Q59289: BASIC 7.00 ISAM Cannot Store Single-Precision Numbers

Article: Q59289
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 7.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 2-MAR-1990

When using the ISAM file-handling feature of Microsoft BASIC
Professional Development System (PDS) Version 7.00 for MS-DOS, you
cannot use a single-precision variable in the TYPE ... END TYPE record
structure. To store real numbers (numbers with a decimal point), you
must use a CURRENCY or a double-precision variable. (You may also use
an INTEGER and a LONG integer if you do not need a number with a
decimal point.)

This is not a software problem, but is a design limitation of BASIC
PDS 7.00.

For more information on this topic, see Pages 333-334 of the
"Microsoft BASIC 7.0: Programmer's Guide."

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