jimtaylor

I have 2 Dell 1420's, both running under Vista Home Premium. One is a few months older than the other. I am running Borland C++ Builder Personal Version 6.0 on both of them. The older computer runs the c++ compiler flawlessly. On the newer computer, however, the debugger isn't working …

Dumb question #18: How can I, in C++ (Borland) sound a musical note or a series of notes? Jim Taylor

There follows a fragment of a program in Borland C++: void __fastcall TForm1::FormCreate(TObject *Sender) { Memo1->Clear(); ListBox1->Clear(); Memo1->Lines->LoadFromFile("c:\\blitz\\history.txt"); a=Memo1->Lines->Count; x=0; while (x<a) { str1=Memo1->Lines->Strings[x]; if (str1 != "") { DATA MANIPULATION HERE, THEN if (ListBox1->Items->Count==0) ListBox1->Items->Strings[0]=str3; else ListBox1->Items->Add(str3); } } ListBox1->Items->SaveToFile("C:\\blitz\\history.txt"); Close(); } The form does not close, but "history.txt" …

Name: Jim Taylor Age: 76 Occupation: Retired for 14 years Married, wife, two children, 8 grandchildren, assorted ages and sizes. Early in my working career ('50s and '60s) I programmed IBM 1400 series and 360 series machines. I wrote Autocoder, Basic Assembler, PL1, Fortran, COBOL, etc. When I retired, I …