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From: mxmora@unix.SRI.COM (Matt Mora)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: ** Is MS QBasic worth looking at? **YES**HELP!
Message-ID: <25734@unix.SRI.COM>
Date: 24 Jun 91 19:50:34 GMT
References: <23765@shlump.lkg.dec.com>
Reply-To: mxmora@unix.sri.com (Matt Mora)
Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
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In article <23765@shlump.lkg.dec.com> phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com (Phil Hunt) writes:
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>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.

The rumors I hear are the MS will introduce a update for system seven.
When on the other hand is anybody's guess.

>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?

Haven't tried it but I sure I could write a PCR to do it. They are
easy to write and work very well. Just like xcmds.







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