[futurebasic] [FB] Re: FB^3 Program Generator

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From: Chris Stasny <staz@...>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 16:20:43 -0600
>  >
>  >> Hi,
>  >>
>  >> I'm one of those who have always just stuck with the FB editor and shyed
>  >> away from the Program Generator. Then after reading a few messages on this
>  >> list from people who were the same way but tried the new FB^3 PG and liked
>  >> it, I decided to give it a try.
>  >>
>  >> I worked through the first tutorial that was in the 
>documentation on the CD
>  >> sent from Statz. I made the window, entered the text and saved it.
>  >>
>  >> Then, when I tried to run it, FB^3 Editor gave me the error message window
>  >> saying that there were a number of variables that were undimmed!
>  >>
>  >> I did the tutorial again from the start and got the same 
>message. Why would
>  >> it do this?
>  >>
>  >> Since the tutorial doesn't give any indications that there could be
>  >> problems, I didn't even try to debug it.
>  >>
>  >> Any ideas?
>  >>
>  >> Thanks in advance,
>  >>
>  >> Ken Lindberg
>  >>
>  >> --
>  >
>  >
>  > Before you run anything, you need to have the project window open.
>  > Our documentation (fixed now) was in error saying "Open the .MAIN
>  > file." This was OK in FBII, but in 3, you gotta have the project open.
>
>Thanks for getting back to me.
>
>I first tried what Pete suggested, unselecting Dimmed Vars Only in my
>preferences.
>
>Then I opened the file titled "New Project.¼" and tried running that. I got
>an error message. Then I opened both the "New Project.¼" and the "New
>Project.Main" and, with them both open, ran the .Main file and got pretty
>much the same error. There are 7 different messages that say that some
>functions are not returning a result. I've copied the first two:
>
>Warning: This toolbox call does not return a result.
>The compiler has forced a result of zero.
>in file New Project.¼:RUNTIME.INCL at line 222 in PGREPLACERES
>*OSErr    = FN HNOPURGE(resHndl&)*
>'~'
>
>'~200,0,RUNTIME.INCL
>'~200,1,235
>
>Warning: This toolbox call does not return a result.
>The compiler has forced a result of zero.
>in file New Project.¼:RUNTIME.INCL at line 235 in PGREPLACERES
>*OSErr     = FN HUNLOCK(oldRes&)*
>
>
>This is from just following the instructions in the documentation folder for
>the Program Generator.
>
>Thanks again for your help,
>
>Ken Lindberg


Your version of the program generator does not match your version of 
FB. You have a beta FB matched to the CD version of PG.



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