jim@fritz.UUCP (Jim Gilbert) (06/25/86)
I am using MacPascal on a 128K Mac with an external drive.
I recently obtained the second (the first one allegedly had
some serious problems) Version 2.0 update for MacPascal from
my dealer.
In general I am rather pleased with the improvements and bug
fixes provided. I have discovered one problem, however
I have been unable to use the new ability to create standalone
double-clickable applications using the PSHELL application
provided on the utilities disk. The instructions say
to SAVE AS APPLICATION my program, then copy the program,
system folder, and PSHELL to an empty diskette. I have
followed these instructions carefully for a freshly
formatted target diskette with the following program
program HelloWorld;
begin
showtext;
writeln('Hello world!');
end.
whose extensive use of subtle features is obvious. The
instructions say that double clicking the icon of the
saved program will launch it properly. Either after a
reboot, or just after saving it, double clicking produces
bizarre crashes - video mess all over the screen, sometimes
changing sometimes static, speaker complaints, sometimes just hangs with
a watch cursor after creating a single windowed screen with
the name 'Hello World', sometimes mouse clicks change video
exhibited after crash, sometimes not.
Perhaps someone out there knows of this problem, knows
a workaround, or can inform me of the pilot or documentation
error I am missing?
Thanks in advance for an advice you may provide.akk2@ur-tut.UUCP (A Kacker) (06/26/86)
In article <1221@fritz.UUCP> jim@fritz.UUCP (Jim Gilbert) writes: > > I am using MacPascal on a 128K Mac with an external drive. > > I recently obtained the second (the first one allegedly had > some serious problems) Version 2.0 update for MacPascal from > my dealer. > > I have been unable to use the new ability to create standalone > double-clickable applications using the PSHELL application > provided on the utilities disk. The instructions say > > Perhaps someone out there knows of this problem, knows > a workaround, or can inform me of the pilot or documentation > error I am missing? It seems that PSHELL is incompatible with the *new* system 3.x/Finder 5.x combination. It seems to work fine with the *old* system 2.x/Finder 4.x. Maybe, Apple will come out with an upgrade of PSHELL in the near future? A.Kacker ...seismo!rochester!ur-tut!akk2 >