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Function to Test for the Existence of a File (View Thread) - Earthborn on Dec 14, 2001

Here is an alternative function for QB4+ - Anonymous on Jan 25, 2002

Demo of ON ERROR to detect files - Mac on Feb 2, 2002

Error codes - Neil on Nov 21, 2003

Complaint about ON ERROR GOTO - Mac on Oct 11, 2004

Demo of ON ERROR to detect user input errors - Mac on Nov 22, 2003

Yet another way to test for a file - JP_Doom on Mar 6, 2002

Alternative if it is unlikey the file tested for is zero length - pebe on May 20, 2002

That might cause problems! - Earthborn on May 20, 2002

Re: That might cause problems! - pebe on May 20, 2002

Another way - Tallguy on Feb 10, 2003

More ways to test for existence of a file - Solitaire on Nov 22, 2003

Here, a bug fix - Z!re on Nov 26, 2003

* I've thought of that: my function does not use DIR - Earthborn on Nov 28, 2003

Also see "Editing User Input" (URL*) - Mac on Nov 23, 2006

Detecting Multiple Key presses.. (View Thread) - Alipha on Dec 15, 2001

Here is an interesting multiple-key-press function - Mac on Aug 6, 2002

But it won't work with cntl-alt-delete or alt-tab - Mac on Jan 12, 2003

An Assembler KeyPress Detector - Mac on Jan 13, 2003

The Code - Mac on Jan 13, 2003

Keyboard Scan Code List - stylez on May 1, 2003

Re: Detecting Multiple Key presses.. - Auvo [JP-ARMY] on Nov 25, 2003

Multiple tasks in QBasic (View Thread) - Mac on Jan 1, 2002

Multiple tasks in QB - Len on Feb 24, 2002

Use of ON TIMER for multitasking - Mac on Dec 10, 2003

Use of ON PLAY for multitasking - Kewbie on May 3, 2006

Hi Kewbie! (I tried it and it is interesting...) - Pete on May 4, 2006

Two things, Pete, an embarrassing revelation, and a question... - Kewbie on May 5, 2006

I would also like to see this. - rpgfan3233 on May 6, 2006

Multitasking two routines, if you mean something like this... - Pete on May 6, 2006

Extracted Demo - Mac on Sep 24, 2006

ON PLAY interrupts about every 0.047 seconds. Run this. - Mac on Sep 26, 2006

C/PM allows multitasking, just need to learn CBASIC's equivalent to SHELL* - Iain McPhee on Oct 20, 2004

Infomation on Color and Palette changing.. (View Thread) - Alipha on Jan 10, 2002

* Fascinating. - Taz on Jan 29, 2002

URL to a related post - Mac on Feb 17, 2002

I forgot reading the palette! - Alipha on Oct 18, 2002

*It took you a while to figure that one out LOL** - Iain on Nov 3, 2002

Using LOGO commands in QBasic source code... (View Thread) - Earthborn on Jan 21, 2002

PLAYing long strings of music in the background.. (View Thread) - Alipha on Jan 30, 2002

Playing music in the background - Solitaire on May 24, 2006

Using two libraries in QBasic at once.. (View Thread) - Alipha on Mar 29, 2002

Converting Decimal to Binary (View Thread) - Earthborn on Apr 26, 2002

err.. alittle creative there.. - Alipha on Apr 28, 2002

the ^ operator is terribly slow... - Zip on Feb 17, 2004

Try this... - Ildūrest on Aug 21, 2004

This is the way I read on Wikipedia. - Chandler on Sep 4, 2006

Creating a Library. (View Thread) - stylez on Apr 29, 2002

Making graphics move: (View Thread) - Nathan on May 2, 2002

Square instead of round head - Iain on Jul 28, 2002

*Why not replace GOTO 10 with a loop?? (and what about indents?) - Ildūrest on Apr 16, 2004

Three reasons for two questions :-p - ComputerGhost on Nov 7, 2005

LOL - Mac on Nov 21, 2005

*Sorry Mac, but I don't see the patern with the dates. - ComputerGhost on Jun 8, 2006

