| Message Title | Author and Date |
| some things I need to find out | Usurper on Mar 9 |
| Re: some things I need to find out | Usurper on Mar 9 |
| * Read the QB64 WIKI. _PUTIMAGE can size images |
on Mar 9 |
| Yes, you can make a Bard's Tale-like game in QB64... |
on Mar 11 |
| Using large chunks of memory in qbasic | bluebear on Mar 8 |
| BSAVE the screens and load them one at a time to same array. |
on Mar 8 |
| The array is out of range for me, too... |
on Mar 8 |
| * Yes QB64 can use MUCH larger arrays! |
on Mar 8 |
| *I think qb64 will let you have 8 pages in screen 13 without any arrays | Ben on Mar 8 |
| But then you would have to redraw them each time. |
on Mar 8 |
| *You're right, but I'm *so* used to. qb. sigh... | bluebear on Mar 9 |
| In SCREEN 13, you don't need arrays to save the screen... |
on Mar 8 |
| * Somebody told me to use VARPTR(0) instead of just 0? |
on Mar 8 |
| *I don't see how that helps |
on Mar 9 |
| It's only required when using an array... |
on Mar 9 |
| It WAS YOU Bob! I don't use Qbasic. I use QB4.5 but not in Screen 13 often. |
on Mar 9 |
| *That is a mess. We have ram for that. | Ben on Mar 9 |
| *But what if you want to use an array of (320,200) integers? | bluebear on Mar 9 |
| Use QB64 | unseenmachine on Mar 9 |
| Or use STRING *1 and convert to/from ASCII | Galleon on Mar 9 |
| Interesting... | Solitaire on Mar 9 |
| It works if you use /AH on the command line! | bluebear on Mar 11 |
| wont load the right number of lights | unseenmachine on Mar 8 |
| * You cannot PAINT on a DRAW border (lx, ly). |
on Mar 8 |
| Im not, i am inside the box | unseenmachine on Mar 8 |
| I checked with PSET | unseenmachine on Mar 8 |
| Solved | unseenPLONKER on Mar 8 |
| New problems / Questions | unseenmachine on Mar 9 |
| What you need is a multi-column sort |
on Mar 9 |
| I just cant seem to do it | unseenmachine on Mar 10 |
| I'm not really sure what you're asking, so I'll say something else |
on Mar 11 |
| Be careful what you DIM |
on Mar 7 |
| DEFxxx behavior |
on Mar 7 |
| QBasic EXTENDER TSR? | unseenmachine on Mar 6 |
| It apparently was used with Qbasic. |
on Mar 6 |
| TSR = Terminate and Stay Resident | Solitaire on Mar 6 |
| Nothing to do with limited memory |
on Mar 6 |
| I also have the book & its disk. | Dav on Mar 8 |
| Have you seen this book | Ben on Mar 8 |
| get a used one | unseenmachine on Mar 8 |
| *I don't trust the people | Ben on Mar 8 |
| * Aw come on Ben.......$1 is too much...plus you don't have a credit card. |
on Mar 8 |
| Yes | Ben on Mar 8 |
| anychance |
on Mar 8 |
| * The best book I ever found is Ethan Winer's FREE book! |
on Mar 8 |
| *It's pretty darn good. |
on Mar 9 |
| Yes, I bought that one too. | Dav on Mar 8 |
| I bought the "Revolutionary Guide to QBasic" when it first came out in 1996. | Solitaire on Mar 9 |
| I have the disk contents all extracted... | Dav on Mar 9 |
| Sounds great | Ben on Mar 9 |
| * I have that book and the disk is downloaded on my Windows 98. |
on Mar 10 |
| Calling the INKEY$ master....(a.k.a CLIPPY) | unseenmachine on Mar 5 |
| That won't work, because INKEY$ does not returning CHR$(32) even though the space bar... |
on Mar 5 |
| Re: That won't work, because INKEY$ does not returning CHR$(32) even though the space bar... | Anonymous on Mar 6 |
| " " | Lisztfr on Mar 6 |
| Ok | Lisztfr on Mar 6 |
| Using INKEY$ and CVI |
on Mar 6 |
| * Pete and I never indent. |
on Mar 6 |
| Why not? | Ben on Mar 6 |
| It is faster to code without indenting and lucky for me, I don't get confused. |
on Mar 6 |
| INKEY$ is designed for typing |
on Mar 5 |
| How did I earn the title of GOD of INKEY$, lol? |
on Mar 5 |
| GURU not GOD... | unseenmachine on Mar 6 |
| QBasic IDE Poll |
on Mar 5 |
| I've used various IDEs and I don't think I really have a preference. |
on Mar 5 |
| I am a noob but... | unseenmachine on Mar 5 |
| I use the QB IDE. | Solitaire on Mar 5 |
| I USE QBX ALWAYS | OPRESION on Mar 5 |
