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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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" ...
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| 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: ...
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| 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$. 10 a$ ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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) ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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% ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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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