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BuilderLite

Version 1.0 · Tom Campbell

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Description

The HP Palmtop Paper Builder Lite is a computer programming environment that uses the DOS batch file language as a starting point. You can learn programming with this package and create standalone programs that will outperform DOS batch files every time. Shareware.

Technical details

File
bldrlite.zip
Size
453.1 KB
Format
.zip
Year
1994
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
1998-12-20
Files inside
10
Author
Tom Campbell
Path
anonftp/pub/bldrlite.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 474.2 KB

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

  • EDITLITE.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 109.3 KB
  • BLDLITE.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 66.1 KB
  • MLINK.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 53.8 KB
  • BLHELP.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 117.4 KB

No need to put REGISTER.DOC, BLHELP.HLP, BLDLITE.LIB, BLDRLITE.MAN, PRODUCTS.DOC, EXAMPLES.ZIP: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 474.2 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. Copy EDITLITE.EXE, BLDLITE.EXE, MLINK.EXE, BLHELP.EXE to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

The author's instructions
Use in installation programs and system diagnostic routines.
     Some people don't know what CPU type is on their systems,
     and that information may be important.  This command gives
     you access to that info, and allows you to act on it.

Returns

     Returns one of the following values depending on CPU type:


            CPU Type     Value Returned

            8086/8088    86
            80186        186
            80286        286
            80386        386
            80486        486


See also

     Adaptor, VideoMode

Example

       Int1 := CPU
       Say "Your CPU is: "; Int1


.TOPIC:
CurrentDir

Format

       StrVar :=  CurrentDir

What it does

     Copies the current directory name into StrVar.

What it's for

     Useful for saving the directory a BUILDERlite script started
     from so that it can return to it at completion, leaving the
     user's environment just as it was on startup.

See also

     CurrentDrive

Example

       'This subroutine tests the CurrentDir function and changes
       directories.
       Str1 := CurrentDir
       Say "The current Directory is ";Str1
       Run D:
       Str2 := CurrentDir
       Say "Now the current directory is ";Str2
       Run C:
       Say "We're back where we started, at ";Str1


.TOPIC:
CurrentDrive

Format

       StrVar :=  CurrentDrive

What it does

     Assigns the current drive to a string variable.

What it's for

     Ideal in a BUILDERlite script that moves from drive to
     drive.  This allows you to store the current drive as a
     marker, and to get back to it after moving around your
     system.

See also

     CurrentDir

Example 1

       Str1 := CurrentDrive
       say "Current drive is "; Str1

Example 2

       Str1 := CurrentDrive
…

Literal excerpt from BLHELP.HLP, exactly as it came in the package.

Send to my palmtop

The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.

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