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General Notes

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Discussions about Basic programming

• Loop Debates - a discussion of different ways to loop in Pick/Basic programs
• Sorting - An overview of the various sorts out there
• CodingStandards - Some modest proposals around Basic coding standards
• Date Conversion With ICONV - converting output date for internal storage
• Date Conversion With OCONV - converting internal date for output
• Hexadecimal Conversion - converting to/from hexadecimal
• RemovePerformance - a more efficient way to loop over a dynamic array

General Utilities (Alphabetically)

• AMVdefine_AE - Alternate Editor utility to define associated multivalues for amvedit
• AMVedit_AE - Alternate Editor utility to edit associated multivalues
• ASORT - Sorts Associated Multivalues
• BarCode128 - Print a 128 barcode in BASIC
• BFormat - A utility to format basic code
• BFind - A utility to find strings in selected file(s).
• BPTest - A utility to run BASIC code from the command line
• BROWSE.FOR.FILE - Subroutine which allows user to move up and down through DOS tree and pick a file, from Universe code
• Build.Inode.Xref - Builds the INODE.XREF file, run once in each account
• CallHTTP - sample code for CallHTTP
• CallHTTPWithSSL - an attempt to retrieve a simple web page over HTTPS using CallHTTP and SSL
• CAM_AE - Alternate Editor utility to convert PICK.VARIABLES to Camelcase
• Chead - "See header" QM utility to show information about compiled code.
• Checksum - Program to calculate the checksum of a given file item. It uses the original R83 method of doing so.
• Compare - To see the changes in two records - usually program code.
• ConvCase - To convert the case of items (usually programs)
• Cruise - Display entire contents of records, using DICT entries for labels and conversions
• CSEQ - To see part of a large directory file (useful for checking .csv files)
• CSV2ARRAY - Function to convert a CSV to a dynamic array (also can change columns to attributes)
• CSV2FIELDS - Another subroutine to convert a CSV string to a dynamic array
• CTRLFIC - To periodically check the Unidata files in level 1 overflow (from a list or just for given file) or level 2 using Unidata "guide" and "checkover" commands.
• DateUtility - utility to do various date conversions such as ISO8601 and RFC1123
• DumpSqlLdr - Dump fields to flat file for import into Oracle using sql*ldr
• DumpRecall - Dump a query to excel or other formats
• EM - A utility to enable editing of multiple MVdatabase records or individual ones in client-server Emacs in X(-windows).
• ENCRYPT64 - sample code using Universe's ENCRYPT function.
• Dynamic Array Sort Sort a multivalued dynamic array
• FieldInput - Generalised Input subroutine that handles various types of input in a somewhat intelligent manner. EG passwords, dates, time, patterns, lists, and so on. Using this can reduce your source code size quite a lot.
• FileInfo - UniVerse utility to show information about a file using FILEINFO()
• FileStatus - UniVerse utility to show information about a file using STATUS
• Find.Inode - A utility to locate filename of inode, using Pick Basic.
• FindUnusedAtt - A utility to find the null attributes in a file. So you can USE them!
• FLAVA - A (hopefully) portable routine to figure out the flavour of Pick
• GET.REMOTE.IP - D3/Linux source to obtain IP address of client.
• GetFileInfo - A wrapper around the O/S fstat command, or a PerlVersionOfFstat. Returns information about a unix file in a convenient format.
• GetKey - Acts like keycode() in QM - returns a single character for any key pressed.
• GetLineStack - An input subroutine that allows editing with the arrow keys. Works with vt100 and wyse50.
• GetNameList - PICK BASIC program to build list of names based on either EXACT or SOUNDEX principles. Uses '*' and '...' for first name likeness.
• GetOsInfo - UD program to get the O/S information (date/time/size/privileges) for items in a DIR type file
• Getptr - UniVerse version of GETPTR function in UniData
• HeapSort - Two routines to create a heap then return items from the heap in sorted order
• HelpForUniverse - Displays like the Unidata help because the Universe one splodges the screen when at the console in NT.
• HMAC - Sample Unidata / Universe Basic code to produce an HMAC-MD5 hash
• HollDump - Does a Hollerith (fixed column) style dump from a UV file into &HOLD&
