ASM

FB II COMPILER

How to ...

1. Known incompatibility
2. Naming convention
3. Advices and technics of programming
4. Take care of FB's constants
5. Variables' scope
6. Consider different handling of global variables
7. Understand the DIM statement
8. Understand the meaning of _"XXXX"
9. Comprehend # and @ symbols along with parameters
10. Comprehend the % symbol
11. Define globals and compile options
12. Eliminate strange compile errors
13. Create a precompiled file
14. Be careful with big projects
15. Create a faceless background application
16. Put an expiration date into a program
17. Put a serial number into a program
18. Keep control over the mouse clicks
19. Suspend an application while in background
20. Handle the Suspend/Resume events
21. Fix misbehaviour of the AUTOCLIP statement
22. Fix misbehaviour of the CIRCLE statement
23. Set a bit
24. Swap bits
25. Emulate UNS$ with the mini - runtime
26. Replace SYSTEM(_aplVol) in the mini - runtime
27. Pass a record to a local function
28. Set a value in a record's field
29. Use XREF with arrays of records
30. Set a two dimensional array with XREF@
31. Know more on using XREF@
32. Check for valid XREF@
33. Work around the XREF bug
34. Know where the variables are localised
35. Display great numbers
36. Overcome floating point calculation with mini - runtime
37. Use arrays of memory addresses
38. Call code resource in a pointer
39. Call external code resources
40. Let a DCOD call functions in your app
41. Call 68K DCOD with FB^3
42. Fix a misbehaviour with the List Manager on Mac OS 8.5
43. Know about handles of text
44. Write multiple edit fields on disk
45. Toolbox traps
46. Init and generic trap patch
47. Consider speed (I)
48. Consider speed (II)
49. Consider speed with conditional structures (III)
50. Measure float point and integer speed in FB^3
51. Store data on the fly