Public (software) Library
                             Programming Library

  Descriptions and Compilation Copyright 1994 Nelson Ford ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
 Duplication, reprinting and distribution of these descriptions is restricted.
      See LICENSE.DOC in the PSL_NEWS directory for complete information

Also see TOOLS and GEN_VID for tools and routines for multiple languages,
including C.


=====C Programming, part 2

CONTENTS:

-----FORNLANG:  foreign language interfaces
-----GAMES:     game related routines for C
-----GEN_LIB:   general, multi-purpose libraries and routines
-----GRAPHICS:  graphics routines
-----INDEXING:  indexing & linked list routines for C
-----INFO_TUT:  information, tutorials, etc.
-----KYB_MOUS:  keyboard, mouse, joystick routines
-----NUMERIC:   random numbers, large numbers, etc., for C

==============================================================

-----FORNLANG:  foreign language interfaces

[NJSDK]
NJSDK 3.0 is a C library based on NJStar Chinese word processor
3.0. It includes a common Chinese interface to other programs. It handles
Chinese input, display and printing. It features an intelligent PinYin input
method with dynamic sorting and optimization and 20 other Chinese input
methods. It allows you to easily port any English program to a stand-alone
Chinese application. LaserJet, Postscript and Epson compatible printers are
supported. Requires 512K memory, 2 MB free disk space and EGA/VGA/SVGA.
(Hongbo Data Systems, reg. fee: $?)


-----GAMES:     game related routines for C

[BNCE_RA]
Bounce (Abramson, R.; $0) is C source code (and the .EXE) for a bouncing
block program with a shoot'em-up feature.

[CODEBRK]
Code Breaker II (Fogel, Kenneth; $0) is the source code and bitmap files
for a MasterMind type game for Windows.

[DECK]
Deck 1.0 (D'Ascensio, Paul; $0) is a C++ class that contains basic card
handling routines for card games. The header, source, and doc files are
included.

[GOGAME]
GoGame 2.0 (Colin Walker, reg. fee: $0) is the Turbo C source code for the
game of Go.

[GRUNDA]
Grunda 1.0 (Walsh, Joe; $0) is the source code for a game in which a robot
has gone mad.

[SHUFFLC]
Shuffelc (Howell, W.; $0) is a routine for shuffling and dealing a
specified number of card hands of a specified number of cards. The
randomness has been proven to be statistically valid.


-----GEN_LIB:   general, multi-purpose libraries and routines

[C_ALGORI]
C Language Algorithms (Tal, John; $0) is a collection of "classic" C
algorithms, including link lists, binary trees, stacks, fifo queues, heaps
(priority queues), (shell) sort, file merging, multi-tasking and processing
scheduling, virtual memory management, file-based process communication,
graph/network job management, and data encryption. All C and C++ source is
included.

[CTOOLBOX]
C Toolbox (Miller, David A.; $30) is a library of functions in the
following areas: general video, including windows and fast writing;
graphics, including several normal and rotated fonts; sound, including
background sound; printer control; mouse control; joystick control and
other general functions.

[WLIB]
C++ Wheaton Libraries (Wheaton, Paul; $0) is a C++ library for developing
faster, smaller programs in less time. It includes classes for strings,
files, linked lists, vectors (dynamic arrays) and more.

[FLASHPC]
FlashPac C Library 3.61 (SimpleSoft, Inc. ASP; $0-$55) is a set of low
level routines for Turbo C that access the video display, keyboard,
printer, disk, and mouse devices.

[JHTOOLS]
JH'S C Power Tools (Hoffman, Jon; $40) contains a menu and windowing
library, mouse interface library, and utility functions library. It also
includes graphic cursor shapes for the mouse, keyboard scan codes, examples
of menu structures, and more.

[MFL_MS]
MicroFirm Function Library - MS (Stout, Robert B.; $28) is a library for
use with Microsoft C 5.1 or Quick C 2.0x. The features include an advanced
stream I/O with installable stream filters, data encryption and
compression, comprehensive direct video package, ANSI Superset Locale and
Strftime functions, microsecond resolution timing, filename parsing and
normalization, Julian dates, volume label manipulation, push/pop
directories, open/read/close directories, file truncation and copying,
serial I/O and printer support, sound and gameport support, CTRL-Break
handler, basic-like string functions, and ANSI.SYS detect.

