FILEBOX.PBU

[SIDDHARTHA MISHRA]

Hello All,

I am a new user from Germany.
I am working on an old PowerBasic project.

In this code I found a line which I do not understand.

$link "filebox.pbu"

I have searched for this file but I am not getting this file.
Now I am using PB320.

Please give me a reply.

Thanks

Mishra

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[Thomas Gohel]

On 28 Jun 05, SIDDHARTHA MISHRA wrote:

Hello SIDDHARTHA,

> I am a new user from Germany.

Jo, schön ...

> $link "filebox.pbu"

Dieses File sollte m.E. zu den PowerTOOLS (eine Toolbox) gehören, die
von Kirschbaum vertrieben wird.

> I have searched for this file but I am not getting this file.
> Now I am using PB320.

Diese Toolbox ist m.E. in der Zwischenzeit frei erhältlich. Am besten
Du siehst einfach auf www.powerbasic.de nach, denn das obige File be-
inhaltet widerum zahlreiche Links zu anderen Files dieser Toolbox.

Regards,

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[Mel Bishop]

Welcome to the board!

I couldn't find the file either but an educated guess says it's
a file selection routine written by the original author for
PB/DOS.

If you have all the files for the package, you should have this
routine. If so, bring it up and compile it into a UNIT file then
link it in your main file.

If you don't have the file, you'll probably have to write one
yourself.

Sorry I couldn't be more help but without specifics....


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[SIDDHARTHA MISHRA]

Now I copied the whole FILEBOX Function from ..\BAS\FILEBOX.BAS file
and put it in my main code.

This is not a good way but It is working fine.

This Filebox.PBU file is not there in project folder.
So I think it was available during 1997 but later it got
deleted from PowerBasic package.

Q. How can I make a PBU file from BAS file ?

Any idea.


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[Mel Bishop]

Q. How can I make a PBU file from BAS file

1st line of code: $COMPILE UNIT

Remember that you have to make all variables PUBLIC in the
subs-n-functions. Example:

function DoSomething(x,y,z) public

makes the result stored in DoSomething available in the calling
segment(s).


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[Michael Mattias]

Now I copied the whole FILEBOX Function from ..\BAS\FILEBOX.BAS file and put it in my main code. This is not a good way but It is working fine.

If it's working fine, it <U>is</U> a good way.

FWIW, since UNIT files are linked into the MS-DOS executable anyway, there is no difference in disk or memory requirements between $LINK "filename" and copying the code in-line.

If PB/DOS were to allow you to $LINK units to compiled Exes, you would save a compile step if you ever had to change code in that unit file. But it doesn't - you have to recompile the entire program anyway - all you "lose" is the time required to compile the code in the unit - which for a little file which does nothing but select a file might be two seconds, top.



[This message has been edited by Michael Mattias (edited June 29, 2005).]