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- Newsgroups: alt.lang.basic
- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!wingnut!philco
- From: philco@microsoft.com (Phillip Cooper)
- Subject: Re: QB window routines
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.162005.14595@microsoft.com>
- Date: 18 Dec 92 16:20:05 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <724427029snx@tixel.mv.com>
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- In article <724427029snx@tixel.mv.com> jarnold@tixel.mv.com writes:
- >I've been using Turbo Basic for a long time, and have made a lot of use
- >of a package called Turbo Windows with it. It allows you to define
- >windows, titles, shading, text within the window, etc. I want to switch
- >over to QuickBasic (since Borland no longer sells or supports TB), but
- >I need a similar tools package for QB, as the Turbo Windows routines
- >make specific use of certain things that QB doesn't support.
- >
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- I think you just described Visual Basic for DOS pretty well! :).
- Seriously though, there are a number of third party libraries that
- will do what you want including Microhelp's Muscle and Crescent
- Software's QuickPak professional.
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- >Any suggestions; commercial, shareware, or PD?
- >
- >Jon Arnold Phone: W: 603-883-1233
- >Nashua, New Hampshire Fax: W: 603-883-7350
- > H: 603-883-6371
- >
- > "If you ain't the lead dog, the view never changes."
- >
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