Re: Problem w/GSoft Basic and SoundStartup

[fl332@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (John L. Graham)]

I'm exploring similar challenges. I've been able to figure out what the
toolbox expects for most of the more straight forward calls like MoveTo
and SetSolidPenPat. However, when the call needs a pointer or a handle
things get a little tougher. I've been tinkering with the DrawCString
call to draw text on the graphics string which need a pointer to the
string to be drawn. When I get home this evening I'll UL a bit of code
I've written that obtains the needed pointer, but at the moment I still
can't get the DrawCString command to work. I think my problem is buried
in telling GSOS what font to use. Evetnually I'm going to have to tackle
the same issues as yours. One project I have to to use GSoft BASIC to
grab frames from a video digitizer card which also needs space on the
zero page. I'd also like to add sound to some of my code. For example
I thought it'd be neat if my droplet program made the sound of a
droplet with each splash.

I saw whwre Mike is going to include the .int file with the upcoming free
update. That should be a big help. I've got the tool interface files
from Orca Pascal and they're often better than the toolbox reference
manuals in decyphering exactly what values you need to pass to a toolbox
call.

-John