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Dos · Post by **Dos** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 1:42 pm

hello

am new with qbasic and have some question :

in vb & c /c++ they use directx and open gl what is the qbasic option in grahpics and is it easy to use or like directx ?

how can I import a Windows bitmap to qbasic ? and also music ?

thats all .

Dr_Davenstein · Post by **Dr_Davenstein** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 6:28 am

OpenGL and DirectX are programming libraries. There are several libraries for QB also, but not nearly as good. Most of the QB libraries are made for Screen 13(320x200) 8-BIT graphics mode. There are some others UGL, Future, and Xephyr(Xephyr sucks!)

Anyway, the man with the plan is Piptol. You can find all of the good files on his site...

http://piptol.qbasicnews.com/

Just goto files and read the descriptions.

Don't forget to download Ghini Run and Squealers TNT while you're there. They're legendary QB games... and both lots'a fun... It's actually pretty hard to believe that Ghini Run was made with QB.

If you need more help getting started with QB libraries, just post in the forum.

Dos · Post by **Dos** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 6:45 pm

this is useful . thank you

One more question : do you think Qbasic is worthy to learn ? I Heard that its easy and if some one learn it he well get good background for other programming languages . what do you think .

and about programming libraries are the easy to use any way
sorry am kind of rush on programming

thank you again

Dr_Davenstein · Post by **Dr_Davenstein** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 12:25 am

To me, it's definetly worth learning. I started with QB and now I'm learning C/C++.

Libraries are sometimes tough to install, but not to use. You can find alot of people to help you though. I'll help, just send me an email... or a private message on this forum with your questions.

Later!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:27 pm

I started in 1978 or so with BASIC. Learning BASIC, for me, was nice, because it is a relatively small language to learn, very English-like, and to the point in most things.

When QuickBASIC came along, I jumped in, as I found it very user-friendly, very fast, and very nice to use.

I heard many programmers (professional and amateurs), first rave for VB, then for C+ and other programming languages. But, to me, they are difficult to understand (that's me, now).

My personal thoughts are, as this relates to me:
1. I would recommend learning QuickBASIC first, due to its much easier to understand syntax and its smaller number of words.
2. Once you have mastered it enough, then try VB, which, for simple things, is "just like QB", and, for other things, allows you the GI (Graphic Interface) that Windows and Window-based programs use, including the Option Buttons, Message Boxes, Pull-down Menus, etc.

Other opinions on this?

Ralph A.