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Hi Daniel,

Under Properties, -Layout-, Window size does say Width: 80, Height: 25, but the screen still comes on as 80x50. Also with Full screen it does fill the whole screen. I couldn't work with a Half screen.

I don't need/like the scroll bar when arrow keys and Page up/down keys do the same ...

Hi Daniel,

The reason I put the MODE CON in the .bat was because whenever I go to the COMMAND prompt, it is always in a 50 lines/screen mode and that is very annoying to read those lines all scrunched up. Unless there is another way of controlling that on start up?

The shortcut is a good idea. I ...

My Batch file, that I run every time I log-on to the "Command" ("DOS") screen, looks like this:

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MODE CON COLS=80 LINES=25 ' Set the screen to 80 char. by 25 lines.
DOSKEY ' To retrieve previously typed DOS ...

Good news!

I tried that same little test QB45 program this morning, and it worked.
I printed to the LPT1 printer and to the LPT3 printer.
I retrieved data from the #1 computer disk and printed to both printers. I did the same with data from computers #2, and #3. ????? Maybe it's because I rebooted ...

Thanks Daniel,

I'm still having problems with NET USE and LPTx. I set up LPT1, 2 and 3 with NET USE and added "persistent" to them all. When I ran a very small QB45 program for a test, it worked fine for LPT1, but when I changed the 1 to a 3, I got a "Device fault" error in QB5.

BTW: I found an ...

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for the printer option advice. I will try it as soon as I can. On Tuesday my 14 yr. old dog passed away and this week has been an ordeal for me. I haven't been able to get anything done, much less trying to get my new XP computer up and running QB.

Phil

Hi Buff1,

After I figured out that the NET USE command was a "DOS" command and not a QB command I typed it in and ran a QB45 program that calls for LPT3. It did work, although there was a delay before the printer responded. I am also researching other things that need to be done like disabling the ...

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for your response.

I am not using LPRINT, but assigning LPTx to a file. ie.

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DEV$ = "LPT3"
CLOSE #6: OPEN DEV$ FOR OUTPUT AS #6

PRINT #6, "HELLO LPT3"

PRINT #6, CHR$(27); "&l0H": ' eject page (ESC &l0H ...

I have just acquired a new computer with Windows XP PRO SP3. I have many Basic programs written in QB45 that I have been using since 1998. I would like to run them in source coding on my XP. I have transferred all the programs and files. I can access QB45 and start the programs, but I do not seem to ...