December 17, 1993

BTV.PAS is a Turbo Pascal 6.0,7.0 object oriented interface to the
Btrieve Record Manager by Novell, Inc. It implements Btrieve file,
error handling and error display objects. Version 2.0 now supports
the extended Btrieve operations.

I did not supply the example programs in compiled form. They aren't
flashy, no neat screen output, and you won't get much out of them if
you don't look at the code. I hope they are sufficient to demonstrate
the use of BTV. Let me know if you have any problems with the examples.

One note on the source code, you will note several {$IFDEF WINDOWS},
{$IFDEF MSDOS}, {$IFDEF DPMI}. These IFDEFs control compilation for
your targeted platform. You do not need to define any of them, they
are built into the compiler and defined automatically depending on
the compilation target.

The source code to the main units BTV.PAS, BTVX.PAS, and BTVTYPE.PAS
is provided in a shrouded format only. It will compile, but is almost
unreadable. Registered users will receive the full, original source
for these units. If it is absolutely necessary that you have the full
source for evaluation purposes, please contact me.

The protected mode interface will only work correctly with
Turbo/Borland version 7.01. If you experience any problems with
protected mode, please make sure that you have version 7.01 on the
compiler. The 7.01 upgrade is available from Borland for $10.00.

BTV.PAS is distributed as Shareware,
IT IS NOT FREE. IF YOU USE BTV.PAS
PLEASE REGISTER IT. With your paid registration you will receive the
latest version and printed documentation. Registration is $50.00
(U.S.) plus $5.00 shipping and handling.

You may register by check, money order, credit card, or online on the
CompuServe information service. All registrations are $50.00 plus
$5.00 shipping and handling.

Checks or money orders are prefered. If paying in U.S. dollars,
the check must be drawn on a drawn on a U.S. bank.

You can also register online on CompuServe. Type GO SWREG, and follow
the prompts. The Registration Id for CompuServe is 759. All Compuserve
registrations are $55.00, including shipping and handling.

You may place an order by Master Card, VISA, American Express,
or Discover by contacting Public Software Library at (800) 242-4PSL
(from overseas (713) 524-6394), by FAX at (713) 524-6398, or on
CompuServe at 71355,470.
These numbers are for credit card orders only! Please, do not call
these numbers for any type of technical assistance. The Registration
Id for PSL is 10905. All PSL registrations are $55.00, including
shipping and handling.

Site licenses and multiple copy discounts are available. Remember a
registered copy is required for each programmer using BTV.PAS.

Please contact me with any comments, suggestions, problems, bugs, or
questions.

Richard Hansen
PO Box 18571
Saint Paul, MN  55118-0571  USA

CompuServe : 70242,3367
InterNet   : 70242.3367@compuserve.com
FidoNet    : 1:282/115

The following files should be included in the archive:

BTV.PAS         The main btrieve unit
BTVX.PAS        Btrieve object that supports the extended operations
BTVTYPE.PAS     Btrieve data conversion routines
BTVCONST.PAS    Btrieve constants
BTRVDOS.PAS     Interface to the Btrieve TSR for DOS
BTRWIN.PAS      Interface to the Btrieve DLL for Windows
BTRVDPMI.PAS    Interface to the Btrieve TSR for protected mode
EXAMPLE1.PAS    Some example code
EXAMPLE2.PAS          "
EXAMPLE3.PAS          "
EXAMPLE4.PAS          "
EXAMPLE5.PAS          "
EXAMPLE6.PAS          "
EXAMPLE7.PAS          "
EXTEND.PAS      Extended operations example
OWNER.PAS       Owner name (passwaord) example
TYPES.DAT       Data file for example 4
XDEMO.TXT       ASCII data file for example 6
BTV.INT         Interface section for BTV.PAS
BTVX.INT        Interface section for BTVX.PAS
BTVTYPE.INT     Interface section for BTVTYPE.PAS
BTRVMSG.PAS     Windows sample application for creating an error
                message file
BTRVMSG.INC     Include file for BTRVMSG.PAS
BTRVMSG.RC      Windows resource script file for BTRVMSG.PAS
BTRVMSG.ICO     Windows icon for BTRVMSG.PAS
BTRVMSG.EXE     Windows executable demo compiled from BTRVMSG.PAS
BTRIEVE.ERR     Test data file for BTRVMSG.EXE
BTV.TXT         Documentation in ASCII format
ORDER.FRM       Registration form
WHATS.NEW       History and change file
DESC.SDI        BBS file description
FILE_ID.DIZ           "