QB2OPL version 1.0
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This program is intended to help translate Quick Basic programs into the OPL variation of Basic. There are a number of significant differences between QB and OPL in areas such as files and graphics, in these areas the program might do some minor substituting of commands, but the rest is up to you. Remember also that the way OPL declares strings is different to QB. Anything that QB2OPL doesn't recognise it will ignore - with any luck!

QB2OPL is written in Visual Basic 3, so it requires the VB run-time DLL to work. 

The translation of QB's much used FOR... NEXT loop is implemented as a WHILE... ENDWH, but the translation is rather simplistic and assumes single positive increments. If your loops use STEP or a negative increment then expected to have to edit the code.

This program is FREEWARE. As usual, no warrantee is given or implied with is program, use it at your own risk. It shouldn't ruin your life, but if it does don't blame me!

I expect most people are using the Psion 3a emulator to help them in their development of programs, do by default QB2OPL tries to save its output file to the C:\OPL directory.

Bug reports, of which I expect many, since this is a version 1 program, can be Emailed to me at the address below.

Tim Gathercole 14/9/96
Email: tim@timg.demon.co.uk