[MFLZT]
MicroFirm Function Library - ZT (Stout, Robert B.; $28) is a C Programming
Library for use with Zortech C/C++. The features include: an advanced
stream I/O with installable stream filters, data encryption and
compression, MSC/TC compatibility functions, ANSI Superset Locale and
Strftime functions, microsecond resolution timing, filename parsing and
normalization, Julian dates, volume label manipulation, push/pop
directories, open/read/close directories, file truncation and copying,
serial I/O and printer support, sound and gameport support, CTRL-Break
handler, basic-like string functions, and ANSI.SYS detect. This library
used to be Steve's Library for Zortech C, but was acquired and enhanced by
Stout.

[MOVETO]
MoveTo (Bender, A. L., M. D.; $0) is an assembler routine that improves on
memcpy/strncpy. It adds a fourth parameter which lets you stop the copying
process.

[MULTI_C]
Multi-App Core 1.0.1 (MicroGenesis Software; $75) is a set of platform
independent classes that will form the core system of any application. It
includes classes for communication, file I/O, timing, dynamic data
structures, and other functions.

[NEWMAT]
NewMat (Davies, R.B. and DSIR; $0) contains classes and functions for
manipulating matrices.

[PCLCJS]
Power C Functions Library (Chuck Steenburgh, reg. fee: $0) is a
multi-purpose function library. It contains more than two dozen functions
for string handling, video, i/o, and more. C source code for several
functions are included.

[SCL1]
SCL1 (Alvira, Jose Rodriguez & Lebron, Jose R.; $25) is a library of over
200 functions for the Microsoft and Borland C compilers. Extensive screen
and mouse handling functions are provided that are not found in the
standard library. Other functions include background functions, keyboard
related functions, file related functions, sound and time related
functions, video related functions and Dialog functions. Also included a
quick library, example programs, a demonstration program, and a demo of a
screen editor/program generator that has been developed to aid using the
library. SCL1 supports CGA 40 columns mode as well as EGA 43 lines and VGA
50 lines video modes. Video-pages and Double click are supported. You can
also modify the mouse cursor appearance. Other features include Extended
and Expanded memory support, support for the Turbo C compiler, and keyboard
macros. These files unarchive to over 1 meg of disk space.

[SLTC]
Steve's Library for Turbo-C (Margison, Steve E., ASP; $28) has over 100
functions for use with Borland's Turbo-C.

[SNP493]
Snippets 493 (Stout, Bob; $0) is a collection of various C routines. This
collection includes macros for ANSI.SYS, macros for direct video work,
multiple printer support, BASIC-like string functions, cursor
management/manipulation, DES encryption/decryption, joystick functions,
mouse functions, sound and timing functions, comment extractor, file search
functions, FOSSIL access functions, PRINT.COM interface functions, memory
allocation strategy functions, word wrapping functions, absolute sector
read/write functions, mouse functions, DOS utilities and much more.

[STRUCTS]
Structs (Giannini, Mario; $0) includes the the C source code which
demonstrates the use of arrays of structures for such tasks as screen
painting, field definition, and data file searching.

[TCCLIB]
TCCLIB 2.0 (Collins, Chris; $0) is a C library containing of 130 different
routines, source code is included.

[TCXL]
TCXL (Innovative Data Concepts ASP; $53) incorporates over 375 multipurpose
functions. Features include critical error handlers; macro-string
capability to key-bindings; national-language support; nested entry forms;
the ability to browse through data with the entry system; support for
TopSpeed C/C++, a true floating-point decimal, and MASM 6.0 support.

[TMULTBOX]
TMultiple Box (Ogrinz, Michael; $0) is source for a multi-selection
TListBox.

[STDLIB1, STDLIB2]
UCR Standard Library (Hyde, Randall and others; $0) is a library of C-like
functions in assembly source code form.

