAGE LINETO META META METAFILE MOVETO PAPERSIZE PASSTHROUGH PDFX RECTANGLE RESETLPP SETBKCOLOR SETBRUSH SETFONT SETMAPMODE SETPEN SETPENEX SETTEXTALIGN SETTEXTCOLOR SETVMI TEXTCENTER TEXTINDENT TEXTRIGHT TEXTOUT TEXTRECTANGLE XMDATA and XMFIELDS XORIGIN and YORIGIN XTEXT ISAM Performance ISAM Performance Enhancements ISMBLD.LIT Switches ISMBLD.LIT Verbose Mode ISMDMP.LIT Verbose Mode ISMBLD.SBX ISMROK.SBR ISAM-A Introduction Overview Specifications & Features ISAM-A Comparisons ISAM-A vs. ISAM ISAM-A Pros and Cons Locking File Structure File Access Statement Syntax Ambiguity File Administration Utilities Converting Files to ISAM-A Converting Programs to ISAM-A ISAM-A vs. Other Indexing Schemes A-Shell ISAM-A vs. AMOS ISAMPLUS Language Reference OPEN CLOSE GET, GET'LOCKED, GET'READ'ONLY GET'NEXT Statements GET'PREV Statements FIND Statements UPDATE'RECORD DELETE'RECORD CREATE'RECORD RELEASE Statements ALLOCATE'INDEXED INDEXED'STATS ISAM'PUSH and ISAM'POP TRANSACTION'LOG Statements TRANSACTION Statements General Topics File Size Limits Auto-Expansion ISMUTL VERIFY ISMCHK CVTISM Compressed Indexes Compressed/variable length data Transactions and Logging Recovery External Data Access Tools BASIC Error Codes Performance Peer-to-Peer Issues QFLOCK.SYS in Memory Local Copies Memory Mapping Read-Only Mode Accessing Files in the MEM: Device Pre-load Frequently Used Programs Temporary Files Local Print Files (Windows) Number of Files per Directory XCALL SERCH Optimization Optimizing File Sorting Use Span'Blocks Use Larger Record Sizes Socket Programming Listening vs. Connection Sockets Socket Subroutines Scenarios and Issues Simple, Blocking, Iterative Server Non-Blocking, Checking Without Waiting Packet Fragmentation and Consolidation Serving Multiple Concurrent Connections Sample Programs Interfacing to External Services Tab() Functions Set Foreground Color Set Number of Rows Set Number of Columns Tab(-10,x) Functions Tab(-10,x) Function Listing Set Minimized Window Title Set Normal Window Title Display OK / Cancel Message Box Set Beveling Flags Define Colors Reset Window Display Standard Message Dialog Edit GUI Control Edit Menu Control FTP Execute Windows Command Line Shell Execute Call XFUNC (numeric function) Associate A-Shell and Windows Colors Flash Window Set FTP Login / Password Get File Stats Event Wait Enable / Disable Status Lines Display Wallpaper Save / Restore Screen with ID ATE Disconnect Get ATE Environment Variable Display Standard Open/Save File Dialog Password for Disconnect FTP Sync Auxillary Port Control Display printer selection dialog Enable/Disable Wrap Change RGB Value Retrieve ATE Date and Time Change Underline Attribute Set/retrieve OPTIONS for ATE Select Windows Folder Retrieve Windows Path Create A Shortcut Get / Set / Load / Save Settings Check ATE network state Call XFUNCS (string function) Clear/Set/Query ATE Trace Flags Set Environment Variable Send Keyboard Characters Three-D Print Tab Tracing Event Tracing Using the Message Window Opening the Message Window EVTWIN.SBR Writing SBX Subroutines BASIC or C? Subroutines vs. BASIC Programs SBX Development Steps PROGRAM statement include (++) xcall.bsi Retrieve Individual Parameters Return Individual Parameters Ending Routines Return with Function Value Compile, Rename to SBX Memory Nesting of Subroutines Error Trapping File Handling in SBX Routines Accessing Open Files File Open Persistence File Channel Conflicts Persistant Variable Storage Calling Variably-Named Routines External (XFUNC) Functions SBX Performance Notes SBX Memory Usage Miscellaneous Topics Background Jobs Job Terminations Disconnects and Program Terminations Trapping Timeouts and Closed Windows Security Accessing Serial Ports Windows Serial I/O UNIX