International QL Report V4 I1

Date: May/June 1994
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
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Articles

TitleDescriptionComputers
Amadeus InterlinkI have been requested to put together some details for IQLR regarding our new Amadeus Interlink system. Rather than re-writing existing information, what follows are extracts from a couple information leaflets already available. I, and many others who are familiar with concepts of Amadeus Interlink, believe this product to be of exceptional significance to theSinclair QL
An Author's ResponseThe recent review of QINDEX (Vol. 3 Issue 6) contains some errors, possibly due to not understanding the manual properly – and for the record, I would like to make a few corrective and/or explanatory comments:- Firstly, the two programs supplied are not, as Gary states, for those with or without the pointer environment alreadySinclair QL
ConcordeIn the December 93 issue of IQLR (vol. 3 issue 4) Bill Cable describes a group of programs for building a word index of a text file using the facilities of Archive. As I have never had occasion to use Archive I found it quite instructive to take a look at the code (together withSinclair QL, Type-in program
CueshellCueshell bills itself as the “Desktop Program’. I have found it a very useful complement to QPAC2. As I’m still finding new ways to do things with QPAC2 it is a bit difficult to compare Cueshell directly to QPAC2. There are certain tasks I find easier to do from within Cueshell while other things areSinclair QL
Editor SE (Part 4)This section of the tutorial will be devoted to setting up ALTKEY (Hotkeys) commands within The EDITOR. If you haven’t used ALTKEYS within a program for the QL, you will be in for a very pleasant surprise! Below is a SuperBASIC listing which will make “life a lot easier’ when working within EDITOR. All youSinclair QL, Type-in program
International QL NewsThis column is designed to bring together new and lor changing developments within the QDOS community. The information contained here has been reported to IQLR by individuals and /or suppliers who desire to keep you informed as to their recent activities.Sinclair QL
Minerva Bug?On occasion, I attempt to translate a program, written as “spaghetti code” in one of the several primitive Basics, into SuperBasic. Where the author has left little or no room between lines, it becomes necessary to renumber the program in order to get some working room. In the course of one such attempt, I encounteredSinclair QL
MSDOS Lotus <-> QL AbacusTransfer of MSDOS/Lotus data to QDOS/ Abacus files is a multi step procedure. It involves going through the MSDOS DBase (or similiar) database program.Sinclair QL
QL GenealogistQL_GENEALOGIST, 2nd Edition is an update to Chris Boutal’s very innovative and well received QL_GENEALOGIST Family Tree program.Sinclair QL
Quill - Deskjet 500This is a follow up on printing with the DESKJET 500 printer from the last issue of IQLR. This time we are dealing with printing of QUILL (QLWP) documents. This is accomplished by using INSTALL _BAS to create a PRINTER dat file for the DESKJET 500 printer. All of the features of this printer willSinclair QL
Routine Auto-LocatorHave you ever, in the course of developing a moderately complex SuperBasic program, found yourself scrolling madly up and down through multitudinous lines in search of the routine that currently needed modification ? I have, and it can be annoying, to say the least.Sinclair QL, Type-in program
Talking to the WorldIn addition to logging into specialized bulletin boards such as QBOX USA to talk with other QL users (see the last issue of IQLR), you have the opportunity to access an even bigger part of the ‘information superhighway’ that has been much talked about. And unlike what many people think, this so called superhighway hasSinclair QL
Working with LineDesign Images TipTransfer of MSDOS/Lotus data to QDOS/ Abacus files is a multi step procedure. It involves going through the MSDOS DBase (or similiar) database program.Sinclair QL