[XMMLRG]
XMM Large Model Library for C is a large model port of the Microsoft
XMM.ASM library routines for C. A simple handler for storing records in XMM
memory is included.


-----GRAPHICS:  graphics routines

[3DSHADE]
3DShade is C code (and the executable) to plot z = f(x,y) in three
dimensions using shaded graphics. VGA required.

[ARTOOL]
ARTool 1.4 (Intrinsic Computer Systems; $15) is a graphics editor that will
generate TurboC or BorlandC source code for pictures you build using a full
screen graphics editor. You can build quite complex graphic pictures using
graphic primitives such as circles, lines or polygons. It generates code
that can be used in your own applications to produce sophisticated graphic
designs, logos, games, and more. Requries EGA/VGA, a mouse, and a hard disk
or high density floppy.

[BARS]
Bar Graphs (Smith, Dave; $0) is C source for a utility to draw a bar graph.
In this app, the number of files of each filename extension is graphed.

[EGAPAL]
EGAPal 1.0 (Young, Scott; $20) allows you to create pictures and animated
characters to be included in Turbo C programs using the EGA 640x350x16
video mode. The images are encoded into a header file to be placed at the
start of the program or saved to an image file which is read from the disk
at the time of display.

[GUI_LIB]
GUI Library 1.0a (Ludicrous Data; $25) is a graphic interface library for
Borland C++ and Turbo C++. You can create graphic based applications
featuring push buttons, icons, animated icons, string input, pulldown
menus, and more.

[MIKE_GGR]
Mike's Game Graphic Routines 2.0 (Cantelmi, Michael; $15) is a set of fast
library routines for Microsoft C and Quick C. These routines are for
screens of any size and number in the 320x200x256 mode. Features include
sprites that do not require a separate bit mask and support for joystick,
mouse, expanded memory and for loading PCX files. Demos with commented
source code are included.

[MPLUS]
MPlus (Yam, Michael; $10-$50) is a graphic interface library for C
programs. Built upon Graphics, a library supplied with Microsoft C 5.x,
MPlus provides tools to build a graphical user interface: windows, dialog
boxes, bar menus, and mouse support. The menu system will support up to
five levels of submenus. Wordwrap and text scrolling are supported, as well
as hot keys and "checkmarks". You can enable/ disable menu attributes, and
a function is included to indicate free memory.

[PCX_C]
PCX_C 1.0 is C source code for displaying PCX files. (reg. fee: $0)

[SVGACC20]
SVGACC 2.0 is a high-res, 256-color graphics library for Microsoft
C/C++/QuickC and Borland C/C++. It recognizes 20 different SVGA cards, and
allows programming in 320x200, 640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768 256-color
modes. Other features include hardware ID, plain and filled primitives, 2D
and 3D point rotation, joystick and mouse support, GIF encode and decode,
paging, XMS support, and palette, bitmap and sprite functions. (Zephyr
Software, reg. fee: $35)

[TIFF256]
TIFF256 Graphics Library Extensions 1.1b (Spyro Gumas; $20) is a library of
C routines to read and display TIFF graphics. This library supports 256
color video modes defined within the VESA standard. Microsoft C and Borland
C are supported. TIFF file analyzer, demo, and source code are included.

[VSA256]
VSA256 Graphics Library 1.1b (Spyro Gumas; $20) contains C routines which
supply 256 color capabilities in all VESA resolutions including 1024x768
and 1280x1024. Demo, source, and VESA BIOS TSRs are included. This library
can be used with TIFF256 Graphics Library Extensions (#4574, below).


-----INDEXING:  indexing & linked list routines for C

[LIB_DOS]
is an indexing library for MSC and DOS.

[LINKLI]
Linkli (SpeedSOFT Development ASP; $0) contains code that implements a
linked-list algorithm using standard technique. The code is fast and
memory-efficient, and well documented.

[LINKLIST]
LinkList 1.0 (Steve Schustack, reg. fee: $0) is a graphical explanation of
link lists and pointers, and their usage in C programming. It also includes
a demonstration of a screen drawing program written in C.

[LLIST]
ListList 5.0 (Lee Malone, reg. fee: $5) is a linked list manager, written
in C, which solves the general problem of how to organize odd pieces of
data held anywhere in memory. A linked list can make processing data easier
by ordering and grouping related data.

