Q64496: SETUP Builds ISAMIO, ISAMCVT, ISAMPACK as Stand Alone or Not

Article: Q64496
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 7.00 7.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 3-AUG-1990

Depending on how you run SETUP.EXE, the ISAM utilities ISAMIO.EXE,
ISAMCVT.EXE, and ISAMPACK.EXE are built either to run as stand-alone
programs or to require the terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) form of
ISAM.

SETUP always installs the ISAMREPR.EXE (ISAM repair) utility to run as
a stand-alone program.

Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System (PDS) versions 7.00
and 7.10 provides the following four SETUP.EXE options for installing
ISAM support for DOS (or OS/2 real mode):

1. ISAM Routines in TSR
2. ISAM Routines in LIB, Support Database Creation and Access
3. ISAM Routines in LIB, Support Database Access Only
4. No ISAM support

SETUP Option 1 builds ISAMIO.EXE, ISAMCVT.EXE, or ISAMPACK.EXE
utilities that require the TSR form of ISAM (PROISAM.EXE or
PROISAMD.EXE). Option 1 is the default because it consumes the least
disk space.

SETUP Options 2 and 3 create stand-alone ISAM utilities (ISAMIO.EXE,
ISAMCVT.EXE, ISAMREPR.EXE, and ISAMPACK.EXE), which do not require the
presence of the ISAM TSR programs (PROISAM.EXE or PROISAMD.EXE). If
you choose Option 3 instead of 2, the ISAM utilities will not be able
to create or delete any ISAM databases or tables, they will just be
able to add and delete records for existing databases or tables.

SETUP Option 4 does not copy any ISAM utilities, TSR programs, or any
other ISAM-related files onto your computer.

Because BASIC PDS 7.10 introduces ISAM support under OS/2 protected
mode, it provides the following two additional SETUP options:

1. ISAM Routines in DLL
2. No ISAM Support

The protected mode ISAM SETUP choices (above) do not affect how
ISAMIO.EXE, ISAMCVT.EXE, ISAMREPR.EXE, or ISAMPACK.EXE are built,
since these ISAM utilities run only under MS-DOS (and not under OS/2).

Reference:

For more information, see Pages 389-399, Chapter 10, "ISAM Utilities,"
of the "Microsoft BASIC 7.0: Programmer's Guide" for versions 7.00 and
7.10.

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