• HollLoad - Reads a fixed-width file from &HOLD& into a UV file - and can handle multivalue fields.
• InputWait - Duplicates in Universe the INPUT...WAITING functionality available in Unidata
• IsoWeekNum - returns the ISO week number on being given an external format date
• KLIST - Utility for listing records in files with formatted m/vs and s/vs + date conversion with selection/search
• LFormat - A utility to print source code with line-up bars.
• LineEDitor - A version of UniData's AE with embedded full page editor, change and search history/redo capability, and lots of other good stuff.
• List.Path.Readu - Basic program to list.readu with pathnames instead.
• LOOP-ON - Replacement on Universe for the R83 verb LOOP-ON
• MAC_AE - Alternate Editor utility to convert Camelcase to PICK.VARIABLES
• MakeDict - Program to allow command line dictionary creation - works for UniVerse and QM
• MakeXml - Generates XML using standard dictionaries, particularly I-types. It will also generate DTD, XSD, and XSL definitions. Started in UniData, mostly done in UniVerse, and has also been done in QM from Ladybridge.
• MD5Hash - Sample Unidata / Universe Basic code to produce an MD5 hash
• MenuProgram - A simple menu interpreter
• ParseXML - Sample Unidata / Universe Basic code to parse an XML text file
• Pick.to.HTML - Example code of building a HTML table in Pick and then launching it through Accuterm
• Pivot - Quickly view totals and counts when looking at a new file
• PrePass - Duplicates the $DEFINE $IFDEF compiler stuff that Universe and Unidata have
• ProgramToListAlgorithms - Program to list algorithms that are stored in &PARTFILES&, VOC, and the parts themselves.
• Purge.Bad.Chars - Remove chars from 0 to 31, and 128 to 250 from a user-supplied file
• QM.Sort.Item - Subroutine to use new QM SORT() mechanism to sort associated multivalues
• QuickSort - uniVerse BASIC implementation of the quick sort algorithm
• Resize.Stats - Checks all processes on system (HPUX 11.0 & Universe9.6) for resize activity and displays progress and estimated completions. Great for determining when phantoms are expected to finish.
• ReturnSourceCode - Reads the GLOBAL.CATDIR opcode item on Universe, and extracts the source path off it's end
• Row2Col - transpose a variable's "rows" (fields) into "columns" (values), and back again.
• Row2Col II - An alternative version to transpose an array
• SBProcessSearch - Search for a string in SB+ process file with a simple list output.
• SCI.XLS.RECALL - Dump a flat delimited file (produced with TO DELIM perhaps) to SpreadsheetML XML format
• SCI.XLSX.RECALL - Dump a flat delimited file to Open XML native Excel XLSX format
• Shell sort - a sort that uses Donald Shell's algorithm
• ShowLocks - Universe utility to show locks by name (requires up to date STAT.FILE)
• Sudoku - To play a sudoku game
• StarDate - a function for converting from timestamp to stardate
• SvnWrapper - Wrapper for Linux 'svn' command for UniVerse; with 'release' format support.
• TclStack - a TCL stacker/development environment. Works better with GetLineStack, but not required.
• TCL.II - pre-processes @sentence, parsing TCL.II components for you to handle later
• Trace - A utility that allows you to trace from a Proc to a Verb to a Basic program, interactive.
• TreeTraversal - Finding the ultimate parent or all children of a particular node
• Try - Another utility to run BASIC code from the command line.
• UdtOra - A program to call a perl script to run sql statements and parse the resultset
• UdtService - A program that is a phantom service to spawn other Udt phantoms
• URLEncode - A function to URL encode any text.
• UV.EM - A utility based upon UV.VI that works with Emacs (see also Emacs Lisp code page).
• WLISTU - Allows sorting the LISTU output by Date by Time, or also by PID
• XML Output Utility - Extract an Unidata file in XML format using or not dictionary, with criteria of selection or not.

Special Purpose Utilities

• uuidgen - Unibasic wrapper around python UUID module.
• uvcron - C program to allow cron to execute Universe jobs.
• InfoLease utilities, programs of interest only to customers of http://www.idsgrp.com (maybe :-)
• Datatel utilities, specific to users of Datatel's Benefactor and Colleague apps
• CedarvilleDownload, DOWNLOAD is a utility that creates extracts from U2 in a variety of formats

Source Code Repositories

• https://bitbucket.org/slestak/u2-tools (Steve Romanow)
• https://bitbucket.org/foss4mv (FOSS4MV)