[WI_LIBC]
is an indexing library for MSC and OS/2.

[WI_LIBT]
is an indexing library for Turbo-C and OS/2.


-----INFO_TUT:  information, tutorials, etc.

[ADV_IN]
Adv_In_C (Valentine, Joaquin; $?) is a tutorial in C programming, complete
with homework assignments. You will need a C compiler and a text editor,

[ARRAYS]
Arrays (Hamilton, Dennis E.; $0) demonstrates the do's and dont's of trying
to set and use pointers to arrays in C and C++.

[BOOK_C]
BOOK-C.LST (Chicares, Greg; $0) is a review of a dozen or two books on
learning the C programming language.

[CODERULE]
CodeRule 1.00 is a document describing the software development
standards for C/C++, including MFC interface standards. (Brian Donaldson,
reg. fee: $0)

[COP]
COP (Small, John W.; $35) defines a formal approach to Object Oriented
Programming in C. COP upholds the concepts of encapsulation, single and
multiple inheritance involving virtual base classes, and polymorphism using
the C preprocessor. Source code included.

[CPPQUIZ]
C++ Quiz 1.1 is a multiple choice quiz which tests your knowledge of C++.
It has four stages of increasing difficulty. In each stage you are asked
fifteen questions. Answer questions right to win the bonus and get extra
points. Requires VGA. (Millstream Software, reg. fee: $15)

[TUTC]
C Tutor 2.4 (Dodrill, Gordon J.; $15) is a series of 14 lessons teaching
ANSI-C programming. It is intended for those with very little programming
experience.

[C_TUTOR]
C Tutor is a tutorial on programming in C.

[CTUTR_CE]
C Tutorial (Coronado Enterprises; $15-$40) is a C tutorial book-on-disk.
The disk contains the Advantage Paperless Reader. This is an excellent C
tutorial.

[CPP_TUTR]
C++ Tutor (Coronado Enterprises; $40) is a comprehensive instructional
course for the C++ programming language. All of the points of C++ language,
including properly-structured programming techniques, are covered at the
elementary level. Source code is included for a large example program to
illustrate how to use C++. (Borland C++ required.)

[TUTCPP]
C++ Tutorial 2.20 (Dodrill, Gordon J.; $15) is a series of 14 lessons
teaching C++ programming. It is intended for a person with a working
knowledge of C. Careful attention is given to a full description of Object
Oriented Programming and how to use it.

[CV_XVT]
CV-XVT (Rochkind, Marc J.; $0) is a text file that provides a detailed
comparison of the CommonView and XVT high-level libraries for C.

[FLGZERO]
FLGZero (Bender, A.L.; $0) demonstrates the way MASM 5.1 can interface with
your C programs. Source is included.

[HELPCPP]
Help.Cpp (Hillman, Dave; $0) is a modification of help.cpp for ALT-F1 to
retrace previous topics.

[C_HINTS]
Hints For Effecient Programming (Omega Point, Inc.; $0) is a text file with
38 tips for optimizing C programs.

[IOSTRM]
IOStream (Nagler, Eric; $0) is a tutorial on the IOStream.h header file. It
provides information about the members of class IOS and its decendants, as
well as manipulators.

[JST4FUN]
Jst4Fun (Vass, Garry J.; $0) is a random collection of C fragments
demonstrating the potential of C to address philosophical and political
issues.

[MYSTERYC]
Mystery of C (Groff Software; $10) is a beginner's course in the C language
written in the form of a murder mystery. Also included are uncompiled C
programs that form part of the mystery. A compiler is not required for use
with the program.

[PCT10]
Portable C++ Tutorial 1.01 (Tim Boreham, reg. fee: $20) is a demo of
Portable C++, a language and programming system designed to allow the
programmer to create C++ compatible programs that are portable and object
oriented.

[ARCADE]
Programming Arcade Games (Conger, David; $18) is an interactive tutorial
for programming object oriented arcade games in Turbo C. It teaches the
fundamental techniques of animation and the underlying principles of object
oriented programming. It helps you apply animation techniques to writing
arcade games and create an easier transition to object oriented languages
like C++. Requires EGA/VGA/SVGA.