Serial I/O Controlling Access Locking Users Out File Access Privileges Determining Your Platform Files and Directories File Sizes Opening Native Files Transcending Filename Size Limit Creating a Native Directory Scanning Native Directories GUI Extensions Mouse Interaction Mouse Cursor Mouse Hot Spots Mouse Cursor Reporting AutoMouse Translations GUI Controls Proportional Font Text Objects Alignment Problems with Text Clipboard XP Themes Beveling Imaging Adding Custom Menu Items Keyboard String Menus Command Line Menus Registry (or Shell Execute) Menus Playing a Sound File Using the Registry Using File Associations Displaying a File Open/Save Dialog PPN Numbering Rounding of Floating Point Variables FPROUND MIAMEX MX_GETROUND Screen and Display Issues Pop-Up Utilities Screen Capture Setting the Window Title HOWTO: RTF Printing Appendix ZTERM Escape Sequences Serial Passthrough Extended Example Row and Column Codes Virtual Key Symbolic Names Tab(-1,x) Functions Basic Line Draw Characters Special Characters Mode-style Monochrome Attributes AM70-Style Colors All Others Mouse Cursor Reporting Flush Screen Output Buffer Numeric List (all) Pre-Defined Functions Numeric Functions Trigonometric Functions String FUNCTIONS Other Functions Unary Operators Binary Arithmetic and Logical Operators Logical versus Arithmetic Operators Limits and Capacities A-Shell XCALL Reference Updates Introduction Limits and Capacities Creating Routines Configurable Routines Routines by Name Routines by Type Detailed Descriptions ABOX ACCEPT, ACCEPN ACCESS AMOS ANYCN ASCEBC, EBCASC ASFLAG Read Only Synchronized Write Memory Mapping No IDX Lock Local Copy Force Control-C to Parent AUI Control Parameters opcode ctlid ctext cstate Dialog Positioning Tip ctype MBF_DLGNOCREEP Alternate Dialog Coordinate System cmd Windows Command Line Keyboard Commands Shell execute Subroutine (SBX) Accelerator func cstatus srow, scol, erow, ecol Millirows Millicolumns fgc, bgc fontattr fontscale fontface tooltip parentid winclass winstyle winstylex ctype2 Control Methods (Opcodes) Query Control Add Control Change Control Delete Control Clear Control Query Checkbox Save/Restore Controls Batch Operations Get Control ID Set Current Tab Pane Control Types Static Text Control Lines, Rectangles and Frames Button Control Groupbox Control Groupbox + MBF_ALTPOS Checkbox Control Checkbox Alignment, Justification Radio button Control Animated Graphics Control Icon Control Static Icon Control Icon Library Button Icon Control Icons: Static vs. Button Bitmap Control Edit Control (INFLD) Up/Down Control (INFLD) Multi-line Edit Control (INFLD) Combo Box Control (INFLD) Text Mode Compatibility Coded Lists Self Service Combo Box Date Picker Control (INFLD) Time Picker Control (INFLD) Month Calendar Control position winstyle Operations Modal Dialog Box Control Modeless Dialog Progress Bar Control Tab Control Tab Control Example Image Control Static Image Control Button Image Control Other Control Topics ATE Optimization XP Themes Control names Scaling Logic Height of Controls Control Alignment Eventwait Parameter List parentid ctlid exitcode opflags EVW_NOWRAP EVW_NUMERIC EVW_DESCEND EVW_SIBLINGS EVW_SQUELCH EVW_ACCEL EVW_RAW EVW_EXCDFOCUS EVW_EXCDINOUT Comments Environment Menu Traditional Method Opcode MNUOP_RST Menuid Mnutxt Mstate Mtype Cmd Func Mstatus Dlgid Itemid Simplified Method Sample.mdf Context Menus Menu Icons Checked and Radio Button Menu Items AUI_MENU Enhancements Display Images Flag MBF_MENUID Internal Menu Items Reference Image Window HTMLHelp B64ENC BASORT BITOPS BLOCKS CCON, CCOFF CGIUTL CGI Status Retrieve stdin Retrieve single parameter Copy disk file to stdout Write string to stdout Retrieve envvar into envdef Generate custom file