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Deck of Cards: Shuffling and dealing hands (View Thread) - Mac on Dec 17, 2005

LOL - I just posted a similar program at the QB forum 5- min ago in response to Matt! - Pete on Dec 17, 2005

Deck of cards shuffled with the Shuffle Sort algorithm - Solitaire on Jan 12, 2008

Card Shuffle - qbguy on Jan 31, 2008

Virtual Deck - MONTREALER on Feb 1, 2008

You could also use ASCII for the suits - Clippy on Feb 2, 2008

My mini shuffle code... - Pete on Feb 2, 2008

Different way to shuffle card array - DSMan195276 on Oct 10, 2009

Here's a small amount of code I wrote a few years ago. It gives value + suit in ASCII. - Pete on Oct 18, 2009

*Much shorter then mine! :-) - DSMan195276 on Oct 21, 2009

A much longer program to shuffle deck of cards - Solitaire on Nov 7, 2009

Creating a FILES list that does not scroll. (View Thread) - Clippy on Apr 29, 2009

* Why not "dir /b | more" - Anonymous on May 1, 2009

Did you try my procedure? It displays up to 156 files per page! - Clippy on May 1, 2009

Scroll long instructions on bottom line of screen (View Thread) - Solitaire on Mar 7, 2009

*Very nice -- works great, except Esc doesn't end it (had to Ctrl/Break to exit). - TheBOB on Mar 7, 2009

You have to wait for the message to finish scrolling before the Esc key will work. - Solitaire on Mar 8, 2009

Code adjusted to use INKEY$ - Solitaire on Mar 8, 2009

*Yeah, that works great -- I love the "crawl" effect -- it's like CNN. - TheBOB on Mar 8, 2009

Re: Scroll long instructions on bottom line of screen - MONTREALER on Apr 2, 2009

Updated - MONTREALER on Apr 4, 2009

An introduction to game mapping (View Thread) - TheBOB on Feb 12, 2009

How to truncating files using machine code. (View Thread) - Michael Calkins on May 15, 2005

*Yeah, I know; "truncating" should be "truncate". - Michael Calkins on May 15, 2005

*thread with more recent solutions(URL) - Michael Calkins on Feb 9, 2009

* How to use a USB printer with LPRINT in XP or NT (link) (View Thread) - Clippy on Jan 5, 2009

A fix for DOS fullscreen graphics modes in XP (View Thread) - Clippy on Dec 31, 2008

Awesome! - PhyloGenesis on Jan 2, 2009

I doubt you expected to say it anytime at all... but... - Pete on Jan 3, 2009

Thanks for putting it in the FAQ. Looks good Pete! - Clippy on Jan 3, 2009

How to use SLEEP correctly (View Thread) - Clippy on Dec 5, 2008

smooth text mode mouse cursor (View Thread) - moi on May 15, 2008

Well I'm impressed... - Pete on May 15, 2008

* I got an overflow from the byte = in memcopy SUB - Clippy on May 19, 2008

try this - moi on May 19, 2008

* That fixed it. Interesting idea! - Clippy on May 20, 2008

I think the line is caused by the text boundaries - Clippy on May 20, 2008

Re: I think the line is caused by the text boundaries - moi on May 20, 2008

How to fix the bug of the 8th (actualli 9th) pixel black line - Angros47 on Oct 29, 2008

* It can only work in fullscreen so use SCREEN 12 then 0. - Clippy on Nov 17, 2008

Calculating a Bowling Score part 1 (View Thread) - MONTREALER on Sep 28, 2008

Calculating a Bowling Score part 2 - MONTREALER on Oct 5, 2008

Simple Word Search Routine... (View Thread) - Pete on May 15, 2006

parenthesis - Lisztfr on Aug 7, 2008

* Thanks very much for catching that. I just edited the post. - Pete on Aug 7, 2008

