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inputstr - linked flags

stimpy (stimpy@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-10-08T10:24:03+00:00

INPUTSTR... Usage: INPUTSTR prompt:string, var:string, color:integer, len:integer, valid:string, flags:string Display prompt in color color and get a string (maximum length len, valid characters valid, flags flags) from the user, assigning it to

print - external edit

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-10-08T09:43:45+00:00

PRINT str:string[, str:string...] Display one or more string expressions ---------- See also: MPrint, MPrintLn, PrintLn, SPrint, SPrintLn

account - markdown conversion

stimpy (stimpy@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-10-08T09:29:29+00:00

ACCOUNT INTEGER field, INTEGER value 1) the ACCOUNT() function ACCOUNT(INTEGER field) Returns amount of credits charged for services corresponding to the field parameter. Example: println "You have been charged ",ACCOUNT(DEB_CHAT)," for chat"

inputdate - external edit

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-10-08T09:05:52+00:00

INPUTDATE prompt:string, var:string, color:integer Display “prompt” in color “color” and get a date formatted string from the user, assigning it to “var” (8 characters maximum, valid characters 0-9 - /) ---------- See also: Input, InputCC, InputInt, InputMoney, InputStr, InputText,

ansipos - removed see also links

stimpy (stimpy@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-10-08T08:36:16+00:00

ANSIPOS col:integer, row:integer If ANSI is available, position the cursor in column col and in row row Legal ranges: 1 <= col <= 80 1 <= row <= 23 (Because of the status lines) (1,1) is the top left corner of the screen Note: Be aware that the user may have a different number of lines on his screen

bitclear

stimpy (stimpy@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-10-08T08:08:33+00:00

BITCLEAR variable:multitype, bit:integer Clears a specified bit from a variable. This statement is primarily intended to be used with BIGSTR variables which can be up to 2048 bytes long. However, it will work with other data types as well if desired. Just be aware of the potential problems in 'bit twidling' non-string buffers and then trying to access them later as their 'intended' type without re-initializing the variable. If the bit parameter (an integer from 0 to the number of bits in the ob…

backup

stimpy (stimpy@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-10-08T08:06:47+00:00

BACKUP var:integer Backup (move the cursor to the left) “var” columns without going past column 1 ---------- See also: Forward

sysop - removed - external edit (Unknown date)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-25T01:37:02+00:00

SysOp Commands There are several commands available from the main menu which are designed to help you, the SysOp, to do many common maintenance functions. Using these commands you can do these following tasks and more: * View, print, search, and delete the callers logs

ppl-function-abs - removed - external edit (Unknown date)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-24T11:01:58+00:00

ABS(var:integer) :INTEGER Returns the absolute value of “var” ---------- Tags: ppl function

ppl-color-codes - removed - external edit (Unknown date)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-23T08:35:50+00:00

Color Codes PCBoard defines some macros to change color if user has ANSI capabilities. If user doesn't support ANSI, PCB just skip those codes. It is a good way to colorize your screens and prompt because you don't have to check the ANSI flag, PCB deal with it automatically.

ppl-dbase-functions-statements - removed - external edit (Unknown date)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-23T06:35:16+00:00

DBASE III FUNCTIONS & STATEMENTS PPL provide a load of functions & statements to access DBase III files... STATEMENTS DCREATE channel,name,exclusive,fieldInfo ; create DBF file DOPEN channel,name,exclusive ; open DBF file DCLOSE channel ; close DBF file DSETALIAS channel,name ; set DBF alias DPACK channel ; pack DBF file DLOCK channel ; lock DBF file DLOCKF …

ppl-function-abort - removed - external edit (Unknown date)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-23T05:04:33+00:00

ABORT() :BOOLEAN Returns a flag indicating whether or not the user aborted the display of data via ^K/^X or answering no to a MORE? prompt

ppl-compilation-directives - removed - external edit (Unknown date)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-22T18:50:09+00:00

Compilation Directives ;$INCLUDE Source files can be included from other source files. This is accomplished with a compiler directive in a comment like this: ;$INCLUDE:FILESPEC.EXT Note that the first character need not be the semi-colon. An apostrophe ['] or asterisk [*] may also be used where appropriate.

ppl-functions - removed - external edit (Unknown date)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-22T06:11:44+00:00

* ABORT * ABS * AND * ANSION * ASC * B2W * CALLID * CALLNUM * CARRIER * CCTYPE * CDON * CHATSTAT * CHR * CONFEXP * CONFMW * CONFREG * CONFSEL * CONFSYS * CURCOLOR * CURCONF * CURSEC * DATE * DAY * DBGLEVEL * DEFANS * DEFCOLOR * DOW * ERRCORRECT * EVTTIMEADJ * EXIST * FERR * FILEINF * FMTCC * FMTREAL * GETENV * GETTOKEN * GETX * GETY * GRAFMODE * HELPPATH * HIMSGNUM * HOUR * I2S * INKEY * INSTR * ISBITSET …

ppl-constants-variables - removed - external edit (Unknown date)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-22T01:36:05+00:00

CONSTANTS & VARIABLES PPL allows user defined constants in the following formats: $#.## A MONEY constant (dollar sign followed by optional dollars followed by decimal point followed by cents; # = 0-9) #h An INTEGER hexadecimal constant (# = 0-9 & A-F)

ppl-expression-operators - removed - external edit (Unknown date)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-21T17:09:21+00:00

Expression Operators PPL allows the following operators to be used in expressions (lvalue and rvalue are simply the values to the left and right, respectively, of binary operators): ( - Start sub-expression (also allows [ to be used) ) - End sub-expression (also allows ] to be used) ^ - Raise lvalue to the power of rvalue (also allows ** to be used) * - Multiply lvalue by rvalue / - Divide lvalue by rvalue % - Remainder of lvalue divided by rvalue + - Add rval…

ppl-data_types - removed - external edit (Unknown date)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-21T13:49:08+00:00

Data types TYPE var[(dim[,dim[,dim]])][,var...] ) PPL utilizes the following data types: BOOLEAN unsigned character (1 byte) 0 = FALSE, non-0 = TRUE DATE unsigned integer (2 bytes) PCBoard julian date (count of days since 1/1/1900) DDATE Signed long integer for julian date. DDATE is for use with DBase date fields. It holds a long integer for julian dates. When coerced to string type it is in the format CCYYMMDD or 19940527

ppl-source_syntax - removed - external edit (Unknown date)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-21T13:47:55+00:00

PPL source syntax Each line of a PPL source file may contain none, one, some or all of the following sections: [KEYWORD ][EXPRVAR][,EXPRVAR][;'][COMMENT TEXT]KEYWORDA PPL statement used to accomplish some task. EXPRA PPL expression which may contain VARs, CONSTs, and/or FUNCs.

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