Contributor: SWAG SUPPORT TEAM Unit sundry; Interface Uses Dos, sCrt, Strings; Type LongWds = Record loWord, hiWord : Word; end; ica_rec = Record Case Integer of 0: (Bytes : Array[0..15] of Byte); 1: (Words : Array[0..7] of Word); 2: (Integers: Array[0..7] of Integer); 3: (strg : String[15]); 4: (longs : Array[0..3] of LongInt); 5: (dummy : String[13]; chksum: Integer); 6: (mix : Byte; wds : Word; lng : LongInt); end; {-This simply creates a Variant Record which is mapped to 0000:04F0 which is the intra-applications communications area in the bios area of memory. A Program may make use of any of the 16 Bytes in this area and be assured that Dos and the bios will not interfere With it. This means that it can be effectively used to pass values/inFormation between different Programs. It can conceivably be used to store inFormation from an application, then terminate from that application, run several other Programs, and then have another Program use the stored inFormation. As the area can be used by any Program, it is wise to incorporate a checksum to ensure that the intermediate applications have not altered any values. It is of most use when executing child processes or passing values between related Programs that are run consecutively.} IOproc = Procedure(derror:Byte; msg : String); Const ValidChars : String[40] = ' ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890-'+#39; HexChars : Array[0..15] of Char = '0123456789ABCDEF'; Var ica : ica_rec Absolute $0000:$04f0; FilePosition : LongInt; (* OldRecSize : Word; *) TempStr : String; Procedure CheckIO(Error_action : IOproc; msg : String); Function CompressStr(Var n): String; {-Will Compress 3 alpha-numeric Bytes into 2 Bytes} Function DeCompress(Var s): String; {-DeCompresses a String Compressed by CompressStr} Function NumbofElements(Var s; size : Word): Word; {-returns the number of active elements in a set} Function PrinterStatus : Byte; {-Gets the Printer status} Function PrinterReady(Var b : Byte): Boolean; Function TestBbit(n,b: Byte): Boolean; Function TestWbit(Var n; b: Byte): Boolean; Function TestLbit(n: LongInt; b: Byte): Boolean; Procedure SetBbit(Var n: Byte; b: Byte); Procedure SetWbit(Var n; b: Byte); Procedure SetLbit(Var n: LongInt; b: Byte); Procedure ResetBbit(Var n: Byte; b: Byte); Procedure ResetWbit(Var n; b: Byte); Procedure ResetLbit(Var n: LongInt; b: Byte); Function right(Var s; n : Byte): String; Function left(Var s; n : Byte): String; Function shleft(Var s; n : Byte): String; Function nExtStr(Var s1; s2 : String; n : Byte): String; Procedure WriteAtCr(st: String; col,row: Byte); Procedure WriteLnAtCr(st: String; col,row: Byte); Procedure WriteLNCenter(st: String; width: Byte); Procedure WriteCenter(st: String; width: Byte); Procedure GotoCR(col,row: Byte); {-These Functions and Procedures Unit provides the means to do random access reads on Text Files. } Function Exist(fn : String) : Boolean; Function Asc2Str(Var s; max: Byte): String; Procedure DisableBlink(State:Boolean); Function Byte2Hex(numb : Byte) : String; Function Numb2Hex(Var numb) : String; Function Long2Hex(long : LongInt): String; Function Hex2Byte(HexStr : String) : Byte; Function Hex2Word(HexStr : String) : Word; Function Hex2Integer(HexStr : String) : Integer; Function Hex2Long(HexStr : String) : LongInt; {======================================================================} Implementation Procedure CheckIO(error_action : IOproc;msg : String); Var c : Word; begin c := Ioresult; if c <> 0 then