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| Interactive QBASIC program | 8/14/2006 | Alex Barry |
Q: Sir, what is the QBASIC program that will compute the area of a triangle? area=1/2(bh)
A: Holy sounds-like homework question, but I'm in a good mood, so i'll just give the answer straight ...
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| program a game using qbasic | 8/8/2006 | Alex Barry |
Q: how do i program a game using qbasic
A: That is an extremely broad question, so i'll try and help you narrow it down a bit. First, what ...
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| Qbasic | 8/1/2006 | Don Schullian |
Q: I have a wonderful set of programe in qbasic - the source is "Numerical Recipes in Basic". ...
A: Ah.... you ask some BIG questions! ;) So, let me ask some back so I know, for sure, what you're ...
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| Quick basic and Microsoft word formatting | 7/22/2006 | Don Schullian |
Q: Don - It will be a technical document that I will eventually use in Microsoft word. There are many ...
A: Paula, I don't know what to tell you. .doc files are stored in Unicode (2 bytes per character) ...
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| QBasic substitute | 7/21/2006 | Don Schullian |
Q: Greetings. I am an instructor at a 5000 seat High School in The Bronx. We have been teaching ...
A: First of all, I'm not the security guy so I can't fully answer your question. However.... (love that ...
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| Quick basic and Microsoft word formatting | 7/20/2006 | Don Schullian |
Q: Don - Is that also true of a .txt document? Thanks, PaulaDear Don, In Quickbasic, is it possible to ...
A: Not at all, Paula. .txt files are read by most word processors. The only thing you need remember is ...
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| qbasic 4.5 | 7/16/2006 | Alex Barry |
Q: about that login program i asked about a couple days ago, How do i stop the Ctrl-C from ending the ...
A: (Sorry if I answered this on another one of your threads) You should look up the built-in command ...
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| qbasic 4.5 | 7/14/2006 | Alex Barry |
Q: I'm writing a sort of login program, almost done, it has a log of bad logins that is printed to ...
A: I ran this code, and you'll need to fix this subroutine (fix is this source): SUB load.users ...
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| Allocation of Grades for Scores | 6/28/2006 | Don Schullian |
Q: 1. In an examination Grades A-F are awarded using the following criteria : marks <20% Grade=F ...
A: Moses, If you'll get started on the code for these exercises I'll be more than happy to help you ...
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| Using a txt file to store a qbasic database | 6/2/2006 | Don Schullian |
Q: So qbasic can't read lines... Could you explain the array function and the random file? I think your ...
A: I'm still here! Random access files (look in the help file for all the gory details) create ...
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| Using a txt file to store a qbasic database | 6/1/2006 | Don Schullian |
Q: I've got a question about file handling. I'm using qbasic 1.1 (don't ask me why) and I need to know ...
A: The short answer to your question is "No". However..... Depending on the size of your question base ...
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| help | 5/18/2006 | Don Schullian |
Q: GOODDAY, Can you please help write a qbasic program to compute the following; mean, mode and median. ...
A: G'day, 1st of all we don't do homework so, if this is home work, you'll have to do it yourself. ...
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| Help with program | 5/18/2006 | Alex Barry |
Q: Goodday, Can you please help write a qbasic program to compute the following; mean, mode and median. ...
A: Please realize that I try and keep respect for anyone that asks a question here, so if you don't ...
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| question about QBasic | 5/15/2006 | Don Schullian |
Q: Followup To Question -Hi, I am currently working on an interface using QBasic. what I need to do ...
A: Steven, I'm not 100% sure about the code below but it should get you close. In your code ...
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| question about QBasic | 5/12/2006 | Don Schullian |
Q: I am currently working on an interface using QBasic. what I need to do is have the user input the ...
A: Sorry for the delay.... They were having a bit of problem with the answering pages. Ok... you're ...
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| question about QBasic | 5/11/2006 | Don Schullian |
Q: I am currently working on an interface using QBasic. what I need to do is have the user input the ...
A: I 'assume' you're working in DOS and it sounds like you're terminating the program then running the ...
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| Search array | 5/10/2006 | Alex Barry |
Q: I know you don't do homework, but I hope you can assist me in school program I'm working on. I'm ...
A: The problem was that you are using an array of data, but only giving the variable ( f.name$ and ...
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| Search array help | 5/10/2006 | Don Schullian |
Q: I know you don't do homework, but I hope you can assist me in school program I'm working on. I'm ...
A: You're close but you're loading up your array outside the loop. If you're going to use data ...
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| Run & Chain Commands | 5/9/2006 | Alex Barry |
Q: Is it possible to run a batch file [.bat] from a compiled Quickbasic program running on Windows 2000 ...
A: CHAIN "./batchfile.BAT" should work to the most of my knowledge. As far as RUN goes, it is more for ...
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| Telephone Directory array | 5/2/2006 | Don Schullian |
Q: This is not a homework or a school project. I purchased a book on QBASIC and I am trying to teach ...
A: You've asked a BIG question here with lots of parts so I'll start you off and if you've still got ...
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| aplhabetical sort | 4/18/2006 | Don Schullian |
Q: im making an anagram program, but first i need a way to sort 6 letters aplhabetically. i am going ...
