ELBROWSE.BAS 1/5

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 02-10-93 (12:47)             Number: 313
From: CORIDON HENSHAW              Refer#: NONE
  To: ALL                           Recvd: NO  
Subj: ELBROWSE.BAS 1/5               Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
Hello All!

Here's a useful appilication that uses the ISAM ELIST
database that my ELIST raw datafiles to ISAM converter
creates.  Note that quite a bit of code was leached from
this echo ;)

===Chop=== Part 1
'NAME: ELBROWSE.BAS
'REQUIRES: PDS WITH ISAM SUPPORT LOADED
'FROM: Coridon Henshaw
DECLARE FUNCTION Center$ (Text$)
DECLARE FUNCTION ScrollText% (Text$, StartLine%, EndLine%, CurrItem$)
DECLARE FUNCTION TextInput$ (Row%, Col%, Cursor%, MaxLen%)
DECLARE FUNCTION NoteParse% (Numlines%, P$())
DECLARE SUB WrapString (Text$)
DECLARE FUNCTION LoadLTHString$ (Filenumber%, Offset&)
DEFINT A-Z

TYPE ModeratorType
        FirstName       AS STRING * 15
        Lastname        AS STRING * 15
        Zone            AS INTEGER
        Net             AS INTEGER
        Node            AS INTEGER
        Point           AS INTEGER
END TYPE
TYPE ElistDataType
        Echotag         AS STRING * 20
        BriefDesc       AS STRING * 60
        Moderator       AS ModeratorType
        DescIndex       AS LONG
        RangeIndex      AS LONG
        GateIndex       AS LONG
        Volume          AS STRING * 10
        LastUpdate      AS STRING * 10
        SysopOnly       AS STRING * 1
        Member          AS STRING * 1
END TYPE

DIM ElistData   AS ElistDataType

VIEW PRINT 1 TO 5
COLOR 14, 1
CLS
VIEW PRINT
LOCATE 25, 1
PRINT "Keys: "+CHR$(&H1B)+" "+CHR$(&H1A)+"   HOME END ESC
R S F   ³        _ ³ ";

Filepath$ = ENVIRON$("ELISTPATH")

ON ERROR GOTO FileError
1 OPEN Filepath$ + "ELDESC.ITX" FOR BINARY AS #1
2 OPEN Filepath$ + "ELRANGE.ITX" FOR BINARY AS #2
3 OPEN Filepath$ + "ELGATE.ITX" FOR BINARY AS #3
4 OPEN Filepath$ + "ELDATA.IDX" FOR ISAM ElistDataType "NULL" AS #4
ON ERROR GOTO 0

SETINDEX #4, "echotag"

SEEKGE #4, " "
RETRIEVE #4, ElistData

DEF SEG = &HB800
ON TIMER(1) GOSUB UpdateTime
TIMER ON

DO
        COLOR 14, 1
        LOCATE 1, 1

        Gateway$ = RTRIM$(LEFT$(LoadLTHString(3, ElistData.GateIndex), 20) +
_ STRING$(20 - LEN(Gatway$), " "))
        Addr$ = RTRIM$(ElistData.Moderator.FirstName) + " "
+_ RTRIM$(ElistData.Moderator.Lastname) + " (" + _
RTRIM$(LTRIM$(STR$(ElistData.Moderator.Zone))) + ":" + _
RTRIM$(LTRIM$(STR$(ElistData.Moderator.Net))) + "/"_
        Addr$ = Addr$ +
RTRIM$(LTRIM$(STR$(ElistData.Moderator.Node))) + "." +_
RTRIM$(LTRIM$(STR$(ElistData.Moderator.Point))) + ")"
        Addr$ = Addr$ + STRING$(49 - LEN(Addr$), " ")
        Dist$ = LEFT$(LoadLTHString(2,
ElistData.RangeIndex), 26) + STRING$(70_ - LEN(Addr$), " ")

        IF RTRIM$(ElistData.Volume) = "-0-" THEN ElistData.Volume = "N/A"
        IF Gateway$ = "-0-" THEN Gateway$ = "None                "

        PRINT "Echotag: "; ElistData.Echotag
        PRINT "Moderator: "; Addr$
        PRINT "Volume: "; ElistData.Volume
        PRINT "Distrubution: "; Dist$

        LOCATE 1, 50
        PRINT "Gateways: "; Gateway$;
        LOCATE 2, 50
        PRINT "Sysop only: "; ElistData.SysopOnly
        LOCATE 3, 50
        PRINT "Members only: "; ElistData.Member
        LOCATE 4, 50
        PRINT "Last update: "; ElistData.LastUpdate

        PRINT "Short title: "; ElistData.BriefDesc
        PRINT STRING$(80, 196);


        COLOR 7, 0
        CItem$ = ElistData.Echotag
        SELECT CASE ScrollText(LoadLTHString$(1,
ElistData.DescIndex), 6, 23,_ CItem$)
                CASE 0
                        ExitFlag = 1
                CASE 1 'Next record
                        MOVENEXT #4
                        RETRIEVE #4, ElistData
                CASE 2 'PREVIOUS record
                        MOVEPREVIOUS #4
                        RETRIEVE #4, ElistData
===Chop===

Coridon Henshaw \ Sirrus Software

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