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.