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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| Can a virtual serial port be created in DOS ? | 10/29/2007 | Alex Barry |
| Q: I'm looking for a program that will create a virtual com port in DOS. I have seen many applications ... A: Al. A virtual port is quite easy. dim i as integer i = FreeFile Com(2) On On Com(2) gosub ... | ||
| Sort and order | 10/18/2007 | Don Schullian |
| Q: Good morning! I'm beginning to program, I have two questions: I have a dat file with a list of ... A: Yes, I understand you perfectly. Congratulations on your studies of English. ;) The amount of ... | ||
| PrintScreen Key | 10/15/2007 | QBasic Mac |
| Q: I wrote a program in QBasic on XP and want to print the output screen. The PrintScreen key does not ... A: Printing is very difficult with QBasic on XP. Maybe impossible. If your screen was generated by ... | ||
| QuickBasic | 10/15/2007 | Don Schullian |
| Q: Hy! I have a problem with QuickBasic on Vista, I can't open the fullscreen mode(Screen 13, and so ... A: The short answer is: Get rid of the flawed O/S. The long answer is that you're attempting to mix ... | ||
| ISAM Database in VBDOS | 10/12/2007 | Alex Barry |
| Q: Not sure if you can help me. I am using VBDOS to make a EPoS application and I have NO idea how to ... A: I'm pretty sure QB4.5 and up comes with a myisam or just isam library. Check out the "lib" ... | ||
| ISAM Database in VBDOS | 10/9/2007 | Alex Barry |
| Q: Not sure if you can help me. I am using VBDOS to make a EPoS application and I have NO idea how to ... A: Andy, Sorry for the delayed reply. For databases, you should find a library file in here: ... | ||
| qbasic | 10/9/2007 | Don Schullian |
| Q: how to search for certain character in a string or an integer? example: search for all the "s" in ... A: No, Presh, you're in an endless loop by jumping back to 10 and re-assigning the value to A$. 10 a$ ... | ||
| qbasic | 10/7/2007 | Don Schullian |
| Q: how to search for certain character in a string or an integer? example: search for all the "s" in ... A: This sounds like homework so I'll just give you a hint or two then, when you have some code I'll ... | ||
| Print screen Key | 10/4/2007 | Don Schullian |
| Q: I wrote a horse race handicapping program years ago using the old BASIC languages. I used the print ... A: Robert Lee, You're trying to mix oranges and apples and are going to get nowhere trying to print ... | ||
| QB in Vista | 10/3/2007 | Alex Barry |
| Q: I have some QB 4.5 applications, that run fine in XP, which use COM1 for serial communications. Do ... A: To the most of my knowledge, qb should theoretically run fine on vista. My suggestion would be to ... | ||
| Attaching a qbasic program screen to an email | 10/3/2007 | QBasic Mac |
| Q: I want to attach a program written in quick basic to an e-mail. I would like to convert it to maybe ... A: Save your program as, for example, xxx.bas. Use notepad to look at it. If it is garble, return to qb ... | ||
| Bits | 9/23/2007 | Don Schullian |
| Q: I am doing experiments in qbasic on printer port, I want to check the status of ports in binary ... A: You've set yourself quite a difficult task here! First of all, unless the system the program is ... | ||
| delete qbasic files | 9/8/2007 | Alex Barry |
| Q: This may have to do with the fact that I am running qbasic on vista. I made a folder to store all ... A: Well, check to see when you save it what directory it is saving it under. that is most likely the ... | ||
| sorting routine | 9/7/2007 | Don Schullian |
| Q: I designed a sorting routine which works, but am intrigued in finding a way to do it through the ... A: Sounds like you've run head-on into Windoze! You're most likely going to have to stick with your own ... | ||
| read a .jpg file | 8/31/2007 | Alex Barry |
| Q: how i read a .jpg fail with C++ tanx ANSWER: Hello Although this is the Basic section, luckily I ... A: This is begining to sound like a homework-type question. I'll point you in the right direction, but ... | ||
| read a .jpg file | 8/30/2007 | Alex Barry |
| Q: how i read a .jpg fail with C++ tanx A: Although this is the Basic section, luckily I know c++. The easiest way is to use a library. ... | ||
| Reading an interrupt | 8/28/2007 | Don Schullian |
| Q: I'm running QBASIC on a dedicated machine that runs only DOS. A TSR program reads and decodes data ... A: First of all you've got the wrong programming language to mess with interrupts with. You'll want ... | ||
| Reading an interrupt | 8/28/2007 | Alex Barry |
| Q: I'm running QBASIC on a dedicated machine that runs only DOS. A TSR program reads and decodes data ... A: Neil well, there are a few things you'll need. I'll admit after looking for some answers, I still ... | ||
| blank screen using Alt-Enter | 8/24/2007 | Don Schullian |
| Q: I have put qbaisc on a 2.4 gig machine running windows 2000. When I use the alt-enter command to ... A: Getting DOS to run correctly under Windows has always been a bit a crap shoot. I don't think your ... | ||
| searching for data | 8/13/2007 | Don Schullian |
| Q: how do i search for variables and data stored on file and is it possible for qbasic to play music A: Easy question first: QBasic can play "music" easily through the PC speaker using the SOUND command. ... | ||
| QuickBasic program won't run in XP | 8/8/2007 | Don Schullian |
