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| | Hi Guys, Could anyone tell me what is the best book I can use to learn Qbasic pretty fast? I am knowledgable in Visual Basic, I am hoping it will help me with my qbasic learning. Ini |
| | Hi Folks, need some help with converting the following QBasic code to Dalphi LPRINT chr$(27);"[@";chr$(4);chr$(0);chr$(0);chr$(0);chr$(34);chr$(0) It prints double line spacing, double character height. the Delphi code write(#27'W1' + 'Test page') - Double width printing works ok Thanks Ken |
 | Have been asked to convert a set of programs from QBASIC to VB6. Any real pitfalls that i should watch out for? FWIW, my BASIC experience is mainly GW-BASIC and earlier. And yes, i WILL be RTFMing. tke  |
| | Ok so I have a program to read three exam scores from 6 students. I have to make the program average the 3 exam scores for each student and then have an average for each invidual exam. Then have a total average for every score there. Blah I can't get … |
| | [B][COLOR=Blue]dude theres a simple overide solution search the WINDOWS folder for AUTOEXEC.NT and copy it to C:\WINDOWS\System32 and voila!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Qbasic will work. Now if you want Qbasic 7.1 or a copy of AUTOEXEC.NT email me at :idea: :idea: <snip> :idea: :idea: :mrgreen: [/COLOR] [/B] |
| | Does anyone know how to count the number of characters words in a string or in anything in QBasic? I'm trying to make a hangman game and I have a list of all my words but i need to find out how to count characters for the blank spaces, you … |
 | Hello. I am a newby and I am taking an "introductioin to programming" class. I have to write some code in qbasic for a grade and qbasic will not run on my Xp(sp2) machine. Is there an easy way to make this dinosaur run? thanx................. |
| | My new PC is eMachines3260, it has an HPdeskjet 3840 printer, it has windowsXP pre-installed by the supplier. The old PC had windows98 and its printer (HP deskjet 695c) is now US. Qbasic was installed on the old PC by its supplier, I have no software disc for the Qbasic … |
 | I was wondering is there a way you can create a small operating system that can fit into you floppy disk? :surprised |
| | Here I have put together a small program compiled from the ideas of other members on this forum. It allow all DOS programs to work again on Windows XP including QBasic!!! Here Is the Link! [url]http://www.winxpdos.tk/[/url] Just Download DosWINXP - Fix and follow the instructions during the setup. |
| | Hi- I am completely new at programming. In fact, I haven't even started classes yet, just reading an old second-hand book on QBASIC. I've gotten to a part where it tells me how to get into QBASIC and how to write a sample program. At the DOS prompt, I typed … |
| | I have the following problem: 2 years ago I did a Qbasic program which calculated a graphic, show this graphic on the screen and then the graphic is sended to Printer. The statement I used was << SHELL "prtscr.exe" >> where ptrscr.exe y a program which capture the screen and … |
 | Which type of basic came first? Is there muchly of a difference?  |
| | hope someone can help-i am working on a radio telescope and need to input data thru the parallel or serial port into a computer and have the computer display said data.i would like to use qbasic altho nominal i do have some experience in qbasic. i have seen refferences to … |
| | Hmm I get this stupid Binding error comes up in the bottom left corner if anyone knows how to fix it please help.  |
| | If you want your BASIC progs to go on running on XP you can do any of the following:- (a) Get rid of Windows Wait 2years and CHINA will do this for you The reason Windows is a mess is it was forced to inherit all manner of conflicting protocols … |
| | After compiling a QBasic program, an object code file is created (.obj). My question is: How do I look at that file? I've tried opening it with a number of different programs, but all I get is gibberish. Thanks for any help.... |
| | On 15 Nov 2004 Bill Gates downloaded a "fix" to my Win XP (without informing me) From then on XP no longer allowed me to run BASIC I have been writing ALL my progs in BASIC for 30 years so this is catastrophic. Has anyone ideas who to contact who … |
| | Can somebody help me. I need to convert a programme from Qbasic to Java. Any help is much appreciated. Peter |
| | Trying to run QBASIC 1.1 in Windows XP Professional, I get Error message "16-bit MS-DOS Subsystem, Please Input Parameters for this Application". What is wanted here? What should I enter to run QBASIC? |
| | I was wondering if anyone could aid me by telling me the code or an example of code, for making objects move when a user hits an arrow key or any key for that matter. I've been searching for days for a tutorial to aid me, but have come up … |
| | What do I need to do if I get an error in QBasic saying [CODE]call absolute[/CODE] and it doesn't work - or something like that. I don't have absolute to call?!? This is when I have been looking at other peoples code and then trying to run them. Help! Thanks, … |
| | I am having trouble getting the right code to look at a .txt file and print a random word from a list, going down the .txt file. I can get it to open the file which i think is: [B]OPEN "whatever" FOR INPUT AS [/B] ? and then [B]print[/B] ? … |
| | Greetings......... I bought a basic application that doesn't print out a hard copy properly. The sellers of same can't figure out what the problem w/their code is. Would like to get a "bare bones" Qbasic app without mortgaging my very being. Am I asking too much, or is my need … |
| | concepts I am using the GOSUB statements and subroutines, I have completed the input statements it is a payroll program Input: employee number number of dependents hourly rate hours worked Ouput: employee number number of dependents hourly rate hours worked also the gross pay, and federal tax have to be …  |
| | Hello I only know qbasic and some c++ and a little asm, I have never programmed for windows, I recently ordered a book on qbasic with an introduction to visual basic 5.0. What should I be prepared for? what is this about forms? and what does object oriented really mean? … |
| | OK, not the best title but in essence true. I have programmed in Quickbasic since 1995. I love the language, but changes in printers, the adddition of USB ports, and the change to DOS emulation on the 2000/NT/XP platforms indicate a need for another language. I wrote a VB.NET console … |
| | I head about a qbasic program that could make files undeletable... it only worked on ME or something though. Anybody here happen to have that code:?: |
| | [color=black][font=Times New Roman]If anyone still knows Qbasic could you take a look at this code for me?[/font][/color] CLS READ nam$, addr$ DO UNTIL nam$ = "END OF DATA" PRINT nam$, addr$ READ nam$, addr$ LOOP DATA ANNE DOE, 1234 BAKER ST., BRUCE LEE, 457 HIGH ST. DATA HOPE SEW, 222 … |
| | [size=+0]I'm helping a friend to finish her final programming assignment. One of the problems is that I can't get the Account number to output properly. I just get "Error" to output when it's suppose to compare the input Account$ from the third file to the AccountsTable$ in the second file … |
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