Microsoft KB Archive/48988

= Microsoft Knowledge Base =

How to Write OS/2 Presentation Manager Programs in Basic
Last reviewed: September 25, 1997

Article ID: Q48988

6.00 6.00b 7.00 7.10 OS/2 kbprg kbfile

SUMMARY
A file is available from the Microsoft Software Library that describes how to write MS OS/2 Presentation Manager (PM) programs using Microsoft Basic Compiler versions 6.00 and 6.00b. It can also be used with Microsoft Basic Professional Development System (PDS) versions 7.00 and 7.10.

You can find PMBASI.EXE, a self-extracting file, on these services:

  Microsoft's World Wide Web site on the Internet On the www.microsoft.com home page, click the Support icon Click Knowledge Base, and select the product Enter kbfile PMBASI.EXE, and click GO! Open the article, and click the button to download the file   Internet (anonymous FTP) ftp ftp.microsoft.com Change to the Softlib/Mslfiles folder Get PMBASI.EXE   The Microsoft Network On the Edit menu, click Go To, and then click Other Location Type &quot;mssupport&quot; (without the quotation marks) Double-click the MS Software Library icon Find the appropriate product area Locate and Download PMBASI.EXE   Microsoft Download Service (MSDL) Dial (425) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL Download PMBASI.EXE 

For additional information about downloading, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q119591 TITLE    : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services After you download PMBASI.EXE, run it in an empty directory to extract the files it contains. You will get 249 files that consume about 1.8 megabytes (MB) of disk space. Please read the README.DOC file for a complete explanation. The samples include some visually exciting program examples that demonstrate the use of OS/2 Presentation Manager windows, menus, fonts, and graphics from compiled Basic.

This information applies to Microsoft Basic Compiler versions 6.00 and 6.00b and to Microsoft Basic Professional Development System (PDS) versions 7.00 and 7.10, used with Microsoft OS/2 Presentation Manager Programmer's Toolkit version 1.00.