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Posted by creaothceann
https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/gd2afh/ares_the_artist_formerly_known_as_byuu_is/

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IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
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  1. Note that the DLL, when a card image routine is called, will place the 
     card into the clipboard.  So don't try to keep something in the Clip-
     board while playing a card game.

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BASIC CARD BITMAP ROUTINES
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Sub GetCard (ByVal Card As Integer)

  This routine will copy the card specified to the clipboard.  You can then
  assign the clipboard contents (bitmap=2) to a control.Picture.

  Values 1..13 are Spades.  11=Jack, 12=Queen, 13=King.  Values 14..26 are
  Hearts, 27..39 are Clubs, and, 40-52 are Diamonds.  The Joker is 53.

  Example:
           GetCard(13)'King of Spades
           Picture1(i).Picture = ClipBoard.GetCard(2)' 2=Bitmap

Posted by Screwtape

So far, I've yet to find a 16-bit game that actually uses the native CARDS.DLL API - maybe nobody bothered RE'ing Solitaire back then?

That first article you linked to says "As a result, even shareware card games like Forty Thieves, Canfield and Constitution were able to keep their file size down considerably by referencing a file that, due to its inclusion with every Windows installation, was guaranteed to be on the system." I assume those aren't 16-bit games, then?

Posted by Kawa
I have studied the Solitaire source code. Did you know that it's made of three logical parts? There's cards.dll of course, but the game itself has one part for card games in general and one part on top of that for Solitaire.

Which means that it and all those other card games that you'd find in the Entertainment Pack like Golf and such possibly reuse a significant amount of code that could've been in the DLL.

Posted by Kawa

"you buy a product, not a subscription"

That's a sentiment worth of some applause. 👏

Registration codes for the MeggieSoft Games are software usage licenses, not subscriptions. Once you have purchased a registration code for one of the games, you are granted unlimited and indefinite personal use of that game. Additionally, under our current licensing policies, MeggieSoft Games does not charge additional license fees for version updates.

Posted by Kawa
So weird, so niche, so clearly explained... so unlikely to crop up for anyone else 😸

tomman@himawari:~$ wine --version
wine-4.0 (Debian 4.0-2)

Posted by Kawa
Fraid all of my VB3 stuff is lost to the mists of time, and didn't use SSPanels and the like.