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I have a project. Our prof. said to choose between a smiling face animation and a maze game using gotoxy() im just a 1st year and programming isnt our major. My compiler is tc. Can anybody give me some code or something. I'm in a rush so please i would …
Pls frnds help me with these question in qbasic programming. 1. Write basic statement to assign two values 400 and 200, reading a data list to the identifier L and W 2. Write a program to point the value of a box with dimension 3 by 4 by 6, print …
write a program in Q basic programming language that will produce and calculate the average of five numbers.
Is any one know about Quick Basic is a popular DOS programming language developed in 1980’s and it was widely used by many of the US companies for games, software for small businesses. As the programming technique had easy steps, it derived the name. It is an updated version of …
I have built a Canasta card game in MS-DOS and I am now stuck on how create a computer competitor. What I need is someone to tell me how the computer should go about his turn in a four-handed partnership game. This game requires two cards to draw and two …
1. Is QBasic a language for beginners? 2. How is it different to modern languages like c#? 3. What kind of development is it best suited for?
I downloaded QBASIC 4.5 onto a Windows XP computer, and placed it into C:\QBASIC\. When I try to run QB.EXE though, I get the error: C:\QBASIC\QB.EXE Invalid startup directory, please check your pif file. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application. What do I do here?
I was wondering what DIM means in psuedocode? I ran across this in my research and I can understand everything except for the DIM and it would help a lot if someone else could let me know what this means. I am working on the simple array process and having …
what does the DIM mean in this code? I understand everything else. Process 1. Display “Salary Average” as program title 2. Prompt user for employee names 3. Prompt user for employee salary 4. Convert average salary 5. Count salaries above average salary 6. Count salaries below average salary 7. Post …
Hello! I am having a hard time with pseudo-code and I have come up with what is below for this question: Input a list of employee names and salaries, and determine the mean (average) salary as well as the number of salaries above and below the mean. Do you see …
im taking a qbasic class and am having a very hard time on this program...here is the question: Using the ASCII table and the CHR$ function, write a program that prints the following output using a nested for next loop: A AB ABC ABCD ABCDE -------------------------------------------------------------------- heres what I have …
Is there a way on how to integrate QBasic into VB program? What is/are the process to do it if possible? Anyone who can help me. Thanks!
Help Write a Basic Program to convert number from 0 to 999999 in words In Qbasic or Java Programming language
I have been using Qbasic 1.1 in MS DOS 6.22 PCs upto P4. In view of the changing hardware scenerio, I wish to migrate to VB inside Windows 7 32 bit machines. Should i rewrite all code in VB or can I import .bas files created in Qbasic 1.1 into …
When I ran windows 98 I wrote prograns in QB-basic and Q-basic witch I converted in QB-basic to machine language to run on all dos. I would like to be able to run them now when I have windows XP. How can I do that?
Hello. I am new to this website. And looking for some help. I want to eventually go to college for Computer programming to work on Video games. My only experience is a few years ago, I had limited use of QBASIC. I am wondering what programs I can use and …
For next loop in qbasic? hey i am taking a beginner's course in programming and i have been asked to tackle this question using the for loop its like i have to write a program that will print the numbers as follows.. 1 12 123 1234 12345 123456 how can …
quick basic printing program he wrote to print some graphs and data reports and it is a long program. We just need the data files saved to file in the same format that it prints in.It was set-up to print to a Epson LQ-570+ matrix printer. Can anyone help with …
Hi. I am posting here because I thought maybe you guys could help me with a QBasic thing. I am trying to make educational software in Qbasic, namely a quiz creator software. I will have the Questions and quiz answers in files on the hard disk. How do I print …
Can you help me to communicate between a 8051 based micro controller and a PC via RS232 ? I built this µC system some years ago; the PC interface is written in Qbasic. Everything was all right untill I switched to Win XP. I'm looking for either a Qbasic version …
i need a complete project as a computer science for my project using visual basic and Qbasic program.