Don't see the pattern? - Mac on Jun 8, 2006

Oh, I liked the extra spaces instead of tabs. - ComputerGhost on Jun 8, 2006

A demo in Screen 0 using asdw or arrow keys - Mac on Oct 11, 2007

Must I optimise everything you do? - Pete on Oct 12, 2007

Easier to understand? - Mac on Oct 12, 2007

Summary of Digital Number Systems and Converting Any Base to Decimal (View Thread) - Solitaire on Jun 9, 2002

Expanded to convert base 2 through 434 - Solitaire on Jan 24, 2003

my base 2 through 35 version - ERIK on Oct 29, 2004

Here is the Wikipedia way! - Chandler on Sep 4, 2006

Chandler, can you fix their work? - Mac on Sep 15, 2006

How do I copy QBasic programs to/from a forum? (View Thread) - Misc on Aug 1, 2002

Browser dependant - stylez on Apr 20, 2003

Simple Cookbook Procedure to Post Your Program to the Forum - Mac on Mar 28, 2008

Who maintains www.qbasic.com? Where is Mallard? (View Thread) - Mac on Nov 15, 2002

some more info - shellreef on Mar 30, 2003

hey.. - shellreef on Mar 30, 2003

To shellreef - Mac on Mar 31, 2003

interesting - shellreef on Mar 31, 2003

A bit of history - gopus/MadHatter/jimmy on Apr 2, 2003

The site, www.qbasic.com, and it's forum, www.network54.com/Forum/13959, suck - Mac on Jul 8, 2003

*This isn't a bad idea at all (bit first create a mewbie forum in your community) - zombie on Jul 9, 2003

Discussion re: Need for a better QBasic Forum - Mac on Dec 2, 2003

Mutany - With the help of everybody, including Mallard! - Mac on Jan 15, 2004

Mac...why did YOU get the forum? - gopus on Jun 4, 2004

Hey, gopus WELCOME BACK! - Mac on Jun 4, 2004

finally answered the mutiny thread - Iain on May 10, 2006

* Shame you couldn't get ownership of the qbasic.com homepage and revamp it. - Marinedalek on Aug 16, 2004

Found out who owns qbasic.com - 01 on Sep 5, 2004

QBasic.com is now owned by mark wilhelm. - mennonite on Nov 3, 2005

Mallard never really existed. - jargon on Oct 7, 2007

SCREEN 9 PAGING EXAMPLE (View Thread) - TheBOB on Dec 20, 2002

Modified to work on QB1.0 and modularized more - Mac on Jan 2, 2003

Just needed to tweak it a bit. Now it works great! QB 4.5 version: - The Joker on Jan 10, 2006

How to do colors, music, screen modes: a tutorial/demo (View Thread) - Solitaire on Jan 20, 2003

The Code - Solitaire on Jan 21, 2003

Accurate delays, Chromatic Scale for use in SOUND - Mac on Jan 29, 2004

Chromatic Scale Formula: a * (2 ^ (n% / 12)) - Mac on Jan 30, 2004

1, 4, 8 and 24-bit Windows Bitmap Loader (View Thread) - TheBOB on Mar 12, 2003

SVGA - JT on May 22, 2003

Re: 1, 4, 8 and 24-bit Windows Bitmap Loader - the tenant on Jan 11, 2005

*See JT's response above (although, I haven't been able to get it to work properly). - TheBOB on Feb 11, 2005

If you can't get it working... - JT on Feb 14, 2005

Can you write an Operating System (or part of it) using QBasic? (View Thread) - Mac on Mar 15, 2003

Shells aren't too bad... - Frobozz on Mar 20, 2003

About shells... - mercury0x000d on Apr 20, 2007

Re: About shells... - Michael Calkins on May 4, 2007

Fast Copy Routine (without SHELL) (View Thread) - Earthborn on Mar 24, 2003

Video VBE / Power Management (View Thread) - JT on Jun 18, 2003

File Infomation Viewer (View Thread) - JT on Jun 18, 2003

Post without losing leading and embedded spaces (View Thread) - Mac on Oct 26, 2003