Quadratic Bezier Curve (View Thread) - moi on Jun 30, 2008

Extension of above function to a 2d triangle - moi on Jun 30, 2008

Cubic bezier curve - moi on Jul 1, 2008

* Very cool. I like to use it to make the sign of El Zorro! - Pete on Jul 4, 2008

Keyboard codes including extended characters (View Thread) - Solitaire on Feb 9, 2007

New version of above program listing scan keys and extended keys codes - Solitaire on Feb 11, 2007

*Apparently you never tried the real scancode = INP(&H60) - Ted on Feb 11, 2007

If you did, then you could show any keypress result! - Ted on Feb 11, 2007

Revised Keyboard/Scankey Codes program with complete key descriptions - Solitaire on Mar 24, 2007

CASE 12:D$ = "Clears screen" - Ralph on Dec 20, 2007

that's ascii for you - mennonite on Dec 20, 2007

Back in the days...to borrow a phrase from my good buddy Steve: - Pete on Dec 21, 2007

Yeah those were the days... - MystikShadows on Dec 21, 2007

I Can Still Use Epson Escape Code - qbguy on Dec 22, 2007

ASCII characters - Ralph on Dec 30, 2007

I also used to program my printer drivers - Solitaire on Feb 22, 2008

Updated version of keyboard scankeys program - Solitaire on Jun 27, 2008

Beautifully done (as usual)... - TheBOB on Jun 27, 2008

Here's something similar but recognises more keys - Earthborn on Jun 28, 2008

that's awesome, earthborn. i should try it on mine to see if it sees the windows keys - mennonite on Jun 28, 2008

Not bad! Can only read normal keys in XP - Clippy on Jun 28, 2008

One of burger's programs inspired me to revise my scankey program. - Solitaire on Jun 28, 2008

Text mode smooth-scrolling loading bar (View Thread) - moi on May 15, 2008

Some debugging techniques (View Thread) - Mac on Mar 23, 2008

Re: Some debugging techniques - Michael Calkins on Mar 23, 2008

Good Observations, Michael - Mac on Mar 24, 2008

Yes, CONST is very useful - qbguy on Mar 24, 2008

* Try Pi = 4 * ATN(1#) . Why would you really need any more accuary in QB? - Clippy on Mar 28, 2008

* If there is an asterisk, then why is there stuff in your post? - Asterisk Police on Mar 29, 2008

*Reminds me of infinite state machines, and the problems there-in, very interesting Mac - London on Apr 5, 2008

Simulating FORTRAN 90's IMPLICIT NONE (or Option Explicit in Visual Basic) in QBASIC (View Thread) - qbguy on Mar 21, 2008

Roman Numerals Input (View Thread) - MONTREALER on Feb 11, 2008

Simple input routine with INKEY$ (View Thread) - Pete on Feb 9, 2008

Command-line support for QBasic programs (URL) (View Thread) - LaananFisher on Feb 4, 2008

