FATS - Fast Access Tree System Table of Contents Programming Interfaces IBM-Pascal, MS-Pascal, Quick Pascal

IBM-Pascal, MS-Pascal, Quick Pascal

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Needed Object Files

To link FATS to your programs you will need the following object modules:

fats.obj	The FATS module for DOS
fats_msp.obj	IBM- MS-Pascal interface "FATSCALL"

The following library is included on the distribution diskette to call the FATS Workstation Engine:

fatsmspr.lib

MS Pascal interface

If you want to make calls to the extended version of FATS (FATSXWE.EXE), you have to use the library fatsxmpr.lib instead of fatsmspr.lib.

 
Linking a Pascal Program with FATS

To compile and link a application that calls FATS, use ONE of the following methods:

1. METHOD: Linking FATS to the program

PAS1 tst1_eng;
PAS2
LINK tst1_eng fats fats_msp;

2. METHOD: Calling the Workstation Engine (FATS_WE.EXE)

PAS1 tst1_eng
PAS2
LINK tst1_eng fatsmspr.lib;

or if you own the extended version of FATS: (FATSXWE.EXE)

LINK tst1_eng fatsxmpr.lib;

 
Calling FATS

FATS commands are executed with the function FATSCALL:

function fatscall (vars szCmnd: lstring; vars nErrorcode: word; vars szFatsKey: lstring) : integer4; extern;

Parameter Usage: