Microsoft KB Archive/20505

= Files Saved as Text Are Always Loaded Tokenized in Interpreter =

Article ID: 20505

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006



This article was previously published under Q20505



SUMMARY
This article applies to the interpreter in Microsoft QuickBASIC Version 1.00, and Microsoft BASIC Interpreter Versions 1.00, 1.01, 2.00, 2.10, and 3.00 for the Apple Macintosh.

Program files that are loaded into the interpreter environment are stored in memory in Compressed format -- even programs that are stored on disk in Text format. Text format programs on disk are converted into Compressed (or "tokenized") form when they are loaded into BASIC. When you Save with Text format, the programs are converted from Compressed form in memory to Text form and written to the disk.

Programs saved in Compressed format load quicker that files saved in Text format.

Additional query words: MQuickB

Keywords: KB20505

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