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From: jrwsnsr@nmtsun.nmt.edu (Jonathan R. Watts)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: TP Pageing in Textmode
Message-ID: <3625@nmtsun.nmt.edu>
Date: 8 Dec 89 10:51:39 GMT
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Organization: New Mexico Tech, Socorro NM
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In article <21679@adm.BRL.MIL>, kb36+@andrew.cmu.edu (Keith Douglas Beiter) writes:
> I am writing programs in TP5.0 for a friend that make up a help function
> and help index for a program he is writing.  He is using Turbo Basic, so
> he has to shell to my programs.  The only trouble is, he wants to have
> the programs I am writing on video page 3 in text mode ($bb00).  Since I
> am using the MEM command, I can easily send it to page 3.  The only
> trouble is, I cannot find anything in Turbo Pascal that deals with
> changing the visual/active page in text mode.  I can use the PAGE
> command from  PC-Magazines powertools, but my friend doesn't want me to
> use that because when he goes to sell his program, he could get in
> trouble for selling a copy it the PAGE command (and he doesn't want to
> have to pay royalties, or any garbage like that.)  Anyways, I want to
> know if anyone knows how to change the visual/active page in textmode,
> or if they know of any PD programs that will do it.

If you can find it, get QWIK55, or better yet, QWIK50.  This is a set of
very fast Turbo Pascal screen functions, and it includes paging ability.
It is probably available on SIMTEL20 or on a local BBS (I got it from a local
BBS myself).  If you can't find the QWIK50 version, you'll have to register
the sucker so that you can a version that will work with TP5.0.  (It doesn't
come with all the source code, only the .TPU and SOME source.)  You don't
need to pay royalties or anything, but you should register it (which is $25).

  - Jonathan Watts

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