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Vulcan Runtime (BYOR)

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This "Bring Your Own Runtime" (BYOR) example shows how you can use Vulcan Datatypes
and functions in X#.
 
The example does NOT come with the Vulcan Runtime DLLs. You need to have these installed
on your machine and you may need to update the references in the example and point them
to the Vulcan Runtime DLLs on your machine.
 
// Please read the comments in Readme.txt !
using System
using System.Collections.Generic
using System.Linq
using System.Text
 
Function Start() as void
 
  LOCAL startingColor AS ConsoleColor
  startingColor := Console.ForegroundColor
 
  ConsoleHeading("Bring Your Own Runtime (BYOR) Sample",ConsoleColor.Magenta)
  Console.ForegroundColor := ConsoleColor.Gray
 
  DateSamples()
  Conversion()
  Strings()
  Numeric()
  Wait()
  Arrays()
  Symbols()
  LateBinding()
  Wait()
 
  Workarea()
  Wait()
  Macros()
  Wait()
  CodeBlocks()
  Wait()
 
  Console.ForegroundColor := startingColor
 
FUNCTION ConsoleHeading(s AS STRING, c := ConsoleColor.Yellow AS ConsoleColor) AS VOID
  LOCAL originalColor AS ConsoleColor
  originalColor := Console.ForegroundColor
 
  Console.ForegroundColor := c
  Console.WriteLine(s)
  Console.ForegroundColor := originalColor
 
FUNCTION Wait() AS VOID
  ConsoleHeading("Press any key to continue...",ConsoleColor.Green)
  Console.ReadKey()
 
 
FUNCTION DateSamples() AS VOID
  ConsoleHeading("Dates")
  LOCAL dToday := Today() AS DATE
  Console.WriteLine( i"Today is {dToday:d}"   )   // Interpolated string, short Date Format
  Console.WriteLine( i"Today is {dToday:G}"   )   // Interpolated string, General Date Format
 
  LOCAL dTomorrow AS __VODATE
  dTomorrow := dToday + 1 // can perform VO date arithmetic
  Console.WriteLine( i"Tomorrow is {dTomorrow:D}") // Long date format  
 
  LOCAL dNewYear AS DATE
   dNewYear := 2016.01.01
 
   Console.WriteLine("New year was " +AsString(dNewYear)+ " on a "+CDOW(dNewyear))
 
FUNCTION Conversion() AS VOID
  ConsoleHeading("Conversion")
  LOCAL sToday AS STRING
  sToday := DTOS(Today()) // Convert date using VO function
  Console.WriteLine(i"Today is {sToday}")
 
FUNCTION Strings() AS VOID
  ConsoleHeading("Strings")
  LOCAL s AS STRING
  LOCAL sToday := DTOS(Today())
  s := SubStr(sToday,1,4) // string manipulation
  Console.WriteLine(String.Format("SubStr is {0}",s))
 
  LOCAL n AS DWORD
  n := At("0",s)
  Console.WriteLine(String.Format("At is {0}",n))
 
  LOCAL c := "" AS STRING
  Console.WriteLine(String.Format("c is {0}",IIF(Empty(c),"Empty","Not empty")))
  c := "x"
  Console.WriteLine(String.Format("c is {0}",IIF(Empty(c),"Empty","Not empty")))
  RETURN
 
FUNCTION Numeric() as VOID
  ConsoleHeading("Numeric")
  LOCAL r AS REAL8
  r := Pow(2,3)
  Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Pow is {0}",r))
  LOCAL f AS FLOAT
  f := Sqrt(10)
  Console.WriteLine(String.Format("The root of 10 is {0}",f))
  RETURN
 
FUNCTION Arrays() AS VOID
  ConsoleHeading("Array")
  LOCAL a AS ARRAY
  a := {1,2,3}
  Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Original Array length is {0}",ALen(a)))
  AAdd(a,4)
  AAdd(a,5)
  AAdd(a,6)
  Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Array length after adding 3 elements is {0}",ALen(a)))
  FOR VAR i := 1 TO ALen(a)
     Console.Writeline(String.Format("{0} {1}", i, a[i]))
  NEXT
  ADel(a, 1)
  Asize(a, Alen(a) -1)
  Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Array length after deleting 1 elements is {0}",ALen(a)))
  RETURN
 
FUNCTION Symbols() AS VOID
  LOCAL s as Symbol
  LOCAL c as STRING
  ConsoleHeading("Symbol")
  s := #LastName
  Console.WriteLine("Symbol s: "+s:ToString())
  c := Symbol2String(s)
  Console.WriteLine("Symbol converted to string : "+c)
 
  RETURN
 
FUNCTION LateBinding() AS VOID
  LOCAL e as Object
  ConsoleHeading("Late binding")
  e := Error{0, "Message"}
  Console.WriteLine("Reading property from a untype variable")
  Console.WriteLine( (String) e:Message)
 
  RETURN
 
Function Workarea() AS VOID
  LOCAL cWorkDir as STRING
  FIELD LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME in CUSTOMER
  ConsoleHeading("DBF Access")
  cWorkDir := "..\..\"
  SetPath(cWorkDir)
  DbUseArea(TRUE, "DBFNTX","Customer")
  DbSetIndex("CustNum.NTX")
  DbSetIndex("CustName.NTX")
  DbGoTop()
  DO WHILE ! EOF()
     ? Str(Recno(),3), LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME, _FIELD->CITY
     DbSkip(1)
  ENDDO
  DbCloseArea()
 
FUNCTION Macros() AS VOID
  LOCAL cMacro as STRING
  LOCAL cbMacro as CodeBlock
  ConsoleHeading("Macros")
  cMacro := "{||Today()}"
  cbMacro := &(cMacro)
  ? cMacro, Eval(cbMacro)
  cMacro := "1+2+3"
  ? cMacro, &cMacro
  cMacro := "System.Int32.MaxValue"
  cbMacro := MCompile(cMacro)
  ? cMacro, MExec(cbMacro)
  cMacro := "{|a,b,c| a*b*c}"
  cbMacro := &(cMacro)
  ? cMacro, Eval(cbMacro, 2,3,4)
 
  ?
  RETURN
 
FUNCTION CodeBlocks() AS VOID
  LOCAL oBlock as CodeBlock
  ConsoleHeading("Codeblocks")
  oBlock := {||Today()}
  ? oBlock, eval(oBlock)
  oBlock := {||System.Math.Pow(2,3)}
  ? oBlock, eval(oBlock)
  oBlock := {|a,b,c|a*b*c}
  ? oBlock, eval(oBlock,2,3,4)
  ?
  RETURN