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by Captainlazy
Sat Oct 15, 2005 7:15 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: easy PAINT question!!
Replies: 9
Views: 9939

wikid - thanks guys.
This forum is damn good!
by Captainlazy
Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:05 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: easy PAINT question!!
Replies: 9
Views: 9939

easy PAINT question!!

Im trying to use the PAINT function to fill a box on screen. I know that this code works fine: SCREEN 12 LINE (100, 100)-(150, 150), 4, B PAINT (101, 101), 9, 4 BUT... My box is slightly different. Using the LINE: LINE (616, 194)-(34, 456), 4, B what does my PAINT code need to be in order to fill th...
by Captainlazy
Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:26 am
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: inkey$ question
Replies: 13
Views: 13655

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Try this out, captainlazy

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WHILE KEY$ <>  CHR$(27)      'Makes the program stop if ESC is pressed.


Cheers guys, this is exactly the kind of thing i was looking for.
by Captainlazy
Thu Oct 13, 2005 1:52 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: inkey$ question
Replies: 13
Views: 13655

inkey$ question

Does anyone know the numbers of each keyboard character. I want to make a game character move with a single keypress but im not entirely sure how to do it. I seem to remember it being done by entering the the keyboard character number. Any ideas?? i know this is wrong but could someone correct this ...
by Captainlazy
Thu Oct 13, 2005 2:42 am
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: big stupid newbie questions
Replies: 34
Views: 40928

about this whole qb not working in xp. err... what little i have done so far has worked as well as what i thought it would. having said that, i have downloaded a couple of things that simply did not work. I though it may have perhaps just been errors in the programming but maybe not. I suppose, alth...
by Captainlazy
Wed Oct 12, 2005 5:19 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: big stupid newbie questions
Replies: 34
Views: 40928

What issue did you have with FB? I would love to help you work through it and allow you to use this wonderfull compiler. i dunno really - maybe its just the idea of working with something i have never used before. it may be better, faster, more features etc, but at the end of the day - qbasic worke...
by Captainlazy
Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:32 am
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: big stupid newbie questions
Replies: 34
Views: 40928

i have managed to get freebasic but it seems very different to qbasic. alot more complicated!! i think i may stick with qbasic. Any ideas where i can get a compiler for 1.1 and a copy of 4.5 from??
by Captainlazy
Tue Oct 11, 2005 1:04 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: big stupid newbie questions
Replies: 34
Views: 40928

big stupid newbie questions

Hi - just registered on what seems to be the best and only consistently updated qbasic site left on t'internet!! I did a bit of qbasic about 4-5 years ago and want to get back into it. I was using qbasic 4.5 i think, but now im not sure what is the best idea!? I tried to learn c++ but gave up with t...