Shell Sort, Bubble Sort, Sorting in general (View Thread) - Mac on Sep 20, 2002

* FYI: Donald Shell is his full name. - stylez on Sep 21, 2002

Sample Shell Sort program in QB - Solitaire on Sep 24, 2002

A wonderful sort, Solitaire, no matter what you call it. - Mac on Sep 25, 2002

I modified your program for a continuous display - Solitaire on Sep 26, 2002

Five (5) sorts comparison program - Mac on Sep 26, 2002

Comparison of the Five Sorting Methods - Mac on Sep 26, 2002

Bubble Sort - Solitaire on Nov 17, 2002

On the definition of a bubble and selection sort... - Mac on Nov 17, 2002

Why is a "bubble sort" so named? - Mac on Mar 25, 2003

Other sorts - Gilanor on Mar 25, 2003

Bubble or Sift Sort - Moneo on Apr 25, 2006

What do you call a sort routine with no elements? - , D. Central on Apr 25, 2006

Re: What do you call a sort routine with no elements? - Moneo on Apr 26, 2006

I hear ya... - Pete on Apr 26, 2006

FYI: Automatic searching and sorting in VB.NET - Solitaire on Dec 9, 2003

A different kind of sort - Solitaire on Nov 22, 2003

*a nice looking program - Iain on Nov 23, 2003

A name for "a different kind of sort" - Moneo on Apr 26, 2006

QuickSort with display - Solitaire on Apr 22, 2006

range = finish * 5 gives overflow error on larger numbers - roy on Apr 24, 2006

I edited parts of above QuickSort Display program - Solitaire on Apr 24, 2006

I'm finally really understanding QuickSort - Mac on Apr 30, 2006

Merge Sort - Solitaire on Feb 10, 2004

Radix Sort - De Jef on Mar 5, 2004

Faster Radix Sort - Chris Davies on Aug 19, 2004

Some sorting theory - Ild�rest on Mar 18, 2004

Sort Demo that came with original QB4.5 disks - Solitaire on Apr 1, 2004

Customize SORTDEMO.BAS - Moneo on May 4, 2006

Sorting by two variables - Mac on Apr 16, 2006

In other words, you are sorting by primary and secondary fields. - Solitaire on Apr 16, 2006

Say what, Solitaire? - Mac on Apr 17, 2006

Say what, Solitaire? - Mac on Apr 20, 2006

Comments on your sorting technique, Mac - Moneo on May 22, 2006

Re: Comments on your sorting technique, Mac - Mac on May 22, 2006

Practical application of sorting technique - Moneo on May 23, 2006

or to make a long story short, - Solitaire on May 23, 2006

Only if you do entirely separate sorts on each key - Moneo on May 23, 2006

Note: separate sorts must use a stable sort - Moneo on May 23, 2006

* I see. - Solitaire on May 23, 2006

Simulated numeric sort using "direct addressing" - Moneo on Jun 8, 2006

Quicksort without recursive calls - Mac on Jul 10, 2006

Here's Ethan Winer's quicksort without recursion - Moneo on Jul 10, 2006

Sorting a list of arrays by user-selected fields: - Solitaire on Aug 14, 2006

Sorting arrays by primary, secondary, and tertiary fields - Solitaire on Aug 19, 2006

Array lists sorted by ascending or descending order by primary and secondary fields - Solitaire on Aug 20, 2006

Extemely Simple and Intuitive Sort - qbguy on Jan 31, 2008

"Turbo-Charging" a list (View Thread) - MONTREALER on Jan 31, 2008

Technique for sorting parallel arrays (View Thread) - Solitaire on Dec 3, 2003

If that is a "bubble sort", then what is this? - Mac on Dec 4, 2003

"Bubble Sort" definition - Solitaire on Dec 4, 2003

On the definition of "bubble sort" - To Solitaire on Dec 5, 2003

Re: On the definition of &quote;bubble sort&quote; - To Solitaire on Dec 5, 2003

Definition of Sorting Algorithms according to Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary, 3rd ed - Solitaire on Dec 5, 2003

Heh - Let's whip this dead horse some more - Love it - Mac on Dec 6, 2003

Sorting by primary, secondary, etc. fields. - Solitaire on Jan 23, 2008

And then there's the modern memory-consuming methods - MONTREALER on Jan 28, 2008

An alternative - - MONTREALER on Jan 28, 2008

QBdelay... capable of delays shorter than 1/18.2065! (View Thread) - Anonymous on Jan 10, 2008

*nice routine. welcome back - mennonite on Jan 10, 2008

Also AKA Anonymous, apparently. Thanks Mario (aka... Nemesis, Nem2473, CML73). - Pete on Jan 10, 2008

Thanks, Pete... but the routine has holes... - CML73 on Jan 11, 2008

You can try a ticks per second change to TIMER - Clippy on Jan 11, 2008

Test my new routine, and tell me what you think... - CML73 on Jan 19, 2008

Using the PLAY command as a pause. (View Thread) - Solitaire on Jan 1, 2008

execution resumes before the last note finishes. - Michael Calkins on Jan 1, 2008

Tool for including asm inside QBASIC programs. (requires NASM) (View Thread) - Michael Calkins on Dec 15, 2005

example... - Michael Calkins on Dec 15, 2005

Understood every bit of it except for the part after. 'The result of this work is here.' - Maxwell Smart on Dec 17, 2005

*LOL, Pete. - Michael Calkins on Dec 17, 2005

change log - Michael Calkins on Nov 30, 2007

bug list - Michael Calkins on Dec 31, 2007

* Do what you have to do....Rocket Scientist - Clippy on Dec 31, 2007

Cut him some slack, Ted... - Pete on Jan 1, 2008

Quick way to fill screen with selected text character (View Thread) - Solitaire on Jun 22, 2007

A little program for toddlers to play with the keyboard - Mac on Jun 22, 2007

Re: A little program for toddlers to play with the keyboard - Michael Calkins on Nov 29, 2007

Note: Above code was revised about 6 hours after original posting - Solitaire on Jun 22, 2007

Create a textured background using the above technique. Code for a tri-color split screen: - Solitaire on Jun 23, 2007

Note: Original code was revised a day later to include a help screen. - Solitaire on Jun 23, 2007

very fast fill screen - Michael Calkins on Nov 29, 2007

Study of Integration of RANDOM and BINARY Files (DB Application) (View Thread) - Mac on Nov 16, 2007

Interesting Technique Mac. - MystikShadows on Nov 16, 2007

Rounding Numbers and Round-off Errors (View Thread) - Solitaire on Dec 8, 2002

Very nice! But could be shortened though... - Earthborn on Dec 10, 2002

*Excellent! Thank you. - Solitaire on Dec 10, 2002

BEWARE! Earthborn's function looked nice until I tested it >>> - Moneo on Nov 7, 2007

Really? - Clippy on Nov 12, 2007

Ted, don't be so critical. Listen to the following: - Moneo on Nov 12, 2007

OK, explain this then - Clippy on Nov 12, 2007

Ted, thanks for fixing my coding error >>> - Moneo on Nov 13, 2007

Dear OLD Dog .......................... - Clippy on Nov 13, 2007

Symmetric Arithmetic Rounding accoroding to Microsoft document - Moneo on Nov 14, 2007

* The point here is that both rounding methods are fine! - Clippy on Nov 14, 2007

* Great! We agree on something. - Moneo on Nov 14, 2007

* In a Round about way LOL - Clippy on Nov 14, 2007

Information about arithmetic rounding vs. banker's rounding - Solitaire on Sep 6, 2004

Is there a better way to simulate CINT? - Mac on Oct 22, 2004

Re: Is there a better way to simulate CINT? - Buff on Oct 23, 2004

Re: Is there a better way to simulate CINT? - Buff1 on Oct 23, 2004

Hey, Buff1 (and Solitaire) - Mac on Oct 24, 2004

My version of banker's rounding with large numbers using CINT - Solitaire on Oct 24, 2004

My banker's rounding function integrated with Mac's main program - Solitaire on Oct 25, 2004

Hmmm, What about this rounding function? - Mac on Oct 27, 2004

Simulate CINT using an "integer divide" - Moneo on Oct 16, 2007

Hmmm, doesn't QB, QBasic, PDS and VB-DOS have something for that? - MystikShadows on Oct 16, 2007

* CLNG does the same rounding as CINT but for a greater range. - Solitaire on Oct 16, 2007

