BBS: Inland Empire Archive Date: 04-02-93 (23:02) Number: 337 From: VICTOR YIU Refer#: NONE To: ALL Recvd: NO Subj: PostIt! 6.0 14/16 Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
'>>> Start of page 14.
B$ = Num2Str$(CurrentPage) '--> MHB
PRINT #2, "'>> Continued on pg. "; B$
CLOSE #2
F$ = UCASE$(DestFile$ + B$ + DestExten$)
PRINT "Now writing: "; F$; " ";
Row = CSRLIN: Col = POS(0)
OPEN F$ FOR OUTPUT AS #2 LEN = 8192
PRINT #2, "'>> Start: pg. "; B$
LinesOut = 1
END IF
TotalLinesOut = TotalLinesOut + 1
PRINT #2, A$
' Originally, Mark hardcoded a space after each line, but I
' had to remove it to make compression work properly... -VY
LinesOut = LinesOut + 1
IF LinesOut >= PageLength THEN NewFileFlag = True
END SUB
'Adds a character to the output string.
SUB PutByte (A)
SHARED Good$
STATIC ALength
IF CurrentBit < 0 THEN LastOne = True
BytesOut = BytesOut + 1
'calculate a checksum on the encoded data stream
CheckSum = (CheckSum + A) * 2
CheckSum = CheckSum \ 256 + (CheckSum AND 255)
IF (A = 0) AND (LastOne = False) THEN
IF ALength = 9 THEN
ALength = 1
Work$ = Work$ + "/"
ELSE
ALength = ALength + 1
END IF
ELSE
SELECT CASE ALength
CASE 0
'translate the output character into something safe
Work$ = Work$ + MID$(Good$, A + 1, 1)
CASE 1
Work$ = Work$ + "a" + MID$(Good$, A + 1, 1)
ALength = 0
CASE ELSE
Work$ = Work$ + MID$(ComprChar$, ALength - 1, 1) +_
MID$(Good$, A + 1, 1)
ALength = 0
END SELECT
END IF
IF LEN(Work$) >= LineLength THEN
IF LEN(Work$) = LineLength THEN
PrintLine Work$
Work$ = Prefix$
ELSE
PrintLine LEFT$(Work$, LineLength)
Work$ = Prefix$ + MID$(Work$, LineLength + 1)
END IF
END IF
END SUB
SUB PutBytes (A)
'shift the 8 bit character into the work buffer
Char = Char + A * Shift(CurrentBit)
'we've got 8 more bits now
CurrentBit = CurrentBit + 8
'>>> Continued on page 15
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