DATAdesign programming documentation

"Application Programming Interface"

• Introduction
  • Concepts
    • file
    • buffer
    • index
    • record
    • field
    • field type
    • file-status
    • disk-based
    • inter-record-space
    • lock
• Interfaces
  • SuperBASIC interface
    • parameters
  • Assembler "interface"
    • parameters
  • C interface
    • parameters
• Creating a buffer/file
  • NEWFile
  • USEfile
• Buffer maintenance
  • UNUSebuffer
  • CYCle Buffers for this job
• File maintenance
  • GARBage collection
  • Set Inter-Record-Space
  • Set FileSTatus
  • Set ViewSTatus
  • CYCLe files
• File navigation
  • FiRST record
  • LAST record
  • NEXT record
  • PREVious record
  • Get RECord
  • FORWard
  • BaCKWard
• File information
  • FileNAMe
  • FileDEVice
  • CouNT All records
  • Get Inter-Record-Space
  • Get FileSTatus
  • Get ViewSTatus
• File saving
  • Entire file (SAVE)
  • BACKup
  • Save record sequence
    • SAVe record sequence Initialise
    • SAVe Record
    • SAVe record sequence Finish
  • Merging another file
• Field manipulation
  • ADDField
  • FieLD Clear
  • FieLD Delete
  • Field Rename
• Field information
  • General
    • CouNT Fields
    • CYCle Fields
    • FieLD Type
    • FieLDName
    • ID of FIeld
    • LENgth of Field
    • LENgth of String in field
    • NumbeR of LiNes in field
  • Extracting data
    • Get FieLD
    • Get CHaRacter
    • Get SHoRt
    • Get LoNG
    • Get DouBLe
    • Get STRing
  • Setting data
    • Set FieLD
    • Set CHaRacter
    • Set SHoRt
    • Set LoNG
    • Set DouBLe
    • Set STRing
  • Changing
    • INSert Elements
    • ReMoVe Elements
• Record manipulation
  • DELEte record
  • DUPLicate record
  • IMPLement record
  • NEW Record
• Record information
  • DATE of last change to record
  • ID of current REcord
  • LENgth of Record
• Marking of records
  • Get MaRK status
  • Set MaRK status
  • Clear all MaRK statusses
• Searching
  • FiND String
  • FiND Integer
  • FiND Double
  • Replace
• Defaults
  • Default buffer
  • Default field
  • Default index
• Index manipulation
  • SORT
  • FILTer
  • Index UPDate
  • Get Index Sort Level
  • Set Index Sort Level
  • Get Index Filter Level
  • Set Index Filter Level
• Index maintenance
  • Index DELete
  • Index IMPlement
  • Index ReMoVe
• Index information
  • CouNT Records
• Index loading/saving
  • Index LOAd
  • Index SAVe
• Index searching
  • Index FiND
• Data input
  • Read string
  • Edit string
• Appendices
  • Compilation
  • Versions
  • Overview of extensions
  • Problems