Post by barrti on Jun 20, 2024 16:46:07 GMT
Hi, I'm definitely new at QB64and this forum. I have just installed QB64 v2.02 on my windows 11 laptop.
I have found some old programs written in an older book intended for MacOS Quickbasic. The book is probably about 1990.
I was hoping to just enter the code without too many problems. The first program I tried was just fine, it ran as expected. It had no graphical commands, just text based input and output.
The second one gave me immediate problems with the WINDOW command. I have included the first part of this program intended for MacOS Quickbasic below.
I get the feeling that the WINDOW command works differently in MacOS Quickbasic to IBM Quickbasic. I have looked at the WINDOW command in the QB64 Wiki but I can't relate it to how it is used in the code below.
As soon as I enter WINDOW 1, I get a syntax error that tells me what its expecting.
Can anyone assist here? How can I find out how to write these programs intended for the original MacOS Quickbasic, so that they work in QB64 on a Windows laptop?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Program 1.2 Excerpt (at beginning)
WINDOW 1
REM A TWO STROKE ENGINE
WINDOW 2,"CLICK BOX",(201,50)-(400,450),1
PRINT "SELECT BY BUTTON"
WINDOW 3,"CURRENT DATA",(10,50)-(200,450),1
WINDOW 4,"DATA INPUT",(400,50)-(600,450),1
WINDOW 5,"ACTION BOX",(10,430)-(600,480),1
WINDOW 6,"EXHAUST TYPE",(400,50)-(600,450),1
WINDOW 1
100 INPUT"NEW DATA OR FILE DATA (TYPE N OR F)?";D$
IF D$="N" THEN GOTO 110
IF D$="F" THEN GOSUB FILED
110 WINDOW 3
CLS
I have found some old programs written in an older book intended for MacOS Quickbasic. The book is probably about 1990.
I was hoping to just enter the code without too many problems. The first program I tried was just fine, it ran as expected. It had no graphical commands, just text based input and output.
The second one gave me immediate problems with the WINDOW command. I have included the first part of this program intended for MacOS Quickbasic below.
I get the feeling that the WINDOW command works differently in MacOS Quickbasic to IBM Quickbasic. I have looked at the WINDOW command in the QB64 Wiki but I can't relate it to how it is used in the code below.
As soon as I enter WINDOW 1, I get a syntax error that tells me what its expecting.
Can anyone assist here? How can I find out how to write these programs intended for the original MacOS Quickbasic, so that they work in QB64 on a Windows laptop?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Program 1.2 Excerpt (at beginning)
WINDOW 1
REM A TWO STROKE ENGINE
WINDOW 2,"CLICK BOX",(201,50)-(400,450),1
PRINT "SELECT BY BUTTON"
WINDOW 3,"CURRENT DATA",(10,50)-(200,450),1
WINDOW 4,"DATA INPUT",(400,50)-(600,450),1
WINDOW 5,"ACTION BOX",(10,430)-(600,480),1
WINDOW 6,"EXHAUST TYPE",(400,50)-(600,450),1
WINDOW 1
100 INPUT"NEW DATA OR FILE DATA (TYPE N OR F)?";D$
IF D$="N" THEN GOTO 110
IF D$="F" THEN GOSUB FILED
110 WINDOW 3
CLS
