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Even more soooooooo...what's it doing in this newsgroup.....software based
issues do not belong here!!!

Joe Dolsak <jdolsak@lava.net> wrote in article
<6hdgjs$srd@mochi.lava.net>...
> What a sneaky way to 'SPAM'
> 
> Shame on you.
> 
> Joe
> 
> Company Mail wrote in message <353A0057.9E1E5CFF@planet.dk>...
> >Kwok Hung Lee wrote:
> >
> >> 1) Can lingo act like as worksheet to store and calculate the data(
like
> >> Ms- Excel), if it can, how?
> >> 2) how to add a tools bar to the top of the screen?
> >> 3) does lingo have the searching and data storage functions? if it can
,
> >> how?
> >
> >
> >Lingo is pretty powerful and can do almost anything that you can
describe
> with
> >it. With the addition of extensions written in C or C++ (called Xtras)
all
> the
> >gaps are fillable.
> >
> >In itself, Lingo is a lower level language than you might be expecting
> which
> >closely resembles Applescript and hypertalk and distantly derives from
> >Smalltalk and LISP. It fully supports Object Oriented structures, in
many
> ways
> >more flexibly than Java or C++, though the documentation of OO is rather
> poor.
> >
> >Though lingo itself operates at a level comparable with Java
> (interpretation
> >of precompiled bytecode) its "wrapper", Director, provides a pretty high
> level
> >interface which takes care of pixel blitting, media import and storage,
> >windowing and so on.
> >
> >This means that you would probably have to code a spreadsheet yourself.
If
> I
> >am not mistaken though, I think I heard about an Xtra which allows you
to
> open
> >Excel spreadsheets in a Director executable, if not, there are other
Xtras
> >which will allow you to communicate with external applications. Director
by
> >itself can open external apps, though communication is limited unless
you
> can
> >use Applescript.
> >
> >If, by "Toolbar" you mean a menu, you can do this very easily using
Lingos
> >"installmenus" command, which is fully documented.
> >
> >Searching is another thing you would have to code yourself, but data
> storage
> >is very well supported. There are a full range of built in datatypes
> including
> >various kinds of array (or lists as they are called), both fixed size
and
> >dynamic. Data can be freely stored and retrieved in external files as
well
> as
> >in internal resources and RAM.
> >
> >Lingo is not a difficult language, but you can expect to take a good six
> >months to become at all competent. Within a year you can be a power
user.
> >
> >Brennan
> >
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