VMSZealot
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I thought I'd take a break from the day job of hacking with C, and play with ReadBASIC on the Mac. It seems VERY limited - but perhaps that's me (probably is). How do I, for example, create an application which doesn't have a window? It seems like it should be possible (because in Project Settings I can select <None>), but I can only open the code editor if I have a Window to edit code for. I can't, for example, seem to have a class for the menu items (which is what I'd like).
I'd like to be able to have an application load with just a menu bar, and to have Preferences under the Edit menu and then to be able to select Preferences from Edit and have it load the Preferences window at that point.
I'd also like it to be able to do stuff when it loads, when it quits, and every few minutes - all without a menu on the screen.
To further complicate matters, I chose RealBASIC 1.1 from MacintoshGarden in order to have the compiled code run on the widest variety of Macs.
I'd like to be able to have an application load with just a menu bar, and to have Preferences under the Edit menu and then to be able to select Preferences from Edit and have it load the Preferences window at that point.
I'd also like it to be able to do stuff when it loads, when it quits, and every few minutes - all without a menu on the screen.
To further complicate matters, I chose RealBASIC 1.1 from MacintoshGarden in order to have the compiled code run on the widest variety of Macs.