error_action(c,msg); end; {$F+} Procedure ReportError(c : Byte; st : String); begin Writeln('I/O Error ',c); Writeln(st); halt(c); end; {$F-} Function StUpCase(Str : String) : String; Var Count : Integer; begin For Count := 1 to Length(Str) do Str[Count] := UpCase(Str[Count]); StUpCase := Str; end; Function CompressStr(Var n): String; Var S : String Absolute n; InStr : String; len : Byte Absolute InStr; Compstr: Record Case Byte of 0: (Outlen : Byte; OutArray: Array[0..84] of Word); 1: (Out : String[170]); end; temp, x, count : Word; begin FillChar(InStr,256,32); InStr := S; len := (len + 2) div 3 * 3; FillChar(CompStr.Out,171,0); InStr := StUpCase(InStr); x := 1; count := 0; While x <= len do begin temp := pos(InStr[x+2],ValidChars); inc(temp,pos(InStr[x+1],ValidChars) * 40); inc(temp,pos(InStr[x],ValidChars) * 1600); inc(x,3); CompStr.OutArray[count] := temp; inc(count); end; CompStr.Outlen := count shl 1; CompressStr := CompStr.Out; end; {-CompressStr} Function DeCompress(Var s): String; Var CompStr : Record clen : Byte; arry : Array[0..84] of Word; end Absolute s; x, count, temp : Word; begin With CompStr do begin DeCompress[0] := Char((clen shr 1) * 3); x := 0; count := 1; While x <= clen shr 1 do begin temp := arry[x] div 1600; dec(arry[x],temp*1600); DeCompress[count] := ValidChars[temp]; temp := arry[x] div 40; dec(arry[x],temp*40); DeCompress[count+1] := ValidChars[temp]; temp := arry[x]; DeCompress[count+2] := ValidChars[temp]; inc(count,3); inc(x); end; end; end; Function NumbofElements(Var s; size : Word): Word; {-The Variable s can be any set Type and size is the Sizeof(s)} Var TheSet : Array[1..32] of Byte Absolute s; count,x,y : Word; begin count := 0; For x := 1 to size do For y := 0 to 7 do inc(count, 1 and (TheSet[x] shr y)); NumbofElements := count; end; Function PrinterStatus : Byte; Var regs : Registers; {-from the Dos Unit } begin With regs do begin dx := 0; {-The Printer number LPT2 = 1 } ax := $0200; {-The Function code For service wanted } intr($17,regs); {-$17= ROM bios int to return Printer status} PrinterStatus := ah;{-Bit 0 set = timed out } end; { 1 = unused } end; { 2 = unused } { 3 = I/O error } { 4 = Printer selected } { 5 = out of paper } { 6 = acknowledge } { 7 = Printer not busy } Function PrinterReady(Var b : Byte): Boolean; begin b := PrinterStatus; PrinterReady := (b = $90) {-This may Vary between Printers} end; Function TestBbit(n,b: Byte): Boolean; begin TestBbit := odd(n shr b); end; Function TestWbit(Var n; b: Byte): Boolean; Var t: Word Absolute n; begin if b < 16 then TestWbit := odd(t shr b); end; Function TestLbit(n: LongInt; b: Byte): Boolean; begin if b < 32 then TestLbit := odd(n shr b); end; Procedure SetBbit(Var n: Byte; b: Byte); begin if b < 8 then n := n or (1 shl b); end; Procedure SetWbit(Var n; b: Byte); Var t : Word Absolute n; {-this allows either a Word or Integer} begin if b < 16 then t := t or (1 shl b); end; Procedure SetLbit(Var n: LongInt; b: Byte); begin if b < 32 then n := n or (LongInt(1) shl b); end; Procedure ResetBbit(Var n: Byte; b: Byte); begin if b < 8 then n := n and not (1 shl b); end; Procedure ResetWbit(Var n; b: Byte); Var t: Word Absolute n; begin if b < 16 then t := t and not (1 shl b); end; Procedure ResetLbit(Var n: LongInt; b: Byte); begin if b < 32 then n := n and not (LongInt(1) shl b); end; Function right(Var s; n : Byte): String; Var st : String Absolute s; len: Byte Absolute s; begin if n >= len then right := st else right := copy(st,len+1-n,n); end; Function shleft(Var s; n : Byte): String; Var st : String Absolute s; stlen: Byte Absolute s; temp : String; len : Byte Absolute temp; begin if n < stlen then begin move(st[n+1],temp[1],255); len := stlen - n; shleft := temp; end; end; Function left(Var s; n : Byte): String; Var st : String Absolute s; temp: String; len : Byte Absolute temp; begin temp := st; if n < len then len := n; left := temp; end; Function nExtStr(Var s1;s2 : String; n : Byte): String; Var main : String Absolute s1; second : String Absolute s2; len : Byte Absolute s2; begin nExtStr := copy(main,pos(second,main)+len,n); end; Procedure WriteAtCr(st: String; col,row: Byte); begin GotoXY(col,row); Write(st); end; Procedure WriteLnAtCr(st: String; col,row: Byte); begin GotoXY(col,row); Writeln(st); end; Function Charstr(ch : Char; by : Byte) : String; Var Str : String; Count : Integer; begin Str := ''; For Count := 1 to by do Str := Str + ch; CharStr := Str; end; Procedure WriteLnCenter(st: String; width: Byte); begin TempStr := CharStr(' ',(width div 2) - succ((length(st) div 2))); st := TempStr + st; Writeln(st); end; Procedure WriteCenter(st: String; width: Byte); begin TempStr := CharStr(' ',(width div 2)-succ((length(st) div 2))); st := TempStr + st; Write(st); end; Procedure GotoCR(col,row: Byte); begin GotoXY(col,row); end; Function Exist(fn : String): Boolean; Var f : File; OldMode : Byte; begin OldMode := FileMode; FileMode:= 0; assign(f,fn); {$I-} reset(f,1); {$I+} if Ioresult = 0 then begin close(f); Exist := True; end else Exist := False; FileMode:= OldMode; end; {-Exist} Function Asc2Str(Var s; max: Byte): String; Var stArray : Array[0..255] of Byte Absolute s; st : String; len : Byte Absolute st; begin move(stArray[0],st[1],255); len := max; len := (max + Word(1)) * ord(pos(#0,st) = 0) + pos(#0,st)-1; Asc2Str := st; end; Procedure DisableBlink(state : Boolean); { DisableBlink(True) allows use of upper eight colors as background } { colours. DisableBlink(False) restores the normal mode and should } { be called beFore Program Exit } Var regs : Registers; begin With regs do begin ax := $1003; bl := ord(not(state)); end; intr($10,regs); end; { DisableBlink } Function Byte2Hex(numb : Byte) : String; begin Byte2Hex[0] := #2; Byte2Hex[1] := HexChars[numb shr 4]; Byte2Hex[2] := HexChars[numb and 15]; end; Function Numb2Hex(Var numb) : String; { converts an Integer or a Word to a String. Using an unTyped argument makes this possible. } Var n : Word Absolute numb; begin Numb2Hex := Byte2Hex(hi(n))+Byte2Hex(lo(n)); end; Function Long2Hex(long : LongInt): String; begin With LongWds(long) do { Type casting makes the split up easy} Long2Hex := Numb2Hex(hiWord) + Numb2Hex(loWord); end; Function Hex2Byte(HexStr : String) : Byte; begin Hex2Byte := pos(UpCase(HexStr[2]),HexChars)-1 + ((pos(UpCase(HexStr[1]),HexChars))-1) shl 4 { * 16} end; Function Hex2Word(HexStr : String) : Word; { This requires that the String passed is a True hex String of 4 Chars and not in a Format like $FDE0 } begin Hex2Word := pos(UpCase(HexStr[4]),HexChars)-1 + ((pos(UpCase(HexStr[3]),HexChars))-1) shl 4 + { * 16} ((pos(UpCase(HexStr[2]),HexChars))-1) shl 8 + { * 256} ((pos(UpCase(HexStr[1]),HexChars))-1) shl 12; { *4096} end; Function Hex2Integer(HexStr : String) : Integer; begin Hex2Integer := Integer(Hex2Word(HexStr)); end; Function Hex2Long(HexStr : String) : LongInt; Var Long : LongWds; begin Long.hiWord := Hex2Word(copy(HexStr,1,4)); Long.loWord := Hex2Word(copy(HexStr,5,4)); Hex2Long := LongInt(Long); end; begin FilePosition := 0; end.