PL/B NOTEBOOK

• HISTORY of PL/B and Databus
  
  
• BASICS of PL/B programming
  
  
• MMCC Standards
  
  
• NEW Style Index
  
  

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• Anchoring objects (as part of split screen discussion)
  
  
• API Notes on Windows API calls
  
  
• BINARY LOGIC.
  
  
• BUTTONS.
  
  
• Base 64 encoding. An article by John Walker, founder of Autodesk, Inc. and co-author of AutoCAD. From Fourmilab Switzerland.
  
  
• CALL/CALLS and Subroutines including ROUTINE, LROUTINE, PROCEDURE, and LOADMOD
  
  
• CLOCK (Get's lots more than just the time!)
  
  
• COLORS
  
  
• COMBOBOX
  
  
• CONTROLs and Objects
  
  
• CPU USAGE notes and comments
  
  
• DATALIST general topic
  DATALIST.DIR method to fill a datalist with file directory
  
  
• Distributing programs & Runtime considerations
  
  
• Docking Objects (as part of split screen discussion)
  
  
• DOS DOS-style, character mode screens
  
  
• EditText notes
  
  
• E-Mail notes
  
  
• Events notes on cursor keys, etc.
  
  
• Executing programs.
  What Program to Load 1ST
  Comments on executing compiled programs and systems.
  
  
• Expressions such as:
  IF ((QUANTITY * POUNDS_EACH) > CART_MAX)
  
  
• FILES
  Notes on opening files
  FILELIST for managing multiple indexes
  FINDFILE for gathering information about a file
  DATALIST.DIR method to fill a datalist with file directory
  
  
• FILE MANAGER
  
  
• FLOATMENU and RIGHT CLICK
  
  
• FOCUS and VALIDATE
  
  
• FONTS
  
  
• GETINFO
  
  
• GETMODE Lots of good information including names of INI files
  
  
• GUI vs Procedural Comments and notes
  
  
• ICONS
  
  
• IMAGE LIST
  
  
• INI FILES
  • GETMODE INI file names
  • CLOCK INI data items
  
  
  
• LISTVIEW
  
  
• LOADMOD including ROUTINE, LROUTINE, PROCEDURE, CALL and CALLS
  
  
• MENUS
  • MENU Objects
  • Picture Menus
  
  
  
• NUL strings
  
  
• OPENING FILES
  Notes on opening files
  FILELIST for managing multiple indexes
  DATALIST.DIR method to fill a datalist with file directory
  
  
• O'Reilly Website
  Notes on the tests we ran
  
  
• Panel object (and split screens)
  
  
• Percent PROGRESS
  
  
• PICTURES
  • General Info
  • Picture Menus
  • Printing
  
  
  
• PRINT SCREEN (Printing a form)
  • Printing a screen image
  
  
  
• PRINT DOS style printing direct to LPTx
  
  
• PRTPAGE
  Selecting and opening a printer
  *UNITS
  *PICT
  Printing a screen image
  Printers (names, managing, etc.)
  
  
• Program Distribution & Runtime considerations
  
  
• RESOURCE lists. Embed pictures, movies, etc. into your PLC.
  
  
• REVDATE application program version control
  
  
• ROUTINE including ROUTINE, LROUTINE, PROCEDURE, CALL and CALLS
  
  
• RUNTIME : PLBWIN runtime considerations
  
  
• RUNTIME VERSION See CLOCK VERSION
  
  
• RIGHT CLICK and FLOATMENU
  
  
• SCREEN HANDLING:
  • .SHOW methods to the look of the window
  • Manual SCROLL BARS
  • Splitter object
  • Split Screen Windows
  • See also Window topic
  
  
• .SHOW method
  managing the look of the window
  
  
• SOUND FILES Playing music, etc.
  
  
• STRINGS
  
  
• SDB386 and SUNDBCMP
  
  
• Subroutines including ROUTINE, LROUTINE, PROCEDURE, CALL and CALLS
  
  
• TAB CONTROL
  
  
• Toolbar / Toolbutton
  
  
• TreeView
  
  
• Transactions
  
  
• Program execution. What Program to Load 1ST
  Comments on executing compiled programs and systems.
  
  
• Techniques and Comments
  getting sample code
  multi-line stattext
  layered objects
  zorder
  radio group
  
  
• VALIDATE and FOCUS
  
  
• VERSION control
  • GETMODE program & compiler versions
  • CLOCK rumtime version
  
  
  
• VERTICAL SCROLL BARS (manually coded)
  
  
• WINDOW OBJECTs
  hiding the window (.SHOW method)
  controlling position on screen
  stretching and shrinking window and all objects
  See also Screen Handling topic

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