* You're right, Solitaire. Never knew CLNG existed. - Moneo on Oct 16, 2007

Weirdness found using CINT or CLNG - Moneo on Oct 16, 2007

Why are you dimming DOUBLE numbers as SINGLE? - Clippy on Oct 17, 2007

Good catch! What say, Moneo? - Mac on Oct 18, 2007

Re: Good catch! What say, Moneo? - Moneo on Oct 18, 2007

Re: Why are you dimming DOUBLE numbers as SINGLE? - Moneo on Oct 18, 2007

The # at the end of the number was a dead giveaway! - Clippy on Oct 18, 2007

I always use QuickBasic 4.5 compiled >>> - Moneo on Oct 19, 2007

What do you mean by compiled? - Clippy on Oct 19, 2007

Re: What do you mean by compiled? - Moneo on Oct 20, 2007

Singles can only use 7 numbers in length - Clippy on Oct 21, 2007

Re: Singles can only use 7 numbers in length - Moneo on Oct 21, 2007

Some of your numbers are wrong - Clippy on Oct 21, 2007

Just for the record, 1000000000 can be a SINGLE. - Moneo on Oct 22, 2007

Valid, maybe, but not correct - Mac on Oct 22, 2007

* That's where the IDE comes in handy! - Clippy on Oct 22, 2007

According to the famous EDIT program, it is both valid and correct - Moneo on Oct 23, 2007

*JEESH! USE THE IDE! - Clippy on Oct 23, 2007

I'm not ignoring you Ted, - Moneo on Oct 24, 2007

*If you enter a double number QB IDE adds # automatically - Clippy on Oct 24, 2007

Fine, but what good is that if the number is assigned to a SINGLE? - Moneo on Oct 24, 2007

Well, if you recall, you did have problems - Clippy on Oct 25, 2007

Thanks, Ted, - Moneo on Oct 26, 2007

INKEY$ a string and check the number of digits is 7. - Clippy on Oct 26, 2007

How weird! - Chandler on Jul 31, 2005

Rounding algorithms - Moneo on Apr 27, 2006

* Very useful, though FIX seems to be more reliable than INT in my experience. - rpgfan3233 on Apr 27, 2006

Symmetric Arithmetric Rounding using FIX - Moneo on Apr 28, 2006

Typo error in Microsoft Q196652 article - Moneo on Jul 23, 2006

Conclusions of July 2006 posts regarding rounding methods in QB. - Moneo on Jul 24, 2006

Correction to Microsoft webpage address.... - Moneo on Jul 24, 2006

Wooden nickels and QB rounding - Moneo on Nov 29, 2006

* '-0' is understandable; rounding shouldn't change the sign of a number. :-) - Kristopher Windsor on Nov 29, 2006

That's a nice rule, but.... - Moneo on Nov 29, 2006

Ah, the IBM 7090! - Mac on Nov 30, 2006

I hardly remember the 7090 and 7094 anymore.... - Moneo on Dec 1, 2006

writing your own graphics or font loader in qb (truecolor or lower) (View Thread) - mennonite on Jul 20, 2005

Regarding "diagonal distortion" in bitmaps... - TheBOB on Jul 20, 2005

nuh-uh. not in bitmaps. - mennonite on Jul 20, 2005

*Don't know about RAW, but it's true for bitmap loaders. That's why mine never skews. - TheBOB on Jul 21, 2005

If you are adding spaces, then it is exactly like a bitmap - Clippy on Nov 14, 2007

bmp to bsave - FileGod on Sep 6, 2007

I made one at QbasicStation.com - Clippy on Sep 6, 2007

Program for calculating day of week for any year between 1000-9999 (View Thread) - Solitaire on Sep 14, 2003

Several programming techniques are described in my DayOfWeek program. See details inside: - Solitaire on Sep 18, 2003

New version of DayOfWeek program using functions instead of procedures. - Solitaire on Sep 24, 2003

I have to say it... QB 7.1 has a WEEKDAY function :) - Jonathan Simpson on Oct 5, 2003

*WOW that came out bad. Sorry, it looked ok in preview. - Jonathan Simpson on Oct 5, 2003