* I've gopt a question... - lkt153 on Oct 26, 2003

Heh - because - Mac on Oct 26, 2003

What OS do you use Mac? - The PhyloGenesis on Jul 20, 2004

It isn't right here either - JT on Jul 20, 2004

Simple Post - Mac on Jul 21, 2004

Right! Use ALT-0160 - Mac on Jul 21, 2004

What the f***. It changed!!!!!!! - JT on Jul 21, 2004

The characters entered via ALT+Keypad - To JT on Jul 22, 2004

No. It isn't that - JT on Jul 22, 2004

How to post your program when it looks like garbage - Mac on Dec 10, 2003

HTML? - Tim on Jan 8, 2008

How to post on the QBasic Forum without getting flamed. (View Thread) - Mac on Oct 26, 2003

*You're all welcome for my example of the bad title! lol - The PhyloGenesis on Oct 30, 2003

qbasic programs - m.afzal on Dec 5, 2007

This is a basic code holder, makes it easier to find what you want. - Zuwer on Dec 5, 2007

Zewer, ?????????????????? - Mac on Dec 5, 2007

*I know, but i decided i would make a random little one. - Zuwer on Dec 5, 2007

If all else fails, ask for CLIPPY. I will FLAME you anyhow :) - Clippy on Jun 5, 2008

oh yes, clippy is our resident flamer - lol on Jun 7, 2008

BLEEP! - Clippy on Jun 10, 2008

More on assembly (View Thread) - zombie on Nov 1, 2003

The basics - zombie on Nov 1, 2003

Implementing ASM in Quick Basic (a simple way) - zombie on Nov 1, 2003

a simplER way - mik3ca on May 19, 2007

The Rock says hi to Mike from Canada,,, - The Rock on May 19, 2007

being from canada, he already knows the rock - mennonite on May 20, 2007

Using numeric variables - zombie on Nov 1, 2003

Using far addresses - zombie on Nov 1, 2003

Handling strings - zombie on Nov 1, 2003

Re: Handling strings - Michael Calkins on Mar 9, 2008

* Can you provide us with an example of an a ss call? - Pete on Mar 10, 2008

* Man, you waited 5 years to say that? Wow Man! - Cheech on Mar 10, 2008

*a tool(URL) - Michael Calkins on Dec 15, 2005

Simple example "Hello World" (URL*) - MC on Mar 8, 2008

Mac - Michael Calkins on Mar 9, 2008

I meant it as your initials - Mac on Mar 11, 2008

Beginning of a file manager (View Thread) - JT on Nov 15, 2003

Sorting an Array (View Thread) - Mac on Feb 19, 2004

SORTDEMO.BAS - anonymous on May 14, 2005

how to maximize, minimize, & do some other things with the dos box... (View Thread) - Zip on Feb 19, 2004

How do I put the sourcecode in my DOS program??? - GSmiles on Feb 22, 2004

Ok, here's how to incorporate it, a demo program with procs. - lkt153 on Feb 25, 2004

Why are my equal numbers not comparing as equal? (View Thread) - Mac on Apr 15, 2004

In QB 7.1 - Ildūrest on Apr 17, 2004

Maybe that's why there's no exponent operator in C/C++ - Solitaire on Apr 17, 2004

I tried it with a function and it still gives the same results - Solitaire on Apr 18, 2004

Sorry, it does work after all. POW function inside. - Solitaire on Apr 19, 2004

Here's a short way. . . - rpgfan3233 on Jul 22, 2005

use # after numeric values that you intend to be DOUBLEs - Michael Calkins on Jul 23, 2005

Here is just a sample of what QBasic is good for (View Thread) - Mac on Apr 25, 2004