-----KYB_MOUS:  keyboard, mouse, joystick routines

[CMOUSE]
Cmouse (Small, John W.; $0) is a TC++/BC++ mouse driver interface class
complete with auto-interrupt handler. It uses screen physical coordinates
instead of mouse virtual coordinates.

[CTRLC]
Ctrlc (Pittman, Roger; $0) is a quick-and-dirty Ctrl-Break and Ctrl-C
intercept handler.

[CTRLCLIB]
CtrlCLib - The Ctrl+C Library (Trendtech Corporation ASP; $33) is a
collection of C-language functions that help programs manage the
user-initiated class of interrupts such as Ctrl-C, Ctrl-Break Ctrl-Alt-Del,
Alt-3, Ctrl-2, Ctrl-NumLock, Pause, Ctrl-S, Ctrl-PrtSc and more.

[CWSCR]
Cwscr (Haden, Charles W.; $?) contains C++ code modules for directly
accessing mouse drivers and the screen. Compiled executables are also
provided.

[GAMEPRT]
Gameport (Richards, Fred; $0) is a small set of routines that allow you to
read the position of the Joy Stick. Assembler/C source code included.

[GMICE]
GMice (Tovey, Dwight N.; $0) is a sample program to demonstrate how to
write mouse interrupt handlers entirely in C.

[GPORT]
Gport 1.01 (Bri Productions; $27) is a game port library for C. It is
compatible with most DOS based C compilers. Features include timer driven
button monitor, optional joy stick calibration, and more

[KEYS]
Keys is a set of PC keyboard Defines and routines for C.

[KYBDEX]
KYBDEX (Drash, Jim; $0) reports on the presence of an extended keyboard and
if the BIOS supports the extended keyboard. The full source is included.

[MOUSDM]
MousDM (Burks, James B.; $0) is a mouse driver demo with C source routines
for using an MS compatible mouse in graphics mode.

[MPP]
Mouse++ (Moreland, Carl; $15) is a mouse interface class for Borland C++ or
TurboC++. Features include a fully buffered event handler, shift-key/button
events, MultiClick buffer, hold- and-repeat button events, and more. Source
code and a text/graphics demo are included.

[MOUSE_C]
Mouse (Loos, Rodney; $0) contains mouse routines and the resulting library.
Source code is included.

[MCDT]
Mouse Cursor Design Tool (Oliver, Dale D.; $10) lets you design a mouse
cursor and then generates the C code for it. Tools include copy, flip,
rotate, flood, clear and more. Requires EGA, a mouse, and 117K of free RAM.

[MOUSTR]
Mousetrap 1.0 (Curran, James M.; $15) is a collection of functions to
control a mouse, designed to be called from a 'C' program. They provide
easy access to the low-level functions of the mouse interrupt, as well as a
simplified system for high-level control over the mouse. The basic
functions are mostly self explanatory, while high-level functions are a bit
more complicated.

[MOUSTRK]
Moustrk (Goldrich, Bob; $0) is C code showing how to implement a mouse
event handler.

[GOODMOUS]
Mr. GoodMouse (American Abbey; $35) is a library of mouse and video
services and character menus and windows for DeSmet C and QuickC. No mouse
control code is required if a mouse driver has been installed. The video
routines include automatic sensing of video type, automatic mouse boundary
limiting, windowed data entry and more. Several demo programs and their
source code are included.

[NOPAUSE]
NoPause (Astin, Thomas; $0) demonstrates a way to disable the pause key.

[ONKEY]
Onkey (Bridges, Steve; $0) is a C library of keyboard functions, including
OnKey - calls a supplied function whenever a passed key is hit, InKey -
waits n seconds or forever for a key to be pressed, PutKey - stuffs a
keystroke into the keyboard and LastKey - retrieves the last key pressed.

[PCKEY]
PCKey (Small, John; $0) provides access to the PC's keyboard through fast
inline member functions. Includes C++ source code and demo.