| *Anybody else use the QB IDE or would prefer a "more modern" one? |
on Mar 7 |
| I *only* write QB code in the QB IDE, but I don't use QB much anymore |
on Mar 12 |
| Need more programming space? Try QB64. 85,000+ lines! |
on Mar 3 |
| ? | Lisztfr on Mar 3 |
| i think it a mark 2 differance engine... | unseenmachine on Mar 3 |
| * Babbage | Anonymous on Mar 3 |
| I don't have programs that small to test... |
on Mar 3 |
| *When I add hash tables to QB64 later this year, that 30-min will turn into 4-min tops | Galleon on Mar 4 |
| That will be nice... |
on Mar 4 |
| * And furthermore, your hash will stay off the floor | qbguy on Mar 4 |
| Why don't you share some of your programs? | Ben on Mar 3 |
| * Probably a program to organize a doctor's patient data. |
on Mar 3 |
| 85000 is nothing... |
on Mar 4 |
| * Common now Captain, Scotty is just ONE man! They used dozens... |
on Mar 4 |
| * Don't use COMMON. Pass your crew members using parameters. |
on Mar 7 |
| * Beam me up Scotty, there is no intelligent life here! |
on Mar 7 |
| Easy for you to say... |
on Mar 5 |
| Best way to figure out who's won | unseenmachine on Mar 2 |
| Try Select Case and use SUBs to do duplicate code tasks. |
on Mar 2 |
| stupid game but i made one few weeks ago | Ben on Mar 2 |
| To make drawing easier... |
on Mar 2 |
| thats looks to be great but | unseenmachine on Mar 2 |
| About the MOD operator: | Solitaire on Mar 2 |
| Nope, sorry i am dumb | unseenmachine on Mar 2 |
| i get it now | unseenmachine on Mar 2 |
| a few things that would come in handy | bluebear on Mar 3 |
| Re: +1 |
on Mar 3 |
| * For the best decomposed software, visit us online @ Microsoft.compost | Bill and Steve on Mar 3 |
| Here version .02..not finished yet but need assistance | unseenmachine on Mar 3 |
| * How does WIN compare to 3 AND comparisons? |
on Mar 3 |
| Because | unseenmachine on Mar 3 |
| You are comparing possible values of WIN |
on Mar 3 |
| thanks...got it fixed now | unseenmcahine on Mar 3 |
| You can't use logical operators inside a SELECT CASE block. | Solitaire on Mar 4 |
| Yeah I was trying to explain he needed IS to use evaluations. |
on Mar 5 |
| You can use the comma separator with several different SELECT CASE conditions. | Solitaire on Mar 5 |
| IT LIVES!!!! | unseenmcahine on Mar 4 |
| Any ideas? | unseenmachine on Mar 1 |
| * Yeah, consider what you are getting into. Not easy! |
on Mar 1 |
| Don't invent a new algorithm if you don't need to. |
on Mar 1 |
| Dissapearing qb/programming sites | bluebear on Mar 1 |
| Many of the present QB sites are very slow. This one is busiest. |
on Mar 1 |
| *I know, but it bugs me that sites with good knowledge dissappear like mandelbrot dazibao. | bluebear on Mar 3 |
| How to Shuffle an Array | qbguy on Feb 28 |
| * Very interesting. | Solitaire on Feb 28 |
| * I thought the Mods here removed non-QB stuff. No? |
on Feb 28 |
| OFGS! What if it showed up FIRST most of the time? |
on Feb 28 |
| Is QBasic suitable for dictionary lookup? |
on Feb 27 |
| Look for QBguy in the "Programs you are Proud of" area. |
on Feb 27 |
| Re: Look for QBguy in the "Programs you are Proud of" area. | Don on Feb 27 |
| where is the fun ? | Lisztfr on Feb 27 |
| * You are strange "Mr. Fonts"! |
on Feb 27 |
| What's minitrue? Ministry of Truth? | qbguy on Feb 27 |
| Minitrue | Lisztfr on Feb 27 |
| Re: Minitrue | Don on Feb 27 |
| Re: where is the fun ? | Don on Feb 27 |
| Programs for text processing | qbguy on Feb 27 |
| Re: Programs for text processing | Don on Feb 27 |
| SED, AWK | Don on Feb 27 |
| Yes, but you're better off not using sed and awk either | Pharoah on Mar 2 |
| Try breaking up the list of words into groups of 1000. | Solitaire on Feb 27 |
| Re: Try breaking up the list of words into groups of 1000. | Don on Feb 27 |
| Storing words in files is the only solution i can think of | bluebear on Feb 27 |
| Re: Storing words in files is the only solution i can think of | Don on Feb 27 |
