CodeRunneR        programming/library/TSRs
Write Compact TSR Programs with CodeRunneR
 
Microbytes Daily News Service
Copyright (c) 1989, McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Microsystems Software claims that its CodeRunneR library lets you
write TSR programs in C that have the compactness and performance
of program's written in assembly-language code. When the TSR
program becomes resident, its initialization code and data is
eliminated, allowing for elegant sign-on screens, comprehensive
command line parsing, and other initialization tasks without
burdening resident-memory overhead, Microsystems says.
 
With CodeRunneR, you can write multitasking TSRs where a timer,
COM port, keyboard, and any other hardware or software
interrupt can trigger multiple threads. CodeRunneR
automatically handles all stack and entry protection.
 
CodeRunneR includes a BCD (binary-code decimal) floating-point
package with variable precision from 8 to 248 significant digits.
You can specify up to 256 hot keys for any application. The
runtime library is function-level granular and auto-initializing,
which helps in saving program memory overhead.
 
Because CodeRunneR allows transparent DOS access for your
program, you don't have to worry about the DOS Busy flag. This
lets you call up the application regardless of DOS's state, the
company reports.
 
CodeRunneR is written in assembly and works with Borland's
Turbo C and Microsoft C.
 
Price: $149.
 
Contact: Microsystems Software, Inc., 600 Worcester Road,
Framingham, MA 01701, (508) 626-8511. FAX: 626-8515.
 
                              --- David L. Andrews
 
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