Changes to Doctor Wimp

Changes made for Dr Wimp Version 5.02

(Release date: 2012-01-01)

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Ray Favre’s last version was 5.00 (2008-11-29)
Changes in v. 5.02 (2012-01-01)

Corrected PROCwint_cleardynamicareas to treat the dynamic area address as an unsigned integer, rather than a signed integer. Now correctly frees DAs in high memory.

Changes in v. 5.01 (2011-11-27)

A number of filing system related FN/PROCs which use OS_GBPB 9 and 12 calls modified to work correctly on filing systems such as Fat32 (hard drives or memory sticksformatted Fat32) and accessed using Fat32FS. This is most likely the case for BeagleBoard users. (See notes at head of source file.)

Version 5.00 (2008-11-29) had two minor visible improvements and some tidying-up behind the scenes.
Upgrading from Version 4.91 is trivial.
The Manual has been updated.
The changes are:

An additional parameter has been added to the existing wimp-function 'PROCwimp_print()' to allow, for instance, alternate pages to be printed from a multi-page print run.
An additional global variable has been created to hold the full path of any file used to start-up an application. (This is added for convenience only and does not affect the existing automatic arrangements for staring applications from a file.)
A bug in 'FNwimp_renameobject()' has been fixed which wrongly prevented files from being re-named across hard-disc/media boundaries.
The Manual now has an extended description of how to save directories/applications using the existing facilities for file saving.
Coding has been tidied up in several places.

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How do you get Dr Wimp?

You can get it by clicking below.
The current complete "Dr Wimp package" (as defined for Conditions of Use) comprises the following downloadable files:

DWxxx.zip
Docsxxx.zip
Elixirs.zip
Utils.zip
Examples.zip

All the above files are normally upgraded with each new release. Therefore it is important not to mix files with the same name from different releases.

DW502.zip (95k) - the new !MyApp skeleton application, including the DrWimp library and !RunImage - plus Upgrading instructions and a 'ReadMe' text-file listing the contents of the total Dr Wimp package; plus text-files giving the Version Release History and Credits (N.B. This version should run OK with all RISCOS Versions from 3.60 upwards.)

Docs500.zip (930k) - up-to-date documentation for the above Version. Includes Manual in both Impression Publisher and plain text versions, Upgrading instructions, History, Conditions etc. and Tutorial support material. Also includes !Fnc'n'Prc to display/seach/print wimp- and user-function definitions - and a similar StrongHelp file. (The Manual is also available in other formats, see below.)
Please note that the documentation for Elixir_08 (the OLE Elixir) is contained separately with the Elixirs, see next item.

Elixirs.zip (230k) - up-to-date versions of all Dr Wimp Elixirs. In particular, for Elixir_08 (the OLE Elixir) comprehensive separate documentation is included here, mainly in StrongHelp format.

Utils.zip (520k) - several utilities to add to the usefulness of the package. Including: !Fabricate (creates customised skeleton applications); window template editors !TemplEd and !WinEd; !CodeTemps (converts window/icon templates to exact wimp-function Basic code for creating windows/icons within the code, instead of loading from templates, if so required); several optional post-programming utilities to 'link', compress and 'make absolute' your finished product.

Examples.zip (221k) - 25 well-commented small applications demonstrating various aspects of using Dr Wimp - so you can see complete and real examples of how it's done.

For added convenience to existing users who wish only to download significant changes from the previous version - or the Manual in other formats:

DW502.zip (95k) - the new !MyApp skeleton application, as above.

ManImp500.zip (480k) - The complete Manual for the current Dr Wimp Version, in Impression Publisher format. (Included in Docsxxx.zip above)

ManTxt500.zip (154k) - The Manual for the current Dr Wimp Version, in plain text format. (Included in Docsxxx.zip above)

ManOP500.zip (370k) - The complete Manual for the current Dr Wimp Version, in OvationPro format.

ManHTML500.zip (310k) - The Manual for the current Dr Wimp Version, in HTML format.

Fnc500.zip (54k) - The utility !Fnc'n'Prc for the current Dr Wimp Version, giving a desktop reference to all wimp- and user-functions. (Included in Docsxxx.zip above)

FncSH500.zip (160k) - The utility FuncProc for the current Dr Wimp Version, a StrongHelp near-equivalent to the previous item.(Included in Docsxxx.zip above)

Fab500.zip (113k) - The utility !Fabricate for the current Dr Wimp Version. (Included in Utils.zip above)

And, finally, just in case:
Version 3.80 (31st Mar 2003)

DW380Ref.zip (851k) - This version was the one which was current when the second edition of the charity book "Dr Wimp's Surgery" was written and was supplied with that book. It is included here in case you have lost it! It is a cut-down package containing the !MyApp skeleton application, including the DrWimp library and !RunImage - plus compatible versions of the Manual, Tutorial material, !Fnc'n'Prc and !Fabricate.

Or you can email me at:

(Sorry about this non-live address. It's an attempt to reduce spam.) and request a copy via email.

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Credits

There are many many people to thank for lots of things. Full credits are inside the DrWimp archive in the Documents folder. Thanks to everyone who has supported the author with DrWimp over the years.
Let's keep it going!

Two books

Dr Wimp’s Surgery

Second edition, March 2003
This all-profits-to-charity book, by Ray Favre, gives a good introduction to wimp-programming in general as well as comprehensive coverage of the Dr Wimp package.
Read more about it and how to get it - and help charity at the same time.

Starting Basic

First revision, March 2003
This all-profits-to-charity book, by Ray Favre, is aimed mainly at beginners in Basic programming on RISCOS machines - but it is also a good reference book on BBC Basic.
Read more about it and how to get it - and help charity at the same time.

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