Microsoft QuickBASIC
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Article last modified on 02-26-1987
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MICROSOFT QUICKBASIC by Douglas Hergert $18.95 384 pages
ISBN: 0-914845-99-3 Pub. Date: March 9, 1987

Microsoft Press Publishes Microsoft QuickBASIC

Companion Disk Available

   Microsoft QuickBASIC has been praised by critics as a
powerful and highly useful compiler for the professional
programmers as well as the BASIC programmer eager for more
power and sophistication. In addition, PC Magazine recently
honored this product with its Award for Technical
Excellence.
   This advanced BASIC compiler is the subject of a new
book from Microsoft Press. Set for publication on March 9,
1987, MICROSOFT QUICKBASIC is a thorough guide to
developing structured programs with QuickBASIC.
   Author Douglas Hergert begins with an overview of
QuickBASIC's significant development tools and a discussion
of modular programming. These exciting new features include
a full-screen menu-driven editor with cut-and-paste and
search-and-replace capabilities, an extremely fast compiler
with several compiling and debugging options, and a
structured language that includes subprograms, multiline
user-defined functions, and flexible multiline
IF...THEN...ELSE statements.
   The heart of MICROSOFT QUICKBASIC lies in the collection
of five complete QuickBASIC programs. Each program
illustrates specific QuickBASIC concepts and commands, and
each one is a useful stand-alone application that can be
customized to the user's needs. These self-contained
tutorials include a mortgage calculation program which
explores the use of data types; a charting program that
focuses on loops, arrays, and graphics; a business survey
program that highlights sequential data files; a database
management program that covers the QuickBASIC commands and
functions designed for creating and using random-access
files; and a game of Twenty-One that focuses on the
multiline IF...THEN...ELSE statement. In all, MICROSOFT
QUICKBASIC will teach programmers at all levels how to
develop efficient programs with this powerful advanced
BASIC.
   To help save readers time and effort, Microsoft Press
has created a special companion disk containing the five
major programs and eight supporting routines listed in the
book. The disk contains over 3500 lines of well written and
documented code. Priced at $15.95, the disk can be ordered
directly from Microsoft Press.
   Douglas Hergert is the author of more than a dozen
books, including the bestselling COMMAND PERFORMANCE: dBASE
III, COMMAND PERFORMANCE: Microsoft Excel and MICROSOFT
EXCEL WITH MACROS, all published by Microsoft Press. His
next book, COMMAND PERFORMANCE: dBASE III Plus will be
published in June 1987. Douglas Hergert lives in San
Francisco, California.
   Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ "MSFT"), based in Redmond,
Washington, develops, markets, and supports a wide range of
software for business and professional use, including
operating systems, languages, and application programs as
well as books and hardware for the microcomputer
marketplace.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1987.