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[brisray]

Here you can post anything about QBasic.

[ayjay]

Evening
I've just downloaded qb 7.1 from your website and i would like to know how to install. A coupla previous attemps at earlier versions ended in a screamin heap of error messages. My os is xp.
cheers
ayjay

[brisray]

There isn't a Windows install program for QBasic - don't forget this program is over 15 years old.

All you need do is create a folder on one of your drives, such as QB7, QBasic7 or whatever then drag all the files from the zip file into that.

You should end up with five folders inside your original, bin, binb, help, lib and src.

In the bin folder find QB.exe and create a shortcut to it, you can put this on your Start menu.

Click on the shortcut and when QBasic starts go to the Options menu itemand change the paths to the various folders.

That's it, it should now run.

Ray

[ayjay]

Evening Ray

Many thanks for the install help. Did the job, tho it took a while to work out the paths but an hour or so with me trusty dos 3.3 reference guide ...... could't go wrong.

cheers
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[brisray]

Glad you got it to work. Lots of people report on the web that QBaqsic won't work on XP, but when you create the shortcut a PIF (Program Information File) file is created and you should be able to use it.

Ray

[ayjay]

Evening Ray

I've writtin a coupla lines and i'm begining to get the gist, but now for the quantum leap. I'd like to send some examples to a coupla me mates so they can see how it works. Can i save as a txt.exe file and they can open in notepad, text reader ......... No doubt theres a bit more to it, but am i on the right track.

cheers
ayjay

[brisray]

There isn't much more to it than what you think.

All you need do is rename the files from .bas to .txt

Nearly all program source code is plain text, for example .c files.

One thing you can't do is compile a .exe program then get back to the source code from that. There are programs called disassemblers or decompilers but these usually only take the code back to assembler language.

Ray

[ayjay]

Evening Ray

Again many thanx for your advice, owe ya a beer. With what spare time i have, been doin a bit of readin on the web. The hardest part 'bout info off the web, is gettin it to mesh so all the bits n pieces flow. With any luck, the two books i've ordered from the library will arrive next week. I've started on my first practical program and will it be ok to post it here for critisism/review.

cheers
ayjay

[brisray]

I'm sure the books will help. As you gain experience what you'll find is that the bits and pieces you find on the net will make more sense, especially as you start to need help in specific areas.

Ray