QB4.5 help the newbie please

Lizard175 · Post by **Lizard175** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 1:18 am

I downloaded QB4.5, extracted it, and tried to open it. It gave me a popup error.
At the top it says "16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem"
Then gave the pathname for QB.pif
Then it says "Invalid startup directory, please check your pif file."

What is wrong and what should I do?
I'm running on XP if that helps.
Thanks in advance

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 3:50 am

I use Windows XP Home Edition, adnd, here's what I did that worked:

I hit the Compilers Downloads on this site, hit QB45.zip, clicked on Save, and saved it to my particular directory, which I called QB, where it downloaded.

Next, I hit the QB45.zip, and got a bunch of files, including QB.EXE, a 187 KB Application. I double clicked on QB.EXE, got a popup with three choices, Extract all, Run, Cancel. I chose Run, again Run, and, there it is, the compiler is up and running!

lizard175 · Post by **lizard175** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:24 pm

Ah, that worked. Thank you

JeremyR · Post by **JeremyR** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:32 pm

If you extracted it though you could do the following to fix the problem:

After it is extracted,...
1) Right click on the .pif file and click Properties
2) Select the "Program" tab
3) Select the "Working Directory" textbox
4) Change whatever is in this box to the directory where QB.EXE is stored. (e.g. If it is "C:\QB45\QB.EXE" set working directory to "C:\QB45")
5) Click OK.

Or you could remove the working directory all together, but I recommend just setting it.

Hope this helps.

Jeremy Rosenberg
blandestvertigo@yahoo.com

lizard175 · Post by **lizard175** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 12:23 am

Yes, thank you, that works better

~XUS~ · Post by **~XUS~** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 9:10 pm

I too need help. I downloaded some extractor thingy and ran it, but when I try to compile one of my progs into an exe, it says its missing some necessary file. I can't currently give any details due to undisclosed reasons, but I'll post again with the specefics if no one can yet help me.

Dr_Davenstein · Post by **Dr_Davenstein** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 5:17 am

You know, you guys could always give FreeBasic a shot. Yes, it's free, hence the name, FreeBasic!

~XUS~ · Post by **~XUS~** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 9:21 pm

What es this Free Basic, eh? And what is theis DOSbox thing i downloaded for no appearant reason?

~XUS~ · Post by **~XUS~** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:09 pm

Holy crap! DosBOX can run Wing Commander? I have 2 of those games.

Dr_Davenstein · Post by **Dr_Davenstein** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 9:45 am

You can make stuff like this with FreeBasic.

http://www.qbnz.com/dr_davenstein/Freebio.zip

If it runs slow for you, then it's not FreeBasic, it's the drivers. All you have to do is delete OpenGL32.dll and Glu32.dll from the folder after you extract it.

Droffats · Post by **Droffats** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:12 am

When ever I try to run it I get this error

Droffats · Post by **Droffats** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:29 am

And when I try to compile and run bas files in FreeBasic I get this error

Dr_Davenstein · Post by **Dr_Davenstein** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 6:10 am

Okay, try this instead.

http://www.hot.ee/fbide/FBIde33a+FBC012.exe

As the filename suggests, it's FBIDE33a. It installs for you automatically. I think what happened is that the compiler can't find the lib files it needs.

Droffats · Post by **Droffats** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:12 pm

Awesome, that fixed it. Thanks a lot!

Dr_Davenstein · Post by **Dr_Davenstein** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 5:37 am

No problem.

I'm just glad to turn someone else on to FreeBASIC. If you want to join a large(generally friendly) community with a whole section dedicated to FreeBASIC...

GOTO

http://www.qbasicnews.com

Hope to see you there!