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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| QuickBasic 4.5 | 4/4/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: I've made quite a lot of programs in QB,they still run as EXE prog.in XP & Vista but since USB ... A: So, if your question is how to make that code work with a usb printer: 6000 DIM toprint AS STRING ... | ||
| leap year program for qbasic | 3/31/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: I need to know how to write a leap year program on quickbasic but i cant figure it out will someone ... A: Daniel, To figure that out, check out this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/214019 To move ... | ||
| IP Addresses | 3/26/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: but could you please tell me how to find other person's IP address when we are chatting with that ... A: Raman, You'll have to tell me how you are chatting with dos commands. Are you running a chat ... | ||
| QuickBasic 4.5 | 3/25/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: I've made quite a lot of programs in QB,they still run as EXE prog.in XP & Vista but since USB ... A: Laurent, Yes, it is true, DOS has some trouble communicating with USB printers, but there is a ... | ||
| DOS(disk operating sysytem) | 3/25/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: I am Raman .I wanna do DOS commands course could you please tell me that what the DOS commands ... A: Raman, I think a good place to start is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_DOS_commands As ... | ||
| Status Bit from serial port | 3/24/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: I was wondering if you could help. I am using DOS for a EPoS application and I need to know how to ... A: Andy, I can see what you are doing, but I think to help you, I'll need to see all of your code. ... | ||
| qb45/NI-488.2/WindowsXP | 3/23/2009 | Don Schullian |
| Q: I'm trying to get qb45 to talk/listen to test equipment over the gpib. The system is Windows XP and ... A: Sorry, I'm not going to be much help. I never messed that much with serial devices under DOS and ... | ||
| script writing | 3/22/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: I was wondering if you could help me write a simple "run" program or script. I have Windows Vista. ... A: Paul, This really isn't a QBasic question, but here are a few ideas: On your desktop, do a right ... | ||
| im a begginer on Qbasic can you help me? | 3/15/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: look i have been reading Qbasic for a little while now im on chapter 10 im having a hard time ... A: Greg, I have no idea what book you are on chapter 10 on, but if you want advice for creating ... | ||
| Finding modes with Qbasic | 3/13/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: Hey i'm a teacher and have been trying to write a program that will be able to give me information ... A: Jason, If you wanted to get the mode (most common number, yes?), there are a few ways to do it. I ... | ||
| Passing Parameters | 3/12/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: i hope you can give me some idea regarding my problem. Can I pass a parameter coming from the ... A: Again, QBasic doesn't have a built in function to see if a file exists. There are a few "hacks" to ... | ||
| Unique number generating | 3/10/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: I read your past answers but none of them seemed to help me with my problem.(this is the first time ... A: Thomas, To solve this, the easiest way is to make an array that stores all the numbers you draw. ... | ||
| COMPILED QUCKBASIC FILE | 3/9/2009 | Don Schullian |
| Q: I have a compiled quickbasic program that runs on my machine, the machine that created the *.exe ... A: Welcome, Dennis, to the Wild World of Programming! ;) That said there is no "logical" reason for ... | ||
| Passing Parameters | 3/9/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: i hope you can give me some idea regarding my problem. Can I pass a parameter coming from the ... A: Jojo, What you'll want is to use the COMMAND$() built-in array. I'm not sure if this will work ... | ||
| help | 3/6/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: I see you are an expert with qbasic, so i thought you sure were able to help me with my problem. See ... A: Faris, It looks like there are 3 steps to this program. First, you have to get the string name: ... | ||
| LPRINT statements | 2/26/2009 | Don Schullian |
| Q: I have been using QBASIC for many years, but with my newer computers (from 1992 on)the LPRINT ... A: Unfortunately this is just the way things are going. I'm now using VISTA which likes DOS less than ... | ||
| Combining files | 2/25/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: I have a series of .txt files that are all the same number rows and columns with rows separated by ... A: Tim, If I were you, this is how I would do it: ' x is the number of files you intend on using. ... | ||
| Quic Basic string manipulation | 2/24/2009 | Don Schullian |
| Q: I am working in QB 4.5 and trying to manipulate a string that represents sample information Below is ... A: Hay Tim, Ok, you've done the hard work! ;) Lets say you've got your file names in an array F$() ... | ||
| Quic Basic string manipulation | 2/22/2009 | Don Schullian |
| Q: I am working in QB 4.5 and trying to manipulate a string that represents sample information Below is ... A: The code below seems to work. I wrote routines like these decades ago but couldn't find the ... | ||
| Commodore 64 BASIC help | 2/20/2009 | Don Schullian |
| Q: I've been trying to write a program for C64 BASIC that uses a custom character set. According to ... A: I'm taking a shot here. By poking 12 into the low nibble all you're doing is changing a portion of ... | ||
| help!!!! | 2/14/2009 | Don Schullian |
| Q: sir i live in india im in class vii i need u to answer this question by to-morrow.The question ... A: This isn't as difficult as you may think. As we don't do homework here the best I can do for you is ... | ||
| qbasic | 2/11/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: Me again. Thanks for your help so far. I have your code up and running. The reason I tried it was ... A: Hey, Bill, A thought just occured to me, this may not help though, but in the UDT for RegType, ... | ||
