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How Do I Make My Vb Executable Filel In To A Service So That It Starts As Soon As System Starts. Also If This .exe File Is Closed, I Want To Shut The System. Please Help.

My QBASIC programs do not run under Windows XP. Specifically, LPRINT does nothing. I have spent a lot of time & effort over the past 15 years programming in QBASIC with lots of useful and profitable programs. I really do not want to start over with Visual Basic unless there …

Newbie to QB - I have an assignment to create a grade sheet for one student. Must list name, instructor, class, test grades 1 through 5, average, low grade, high grade and new average with lowest grade dropped. I am so confused about arrays. I am using examples from class …

Hi, I'm new around here & newish to VB 6.0 as well! :cheesy: I'm using VB 6.0 to create a random access file, which has 2 fields per record . I know that all the records must be of equal length, but am wondering if there is a practical limit …

I find it interesting that QBASIC is mentioned for several reasons: 1. This language and any of its predacessors are hardly used these days. And, if they are, it's most likely for nostalgic reasons. At one time, I remember, some schools used it for introductory programming courses. For a time, …

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Does anyone know how to count the number of characters words in a string or in anything in QBasic? I'm trying to make a hangman game and I have a list of all my words but i need to find out how to count characters for the blank spaces, you …

Hi- I am completely new at programming. In fact, I haven't even started classes yet, just reading an old second-hand book on QBASIC. I've gotten to a part where it tells me how to get into QBASIC and how to write a sample program. At the DOS prompt, I typed …

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Hi, Im trying to populate a listbox with 3 database fields in a row such as Name, Address, Tel at the moment Im creating 3 recordsets for each field and them adding them to the listbox but it looks like Joe Bloggs In a House 2452345 John Smith In a …

[b]How should I go about creating a calendar?[/b] [b]I am creating an application for a client that requires a calendar similar to the one found in Microsoft Works. [/b] [b]The client needs to be able to add an appointment or special event and that event visible be displayed on the …

What do I need to do if I get an error in QBasic saying [CODE]call absolute[/CODE] and it doesn't work - or something like that. I don't have absolute to call?!? This is when I have been looking at other peoples code and then trying to run them. Help! Thanks, …

I am having trouble getting the right code to look at a .txt file and print a random word from a list, going down the .txt file. I can get it to open the file which i think is: [B]OPEN "whatever" FOR INPUT AS [/B] ? and then [B]print[/B] ? …

Hi everyone, I am a computer teacher in the midwest that is going to have to teach a unit on QBASIC very shortly! i am really a science teacher and would love a little help. i am looking for short, 10 lines or so, programs that the kids can type …

So school's out for a month and Ive been doing some hobby VB6 programming... Im writing calculators involving up to 25 variables, many constants, etc, etc, etc.. So, instead of requiring the user to input all the vars I thought I'd allow the loading of comma- or tab-delineated textfiles with …

I have an old BASIC program which I unfortunately no longer have a copy of. I do, however, have the original source code in a research report which I have scanned onto my computer and saved as a text file. I have not had any luck copying the text into …

Greetings......... I bought a basic application that doesn't print out a hard copy properly. The sellers of same can't figure out what the problem w/their code is. Would like to get a "bare bones" Qbasic app without mortgaging my very being. Am I asking too much, or is my need …

Hello. Im a newbie. I have been working for hours trying to find out how to make this triangle with stars. I have to make a diamond, octagon, and christmas tree and it's proving tobe VERY difficult. Yes I am very new to this. :o Anyone? Please help me. You …

I have Windows XP and I downloaded the version before QBASIC 4.5. The QBASIC folder containing QBASIC.exe is in the C:\ drive. Here's my problem: I want the window be the full scree3b and not a partial window, so I change the properties, but when I run the compiler, the …

I am starting out in programmming. I want to be a programmer as a career. I want to learn both Visual basic and Web Development(i.e. javascript and Html). Which language would be the best intial language to learn to get the most education as a programmer. I also want to …

is qbasic free?? and if so were can i get it? is visual free, and were can i get it and a tutorial. + will they work with win98?

I Am A Vb On Excell User, I Am Trying To Make A Macro In Visual Basic But I Do Not Know How To Run A Msdos Comand Over Vb In Specific I Want To Excecute A "ping" Command Over A Macro That Help Me To Se If A Computer …

I am trying to develop a rate calculator for a fee schedule although "calculator" may not be the best term to use. I have an Excel file containing 7 different fees that correspond to a single loan amount. LOan amounts run in $1,000 increments from $50,000 to $1,000,000. I am …

Does anybody know how I would |Bload something I previously bsaved into an array ?

I am almost done with my project and I'd like to obtain some advice on this. How do I go about packaging (if this is the right word to use) the whole application? As such, I have some extra active-x components which I'd have to add into the System32 folder …

I'm stuck on retrieving bytes from a register using qbasic, specifically how do they get the Low byte and High byte from this: 'al%=lowbyte of ax, al%=highbyte of ax, al%=outregs.ax and &hff ah%=outregs.ax \ 256 I can understand that with call interrupt you can read or write to general registers …

Hello I only know qbasic and some c++ and a little asm, I have never programmed for windows, I recently ordered a book on qbasic with an introduction to visual basic 5.0. What should I be prepared for? what is this about forms? and what does object oriented really mean? …

OK, not the best title but in essence true. I have programmed in Quickbasic since 1995. I love the language, but changes in printers, the adddition of USB ports, and the change to DOS emulation on the 2000/NT/XP platforms indicate a need for another language. I wrote a VB.NET console …

Can anyone tell me how to write files or output to an excel file with tabs etc. Thanks, GB4

I need to write a program in Quickbasic that will send hex in 1 byte format over the serial port. They have a plasma display where my dad works, and since my dad hasn't coded in basic for years, he commissioned me to do it, but I have no experience …