A: There are several sort routines available for you to use but the question is; "Which one best fits ...
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| Qbasic | 3/27/2006 | Alex Barry |
Q: Well hello and i have done my homework and i just now need somebody to help me construct a ...
A: Well, I won't do the pseudo code for you, but I will gladly point you in the right direction ...
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| simpler way??? | 3/7/2006 | Don Schullian |
Q: ive made a program to find out all possible words from 3 to 6 letters made out of 6 letters. the ...
A: Cheech you REALLY need to ask easier questions! If you've already got the permiations (all different ...
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| Needing to search text files for specific words | 2/27/2006 | Don Schullian |
Q: I just want to know how you would go about searching a text file for a specific word, then having ...
A: There are several ways of going about this. The 1st task is to read in a line of text. Then you need ...
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| Concatenate Graphic Files | 2/16/2006 | Alex Barry |
Q: I would want please like to do the following: I have picture images in fragments of a particular ...
A: Well, loading images in *basic isn't always easy at all...I'd suggested googling "QBasic image ...
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| Concatenate Graphic file | 2/16/2006 | Don Schullian |
Q: I would want please like to do the following: I have picture images in fragments of a particular ...
A: Well, Gerald, I'd not want to tell you it's impossible but..... well..... seeings how DOS and QB ...
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| Q Basic | 2/15/2006 | Alex Barry |
Q: How can I loop any command in Qbasic AND How can I put the delay of certain time everytime I put a ...
A: You can do loops a few different ways, but I'll only cover 2 of them: DO LOOP ([UNTIL|WHILE] ...
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| QB45 | 2/15/2006 | Don Schullian |
Q: I have written many programs in QB45 for more years than I care to remember, some of which I still ...
A: Many years ago I switched to Windoze programming so I've never had to deal, directly, with your ...
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| change from dot matrix to laser in qbasic | 1/24/2006 | Don Schullian |
Q: Not even sure what escape codes are?we are using qbasic to run some old programs and we want to ...
A: Ok.. Escape codes are those that were designed to be used from DOS. They "usually" start with a ...
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| change from dot matrix to laser in qbasic | 1/23/2006 | Don Schullian |
Q: we are using qbasic to run some old programs and we want to change from the dotmatrix to laser ...
A: Ok, first thought is that you're going to have to find out if your printer accepts 'escape codes'. ...
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| disabling control alt delete keys in QuickBASIC 7.1 | 11/23/2005 | Don Schullian |
Q: I woukd like to be able to disable the control alt delete keys in my program. I believe it can be ...
A: Randy, Sorry, buddy, but you've stumped me. It's been a long, long time since my DOS days and, to ...
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| Find ALL drives with Quick Basic 4.5 | 11/16/2005 | Alex Barry |
Q: I need to search for all available drives that are ready (HDs, CDs in drive, USBs plugged in, etc.). ...
A: Unfortunately, how DOS works, it is almost impossible to do this with Q[uick]Basic. There may be ...
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| Passing user defined types to procedures | 11/4/2005 | Don Schullian |
Q: Is it possible to pass user defined types to procedures? If yes then please explain how. I am using ...
A: It has been many moons since I last used QB so I'm going to take a guess at what you need to do. You ...
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| Passing user defined types to procedures | 11/4/2005 | Alex Barry |
Q: Is it possible to pass user defined types to procedures? If yes then please explain how. I am using ...
A: It is quite possible, and there are no complex things you need to do :) [code] TYPE example a AS ...
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| FILE HANDLING | 11/2/2005 | Alex Barry |
Q: I USING QUICK BASIC EXTENDED. I CAN ONLY WRITE 16 RECORDS TO EACH OF MAY FILES. HOW CAN I GET MORE ...
A: quick basic extended? i've never heard of that, but I think i can help you non-the-less, but it ...
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| Homework Help | 11/2/2005 | Don Schullian |
Q: THIS IS MY ASSIGNMENT, AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE TO EVEN BEGIN! IS THERE ANYWAY YOU CAN PROVIDE ANY ...
A: 1st of all, I don't do homework. That said, what I will do is give you all the help you need and ask ...
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| homework help | 10/24/2005 | Don Schullian |
Q: I need to write a qbasic program for homework and I don't know where to begin. I've searched all ...
A: Ok.. There are 13 cards in a suit and 4 suits in the deck so you'll want to split your numbering ...
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| Qbasic program | 10/24/2005 | Don Schullian |
Q: please help im in computer science and we're using MSquickbasic to create animations now and its due ...
A: That's a new one for homework. Ok, there are several approaches to this but either you go the ...
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| A programming problem | 10/10/2005 | Alex Barry |
Q: r Barry I think you still remember me.I'm a freshman and I study computer at ...
A: You may want to look into logarithms... i'm not sure exactly how you'd do it all, but keep this in ...
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| FreeBasic Program | 10/1/2005 | Alex Barry |
Q: Need help sending the trim$(lower$ contents of a text file to an argument of a command... Below is ...
A: well, here's one problem in your code: <code> line input #f, a$ print a$ a1$ = lcase$(a$) ' ...
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