New Helper Userlib

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Apocalypse

I've started work on a helper DLL for Blitz3D and was wondering if anyone would be interested in trying it out and maybe making some suggestions as to added functions. I intend to release the DLL as freeware when I am done. All I would ask is that I am listed in the credits somewhere if you use it.

Download the DLL here...

http://www.imakegames.com/B3DHLP.dll

Here are the functions I've done so far...

FmtStr$ - allows you to format a number like "#,###.00"
(This function suffers from Blitz's lack of extended precision)

DiskSpaceFree - Returns free Space of HD in megabytes
DiskSpaceTotal - Returns total space of HD in megabytes

SetBit - Allows setting an individual bit of a variable
ResetBit - Allows resetting an individial bit of a variable
TestBit - Returns whether a bit is on or off in a variable

SaveBank - Allows you to save the entire contents of a Bank at once

LoadBank - Allows you to load an entire Bank's contents from a file.

Here are the .decls...

.lib "B3DHLP.dll"
SaveBank% (pBank%, Filename$):"SAVEBANK"
LoadBank% (pBank%, Filename$):"LOADBANK"
FmtStr$ (InVal$ , pFmt$):"FMTSTR"
DiskSpaceFree% (Drive$):"DISKSPACEFREE"
DiskSpaceTotal% (Drive$):"DISKSPACETOTAL"
SetBit% (dwVal%, BitPos%):"SETBIT"
ResetBit% (dwVal%, BitPos%):"RESETBIT"
TestBit% (dwVal%, BitPos%):"TESTBIT"