Pete's QBASIC Site

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2008-07-02T20:47:10-05:00

Right click on the top, blue bar where Microsoft QuickBASIC is, then select Defaults, select the Layout tab. In the second frame on the right-hand side, change the height to 39. This should allow up to 36 visible lines on your screen.

Statistics: Posted by Ralph — Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:47 pm

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2008-07-01T02:08:48-05:00

JUST RUN THIS:

QB.EXE /H

Statistics: Posted by OPRESION — Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:08 am

resizeing the screen inside the editor

2008-07-01T00:34:50-05:00

I think there is a "(alt) and (+) "combo to sizeup and respectivly with the (-) to size down I belive it is alt it may be left control key I found it in "basics for dos" book I picked up at the goodwill of all places. I know it works but cant remember wich keys beside the +or- to use . if this dos'nt work email p/m me and I'll look it up for you I got a prety impressive programming library and can lookup anything you can ask on the subject for many different languages and platforms.

Statistics: Posted by iamdenteddisk — Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:34 am

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2007-08-15T06:57:33-05:00

You could just type in notepad and when you're finished, save to .bas

Statistics: Posted by Mentat — Wed Aug 15, 2007 6:57 am

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2007-08-14T20:38:26-05:00

alright, thanx guys...i guess scrolling isn't that bad, but i'll definitely check out that site.

Statistics: Posted by Raspberrypicker — Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:38 pm

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2007-08-14T20:18:48-05:00

You could also edit your code in a text editor like SciTE http://scintilla.sourceforge.net/SciTEDownload.html and then switch to run the QBasic ide when you want to test and debug your code. Then you'll be able to see a lot more of your code and (at least if you're running XP) you won't have to worry about QBasic taking up as many processor cycles all the time. (If you care about that.)

Statistics: Posted by Stoves — Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:18 pm

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2007-08-14T19:36:27-05:00

You have to maximize in-screen. I forgot how to do it, and it isn't much help. The best thing to do is get use to a screen. Just scroll a lot.

Statistics: Posted by Mentat — Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:36 pm

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2007-08-14T19:34:26-05:00

yes i know about that, but it still displays the same # of lines of code.

For example: In notepad you will see:
a
b
c
d
e

but when you maximize the screen you will see:
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
etc. etc.

There may be no way of doing this with qbasic, but if there is plz let me kno. thanx

Statistics: Posted by Raspberrypicker — Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:34 pm

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2007-08-14T17:58:50-05:00

Type:
"SCREEN 12"
run this

Statistics: Posted by Mentat — Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:58 pm

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2007-08-14T17:55:41-05:00

Is there a way to make my qbasic screen any bigger?

It would be a lot easier to see all of my code at once rather than having to scroll through different parts.

Statistics: Posted by Raspberrypicker — Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:55 pm