--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 214 POWER BASIC Ref: F2P00019 Date: 02/15/98 From: DAVE NAVARRO Time: 12:39pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: PowerBASIC From: dave@powerbasic.com (Dave Navarro) Subject: Re: PowerBASIC In article <34E584B8.6366@carroll.com>, deeply@carroll.com says... > Please don't raise your prices Dave.... > I'm doing my best to save for a copy of PB 3.5 :) We have no plans at this time to raise prices. I was just trying to make a point. --Dave *** QwkNews (tm) v2.1 * [TN71] Internet Newsgroup: alt.lang.powerbasic --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Toast House Remote (1:100/561) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 214 POWER BASIC Ref: F2P00020 Date: 02/15/98 From: J.WEGMAN Time: 09:49pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Common Printer Dialog From: "J.Wegman" Subject: Common Printer Dialog I am programming with PB/DLL 2.0 and I would like a common dialog for printers on my screen. I found several common dialogs in the sample files but not one for a printer dialog. I am not capable off using the information from the sdk in a proper way. I hope someone can give me some hints or a piece of code wich I can use. You can reach me at p.smith@consunet.nl Thanks in advance. *** QwkNews (tm) v2.1 * [TN71] Internet Newsgroup: alt.lang.powerbasic --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Toast House Remote (1:100/561) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 214 POWER BASIC Ref: F2P00021 Date: 02/15/98 From: KENTON W. MELLOTT Time: 06:32pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: COMMON EMS VARIABLES & C From: "Kenton W. Mellott" Subject: COMMON EMS VARIABLES & CHAINed programs Have some concerns about the only way that I was able to get COMMON to work with the DIM statements for CHAINed Programs. After some fiddle I was finally able to get a VIRTUAL ARRAY using: DIM VIRTUAL EMm(Count%) as STRING * 16384 But the COMMON statement will not work with DIM, it says I am trying to use a name twice. So I put it afterward. DIM VIRTUAL EMm(Count%) as STRING * 16384 COMMON Ini$, EMn$(1), JumpTo$ When I tried this in the CHAINed program, it said I was trying to DIM what had already been DIMed. But when I left DIM out the CHAINed program would come up with an empty string when I asked for EMm$(Count%). I finally introduced the Ini$ variable at this point and asked for it before DIM or COMMON statements If it was "Y", being yes DIM was initialized, it would skip the DIM statement and just go to COMMON. Doing this in both the startup program and the chained program worked. Is there a more proper way? Thank you for your input. Sincerely, Gregory D. Mellott melken@co.tds.net *** QwkNews (tm) v2.1 * [TN71] Internet Newsgroup: alt.lang.powerbasic --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Toast House Remote (1:100/561) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 214 POWER BASIC Ref: F2P00022 Date: 02/16/98 From: GERARD BOK Time: 04:57pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: how can i print 132 c From: gmbok@hotmail.com (Gerard Bok) Subject: Re: how can i print 132 columns On Sun, 15 Feb 1998 05:43:20 +0100, John Jager wrote: >Can anybody tell me how I can print 132 columns in Pb3.2 width lprint 132 Regards, Gerard Bok *** QwkNews (tm) v2.1 * [TN71] Internet Newsgroup: alt.lang.powerbasic --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Toast House Remote (1:100/561) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 214 POWER BASIC Ref: F2P00023 Date: 02/16/98 From: DAVID KIESLING Time: 05:31pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: PowerBASIC From: dnskiesling@telis.org (David Kiesling) Subject: Re: PowerBASIC >>I thought I'd let you know that at least one of us knows that you had >>part in PB being free for the pirating on that site, whatever your >>intentions. It contains a virus that has your name stamped on it, >>RAiD. (my system is fine, thanks) > >And just because a virus may be on it which claims to be of mine, that I >had something to do with this? Ahem....Have you ever been to my url >listed in my signature? Yes I did, at about the same time. The top part of the page says you have viruses there. I left. *** QwkNews (tm) v2.1 * [TN71] Internet Newsgroup: alt.lang.powerbasic --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Toast House Remote (1:100/561) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 214 POWER BASIC Ref: F2P00024 Date: 02/16/98 From: JOHN JAGER Time: 