from template Retrieve multiple parameters CHKONE CMDR COMIO COMMON CONDEV CRC16 DATES DELCHR DEVCHK DSKCOM DSKPPN DSTOI ECHO EFS EMAILP ERRMSG EZSPL Old Format New Format EZ-SPOOL Processing EZTYP F2HOST FIFO FILNAM FLOCK FORCE FTPDLX Environmental Notes Debugging FTPDLX Error Codes wodFTPDLX.DLL Error Codes FTP Protocol return codes Certificate Errors Winsock Errors GDIPRT GET Inputting from a serial device GETADR GETBYT GETDEV GETJOB GETJTB GETMAC GETPPN GETPRG GETUSN GETVER GETX GRECNV GTLANG HOST2F HOSTEX Command Modifiers Launching A-Shell with HOSTEX HTMLP HTTP IDTIM IMAGE Load Close Display Open and Display Retrieve Information Remove from Display Acquire Select Data Source Get TWAIN Error Status Codes INCOM INFLD Parameters row col xmax type Character Type Acceptance Control character input Currency field Date input Date input, today Yes/NO field Phone number or zip code input Time input format European date YES/No field setdef qualifier Numeric Formatting Codes Allow decimal point Allow minus sign Thousands separator Right justify field Value range checking Zero fill Date/Time Formatting Codes Convert date format Allow date shortcuts HexaDecade dates (1) HexaDecade dates (2) Julian date format Time field Timer-related Codes GUI-related Codes Active Versus Inactive Behavior Convert Y/N field to checkbox Force fixed-pitch font Force modified fixed-pitch font Activate GUI enhancements Right Justify Checkbox Text Select data entry convention Create a radio button Field Markers Auto-Complete Auto-Complete Variations Auto-Complete Illustrations Auto-Complete Examples Auto-Complete Comments and Limitations Miscellaneous Codes Force destructive enter Disable bright and dim Enable protected fields Start cursor at end Clear bottom line Disable character blanking Disallow blanks Abort allowed Fast input Form Field Return updated field contents Use invisible field markers Disable the INFLD.DEF option Return null Disallow record abort key Prehistoric Compatibility Mode Do not redisplay field Read only Program Control-X Convert to upper case (1) Convert to upper case (2) Exit Key Enabling Codes Type Codes Summary entry inxctl parentid opcode exitcode timer cmdflg INFCF_CMDFIL INFCF_DROPDOWN INFCF_EXISTING INFCF_DISABLE defpt maxpt funmap setdef List of Complete Inputs Dummy List of Inputs List of Paired Inputs Date or Value Range Checking Character Acceptance List Invalid Input Message Setdef Limits infclr hlpidx Tool tips Mouse Click Strings Help Keys Context Menu Handling maxchrs External Parameters INFLD Definition File Miscellaneous Topics Screen snapshots Pop-up Utilities Telnet Keepalive Update Notes INMEMO Update Notes ISMBLD ISMROK ITC JOBCMD JOBDAT JOBNUM JOBTRM JULCVT LOKOUT LOG LSTLIN MATCH MIAMEX MIAMEX Functions by Number MIAMEX Functions by Symbol MIAMEX Routines by Type MIAMEX 1: Set/get command file status MIAMEX 2: Exit A-Shell MIAMEX 3: Perform FSPEC on AMOS string MIAMEX 4: Get Control-C status MIAMEX 5: Get echo status MIAMEX 6: Set command prompt MIAMEX 7: Get hex output status MIAMEX 8: Set/reset hex mode MIAMEX 9: Output hex or octal number MIAMEX 10: Check for PPN MIAMEX 11: Get ersatz information MIAMEX 12: Get A-Shell version MIAMEX 13: Get/set Tracker flags MIAMEX 14: Call into VUE editor MIAMEX 15: Call into BASIC compiler MIAMEX 16: Call into PREBAS pre-compiler MIAMEX 17: Synchronize directories MIAMEX 18: Get next line of command file MIAMEX 19: Get device definition MIAMEX 20: Get first matching file MIAMEX 21: Find next matching file MIAMEX 22: Get directory separator char MIAMEX 23: End directory search MIAMEX 24: Get command prompt MIAMEX 25: Get file hash total MIAMEX 26: Format last file spec MIAMEX 27: Copy file MIAMEX 28: Output error message MIAMEX 