A small Function ready to use... - Antoni on Oct 4, 2007

*What happened to Monday being 0? I am lost Now! LOL - Clippy on Oct 28, 2007

Depends what day is the first of the week - Moneo on Oct 28, 2007

Did anybody try Antoni's post? - Clippy on Nov 8, 2007

Here is one I translated from a site - Clippy on Nov 9, 2007

Actually, the Gregorian Calendar only goes back to 1582. - Clippy on Nov 11, 2007

* Right, but it's 1583 not 1582. - Moneo on Nov 11, 2007

About the "leap day" - Moneo on Nov 11, 2007

According to Wiki it was adopted in 1582 - Clippy on Nov 11, 2007

re: A good programmer would make sure that his programs work before posting it! - mennonite on Nov 12, 2007

I did not say that his programming is bad - Clippy on Nov 12, 2007

Ted, response to your comments >>> - Moneo on Nov 12, 2007

I am not trying to be hard........just correct LOL - Clippy on Nov 12, 2007

Handy Compare Utility (View Thread) - Mac on Nov 11, 2007

A way to use Interrupt code in Qb 1.1 that can only use ABSOLUTE (View Thread) - Clippy on Oct 23, 2007

A simpler InterruptX procedure using ABSOLUTE - Clippy on Oct 31, 2007

accurate timing (View Thread) - RubyNL on Dec 22, 2006

Credit "Steve Halko" - Mac on Dec 22, 2006

This is just TIMER returning a long... - Antoni on Oct 4, 2007

Modify your system so QBasic has a /run operand similar to QB4+. (View Thread) - Mac on Sep 3, 2007

_i have discovered HELPMAKE (View Thread) - _mensliber on Nov 1, 2004

_i forgot to add - _mensliber on Nov 12, 2004

the articles about Helpmake in MSKB are just five - Macric on Oct 28, 2005

Correction: They are fifteen - Macric on Aug 16, 2007

Editing User Input (View Thread) - Mac on Nov 23, 2006

> [FSA] very hard to follow without more comments - Mac on Nov 26, 2006

A different approach - Mac on Jun 16, 2007

Suggestion regarding valid number of decimal places - Moneo on Jul 12, 2007

Random integer ranges, alpha and numeric characters (View Thread) - LaananFisher on May 28, 2007

* What is this supposed to be? I don't see code that makes any sense. - Solitaire on Jun 3, 2007

*LOL - I got dizzy looking at it and skipped to another forum - Mac on Jun 3, 2007

*Maybe this thread should be deleted, as the first post looks incomplete and not QB at all - Solitaire on Jun 4, 2007

I figured out what he meant to post - Mac on Jun 4, 2007

Doing phonetic searches of word lists. (View Thread) - ComputerGhost on May 17, 2007

yeah, dhs uses this qbasic program i think - mennonite on May 17, 2007

*WHOOPS! this isn't distractions! - mennonite on May 17, 2007

*hey mac, could ya stop deleting EVERYTHING? thanks. - mennonite on May 18, 2007

*flagged! - Pete on May 18, 2007

Was the deleted post a response to my post? - ComputerGhost on May 18, 2007

Mac, mennonite doesn't like Post Toasties... - Part of a Good Breakfast on May 18, 2007

*I think he's just doing his job as the forum moderator. Trying to keep the forum clean... - rpgfan3233 on May 18, 2007

*He should outsource that job to "Hal"; after all, Hal's the one with the mop! - Pete on May 18, 2007

*orly? well there are more posts here now than there were before :P - mennonite on May 18, 2007

Yes, but they've been sanitized for your protection... - Jan A. Torr on May 19, 2007

*yeah right, sanity, here. - mennonite on May 20, 2007

Breaking out of deeply nested loops (View Thread) - Solitaire on Apr 2, 2007

Good one - Mac on Apr 2, 2007

Another trick - Ild�rest on Apr 3, 2007

You can repeat the same iteration in a FOR loop by decrementing the control variable. - Solitaire on Apr 3, 2007

for once, i'm really impressed... - mennonite on May 13, 2007

*Thanks, Solitaire - it's come up more than once and using a GOTO feels like defeat. - TheBOB on Apr 2, 2007