[STUFFKY]
StuffKy (Kanarek, Richard; $0) contains an assortment of keyboard handling
routines and technical information about the keyboard buffer. Assembler
source and sample calling routines in Turbo C are included.

[TCRAT2]
Tcrat2 (Smart, J. A.; $0) is a MS-compatible mouse driver to provide mouse
support for Borland's Turbo C 2.0 Integrated Development Environment.

[MOUSED]
Visual Mouse Cursor Designer 1.0 allows C++ programmers to design a
custom mouse cursor for DOS graphic modes. (ARF Enterprises, reg. fee: $5)


-----NUMERIC:   random numbers, large numbers, etc., for C

[BPREAL]
BPReal (Biffl, Richard; $0) contains functions in C to convert
floating-point numbers between the IEEE double type used by most PC-based C
compilers and the proprietary real type used by Borland Pascal.

[BUMP]
BUMP 1.1 (Almon, Clopper; $0) is the Beginner's Understandable Matrix
Package in Borland C++. It has classes with functions, derived classes with
inheritance, non-trivial constructors and destructors, overloaded
operators, and a virtual function.

[CGAUSS]
CGauss (Vass, Garry; $0) is C++ source code to iniatiate a stream of
Gaussian random numbers.

[CMATH]
CMath is a large (150k, unarchived) set of portable, high quality math
routines in C.

[COMNUMB]
Compound Numbers Class (Azarona Software; $?) is the source for a compound
number class.

[DISPAT]
Dispatch (McDermott, Joe; $0) illustrates how to send and receive values
via DDVT's.

[DOUBLE]
Double.C is a routine which converts PASCAL REAL to C DOUBLE and vice
versa.

[EVALX]
Evalx (Hawkins, James P.; $5) is C source code for a convenient and
powerful algebraic expression parser and evaluator.

[EXTMATH]
EXTMath (Victor, Tim; $0) is a library of C-callable assembler subroutines
to do 64-bit unsigned math. Turbo Assembler source code is provided for
add, subtract, multiply, divide, copy, compare, and negate operations. The
object library with the assembled modules and a program example with Turbo
C source code are also included.

[FINCALC]
Financial Calculator (Vasile, Eddy; $0) contains C++ code and a program
which illustrate object oriented techniques for finance: Present Value,
Future Value, Interest Rate and Number of Periods.

[FORMAT]
Format 1.0 (Barry Childress, reg. fee: $0) is a C++ class for printing
formatted numbers.

[GRAVSIM]
GravSim (Hassell, C. Daniel; $0) is C code for a simulation of the affects
of mutual gravitational pull on a set of bodies.

[MATV]
Matv 1.0 (Mark Von Tress, reg. fee: $5) is a simple matrix class. It
includes IO, binary operations, inversion, unary operations, and several
patterned matrices. It is small and portable.

[OOSET]
Ooset (Hatfield, Joe; $0) contains a C++ class used for algebraic sets
(such as { 1, 3, 8, 11 }).

[PARFNCT]
PARSE Function 1.0 (Rubin, Jonathan L.; $20-$45) is a mathematical string
function evaluator. It lets you add dynamic computations to your programs.

[RANDGEN]
RandGen is C and ASM code to generate random numbers.

[RNG]
Random Number Generators (Holsinger, Ken E.; $0) contains C source code for
two random number generators.

[VECTLIB]
Vector Library 1.0 (Litvinoff, Scott; $10) is a C++ Class Library that
allows you to easily handle 2 and 3-dimensional vectors and 3x3 matrices.
The 2 dimensional vectors can be accessed and handled in either polar or
rectangular format and the 3 dimensional vectors can be accessed and
handled in rectangular format.

[WINMAX]
Winmax (O'Connor, Dan; $0) is a header file that defines max(), min(),
absMax() and absMin() as inline functions instead of macros.

[YAMP]
Yet Another Matrix Program 1.6 (Von Tress, Mark Ph.D.; $0) is a C++ matrix
algebra package. The package supports recursive matrix functions. Matrices
are stored in a virtual memory file that can be stored in a RAM disk, and
is limited to 32 megs. Matrices can be larger than 640K.