29: Output rename error message MIAMEX 30: Get queue block contents MIAMEX 31: Get environment variable MIAMEX 32: Set default file extension MIAMEX 34: Get ISAM version and serial MIAMEX 36: Get AMOS hash mode status MIAMEX 37: Set/reset AMOS hash mode MIAMEX 38: Create path MIAMEX 39: Delete path MIAMEX 41: Zap jobtbl and queue blocks MIAMEX 50: Get LOKSER status MIAMEX 51: Set LOKSER status MIAMEX 52: Get CMD file input status MIAMEX 53: Set CMD file input status MIAMEX 54: Get signal received status MIAMEX 55: Clear signal received status MIAMEX 56: Define environmental variable MIAMEX 57: Send signal to another process MIAMEX 59: Get OPTIONS flags MIAMEX 60: Set OPTIONS flags MIAMEX 61: Get TRACE flags MIAMEX 62: Set TRACE flags MIAMEX 63: Load PFK file MIAMEX 64: Display loaded PFK filename MIAMEX 65: Manage screen picture MIAMEX 66: Rebuild queue MIAMEX 67: Lock queue MIAMEX 68: Unlock queue MIAMEX 69: Get UMASK MIAMEX 70: Set UMASK MIAMEX 72: Print msg from msg file MIAMEX 73: Read job control block MIAMEX 74: Write job control block MIAMEX 75: Get system time MIAMEX 76: Start telnet server MIAMEX 77: Show window MIAMEX 78: Get global DO params MIAMEX 79: Set global DO params MIAMEX 80: Get XCALL param info MIAMEX 81: Get/set params in SBX MIAMEX 82: Exit SBX MIAMEX 83: Get FKEYWAIT time MIAMEX 84: Set FKEYWAIT time MIAMEX 85: Get or set window title MIAMEX 86: Get error message MIAMEX 87: Disable stream buffering MIAMEX 88: Flush stream buffer MIAMEX 89: Clone file channel MIAMEX 90: Get/set beveling options MIAMEX 91: Get/set background color MIAMEX 92: Enable/disable PolyShell keys MIAMEX 93: Get ABOUT info MIAMEX 94: Get cursor position MIAMEX 95: Display open file dialog MIAMEX 96: Shell execute MIAMEX 97: Make directory MIAMEX 99: Get registry string MIAMEX 100: Play sound MIAMEX 101: Get swap wait time MIAMEX 102: Set swap wait time MIAMEX 103: Get/set cmd line flags MIAMEX 104: Get process ID MIAMEX 105: Get/set clipboard text MIAMEX 106: Get OS Information MIAMEX 107: Scan user memory MIAMEX 108: Load module into memory MIAMEX 109: Delete module from memory MIAMEX 110: Save memory module MIAMEX 111: Read/write memory module MIAMEX 112: Set AutoMouse translations MIAMEX 113: Change memory partition MIAMEX 115: Indirect XCALL MIAMEX 116: Process color ini file MIAMEX 117: Send MAPI mail MIAMEX 118: Get/set stream position MIAMEX 120: Prompt for Windows printer MIAMEX 121: Set/get chain-to on priv error MIAMEX 123: Get/set SBR= flags MIAMEX 124: Output to ashlog.log MIAMEX 125: Get last MCRS click info MIAMEX 126: Sink/unsink field MIAMEX 127: Get/set rounding factor MIAMEX 128: Get IP address MIAMEX 130: Get startup command MIAMEX 131: Get file stats MIAMEX 132: Format file time MIAMEX 133: Expand/reduce file in place MIAMEX 138: Registry operations Open Create Set Read Enumerate keys Enumerate values Close Delete Key Delete Value Replace Null Delimiters MIAMEX 141: Set Parent Control MIAMEX 143: Get/set INFLD Default TYPE Codes MIAMEX 144: Get/set DEBUG Control Variable MIAMEX 146: Get Last Line Number MIAMEX 147: Count Lines in File MIAMEX 148: Calculate String Length or Height Open Choose font Calculate rectangular text metrics Calculate string length Calculate rectangular XTEXT metrics MIAMEX 149: Get/set A-Shell GUI Settings MIAMEX 153: Set/release Keyboard Hold MIAMEX 154: Set 3D TAB Attributes MIAMEX 156: Return Instance Number MIAMEX 157: Find Window MIAMEX 163: Change Memory Module Flags MIAMEX 164: Display Color Selection Dialog MIAMEX 165: Display Font Selection Dialog MIAMEX 167: Verify File Information MIAMEX 169: Set/Overrride User Name MIAMEX 170: Select Windows Folder MIAMEX 171: Retrieve Directory Path MIAMEX 172: Password Encryption MIAMEX 173: Create