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Q57344: "Subscript out of Range in Quick Library Module: WINDOW" Error

Article: Q57344
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 7.00 7.10 | 7.00 7.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | SR# S891207-24 docerr | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 8-JAN-1991

The following COMMON SHARED statement should be added to the global
array declarations found on Page 550 of the "Microsoft BASIC 7.0:
Language Reference" manual (for 7.00 and 7.10) to successfully use the
User Interface (UI) Toolbox's WINDOW.BAS source code file:

   COMMON SHARED /uitools/GloWindowStack() AS INTEGER

The order of COMMON SHARED statements is important. The above
statement should be inserted as follows:

   COMMON SHARED /uitools/GloWindow()      AS WindowType
   COMMON SHARED /uitools/GloButton ()     AS ButtonType
   COMMON SHARED /uitools/GloEdit()        AS EditFieldType
   COMMON SHARED /uitools/GloStorage()     AS WindowStorageType
   COMMON SHARED /uitools/GloWindowStack() AS INTEGER
   COMMON SHARED /uitools/GloBuffer$()

If this COMMON SHARED statement is missing from a program that uses
the WINDOW.BAS source code file, the program generates the error
message "Subscript out of range in Quick library module: WINDOW" on
the first call to a WINDOW.BAS procedure. This error will probably
occur on the call to WindowInit because it must be the first
WINDOW.BAS procedure called.

This information applies to Microsoft BASIC Professional Development
System (PDS) versions 7.00 and 7.10 for MS-DOS.

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