How to search through old posts (View Thread) - Mac on Jun 28, 2004

re: googleing forum - the unknown qb programmer on Jan 25, 2005

How to use the Index of Subforums (View Thread) - Mac on Aug 26, 2004

Basically How a Compiler and Interpreter Work, Any improvement welcomed (View Thread) - Iain on Oct 18, 2004

Improvements, or so I think - Ildūrest on Oct 20, 2004

This is nay necessarily just QB, It is somewhat generalized - Iain McPhee on Oct 20, 2004

Compiler vs. Interpretor - Peja on Nov 20, 2006

* The interpreter should never be faster. - Kristopher Windsor on Nov 20, 2006

How to get a bootable (stand-alone) DOS (View Thread) - Mac on Dec 11, 2004

Let me know if you find a way without a floppy! - Chandler on Aug 6, 2005

it's called "dual-boot" - mennonite on Aug 6, 2005

* Cool - Chandler on Aug 6, 2005

one question: - Michael Calkins on Aug 8, 2005

"although I have not downloaded those files" ??? - Mac on Aug 18, 2005

I think IE is trying to download them in ASCII mode. - Michael Calkins on Aug 19, 2005

temporary mirror - mennonite on Aug 19, 2005

Make DOS work if it fails (View Thread) - Mac on Jan 23, 2005

If all that fails, try this (possibly a better solution anyway) - for TheSamuraiElephant on Apr 25, 2005

The error message that this applies to... - Ildūrest on Apr 27, 2005

*Oh, and setting the file to Read-Only stops the problem ever happening again - Ildūrest on Apr 27, 2005

will doing this mess up any network settings? - bp on May 28, 2005

*It shouldn't cause any problems. I don't know about printing errors though. - Ildūrest on May 28, 2005

should be fine; also printing from dos - mennonite on May 28, 2005

no luck whatsoever... - bp on May 28, 2005

how to use lprint in windows xp (View Thread) - the unknown qb programmer on Jan 25, 2005

LPRINT in XP - Ralph on Jun 28, 2005

lprint - wally on Jul 14, 2005

LPrint - Ralph on Jul 14, 2005

LPRINT, for Wally - Ralph on Jul 14, 2005

thanks - wally on Jul 15, 2005

lprint - wally on Jul 16, 2005

lprint - Ralph on Jul 17, 2005

USB printing with LPRINT in XP or NT - Clippy on Sep 14, 2008

the significance of the FAQ (View Thread) - mennonite on Apr 9, 2005

Point Taken - Paqui on Sep 9, 2005

Sizing an array for BLOAD, using information in the BSAVE file (View Thread) - TheBOB on Jun 8, 2005

Where can I get music for the PLAY command? (View Thread) - Mac on Mar 17, 2008

Some places have "keyboard tabs", even though you can't tab a keyboard. - rpgfan3233 on Mar 17, 2008

Found a problem in Galleons Christmas song code copy - Clippy on Mar 17, 2008

Here are some PLAY songs - Mac on Mar 21, 2008

If you want PLAY sequences... - Antoni on Mar 21, 2008

Some Christmas carols...(URL*) - Galleon on Mar 21, 2008

Shuffle Sort algorithm - unique random numbers with no duplicates (View Thread) - Solitaire on Mar 23, 2008

Select & discard algorithm for unique random numbers - Solitaire on Mar 23, 2008

Improved version of Random Select & Discard algorithm - Solitaire on Mar 23, 2008

Compare this with the Shuffle Sort - Solitaire on Mar 30, 2008

For Example - MONTREALER on Apr 9, 2008

Interesting variation of partial shuffle sort - Solitaire on Apr 9, 2008

comparison - MONTREALER on Apr 10, 2008

Variation of Shuffle Sort algorithm - Solitaire on Apr 10, 2008

Did you notice... - MONTREALER on Apr 11, 2008

Notes on the modified shuffle sort: - Solitaire on Apr 11, 2008

Variation - MONTREALER on Sep 15, 2008

Randomly Permute an Array - qbguy on Mar 23, 2008

All About Random Access Files and the FIELD Statement. (View Thread) - MystikShadows on Jul 25, 2008

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