BuilderLite
Version 1.0 · Tom Campbell
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
- 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.
Package contents
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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Download the file with the button above and copy it to the palmtop your usual way.