Version of unit for Disk Array

[Chua Puay Kiang]

Hi,

Few year ago, I used powerbasic version 3.2 to create a powerbasic
unit call "diskarray.pbu", which is an idea that using hard disk
space for storage large string array up to 2gb, enable the programer
to call darray sort, darray scan, darray insert, darray delete function,
, there was a powerbasic user used this unit in his project, he was
updated to PB3.5 recently and he told me that he need a new version of
this disk array unit, I have not yet undate my pb3.2, and I have never
do dos programming for a long time, so it is not a easy work for me to
look for the source code, can anyone confirm that that version 3.2 unit can not
use in version 3.5, if it is true, what is the reason?

Thanks

Chua Puay Kiang


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[Michael Mattias]

can anyone confirm that that version 3.2 unit can not use in version 3.5..

That is true.

if it is true, what is the reason

The file formats of the *.PBU files are different. If I recall correctly, the compiler will catch this at $LINK time.

I think I've seen some kind of editing on the PBU file to make units work, but I would never suggest doing that, as it is just asking for trouble.

MCM

[Lance Edmonds]

Michael is spot on. Basically, the runtime library used by PB/DOS 3.5 is different to what the PBU will be expecting, so your best bet is to upgrade to 3.5 (the upgrade is US$49 + shipping and you can order on-line at https://www.powerbasic.com/shop/

Of course, you'll still need the source code to that PBU so you can recompile it with 3.5...

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[Chua Puay Kiang]

Hi,

Thanks for reply, actually I am waiting for the lastest/final
version of powerbasic to come out, I am now busy on develope
website software and have been long time never upgrade my
Dos software, I may consider to give away this source code
so that it can be improved by other programmer.

Chua Puay Kiang


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