Re: COM stuff added to Wiki

Right. Here is the definition Tom has, which was added
early to the Swiftforth on our computer for compatibility
to other Forths that use this word. Tom probably wasn't
aware it was not part of the Swiftforth release.

Glenn

: ascii state @ if postpone [char] else char then ;
immediate

On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 14:51:40 -0700
  "Elizabeth D Rather" <erather_at_forth.com> wrote:
>Assuming that ASCII is a "state smart" version of CHAR &
>[CHAR], which is
>the common definition of it, here's how we do it for
>compatibility with Open
>Firmware:
>
>: (literal) ( c -- c | ) state @ if
> ( compiling) postpone literal
> ( interpreting -- leave on stack ) then ;
>: ascii ( -- c ) char (literal) ; immediate
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: sftalk-bounce_at_forth.com
>[mailto:sftalk-bounce_at_forth.com] On Behalf Of
>Mike Ghan
>Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 2:00 PM
>To: sftalk_at_forth.com
>Subject: [sftalk] Re: COM stuff added to Wiki
>
>Hi Tom,
>
>I'm having a little difficulty with FCOM. The word
> ascii is not defined.
>I guessed at
>: ASCII POSTPONE [CHAR] ; IMMEDIATE
>
>But when attempting to compile the demo at end of the
>file
>
> 5 0 typelib {C866CA3A-32F7-11D2-9602-00C04F8EE628}
>
>I receive the following error:
>
> 1D2-9602-00C04F8EE628} Error Loading Type Library
>
>I'm using SF version 2.2.2.9.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>Mike
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: sftalk-bounce_at_forth.com
>[mailto:sftalk-bounce_at_forth.com]On
>Behalf
>Of Tom Dixon
>Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 8:03 AM
>To: sftalk_at_forth.com
>Subject: [sftalk] COM stuff added to Wiki
>
>
>I just added my COM stuff to the Wiki. This outdates my
>previous COM
>library on the Faq-o-matic. It has lots of new features
>(such as going off
>of type libraries rather than defining all the interfaces
>and such by hand).
>Hopefully
>will make working with COM a whole lot easier. It
>includes an example at
>the end of the file of Text-To-Speech using a COM
>interface.
>
>I also added another simple example of ADO. (Look for
>"FSQL") It is a
>simplified way of executing SQL queries.
>
>-Tom Dixon
>
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