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Advanced Revelation

My experience with the Revelation product line began in late 1983 with Revelation Release F by Cosmos, Inc. of Bellevue, WA.  Early in 1984, I received the first copy of Revelation Release G in the city of Houston.

In November of 1988, I went to work for the manufacturer, Revelation Technologies (now Revelation Software). ARev 1.0 was on the market at that time.  I was employed with the company for 6 years, during which time the 2.x and 3.x versions of the product were released.

Many ARev applications are in wide spread use even today.  The current and final version is 3.12.  Products are available from Revelation Software to extend the life of legacy ARev applications on today's platforms.

I do not recommend new development in ARev applications.  However, existing applications can be maintained in ARev or converted either partially or completely to Windows using OpenInsight.

Downloads for "Techies"

The following items are ARev 3.x R/Basic source routines that I have found useful. Copy these files individually into your program file with the following command at TCL. Be sure to include the "(R)" parameter which will convert the file to Advanced Revelation format.

COPY DOS {DOS_FILE_NAME} TO:({YOUR_PROGRAM_FILE} {ROUTINE_NAME} (R)

ASCII_IMPORT
R/Basic template for importing an ASCII file (AREV 2.x compatible)
DICT_POPUP
Lookdict style popup for the DICT window
FONT.RESET
Send the RESET sequence defined for the currently selected printer (revised 2/28/97)
FONT.SELECT
Put up a list of fonts defined for the currently selected printer and send the selected fonts
FORMAL.DATE
Date output conversion to long US format (AREV 2.x compatible)
LIST_POPUP
Put up a popup of LISTS records without command stack or query lists
PDISK_SUB
Shell for the PDISK (print to disk) routine
SESSION
Prevent multiple AREV sessions on a single workstation. This is also a good way to see if users are entering and leaving the system normally.

Session.zip for AREV 3.x only - This is the same program as above in a semi-automatic install package. It requires PKUnzip and knowledge of how to change a "logon verb" in AREV 3.x. The installation instructions are here and in the zip file.

NLM_TEST
Test for the proper installation of the NLM per manufacturer specifications.

NLMtest.zip for AREV 3.x only - This is the same program as above in a semi-automatic install package. It requires PKUnzip and knowledge of how to change a "logon verb" in AREV 3.x. The installation instructions are here and in the zip file.