woo@pioneer.arpa (Alex Woo) (02/05/88)
Borland's new spreadsheet Quattro has the capability of "add-ins", namely additional programs within the Quattro interface. I would like to write such an "add-in." How can I get some documentation on doing this? Somehow I got the impression that you could write programs in Turbo C and Turbo Pascal that interfaced with Quattro. This is not at all obvious from my first look at the documentation. Alex Woo woo@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov
cochran@dworkin.usc.edu (Steve Cochran) (02/07/88)
In article <4423@ames.arpa> woo@pioneer.UUCP (Alex Woo) writes: > >Borland's new spreadsheet Quattro has the capability of "add-ins", >namely additional programs within the Quattro interface. I would >like to write such an "add-in." How can I get some documentation >on doing this? > ... >Alex Woo >woo@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov According to Turbo Technix (Vol 1 #2), the add-ins are .EXE or .COM files containing interface routines "...linked from the library distributed with the Quattro Add-in Toolkit. The extension is changed to .QAI from .EXE or .COM so that a user cannot accidentally execute an add-in from DOS." It goes on to say that you may have a max of 8 extensions (which may be a mix of either @ functions or add-ins). The add-ins may be explicitly invoked by the user or triggered by significant events on the spreadsheed (e.g. moving a block of cells). A note mentions that there will be (was) a Developer Conference in Santa Cruz, California Jan 20-23 and that a copy of the toolkit, lodging and all meals were covered by a $395 fee -- so I would guess (but only a guess) that it is in the range of the other toolkits/boxes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Steven Cochran xx X xx Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems xx X xx University of Southern California XXXXXXxXx X xx Los Angeles, California 90089-0273 xxX XX xx xxx xxx xx XX Xxx IRIS ARPA/CSNET: cochran%dworkin.usc.edu XxxXxXXXXXXXXXXX UUCP: ...uscvax!oberon!dworkin!cochran Xxx X xx Home Phone: (818) 767-3812 X xx Office Phone: (213) 743-3309 X xx ------------------------------------------------------------------------