PL/B STANDARD INCLUDE MODULES

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Plb-0100.cfm v1.0

HISTORY of PL/B and Databus
BASICS of PL/B programming
MMCC Standards
Anchoring objects
(as part of split screen discussion)
API Notes on Windows API calls
ASCII Good table of codes
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
Character Mode Forms
DOS-style, character mode screens
CLOCK
(Get's lots more than just the time!)
COLORS
COMBOBOX

DATALIST.DIR method to fill a datalist also works with Combo.
CONTROLs and Objects
CPU USAGE
notes and comments
Cursor Keys
notes on detecting cursor keys, etc.
Sunbelt's History of Data Access
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 (RichEditText)
E-Mail notes
EXPLODE instruction
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/FINDDIR for gathering information about a file
DATALIST.DIR method to fill a datalist with file directory
Image File Types
GETFILE
READ
Sunbelt's History of Data Access
FILE MANAGER
FLOATMENU and RIGHT CLICK
FOCUS and VALIDATE
FONTS
FTP from PL/B
GETFILE
GETINFO
GETMODE
Lots of good information including names of INI files
GUI vs Procedural Comments and notes
ICONS
INIT / Literals
IMAGE LIST
INI FILES
Image File Types
GETMODE INI file names
CLOCK INI data items
PLBWIN License data
LICENSE
PLBWIN License data
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 YEARS AGO.
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
PRTOPEN PDF
PDF built into 9.6
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
RichEditText (EditText)
ROUTINE
including ROUTINE, LROUTINE, PROCEDURE, CALL and CALLS
RUNTIME : PLBWIN runtime considerations
RUNTIME VERSION See CLOCK VERSION
RIGHT CLICK and FLOATMENU
SCREEN HANDLING:
- .SHOW show/hide window
- Manual SCROLL BARS
- Splitter object
- Split Screen Windows
- Print Screen
- See also Window topic
SOUND FILES
Playing music, etc.
SQLIO SQL Lite support within PL/B
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

UTF-8
UFT-8 format
VALIDATE and FOCUS
VERSION control
GETMODE
program & compiler versions

CLOCK
rumtime version
VERTICAL SCROLL BARS (manually coded)
WINDOW OBJECTs
hiding the window (.SHOW)
controlling position on screen
stretching and shrinking window and all objects
See Screen Handling topic
Xfiles
X-file notes

plb-t010.cfm

ANSI Standard PL/B Language and Visual PL/B

PL/B STANDARD INCLUDE MODULES

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Every MMCC program uses a variety of standard INCLUDE modules. Some of these are standard within a specific application system and appear only in that folder. Others are standard across all systems and are stored in the SUNDB folder.

Many of the standard routines were first written in the early 1980's. Most have evolved over time to incorporate new techniques and features of the language. Every effort has been made to insure that old programs do not break as new standards are added.

This article covers INCLUDE modules. Other topics include:

Program structure
Standard include modules
Field Name conventions
Back to Standards Index

STANDARD INCLUDE MODULES

FIELD NAME CONVENTIONS

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