Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sample.eng.ohio-state.edu!purdue!haven.umd.edu!decuac!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!vaxphw.enet.dec.com!phil From: phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com (Phil Hunt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: ** Is MS QBasic worth looking at? **YES**HELP! Message-ID: <23765@shlump.lkg.dec.com> Date: 22 Jun 91 07:15:24 GMT Sender: newsdaemon@shlump.lkg.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 32 In article <1991Jun18.033608.15302@ux1.cts.eiu.edu>, cfejm@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (John Miller) writes... }In article rgonzal@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Ralph Gonzalez) writes: }> }>There is no doubt that BASIC is an easier language to learn than C, }>and in my opinion if you just want to develop one or two nice Mac }>progurams, you're much better off with QB than TC. You can write }>about 95% of a QB app without even delving into the Toolbox directly, }>but just using the built-in statements for graphics, menus, windows, }>dialogs, mouse tracking, etc. }> The original thread of this conversation was if MS-QB was a good programming environment...Well, I've coded lots of Apps in C and QB...I find QB a great tool to get a pgm up quickly... Some problems though.... Does anyone know if MS-QB will be updated for system/7? The apps generated work ok under S/7, but the compiler sometimes crashes during compile. Also, does anyone know if a library was/is ever written for QB and the color quickdraw stuff? I am having a heck of a time using the toolbox call to use GETCIcon and PlotCIcon.....They seem to get called, but nothing useful is returned.....Anyone got this stuff to work? =========================================================================== Phil Hunt "Wherever you go, there you are!!!" Digital Equipment Corporation Phone: (508)486-6783 ENET: VAXPHW::PHIL USENET: phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com MOREUSENET: phil%vaxphw.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com EVENMORE: ....!decwrl!dec-vaxphw!phil