OWBasic Standard Library

Since some tasks occur again and again in OWBasic programs, soon the idea came up to create a library containing general solutions for the most frequent tasks. My first attempt to create such a library was Licentia laborandi which was used by nearly all of my OWBasic programs. After Licentia laborandi grew fast because of new functions and much compatibility stuff, it became more an obstacle than an easement.

The OWBasic Standard Library is an attempt to create a similar library without reaching an uncomfortable size. While Licentia laborandi was used only by my programs, the OWBasic Standard Library should become a solution available to everyone.

The documentation is available here or in a ZIP archive below.

Please post suggestions, criticism and questions in the www.pocketviewer.de forum.

Changes in OSL 1.01 Beta 4:

• The functions STD_QCLIP$, STD_SCLIP and STD_QCLIPSIZE can be used to access the clipboard
• The GUI component now contains dropdown boxes (GUI_DMENU, GUI_QDMENU!)

Changes in OSL 1.02 Beta 5:

• The GUI_DLG function provides a simple selection dialogue

Changes in OSL 1.20 Beta 1:

• The STD_TCHOBJ function was changed
• The GUI component was reengineered: Using the AutoTouch functionality, all control elements can be registered to the AutoTouch table and queried centrally.
• Some control elements have changed and are incompatible (GUI_RBTN, GUI_IIBOX, GUI_ISBOX, GUI_DMENU). GUI_SCR was replaced by the SBDRAW/SBTOUCH functions in OWBasic.

Changes in OSL 1.22 Final:

• Several bugs fixed
• The global variable std_tch points to the functions TOUCHED! (index 0), BTNTOUCH! (index 1) and TOUCH! (index 2) per default
• The sample programs have been revised and explanded, especially guidemo which now demonstrates the basic and advanced usage of StdGUI, the AutoTouch mechanism and the creation of multi-language programs
• In the XBTN control, it is possible to start the QuickMemo modus by touching the QuickMemo hardicon

Downloads:

OWBasic Standard Library v1.22 - The libraries in TWF file format

OSL Demos - Some examples demonstrating the usage of the OSL

OSLhtmlE120.zip - HTML documentation

OSLprefE120.zip - PocketReferencer documentation

OSLhsrc120.zip - documentation sources