Adjusting a FOR loop by altering the control variable - Solitaire on Apr 3, 2007

That technique is also useful in graphics... - TheBOB on Apr 5, 2007

Pardon me but ... - Montrealer on Apr 9, 2007

Consider this - Mac on Apr 9, 2007

It's something of a trick question ... - Montrealer on Apr 9, 2007

EXIT DO and EXIT FOR - Mac on Apr 9, 2007

I've heard both sides, and I don't like where this may end up. - Mediator on Apr 9, 2007

Final post on this topic? - Montrealer on Apr 9, 2007

file size calculator (View Thread) - miltos on May 10, 2007

Re: file size calculator - Mac on May 13, 2007

HELK NEEDED WITH TIME$!!!! (View Thread) - Sebastian on May 10, 2007

This thread should be moved to the main forum. It doesn't belong here. - Solitaire on May 11, 2007

why delete it? to set an example to everyone else that comes here? - mennonite on May 12, 2007

You're thinking in terms of punishment and authority - Mac on May 12, 2007

zillion word retort - mennonite on May 12, 2007

three word version - mennonite on May 12, 2007

The OP probably came here directly from the qbasic.com website - Solitaire on May 12, 2007

HELK NEEDED WITH TIME$!!!! (View Thread) - Sebastian on May 10, 2007

You don't need to use TIME$ at all. - rpgfan3233 on May 10, 2007

This thread should be moved to the main forum. It doesn't belong here. - Solitaire on May 11, 2007

Scrolling text across the screen continuously or back & forth. (View Thread) - Solitaire on May 8, 2006

Revised version of text scroller - Solitaire on May 13, 2006

New version of text scroller with random background added - Solitaire on May 14, 2006

Improved text scroller with new variation and controlled random background. - Solitaire on Jun 10, 2006

Expanded text scroller program with added variations and features. - Solitaire on Jun 15, 2006

Congratulations for a beautiful program - Anonymous on Jun 16, 2006

* Above congratulations were from me (Moneo) - Moneo on Jun 16, 2006

Adjusted Text Scroller code to refine the speed. - Solitaire on Jun 17, 2006

Scroll across a single row while user types text - Solitaire on Apr 13, 2007

Highlight a row of text on the screen (View Thread) - Solitaire on Feb 16, 2007

* That's a good trick, OK. LOL! - Mac on Feb 16, 2007

*WOW! How'd he do that? - Clippy on Feb 16, 2007

*WOW! How'd she do that? - Clippy on Feb 16, 2007

*Nice job - useful, too. - TheBOB on Feb 16, 2007

Search screen and highlight all occurences of selected string or character - Solitaire on Feb 19, 2007

Highlight text on a row (View Thread) - Solitaire on Feb 16, 2007

Entering long lines in QBasic (View Thread) - crazytempest on Feb 11, 2007

*I have never needed a line THAT long LOL - Ted on Feb 11, 2007

In response to Mac and Ted, I have written lines that long. - Pete on Feb 14, 2007

Tricks & techniques with INPUT$() - including password entry. (View Thread) - Solitaire on Oct 26, 2004

*Neat. May I use some of that code? - akadine on Mar 10, 2005

Why do you ask? - To akadine on Apr 10, 2005

Limit length of user's input string using INPUT$(1) - Solitaire on Apr 7, 2005

Restrict length of input string - enhanced version - Solitaire on Jan 15, 2007

You'll want to add an exclude print chr$(8) if backspace key is pressed once the line... - Pete on Jan 15, 2007

Now fixed. - Solitaire on Jan 16, 2007

Using \DEV\NUL as a temporary work file (View Thread) - Moneo on Dec 31, 2006

* Contains Microsoft background information and examples from Ethan Winer's book. - Moneo on Jan 1, 2007

