Re: CVS in GWBASIC & QBASIC

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From: Leonard Erickson
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 08:12

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strong-john@CS.YALE.EDU (John Strong) writes:

>In article <75990001@hpsgl1.sgp.hp.com> ong@hpsgl1.sgp.hp.com (Chiau-Ho ONG) writes:
>>Does anyone knows whether there is a difference in implementation of the CVS
>>function in GWBASIC & QBASIC ? I have a file that when I use the CVS function
>>in GWBASIC to convert the string read, it gives the correct value. However, if
>>I use QBASIC, CVS converts the string wrongly. 
>>

>Start QBASIC with the /mbf command line option.  This tells QBASIC to use the
>Microsoft Binary Format when evaluating CVS instead of the newer IEEE format
>adopted after QB version 4.0.  GW-BASIC uses the older mbf format.

Or dig thru the online help and discover that you can use CVSMBF....
<bleah>

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From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
Subject: Re: CVS in GWBASIC & QBASIC
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