Article ID: 35886
Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft QuickBasic 4.0, when used with:
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition
- Microsoft QuickBASIC 4.0b, when used with:
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition
- Microsoft QuickBasic 4.5 for MS-DOS, when used with:
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition
- Microsoft QuickBasic Compiler for Macintosh 1.0
This article was previously published under Q35886
SUMMARY
The following is a list of statements and functions not shared between Microsoft QuickBasic versions 4.0, 4.0b, or 4.5 for MS-DOS machines and Microsoft QuickBasic version 1.0 for Macintosh machines. The list for QuickBasic versions 4.0, 4.0b, and 4.5 for MS-DOS also applies to Microsoft Basic Compiler versions 6.0 and 6.0b for MS-DOS.
Many of these differences are machine or operating system dependent such as STICK, VARSEG, or ENVIRON$, where there is no equivalent in the other environment.
MORE INFORMATION
The following table compares reserved words in QuickBasic for MS-DOS versus QuickBasic for Macintosh.
QuickBasic 4.0 QuickBasic 1.0
Keyword for MS-DOS for Macintosh
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BLOAD Yes No
BREAK ON/OFF/STOP No Yes
BSAVE Yes No
BUTTON function No Yes
BUTTON statement No Yes
CALLS Yes No
CALL ABSOLUTE Yes No
CALL INT86OLD Yes No
CALL INTERRUPT Yes No
COLOR Yes No
COMMAND$ Yes No
COMMON SHARED Yes No
COMMON /name/ Yes No
CONST Yes No
CONT No Yes
CVDBCD No Yes
CVDMBF Yes No
CVSBCD No Yes
CVSMBF Yes No
QuickBasic 4.0 QuickBasic 1.0
Keyword for MS-DOS for Macintosh
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DECLARE Yes No
DEFSEG Yes No
DIALOG function No Yes
DIALOG ON/OFF/STOP No Yes
DO...LOOP Yes No
DRAW Yes No
EDIT$ No Yes
EDIT FIELD No Yes
ENVIRON$ function Yes No
ENVIRON statement Yes No
FILES$ No Yes
FILEATTR Yes No
FUNCTION Yes No
GET...STEP attribute (graphics) Yes No
INP Yes No
IOCTL statement Yes No
IOCTL$ function Yes No
KEY statements Yes No
QuickBasic 4.0 QuickBasic 1.0
Keyword for MS-DOS for Macintosh
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KEY(n) statements Yes No
LCASE$ function Yes No
LCOPY No Yes
LIBRARY/LIBRARY CLOSE No Yes
LOAD No Yes
LOCK/UNLOCK Yes No
LTRIM$ Yes No
MENU function No Yes
MENU ON/OFF/STOP No Yes
MENU/MENU RESET statements No Yes
MERGE (in environment only) No Yes
MKDBCD$ No Yes
MKDIR Yes No
MKDMBF$ Yes No
MKSBCD$ No Yes
MKSMBF$ Yes No
MOUSE function No Yes
MOUSE ON/OFF/STOP No Yes
ON BREAK GOSUB No Yes
ON COM(n) Yes No
ON DIALOG GOSUB No Yes
QuickBasic 4.0 QuickBasic 1.0
Keyword for MS-DOS for Macintosh
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ON KEY(n) Yes No
ON MENU GOSUB No Yes
ON MOUSE GOSUB No Yes
ON PEN Yes No
ON PLAY(quelimit) Yes No
ON STRIG(n) Yes No
OPEN COM Yes No
OPEN...ACCESS attribute Yes No
OPEN...lock type Yes No
OUT Yes No
PAINT Yes No
PALETTE Yes No
PALETTE USING Yes No
PCOPY Yes No
PEEKL No Yes
PEEKW No Yes
PEN function Yes No
QuickBasic 4.0 QuickBasic 1.0
Keyword for MS-DOS for Macintosh
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PEN ON/OFF/STOP statements Yes No
PICTURE ON/OFF statements No Yes
PICTURE statement No Yes
PICTURE$ function No Yes
PLAY function Yes No
PLAY ON/OFF/STOP statements Yes No
PMAP Yes No
POKEL/POKEW No Yes
PTAB No Yes
PUT...STEP attribute (grphics) Yes No
REDIM Yes No
RTRIM$ Yes No
SCREEN Yes No
SCROLL No Yes
SEEK function/statement Yes No
SETMEM Yes No
SHELL Yes No
SOUND WAIT/RESUME No Yes
QuickBasic 4.0 QuickBasic 1.0
Keyword for MS-DOS for Macintosh
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STATIC Yes No
STICK Yes No
STRIG function/statement Yes No
STRIG ON/OFF/STOP Yes No
SYSTEM function No Yes
TYPE Yes No
UCASE$ Yes Yes
UNLOCK Yes No
VARPTR$ Yes No
VARSEG Yes No
VIEW Yes No
VIEW PRINT Yes No
WAIT Yes No
WAVE No Yes
WIDTH function No Yes
WINDOW CLOSE or WINDOW OUTPUT No Yes
WINDOW function No Yes
WINDOW (for declare window) No Yes
WINDOW (redefine logical coords) Yes No
Additional query words: QuickBas BasicCom MQuickB 1.00 4.00 4.00b 4.50 6.00 6.00b
Keywords: KB35886
