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From: rick@Jessica.stanford.edu (Rick Wong)
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Subject: Re: Help for MPW/MacAPP neophyte?
Keywords: mpw macapp pascal help
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Date: 21 Apr 89 17:19:45 GMT
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In article <1004@sas.UUCP> cole@sas.UUCP (Tom Cole) writes:
>Okay, I am moderately knowlegeable about the Macintosh, but utterly ignorant
>of MPW and MacApp.
>
>	[several problems building MacApp deleted]
>
>HELP!  Conclusion:  I don't really know what is going on, but it sure feels
>like either my software isn't as up-to-date as I think (obvious problem is
>the MacApp 2.0.2 stuff) or I am confused about what I am doing.

The problem is that some of your software is TOO up-to-date.  It sounds
like you're using MacApp 2.0b5, which was designed for MPW 3.0b1 (not 3.0)
Unfortunately, 2.0b5 is the latest version available from APDA.  I know
the MacApp team must be really busy these days, but now that MPW 3.0 is
finally making its way into the world, someone should make sure that all
of Apple's other development tools are reasonably in synch with it.

Come on, guys.  MacApp 2.0 is going to be a great product, but you can't
expect people to take you seriously when you're distributing out-of-date
stuff like 2.0b5.

>	. . . RTFM is an acceptable response, but it sure with help if
>you would supply a chapter/page number in the FM to R.

Except for the introductory sections, the manual supplied with 2.0b5 is
hopelessly out of date (most of it seems lifted from the 1.0 manual).

>Tom Cole
>SAS Institute
>{anywhere}|mcnc|rti-sel|sas|cole

Rick Wong
Courseware Authoring Tools Project, Stanford University
rick@jessica.stanford.edu