| From which website you download Qbasic? | 2/8/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: From which website you download Qbasic? A: harsh, There used to be quite a few places to download it, but it seems that this number is ... | ||
| qbasic | 2/6/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: Have tried your mouse code posted 11/16/2007. All I get when I run it is numerous errors in the ... A: Bill, Sorry, I forgot some of qb1.1's syntax is more picky about periods Here is how the code ... | ||
| qbasic | 2/3/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: Have tried your mouse code posted 11/16/2007. All I get when I run it is numerous errors in the ... A: Bill, Yes, that mouse code is tailored for QBasic4.5 The reason it won't work is lesser versions ... | ||
| Records in Qbasic | 2/2/2009 | Don Schullian |
| Q: Hey Don, My name is Nayeera Ali and i am doing a QBasic assignment for school and I am ... A: Ok if your teacher hasn't gotten into passing variables then it's best to wait for it. For now just ... | ||
| Records in Qbasic | 2/1/2009 | Don Schullian |
| Q: Hey Don, My name is Nayeera Ali and i am doing a QBasic assignment for school and I am ... A: I think I see your problem and it should be easy to fix. The second SUB RoomAvailability should be ... | ||
| Records | 2/1/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: Hey Alex, My name is Nayeera Ali and i am doing a QBasic assignment for school and I am ... A: Nayeera Ali, It looks like your program is display the room availability, but is being erased right ... | ||
| Timer control problem in VBDOS | 2/1/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: I'm experimenting with simple machine control using VBDOS (Why VBDOS? Because I have it and because ... A: Graham, I, unfortunately, have not programmed in VBDOS before, so I really can't help you very much. ... | ||
| Using .bat to open a .prn in excel | 1/27/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: I've tried this one with a couple excel experts and seem to have them stumped...maybe you can help?? ... A: Jody, This isn't a QBasic question, but I may be able to help you out a little bit. First, *.prn ... | ||
| problem in log in | 1/25/2009 | Don Schullian |
| Q: i am developing a program called"calculate telephone bill". in this qbasic program,there is log in ... A: Ok, I've run through the code down to Label 10 and have found a couple of errors. I've made notes in ... | ||
| problem in reading sequencial file | 1/24/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: i am making a qbasic program that can calculate telephone bill.i made a log in system.each user have ... A: He, Saif, Your problem is in this chunk of code: OPEN "C:\tdata.dat" FOR INPUT AS #1 DO UNTIL ... | ||
| problem in reading sequencial file | 1/23/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: i am making a qbasic program that can calculate telephone bill.i made a log in system.each user have ... A: again, Saif, Sorry, I didn't realize, but my WHILE/WEND is a little faulty. Here is how step 6 ... | ||
| problem in reading sequencial file | 1/22/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: i am making a qbasic program that can calculate telephone bill.i made a log in system.each user have ... A: Saif, Here is how to correct the code: 6 CLS COLOR 7 PRINT " PLEASE LOGIN" COLOR 9 LOCATE 11, 1 ... | ||
| Quickbasic error (Duplicate definition) | 1/20/2009 | Don Schullian |
| Q: I am a self taught Quickbasic programmer having prepared a relatively complex forest inventory and ... A: There's no way I can be sure but it sounds like a memory issue. I'd bet that you're either running ... | ||
| Parsing data from a *.txt file | 1/20/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: I am working with a file in a format that has spaces between characters. I need to pull out each set ... A: Hey, Mike, I'm really not too sure what you mean by plotting. If you are making a graph, which ... | ||
| Parsing data from a *.txt file | 1/19/2009 | Alex Barry |
| Q: I am working with a file in a format that has spaces between characters. I need to pull out each set ... A: Mike, I think you'll want to try something like this: dim s as integer dim f as integer dim i as ... | ||
| reading lines | 12/28/2008 | Don Schullian |
| Q: I'm trying to read text file say on line 1,30 to show me whats there,which is a revision number and ... A: Ok... this is betting that the file HAS the data on line #1 OPEN FileName$ FOR INPUT AS #FileNbr% ... | ||
| reading lines | 12/27/2008 | Don Schullian |
| Q: I'm trying to read text file say on line 1,30 to show me whats there,which is a revision number and ... A: A "text file" is just a SEQuential file and can be read quite easily opening it like this: OPEN ... | ||
| Writing programs in BASIC | 12/25/2008 | Don Schullian |
| Q: Please, I find it difficult in writing programs in BASIC using Arrays and Strings(sorting,etc) Could ... A: All the best sorting routines were written decades ago and like most good programmers I don't ... | ||
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Alex Barry
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Expertise
I have been a qbasic programmer since 2000, creating games, minor libraries and various small programs. I have experience using interrupts, graphics, file input/output, the mouse cursor, and using libraries. I have also learned FreeBASIC, QB64, c/c++, python, lua, php and html.
I do not claim to be an absolute authority in any language, but I don't mind looking things up and learning with you.
Experience
I have been programming in *Basic dialects since 2000, as mentioned in my expertise. After a year of QBasic, I learned C and C++, and dabbled a little in ASM (I don't program in ASM - I literally just played around to see how things work). When QB64 and FreeBASIC were released, I played with those languages. At the time, FreeBASIC offered more functionality and I sided with that language for a while. During that time, while I was learning new languages, that I would see what scripting languages are available, where I took up python and lua. I started to notice a staleness to QB64's development (which I kept tabs on from time to time), and am now trying to be active in it's community and maybe in it's development in the future.
Currently, I am only active on the QB64.net forums, but I appear on occasion on FreeBASIC.net's forums as well.
Education/Credentials
Highschool - 2007
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