Q40952: No Variable Name Cross-reference for QuickBASIC for MS-DOS

Article: Q40952
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 3.00 4.00 4.00b 4.50
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | B_BasicCom | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 15-DEC-1989

There is no variable-name cross-reference facility provided with
QuickBASIC Versions 4.00, 4.00b, 4.50, Microsoft BASIC Compiler
Version 6.00 or 6.00b, or Microsoft BASIC PDS Version 7.00. Variables
in BASIC are not public symbols, so they do not show up in the
linker's .MAP file.

You can write or obtain a utility that analyzes the source file and
displays a cross-reference listing.

According to the "Language Support Directory for Microsoft QuickBASIC
and Microsoft BASIC Compiler" (a pamphlet that comes with QuickBASIC
Version 4.50 and Microsoft BASIC Compiler Versions 6.00 and 6.00b),
the following company offers a product called Source Print, which
gives a cross-reference list showing where variables are used and
where functions, procedures, and routines are called:

   Aldebaran Laboratories, Inc.
   3339 Vincent Road
   Pleasant Hill, CA  94523
   (415) 930-8966

   Product: Source Print
   Price: $97

Other companies may also offer a cross-reference program for the BASIC
language.

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