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- Mon Jul 26, 2010 5:55 pm
- Forum: QBasic / QuickBasic related
- Topic: Printing To a Network/Shared Printer From QB45 W/ XP PRO SP3
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3861
Hi Buff1 I never had this problem because I printed to my local printer And therefore did not realize that u were actually referring to the operating systems Printer and Fax setup troubleshooter and not a BASIC command from Powerbasic. I found this under Windows Help and Support Centre when trying t...
- Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:24 pm
- Forum: QBasic / QuickBasic related
- Topic: Printing To a Network/Shared Printer From QB45 W/ XP PRO SP3
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3861
printing to a LAN printer
I see our code is basically the same except that I suggested opening a file. U r opening the printer as a file which is the same as LPRINT. Have you tried LPT1 iso Lpt3? (Since QB apparently only sees the local LPT1 printer port) Sorry I cannot be of more assistance. But I will keep scratching aroun...
- Sun Jul 25, 2010 4:26 pm
- Forum: QBasic / QuickBasic related
- Topic: Printing To a Network/Shared Printer From QB45 W/ XP PRO SP3
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3861
Network Printing
My pennies worth The QB4.5 manual says: Qoute LPRINT. LPRINT USING xxx: Prints data on the printer LPT1: unquote This indicates that LPRINT only accesses the local printer port for LPT1. Since you are not printing to that port I doubt if u can print to a network printer. I did a quick one line qb pr...
- Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:48 pm
- Forum: QBasic / QuickBasic related
- Topic: The Obsolescence of QuickBasic
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4517
obsolescence of QB
Rick's reference to Freebasic is good advice BUT keep programming in QB4.5 and compile with Freebasic for 32 bit programs. To me it is QB4.5 with a turbo charger for the things we did not have. Compatibility and other goodies like audio files and loading *.bmp files and then save the *.bmp as *.bsv ...
- Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:21 pm
- Forum: QBasic / QuickBasic related
- Topic: Installing qb45
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4194
Installing QB4.5
I find that VISTA Home Basic is really a no no for Basic programs and Burgerbytes's (is this because he Bites Burgers - meaning hamburgers and not Citizens?) advice is the best. - USE DOSBOX - ! I tried a Screen 7 program and VISTA said - This system does not support Fullscreen. Phaw it does not sup...
- Fri Jul 23, 2010 4:50 pm
- Forum: QBasic / QuickBasic related
- Topic: QBasic Program help for a novice.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1014
DAS card on Qbasic
This is just a wild reply. If it runs under DOS re-installing win95 or installing win98SE or even Xp Pro should fix the WINDOWS problem but after so many years your hard-drive could start developing bad sectors and thus cause windows and other problems. So make a back-up of your program yesterday. (...
- Thu Jul 08, 2010 9:43 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Is this forum dead?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3174
Greetings to all Looking at the Forum VIEWED for the period 27 Jun 2010 to 8 July 2010: 1. How to run windows progs from QB. From 0 to 139 2. Larger QB. From 121 to 153 3. Install QB. From 1182 to 1277 4. Starting QB. From 178 to 205 I see we are not dead but appear to be shy. Remember there are no ...
- Tue Jun 29, 2010 4:11 pm
- Forum: QBasic / QuickBasic related
- Topic: Run Windows prog for SOUND on a QB45 program ( NOT SO GOOD)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1439
run windows prog to add sound to a qb45 prog
Hi One other point: the screen must be SCREEN 0 : WIDTH 80 , 43 Sndrec appears to use this screen size and if anything else is used say 80, 25 or width 40,25 it returns to a 80,43 screen. which leaves u with a tiny sized screen. ************* BAD NEWS ****************** I never used it for anything ...
- Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:29 am
- Forum: QBasic / QuickBasic related
- Topic: Run Windows prog for SOUND on a QB45 program ( NOT SO GOOD)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1439
Run windows prog to add sound to a QB45 prog
Ouch. So let us Debug my snippet: 1. Path to sndrec32.exe : It is normally under c:\windows\system32 : It was not on my PC so I extracted it from SP2 to the wrong directory. Sorry 2. Path to the Chimes and Tada.wav files. check if they are where they are supposed to be: C:\windows\media If these are...
- Sun Jun 27, 2010 9:26 pm
- Forum: QBasic / QuickBasic related
- Topic: Run Windows prog for SOUND on a QB45 program ( NOT SO GOOD)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1439
Run a windows prog to add SOUND to a QB45 Prog
Okay I cheated. Fishing for info because I could never figure it out for a graphics screen. Here is a snippet from my prog of approx about 21 years ago: It is mainly for short boom bang crash thats it, wrong etc (1-3 second ) You could play a music file but oh boy you must wait untill it finishes be...
- Sat Jun 26, 2010 10:56 am
- Forum: QBasic / QuickBasic related
- Topic: running qb45 larger
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1161
Running qb45 larger.
You shouldnt have any problems running qb45 directly under Windows Home Basic. (Thru to Xp Pro SP3 depending how the HardDrive is formatted. Compatability mode doesnt always work) Try this. Make a short cut to the desktop and then change the properties Under :- Program: Make sure Cmd line and Workin...
- Sat Jun 26, 2010 9:49 am
- Forum: QBasic / QuickBasic related
- Topic: Run Windows prog for SOUND on a QB45 program ( NOT SO GOOD)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1439
Run Windows prog for SOUND on a QB45 program ( NOT SO GOOD)
Good day everyone In Windows 98 there is a program START.EXE. I use it to run windows programs from within a QB45 program. I installed it under C:\QB45 I tried it again this morning and it still works under XP PRO SP3. To see how to use it. Go to Command prompt CD to the directory where it is instal...
- Thu Jun 24, 2010 12:57 pm
- Forum: QBasic / QuickBasic related
- Topic: Installing qb45
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4194
QB45 Correct directory
I checked BurgerBytes's demonstrator and got a black on blue screen. Big booboo I ran it from my sub folder c:\qb45\Q-Basic. On checking with the DOS Shell I found the directory was QB45 and not QB45\Q-BASIC. The correct way is to extract it to the QB45 folder and run it from there. His program is n...
- Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:17 pm
- Forum: QBasic / QuickBasic related
- Topic: Installing qb45
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4194
QB$.5 Autoexec.NT
Thanks for the info Burgerbytes. I compared the autoexec.nt under repair and system32 as well as the autoexec.n_ on the installation disk. They are all three exactly the same. I had a typo my OS is XP pro SP3 (not 2). Vista I've heard described as the worst of the worst. Worst than your description ...
- Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:48 am
- Forum: QBasic / QuickBasic related
- Topic: Installing qb45
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4194
Installing QB4.5
This is mainly for those who have the same problem. Microsoft warns that certain old programs wont run on NTFS. I have two hard drives. C: drive is formatted to FAT32 and D: drive NTFS. I installed qb4.5 on both drives. The NTFS drive says unable to run qb. The FAT32 drive runs it without problems. ...