--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 125 QUICK BASIC Ref: F3W00002 Date: 03/25/98 From: BUCKY CARR Time: 12:33pm \/To: DAVID WILLIAMS (Read 3 times) Subj: Old Folks -> "Applying 110v to the telephone line", invariably at that point the -> carrier would drop. DW> done was to blow up the rented phone. But in fact he didn't even do DW> that. He just destroyed his own telephone connection. hah. Acoustic couplers... Stunning how far modems, computers and Basic, for example have come... --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Vanishing Point (1:15/7.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 125 QUICK BASIC Ref: F3W00003 Date: 03/25/98 From: BUCKY CARR Time: 12:34pm \/To: DAVID WILLIAMS (Read 3 times) Subj: Old Folks DW> Of course, it is possible to use a GOTO to leap over chunks of code DW> that *may* be redundant. But we wouldn't do that. Would we?... I should post my first BBS program (called ZBBS). But I doubt I could afford all your spouses sueing me when you die of laughter. It was almost one, long GOTO. Defines what spagetti is. Oddly, the FAA office in Dallas called me asking if they could use it for their purposes. --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Vanishing Point (1:15/7.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 125 QUICK BASIC Ref: F3W00004 Date: 03/26/98 From: BRUCE CORBETT Time: 07:41pm \/To: BILL WHITE (Read 3 times) Subj: Old Folks Hi Bill White, hope you are having a nice day .+'~'+. | Qouted from a message from Bill White 22-Mar-98| To David Williams `+._.+' | About Old Folks BW> Not exactly what you said, but this could help: BW> -------------------------8<------------------------ BW> '$Title:'Source Code Cross Reference Program' BW> '$SubTitle:'Main Module' BW> '***************************************************** BW> ' XREF.BAS - Main Module for Cross Referencing BASIC BW> Source files. BW> ' Version 2.20 BW> ' by Don Malin BW> ' (c) 1989 - 1991 Crescent Software, Inc. BW> -------------------------8<------------------------ BW> This is a PDS written program that can be very BW> useful. It analyzes "any Microsoft BASIC" program and BW> reports many things including variables that are never BW> used. It can show where commands are used, what's BW> bringing in the Floating Point Library, etc. Any ideas where I could get a copy of this? or if its a public domain file could you post it? It sounds quite intresting..... and is somthing that I need for some of thoose bigger programs that I make. Thanks, .+'~'+. | Bruce Corbett (Hook@Cheerful.com) H O O K | Hk Software (www.members.tripod/~nzhook) `+._.+' | ruce's anter S (3:775/70) ((646) 756-6331 Np, Nz) --- * Origin: ruce's anter S (3:775/70) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 125 QUICK BASIC Ref: F3W00005 Date: 03/26/98 From: BILL WHITE Time: 12:41pm \/To: BERT BYFIELD (Read 3 times) Subj: STATIC Procedure Questio BB> I read somewhere that procedures should be STATIC, as in: BB> SUB DoIt (s$) STATIC BB> FUNCTION DoItAgain (s$) STATIC BB> Anybody know what this does and why it matters? Direct from STATIC Help: -------------------------8<------------------------ STATIC - BASIC declaration that makes simple variables or arrays local to a procedure (or a DEF FN function) and preserves the variable values between procedure calls -------------------------8<------------------------ I don't believe "should be", but "could be": if you want the value to remain the same when you call the procedure again, then STATIC is useful. You can read more in Help. FIDO: Bill White @ 1:135/110 (Miami) InterNet: bill.white@110.sunshine.com * SLMR 2.1a * She won't last forever, so why give her a diamond? --- Maximus 2.01wb * Origin: Miami Amateur Computer Club BBS/USR Courier V.E (1:135/110) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 125 QUICK BASIC Ref: F4200000 Date: 03/23/98 From: DAVID AUKERMAN Time: 07:39pm \/To: BUCKY CARR (Read 3 times) Subj: Code FAQ organizer? BC> DA> I'm still able to physically *do* it until this coming fall, BC> DA> when I leave home for college. BC>Answer is simple. Quit college. Bill Gates did and look at him. Ahh, but the problem is, I can't quit college yet. I'll be a freshman this September. But I'll keep that in mind.. :) --David ___ * SLMR 2.0 * C:\DOS C:\DOS\RUN RUN\DOS\RUN --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: The I.O. Board - 4GB -X< Anderson, IN >X- V34+ (1:2255/10) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 125 QUICK BASIC Ref: F4200001 Date: 03/23/98 From: DAVID AUKERMAN Time: 07:40pm \/To: TERRY MUELLER (Read 3 times) Subj: Re: Code FAQ 03/98 01/12 TM>David, TM>Could you please indentify on the 1st page whether there TM>are any changes from the previous release? TM>I generally copy all of the messages to disk just to be TM>sure I haven't missed something new. I would like to do TM>that only if there has been a change to the FAQ. Good point! I know this doesn't help you much now that you've spent the time copying those messages, but this latest posting saw just a handful of minor changes, mostly in wording, etc. Nothing big, like a new question being answered. But I'll keep that in mind for future post(s/ers)..thanks, --David ___ * SLMR 2.0 * Veni Vedi Velcro: I came, I saw, I stuck around. --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: The I.O. Board - 4GB -X< Anderson, IN >X- V34+ (1:2255/10)