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1. Prologue

Ever wanted to write high quality multitasking programs?
Can’t quite get the hang of manipulating words, bytes, menu structures and message systems?
Have you looked in despair at the amount of programming needed to get a single window on the desktop?

Forget all your worries and write superb applications with great ease; Doctor Wimp is here!

DrWimp - solves all your multitasking worries!


         The DrWimp system consists of:

The DrWimp library.
A skeleton blank application.
This Manual in Impression Publisher and text format.
Text files with the history, upgrading and security information.
Template files for standard windows.
!Fabricate for quick starter application construction.
Support files for the tutorials.
!Func’n’Proc quick browser.
!Linker BASIC library linker.
!CodeTemps for converting windows to code.
Various PD utilities.
Example applications written using DrWimp, with fully commented code.



This Manual is aimed at getting you up and running with Dr Wimp.
It assumes that you are reasonably familiar with Basic.

If you find you need more detail and a wider scope,
then the charity book “Dr Wimp’s Surgery” (over 300 pages, A5 ring-bound)
is available from Ray Favre, whose address appears earlier.

Similarly, if your Basic is a bit rusty,
then another charity book “Starting Basic” (over 300 pages, A5 ring-bound)
is also available from Ray Favre.







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