Shortcut MIAMEX 174: String Compare MIAMEX 176: Check PC Network State MIAMEX 177: Wrap ATE Command MIAMEX 178: Establish File Hooks Hook SBX Specification MIAMEX 179: Send Inter-process AG_xxx MIAMEX 180: Get/Set Inactivity Timeout MSBOXX MSGBOX MSGLOG NFIND NOECHO NUMCHK ODTIM PCKLST PLYJOB PRTCHK PUTBYT REGEX Pattern Complilation Errors Matching Errors Options Flags Background and General Information License Notes RENAME RSPCHK RXTERM SBXINP Label SCRSTS Using XTREE with SCRSTS SEND SERCH SETJTB SIZE SQL SORTIT STRIP STRTOK Almost Comma Delimited Large Packets, Multiple Delimiters SUBMIT SWPSBR TCPX Backwards Compatibility Advanced Server Connection Options Asynchronous Client Connections Closing Opcodes Flags1 Setting The SO_LINGER Option TLS/SSL STARTTLS Flags2 Status TCPCLI TCPSRV TIMES TINKEY TRIM TRMCHR UNIQUE USRCNT VUESCR WAKNO WINFLG XDEFLT XFOLD XFRMMO XLOCK XPAINT XPPN XTEXT Text Editing Overview Parameters opcode flags TXF_MODELESS TXF_STATUS TXF_TOOLBAR TXF_POSCUR TXF_DISABLE TXF_NOCLICKOUT src dst srow, scol, erow, ecol exitcode txtctl txc'ctlno txc'kbdstr txc'wrapwidth txc'docfmt'src txc'docfmt'dst txc'outbytes txc'outlines txc'saveoffset txc'fontface txc'fontsize txc'srchkey txc'sflags txc'flagmask txc'flags1 txc'flags2 txc'flags3 txc'flags4 txc'flags5 txc'flags6 txc'flags7 txc'flags8 txc'fmapctl txc'fmapapp txc'toolbarmask txc'fcolor txc'fprotclr txc'protrows txc'idname txc'maxbytes fmtdef Other XTEXT Topics Modeless Operation Multiple XTEXT Controls Controls in Container Windows Editing in a Standalone Window Search / Replace Page Breaks Trapping Toolbar Commands XTEXT as a Report Viewer Copy and Paste Printing Browser Mode ATE Issues Non-FTP Channel Text Return Spell Checking Keyboard Commands XTREE Inputs and Outputs Parameters srow, scol, erow, ecol answer Examples array addcnt coldef cpos, cwidth ctitle cformat Preserve foreground color List hierarchy Numeric data Literal backslash Background cell color Background row color Row color Row color option Combo Box Standard Date Format Column contains editable text Font definition column Hidden column Image column Allow embedded CRLFs Editable radio button Editable checkbox Non-editable checkbox Application-editable only Read-only editable Conditional validation Unconditional validation Advanced Coldef Options ClickExit Dspwid ExitChars Font Format HdrClickExit HdrFont ImgSiz ImgCount ImgDir InfDef List Mask NegFgBg PopupMenu RGBbg RGBfg RGBfgSel and RGBbgSel Headers and Totals Colors ScrollMode CellList ListX and CellListX SelChgExit Advanced Syntax Example Traditional Syntax Simple Multi-Column Syntax File Mode Coldef Extensions exitcode flags XTF_ENTESC XTF_MODELESS XTF_FCOLDEF XTF_XYXY XTF_SORT XTF_MSEL XTF_DISABLE XTF_FILANS XTF_DRAGDROP XTF_SPLIT XTF_NOZEROEX flags2 XTF2_HOME_CTRL and XTF2_END_CTRL XTF2_NAVCOL XTF2_AUTOEXPCOL XTF2_CSV file mmoclr xtrctl xtr'opcode XTROP_CREATE XTROP_REPLACE XTROP_APPEND XTROP_DELETE XTROP_RESELECT XTROP_DELSEL XTROP_PRINT xtr'ctlno xtr'itemlines xtr'selectarea xtr'kbdstr xtr'skey xtr'topindex xtr'delctlid xtr'expandlevel xtr'colorder xtr'timeout xtr'leftpanecols xtr'leftpanewidth xtr'closedended xtr'xvalidate xtr'target... xtr'searchmode xtr'miscflags xtr'nfselstyle xtr'headerstyle xtr'rowhdrstyle xtr'showrowhdr filidx XTREE Techniques Initial View Position Mouse and Keyboard Techniques Sorting Multi-level lists Modeless operation Appending Editable tree controls Re-entry After Cell Validation Editable Image Cells Multiple tree controls Controls in container windows Destroying pick lists Typical Cell Editing Scenarios Saving User Adjustments Sample programs XTREE Update Notes Appendix CSIDL_xxx identifiers Virtual Key Symbolic Names Hex-Decimal Values Compatibility Table Glossary