| *In what way does qb not like it? | bluebear on Feb 27 |
| Re: *In what way does qb not like it? | Don on Feb 27 |
| Aah, but that way you're actually storing the file in qb's memory | bluebear on Feb 27 |
| Re: Aah, but that way you're actually storing the file in qb's memory | Don on Feb 27 |
| binary is good :) | bluebear on Feb 28 |
| Re: binary is good :) | Don on Feb 28 |
| You can read each file and just use words starting with certain letters. |
on Feb 27 |
| Re: You can read each file and just use words starting with certain letters. | Don on Feb 27 |
| * WHY are you storing words from a file into QB? That's plain silly! |
on Feb 27 |
| Re: * WHY are you storing words from a file into QB? That's plain silly! | Don on Feb 27 |
| * I posted some code right above this one! |
on Feb 27 |
| Re: * I posted some code right above this one! | Don on Feb 27 |
| You can't read the whole file at once |
on Feb 27 |
| Re: You can't read the whole file at once | Don on Feb 27 |
| well... | unseenmachine on Feb 28 |
| Could not find it, heres something else | unseenmachine on Feb 28 |
| Re: Could not find it, heres something else | Don on Feb 28 |
| That will need a lot of if's | unseenmachine on Feb 28 |
| Re: That will need a lot of if's | Don on Feb 28 |
| Ok, what you actually want is grep. |
on Mar 1 |
| Re: Could not find it, heres something else | Don on Feb 28 |
| Re: well... | Don on Feb 28 |
| Oh for my sake... here: | Pete on Feb 28 |
| * LOL, your example is just like the one I already gave him! |
on Feb 28 |
| Having problem with the INKEY$ function. | Nicki Eriksen on Feb 26 |
| You cannot GOTO a linelable or number not in the SUB |
on Feb 26 |
| What is it for? | unseenmachine on Feb 26 |
| A quick fix: | Solitaire on Feb 26 |
| There you go with that INPUT stuff again! It is only ONE number. |
on Feb 26 |
| I know. I would have used INPUT$(1) but I didn't want to confuse the OP | Solitaire on Feb 26 |
| * GOTO is great | Ben on Feb 26 |
| Response to all of you so far. | Nicki Eriksen on Feb 27 |
| SYSTEM allows programs to be run from the command line. |
on Feb 27 |
| Several hints: | Solitaire on Feb 27 |
| Most languages? |
on Feb 28 |
| Yes, I know about Option Infer On, but that's relatively recent. | Solitaire on Feb 28 |
| Response to some of your questions |
on Feb 28 |
| Declaring variables: | Solitaire on Feb 28 |
| The "firstname" variable is of SINGLE type, isn't it? | RpgFan on Feb 28 |
| You're right. Each and every variable needs to be followed by AS type. | Solitaire on Mar 1 |
| * Not to forget fixed length strings: DIM name AS STRING * 10 |
on Mar 1 |
| How to create a DLL containing QB version 4.5 code? |
on Feb 26 |
| ...there is another solution to your problem Leonel |
on Feb 26 |
| Re: ...there is another solution to your problem Leonel | Leonel on Feb 26 |
| Is that from GW-Basic? |
on Feb 26 |
| I'm not sure if QB64 supports short form OPEN | qbguy on Feb 26 |
| * Not to my knowledge! |
on Feb 26 |
| Re: I'm not sure if QB64 supports short form OPEN | Anonymous on Mar 1 |
| * BINARY mode ignores any LEN = statement in the OPEN statement. |
on Feb 26 |
| Re: Is that from GW-Basic? | Leonel on Mar 1 |
| Can you provide some more details on what you are trying to do? |
on Feb 26 |
| Re: Can you provide some more details on what you are trying to do? | Anonymous on Feb 27 |
| Re: Can you provide some more details on what you are trying to do? | Leonel on Mar 1 |
| Sounds like a candidate for QB64 almost |
on Mar 1 |
| Re: Sounds like a candidate for QB64 almost | Leonel on Mar 2 |
| Right, this is a hard problem. |
on Mar 1 |
| QB64 will be the closest you will get to porting 60K lies of code. | Pete on Mar 1 |
| Re: Right, this is a hard problem. | Leonel on Mar 2 |
| Re: Right, this is a hard problem. | Leonel on Mar 2 |
| The Binary files probably use Microsoft Binary Format values too. |
on Mar 2 |
| More answers |
on Mar 2 |