Hi ladies and gents I am a Communications/TV/Video Technician and whilst I haven't been involved in professional computer setups and maintenance, I've fiddled at home and enjoyed it in between the frustrating experiences! (I'm sure nobody else suffers from this). I happened by your forum as I searched for sites …
Hey, My name's Akhil... I am a grade 11 student in Canada (16 year old). I came to Canada a year ago. Before that I was in Dubai for 10 years. I've been interested in computers since the age of 4. I used to love typing (random stuff of course) …
I used QB in the early 90's, but I seem to have forgotten most of what I knew then. I have just installed QB 4.5 on XP and I get QB in a short 640 wide window that's too small to work in. I've set the pif to "maximum", but …
Hi, this is Dean from Malta I'm 16 (at the time of typing, duh...) and I began to program at the age of 10, when I began experimenting with QBasic (which by the way, my father still used at the time to program PABXs for Connect!)... since then I've proudly …
I am an 81 year pensioner and my only enjoyment now is my computer. That's when I feel OK. Years ago I started on an Amstrad PCP 6128 and taught myself to write basic programs. When I switched to a PC I translated my procrams to Qbasic I still use …
My QBASIC programs do not run under Windows XP. Specifically, LPRINT does nothing. I have spent a lot of time & effort over the past 15 years programming in QBASIC with lots of useful and profitable programs. I really do not want to start over with Visual Basic unless there …
I recently updated my system to XP-2 with a pentium III. I have a number of qbasic programs I developed to use in my hobbies and lo and behold, I can't print to my usb port. The programs run okay. I should think this is a problem that has been …
I got XP to run QB by trial and error, messing with its bootup files But with Vista there seems to be no way I have 30 yeatrs of QB progs at stake here! Many thanks esdel B
Hey I was having a major problem in creating a complex number pyramid. The user inputs a number of rows, but if it exceeds 20 it would go off page, so 1-20. I have a nested For loop (using QBasic) that looks something like this for x = 1 to …
I look at BCX-basic as a modernized qbasic. This simple code creates a Windows GUI program that plays a midi instrumental music file. To keep it simple, the file it looks for is "TheRose.mid" file. If you don't have this file, you have the option of editing the code, or …
One more look at BCX basic code to show the qbasic programmers how they can modernize. This shows a function that converts an integer value to a binary string. Notice that with BCX basic you need to declare your variables. Makes the code a little easier to read too. Variable, …
New to me, but MS InternetExplorer does have COM support you can access from basic code. I had to test this out and make it work. We are using BCX basic, one of the successors to Qbasic.
This is a little program in QBasic which counts the number of characters in a string. Made by Buff - two errors removed by me. Thanks Buff.
I'm not at all sure where to put this question. It's been a long tine since I messed with basic, and I'm not a programmer of any kind. I got interested in a method for calculating the Golden mean, and I'm hoping some kind soul will point me in the …
The name's Austin. I've been programming for about a year now, off and on. I started with QBASIC, then moved to Python and C++. Now that I have more free time over the summer, I'd like to get more serious into programming. I really haven't created anything meaningful with these …
Newbie to QB - I have an assignment to create a grade sheet for one student. Must list name, instructor, class, test grades 1 through 5, average, low grade, high grade and new average with lowest grade dropped. I am so confused about arrays. I am using examples from class …
Greetings, I have learned QBasic and VBasic way back in school but never figured I be using it anytime. Of course they taught us only very basic codes. Well, years passes and I am in mood of writing some applications. Well my very first application was a basic calculation application. …
I hope this is the correct forum I am converting some qbasic to vba and have come undone. The qbasic lines - FOR I = 1 TO A IF B(I) > 0 THEN PRINT "("; C(I); "="; D(I); ")"; END IF NEXT I screen prints the values for SLENGTH and …
I wanna share with my friends but they dun have QBasic on thier comp. Ill put my programs on a floppy disc an give it to em but i cant figure out how to make them able to run without the actual QBasic program. It gets so frustrating! :evil:
The problem is I am not very educated in Qbasic and my teacher has given me a project of making a hangman game. But I don't know how to so please I need your help. I need a simple hangman game with figure of a hanging man using line and …
If a person composes a short program and hit's F5 or "run" the output will fit on the viewers screen. I have composed a long program for homework purposes, and once I hit F5 or "run" I do not see the WHOLE program output. Only the bottom half. By hitting …
Sorry if this belongs elsewhere, it's BASIC, so VB is the closest. (By the way, long time no post for me, I'm back, yay) Okay. I'm writing a game (a SRPG) in QBASIC (wicked leet, huh?) so that my friends can edit it and crap (I know other languages, but …
I am a self taught VB programmer and have been coding vb for about 9 years. I took a VB course at a community college as a requirement. The class did teach some fundamentals and was great exposure, however, even w/ an A avg. I was no programmer after the …
Dear all i am using QBasic language in DOS plateform i.e. in CUI mode. No w i want to upload the jpeg file format picture. Pls help me if you have any idea or code in QBasic . Thank you Giriraj
I know I probably shouldn't be posting this here...but it's one of the most populated boards. Anyways, I was wondering if Qbasic can be used for anything other than a basic input/output program.:?:
Hi, I am trying to read a old basic (qbasic4) into vb6. As expected Im told to convert to text first. Problem is I dont have qb any more! Is this freely available or is there a read and convert prog available. Thanks for any help! philip
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Thanks for the very welcoming emails. I am a business/systems analyst with a large insurance company. I have been assigned the task of documenting, in business language, what some very old QBASIC programs do. As I am not a programmer, and have no experience with QBASIC (COBOL II is what …
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