Very interesting info. - Pete on Jan 1, 2007

Pete, please explain >>> - Moneo on Jan 1, 2007

Not a fair test - Mac on Jan 2, 2007

Right, no noticeable difference on today's fast machines. >>> - Moneo on Jan 2, 2007

Pete kidding? You must be kidding! - Pete on Jan 2, 2007

Corrected First Test Shows Some Performance Gain - Mac on Jan 5, 2007

Bookkeeping Application - Mac on Jan 4, 2007

* Yeah, that's nice, Mac. A practical application. - Moneo on Jan 4, 2007

Did someone say bookkeeping??? Yay! Anti-stuff...> - Pete on Jan 4, 2007

True - Mac on Jan 4, 2007

i have not read the answers but... - Opresion on Jan 4, 2007

Yeah, Opresion, I saw those references, but >>> - Moneo on Jan 5, 2007

"Yeah, I saw those references, but" - Opresion on Jan 6, 2007

* Interesting, thanks. - Moneo on Jan 6, 2007

Saving multiple icons (demo BSAVE/BLOAD) (View Thread) - teams on Dec 28, 2006

Look, I made a box...OK, enlighten us old witty ones, what's it good for? - Pete on Dec 28, 2006

*Hurry up Bob, I don't have all day! - Pete on Dec 28, 2006

*I think TheBOB just gave me the cold shoulder...but then... - Pete on Dec 28, 2006

What it is good for - Mac on Dec 28, 2006

I'd love to see an example of that! - Pete on Dec 28, 2006

*Great example. Pete, I wanted to use it to save multiple tiles(a tileset) in one file - RubyNL on Dec 30, 2006

Tiles as for use in an RPG? - Pete on Dec 30, 2006

Project Specifications Outline (View Thread) - Moneo on Dec 12, 2006

* Need your participation, guys. - Moneo on Dec 15, 2006

"...and the bartenders says, 'what is this, some kinda joke?'" - mennonite on Dec 16, 2006

Back to the OP (URL) >>> - Moneo on Dec 16, 2006

Not sure if and where this fits. - London on Dec 15, 2006

some thoughts - mennonite on Dec 16, 2006

Think of the government repository like a grain bank... - London on Dec 16, 2006

Clarification, please >>> - Moneo on Dec 16, 2006

Sorry, not sure what your point is >>> - Moneo on Dec 16, 2006

"Tanks and regards" Hey, you never give me any Tanks! - Pete on Dec 16, 2006

Oh sure, edit your post and make me look like a fool. I see you lurking out there, Moneo! - Pete on Dec 17, 2006

Data loss in archived data >>> - Moneo on Dec 16, 2006

Pretty exhaustive - Mac on Dec 16, 2006

Yeah, you're right, Mac >>> - Moneo on Dec 16, 2006

Wow, guys! Thanks for all the input on the subject. >>> - Moneo on Dec 16, 2006

Hey guys, I've added some of your suggestions >>> - Moneo on Dec 17, 2006

Sorry to be late here, but - Mac on Dec 22, 2006

Interesting, Mac, I'm not familiar with that approach. >>> - Moneo on Dec 22, 2006

Some explanation - Mac on Dec 22, 2006

Mac, I'm a little confused. >>> - Moneo on Dec 23, 2006

I see the distinction - Mac on Dec 24, 2006

Re: I see the distinction - Moneo on Dec 24, 2006

You know who a bunch of 'ballsy' programmers were? The guys from Chipsoft... - Pete on Dec 24, 2006

Pete, you seem to be referring to software packages >>> - Moneo on Dec 26, 2006

I disagree to an extent... - Pete on Dec 26, 2006

You're right about releasing Beta versions, however >>> - Moneo on Dec 26, 2006

This is where M$ has an edge... - Pete on Dec 26, 2006

*Excluding M$ stuff from search means that file indexing would need to be done differently - rpgfan3233 on Dec 27, 2006

* Hey guys, Project Specifications updated with Mac's Unit Testing Comsiderations - Moneo on Dec 28, 2006

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