REALbasic Starter Kit

Even if it would be free I fail to see the value in this even for absolute beginners. The 12 (!!!) included functions are of the type "Test for file exists" which in REALbasic is just something like Dim f As FolderItem // reserve a place in memory for a folderitem f=GetOpenFolderItem(FileTypes1.Quicktime) // open dialog to load a quicktime movie If f Nil and f,exists then // did the user select a movie? does the file exist? MoviePlayer1.movie=f.OpenAsMovie // then open the movie End if so it just makes it more difficult rather than easier. Or his "create an email" in REALbasic is simply Dim mail as EmailMessage mail = New EmailMessage mail.fromAddress= EditField_MyEmailAddress.text mail.subject = EditField_SubjectText.text mail.bodyPlainText = EditField_email_bodyText.text Ridiculous. As the author also states "Additional functionality was added by the use of plugins from MonkeyBread Software" he might infringe on the copyright of the excellent Monkeybread Software plugins (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16127, 5 Star ratings) as you are allowed to use them in your compiled apps, but I don't think you can "sublet" them in any form which would be required if he uses them in his encrypted module). There is a strong suspicion in the REALbasic community that he is just repacking code that others have given away for free. This suspicion stems in part from the fact that his other product REALbasic Syntax Highlighter Module seems to be a repackaged version of Alex Resrepo's SyntaxHighlightEditField which is free