Turbo C++ 1.0 Help Question

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3 total messages Started by John A. Dulleck Thu, 02 Aug 1990 22:19

#1769

Author: John A. Dulleck
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 1990 22:19

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This concerns the TC 1.0 help system, and a help option that I've not
been able to get to. The menu is Help/Contents.  In that menu ther are
several features listed, such as:

	Help On Help
	Menu Commands
	Keyboard Hot Keys

	C++ Language
	Header Files

etc. etc.

On my Mono monitor all of the above options appear highlighted, with
the exception of "C++ Language", and I cannot select this option.  Has
anyone else seen this?  I've not found anything in documentation that
explains this, or why the option is not available.

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Help needed for sharing common data between programs

#1825

Author: Ken-Huang Lin
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 1990 04:22

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I would like to have some "global variables" remain alive even after the
program ends so that the next program can access them. I tried to set
environment variables inside the program using
   system("set v=...");
in Turbo C. Unfortunately, the effect is only local to that program. Is
there any way to set the global environment variables in a program? Or is
there a better way to serve the same purpose?

Thank you in advance,

Ken H. Lin
lin@uiwpl.ece.uiuc.edu

Re: Help needed for sharing common data between programs

#1848

Author: Jeff MUZZY
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 1990 01:29

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>From: klg0582@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Ken-Huang Lin)
| I would like to have some "global variables" remain alive even after the
| program ends so that the next program can access them. I tried to set
| environment variables inside the program using
| system("set v=...");
| in Turbo C. Unfortunately, the effect is only local to that program. Is
| there any way to set the global environment variables in a program? Or is
| there a better way to serve the same purpose?


Here is how I would solve the problem. This is like our config files for
Windows and Lanman. 

I would create a file called GLOBAL.INI which is pointed to by an
ENV variable called HOME or INIT. I would write generic routine to
read and write from the tags in the file. The structure of the file 
would be like.

[Program-1]
   var1=szTag
   var2=1
   var3=Color

Then when you run your program you can use your routine to access from
init file. If you ever port your software to windows or PM your code won't
have to change much. Look at the call GetProfileString() in a book
about windows program to give you an idea. 
-- 
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