How to run DOS QB45 on Windows XP

[Guest]

I wrote some Quickbasic programs in QB45. How can I run them from Windows XP?

[John_Schofield]

It's actually no problem at all. Just make sure you have qb installed as normal (you can just copy files across a network if you have one or install via a dos box if you don't) and just set everything up as you would normally do.

I didn't know if my programs would run under xp so I tried it on a pc at work and had no problems with compatibility.

You can shortcut to your program as usual under any other version of Win (as far as I know)

Good luck

[Guest]

I had prob printing from QB in Windows, had to print to file then open file in Notepad and print from there. Any better idea??

Is anyone using dot matrix printer in Win (just for text type files of course)?

[Guest]

Did you want to print-through notepad?  If so, you should be able to use:

CmdDoThis$ = "notepad.exe /p " + SomePathAndFileName$
SHELL CmdDoThis$

There are of course some down-sides.  But if it is "For Your Eyes Only" type of printout then this quick fix may be what you are looking for.

--MiggyD

[John_Schofield]

I've not had any printer problems in any flavour of windows (touch wood) - perhaps you just have a quirky printer or is it one of these fancy 'windows printers' which don't actually have any dos capability?