09:16pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: how can i print 132 c From: John Jager Subject: Re: how can i print 132 columns Sorry , I ment , Does anybody knows how to print 132 columns on a screen ? Gerard Bok wrote: > On Sun, 15 Feb 1998 05:43:20 +0100, John Jager wrote: > > >Can anybody tell me how I can print 132 columns in Pb3.2 > > width lprint 132 > > Regards, > Gerard Bok *** QwkNews (tm) v2.1 * [TN71] Internet Newsgroup: alt.lang.powerbasic --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Toast House Remote (1:100/561) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 214 POWER BASIC Ref: F2P00025 Date: 02/16/98 From: MICHAEL MATTIAS Time: 08:12pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: PB3.2 TSR Question From: Michael Mattias Subject: Re: PB3.2 TSR Question "Jason Mclaughlin" writes: > I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to make a PB3.2 TSR program POPUP on > ANY key pressed... I tried doing this... >... > Any help would be appretiated, Thanks > I don't understand why you'd want to do that, but since you can't use POPUP INTERRUPT on INT 09h, I think you are SOL. Maybe you can accomlish whatever it is you are doing by popping up on timer an checking of there is a key in the buffer. Now you have me hooked.. what ARE you trying to do? MCM *** QwkNews (tm) v2.1 * [TN71] Internet Newsgroup: alt.lang.powerbasic --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Toast House Remote (1:100/561) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 214 POWER BASIC Ref: F2P00026 Date: 02/17/98 From: ARNIES Time: 07:29am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: how can i print 132 c From: ArnieS Subject: Re: how can i print 132 columns John Jager wrote: > > Hello , > > Can anybody tell me how I can print 132 columns in Pb3.2 > > thnx WIDTH SCRN: 132 -- ....Arnie in Delray Beach, FL To reply by Email, remove NOSPAM from my Email address *** QwkNews (tm) v2.1 * [TN71] Internet Newsgroup: alt.lang.powerbasic --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Toast House Remote (1:100/561) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 214 POWER BASIC Ref: F2P00027 Date: 02/17/98 From: NEIL MARKO Time: 05:09pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Powerbasic DLLs and VC/MF From: "Neil Marko" Subject: Powerbasic DLLs and VC/MFC I am interested in using Powerbasic for an existing application. The application currently uses an MFC extension DLL for critical functionality. This DLL exports Cdecl functions which I suspect is not a problem for Powerbasic, however, the parameters are C++ classes derived from C++ abstract base class with many virtual functions. Can Powerbasic handle these types of objects? Can structures incorporating some sort of inheritance be used by both VC++ and Powerbasic? How? One thought I had was that I could create the VC++ objects (that will be used as parameters) as OLE automation objects with a type library. They then should be visible to Basic. Anyone else have any guidance? Another point I need to deal with is buffers (or char strings). If they are OLE allocated then are they shareable? Any alternatives would be appreciated. Neil Marko Email responses are also appreciated. Remove the anti-SPAM stuff (which doesn't seem to work anyway!). *** QwkNews (tm) v2.1 * [TN71] Internet Newsgroup: alt.lang.powerbasic --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Toast House Remote (1:100/561) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 214 POWER BASIC Ref: F2P00028 Date: 02/17/98 From: GERARD BOK Time: 05:15pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: how can i print 132 c From: gmbok@hotmail.com (Gerard Bok) Subject: Re: how can i print 132 columns On Mon, 16 Feb 1998 21:16:08 +0100, John Jager wrote: >> >Can anybody tell me how I can print 132 columns in Pb3.2 That can be done too! Probably the easiest way is to use Windows and define a 6 pts font :-) If you want to print 132 columns on the screen of your own PC, its easy too: install the ansi.sys variant that came with your videocard and run VMODE (or comparable) program prior to starting your PowerBasic application to select a videomode that supports 132 columns. One other way would be, going into a graphic mode and define your own characters. Not to be recommended I'm affraid. Else: look at VESA specifications and take it from there. Regards, Gerard Bok *** QwkNews (tm) v2.1 * [TN71] Internet Newsgroup: alt.lang.powerbasic --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Toast House Remote (1:100/561)