Compiling .Bas files from MS-DOS

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cryptid
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Compiling .Bas files from MS-DOS

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is there are way to compile a .Bas file to .exe from MS-Dos
say i have a .Bas file and the qb.exe and the other files such as link.exe BC.exe & the .lib files in the same folder will it be possible to compile the program into a .exe file

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is there a command like |C:\WINDOWS\QB45\qb -c File.bas| to compile the bas file to .exe

Basically i dont want to use Qbasic itself to compile the program,,, i am actually writing a program which generates .BAS file so i also want the bas file to get compiled automatically

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Post by DrV »

If you're using QB of any sort other than 1.1 (the one that came with DOS and Win95, etc.) then you can use BC.EXE - just run it without parameters and it will prompt you for the information, which you can then put into a command-line form. Then you will need to use LINK to link all the .obj files (plus the QB runtime libs) into a .EXE file.
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Post by guest »

where can i get another version of qbasic other than 1.1?
and what does compiling mean?
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Post by {Nathan} »

compiling means converting the program into machine code so your processor can run it. Get qb45 here, at www.qb4all.com, www.qbnz.com, ect, and ect.
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BC ompiler Options... Etc..

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A description of what a compiler does, the BC compiler options and metacommands are here:

http://qbcm.hybd.net/issues/1-9/#letters
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