| Q: Don, I have a process model that was written in QuickBasic 4.5 some years ago, and while we have ... A: Sorry, can't do much for you. I've not written any DOS code in a decade. I know that XP can be a bit ... | ||
| Ini Files with QuickBasic | 8/7/2007 | Alex Barry |
| Q: I have 2 questions. Question1 How can I read in a ini file in to my program? I need to use a ini ... A: QBserial merely communicates with serial ports. You should be able to read status's without using a ... | ||
| Ini Files with QuickBasic | 8/6/2007 | Alex Barry |
| Q: I have 2 questions. Question1 How can I read in a ini file in to my program? I need to use a ini ... A: Hey there, Andy, I'll try my best to answer your questions. First, to read ini files, you'll have ... | ||
| help please | 7/27/2007 | Don Schullian |
| Q: PROBLEM 7. File Processing:(very similar to your Home work in chapter 13) 1) Create a file called ... A: You didn't say what the "problem" is so I'm going to take a shot here. You're not writing the ... | ||
| Enter key ascii code | 7/26/2007 | Alex Barry |
| Q: I am having trouble finding what the ascii key code is for the enter key. I am trying to use the ... A: Alex. You're in luck; ASCII codes are quite easy in QBasic. There are two main functions you should ... | ||
| Program start | 7/25/2007 | Don Schullian |
| Q: i am new to qbasic and am still learning how to use it. this is an example of a program i should try ... A: ;) Ok.. what you've got here is homework and we don't do homework but I will help you out all I ... | ||
| How to unlock old GWBasic code | 7/23/2007 | Don Schullian |
| Q: I have a few modules of GwBasic code from 1982 that I need to convert to VBA in order to bring the ... A: Allan, Looong time since I've used this one so I went looking on the net and found the answer(s) ... | ||
| How can I set a high-intensity color background in the text mode in QBasic, QuickBasic?: | 7/19/2007 | Alex Barry |
| Q: How can I set a high-intensity color background in the text mode in QBasic, QuickBasic? I want: ... A: Sorry for the delay. I was sure I already answered this, but I guess I didn't. Oh well. Here we ... | ||
| How can I set a high-intensity color background in the text mode in QBasic, QuickBasic?: | 7/19/2007 | Don Schullian |
| Q: How can I set a high-intensity color background in the text mode in QBasic, QuickBasic? I want: ... A: IIRC (and it has been a looooong time) Qbasic only accepts inline ASM instructions to access ... | ||
| Basic References | 7/17/2007 | Don Schullian |
| Q: My father, who is now 86, has been using BASIC to write mini programs (games, calendars, etc) since ... A: I fully understand his problem! ;) I, too, have been around since Commodore days and, to tell the ... | ||
| COM1 communication in QuickBasic4.5 | 7/15/2007 | Alex Barry |
| Q: I am writing a very large program in QuickBasic (~2100 lines) and I am having problems with a ... A: again, I've done some more snooping around for information about qb com port routines. I found a ... | ||
| COM1 communication in QuickBasic4.5 | 7/13/2007 | Alex Barry |
| Q: I am writing a very large program in QuickBasic (~2100 lines) and I am having problems with a ... A: Hey, Andrew, Using serial ports and such is a little tricky in QBasic, but not impossible. I ... | ||
| qbasic program | 7/12/2007 | QBasic Mac |
| Q: It has been a while, but I have another little lotto program I'd like to get some help with since I ... A: I'm guessing you mean that in response to the prompt How many times to run before stopping? you ... | ||
| qbasic program | 7/11/2007 | QBasic Mac |
| Q: It has been a while, but I have another little lotto program I'd like to get some help with since I ... A: SCREEN 0 DO COLOR 12, 0 CLS LOCATE 1, 2: PRINT CHR$(201); STRING$(38, 205); CHR$(187); FOR ... | ||
| qbasic program | 7/10/2007 | QBasic Mac |
| Q: It has been a while, but I have another little lotto program I'd like to get some help with since I ... A: I think the idea of this forum is for you to post your program here so future researchers can see ... | ||
| string manipulation | 6/14/2007 | QBasic Mac |
| Q: I need a program to output all possible permutations of a word of x length (i.e. all permutations of ... A: DECLARE SUB Permutations (ff AS INTEGER, c AS STRING) CONST File = "scrn:"' Make this a file if ... | ||
| programming | 6/13/2007 | QBasic Mac |
| Q: Write a basic program with a junior school boy in mind as the user, sitting at the terminal keyboard ... A: If you like this answer, remember to give me a good rating! Mac [code] DECLARE FUNCTION GetRange% ... | ||
| GW.BASIC | 6/2/2007 | Don Schullian |
| Q: i have saved my programs in my hard disk but now i want all that program saved in floppy drive ... A: Sorry but I can't tell you where the .BAS files are. I can only suggest that you look in the same ... | ||
| hi | 6/2/2007 | Don Schullian |
| Q: what meain is qbasic? A: QBasic was a type of programming language that was given, free, by MicroSoft, along with DOS and old ... | ||
| Commodore BASIC | 6/1/2007 | Don Schullian |
| Q: I am just learning how to program on a commodore 64; this computer uses the standard BASIC 2.0(i.e ... A: You're falling afoul of data types in the line 30 and maybe even in the DATA statements. 30 READ ... | ||
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Alex Barry
Top Expert on this page
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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