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QBASIC'S FILES DICTIONARY
IT HAS 6OO INSTALLATION FILENAMES WITH DEFINITIONS OF THE QBASIC 4.5, THE QBASIC EXTENDED 7.1 AND BOTH VISUAL BASIC FOR MS-DOS. THE FILES NOT ONLY DISPLAY THE DEFINITIONS, ALSO HOW THEY CAN BE USED. 184 KB. THE MOST INTERESTING IT'S IN THE DEFINITIONS OF THE EXECUTABLES THAT HAVE UNKNOWN OPTIONS.
BASIC COMPILER OPTIONS
LISTING OF THE OPTIONS OF THE THREE MAIN COMPILERS, QBASIC 4.5, QBASIC 7.1 AND BOTH VISUAL BASIC FOR MS-DOS. THE QBASIC 4.5 (QB) RECOGNIZE 14 OPTIONS BUT DOES NOT RESPOND TO THE SCREEN SHORT HELP /?, /H OR /HELP, HERE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ 32 OF THOSE OPTIONS.
CREATING A USER-DEFINED EVENT
QBASIC ALLOWS YOU TO DEFINE YOUR OWN EVENT TRAP. WHEN THE EVENT OCCURS, THE QBASIC CALLS THE ROUTINE THAT HANDLES THE TRAP, JUST AS IF THE EVENT WERE PART OF THE QBASIC LANGUAGE.
ALSO SEE: PROGRAMMER'S GUIDE: EVENT HANDLING.
FEATURES OF THE QBASIC 7.1
YOU WILL FIND EXPLAINED ALL THE MOST ADVANCED FEATURES OF THE QBASIC EXTENDED THAT CAN NOT BE FOUND IN THE QBASIC 4.5.
PROGRAMMING IN BASIC
QBASIC 4.5 BOOK PROVIDED WITH THE QBASIC 4.5 AS A REFERENCE TO THE MENUS AND COMMANDS OF THE EDITOR. IT TELLS HOW TO CREATE, EDIT AND RUN PROGRAMS, DEBUGGING TECHNIQUES, TO CUSTOMIZE THE EDITOR, AND USE THE ON-LINE HELP SYSTEM. YOU WILL READ 12 CHAPTERS.
GETTING STARTED
QBASIC 7.1 THIS IS A BOOK PROVIDED WITH THE QBASIC EXTENDED 7.1. YOU WILL READ 6 CHAPTERS.
BASIC LANGUAGE REFERENCE
QBASIC 7.1 THESE ARE THE CHAPTERS OF THE ADD-ON-LIBRARY, PART 2 AND A CHAPTER OF THE PART 3 OF THE MANUALS PROVIDED WITH THE QBASIC EXTENDED. YOU WILL READ 9 CHAPTERS.
THE PROGRAMMER'S GUIDE
QBASIC 7.1 THIS IS THE LARGE BOOK PROVIDED WITH THE QBASIC EXTENDED. YOU WILL READ 19 CHAPTERS.
QBASIC 4.5 (AKA QB OR QB45)
EDITOR AND COMPILER FOR THIS QBASIC LANGUAGE. THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST USED AND KNOWN WORLDWIDE.
OUTER LINKS:
PHATCODE
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TWO TOWERS
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BRISRAY
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MURATELIC.
QBASIC 7.1 (AKA QBX, QB71 OR PDS)
THIS EDITOR AND COMPILER OF THE QBASIC HAS A BIGGER CAPACITY FOR STRINGS AND FOR PROGRAMS LARGER THAN 640 KBS., THE USER-DEFINED VARIABLES CAN HAVE DIMENSIONS, IT CAN USE 1.20 MB OF EXPANDED MEMORY IN THE ISAM PROGRAMS, IT CAN WORK IN PROTECTED MODE (WITH THE DLLS) FOR THE OS/2.
SOME HELPS SAY THAT ALSO CAN DO WORK FOR THE WINDOWS. IT'S 99% COMPATIBLE WITH THE QBASIC 4.5. A GOOD DOWNLOAD AT LEAST MUST HAVE 5 MB TO HAVE ALL THE FILES.
OUTER LINKS:
PHATCODE
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UPSEROS
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BRISRAY
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TWO TOWERS
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QBASIC TURKEY.
VISUAL BASIC 1.00 PRO FOR MS-DOS (AKA VBDOS OR VISBASIC)
EDITOR AND COMPILER THAT APPEARED AFTER THE QBASIC 7.1, YOU CAN RUN IN IT ALL YOUR PROGRAMS OF THE PREVIOUS QBASICS AND ALSO YOU CAN PUT TO YOUR PROGRAMS A VISUAL ENVIRONMENT, THIS MEANS, TO WORK WITH WINDOWS, SCROLL BARS, COMMANDS, OPTIONS BUTTONS,
LISTINGS, TEXT FRAMES, GRAPHICS, ETCETERA. THE CODES ARE WRITTEN WITH THE KNOWN QBASIC CODE BUT WITH MORE COMMANDS TO HANDLE THE WINDOWS. IT INCLUDES A PROGRAM TO LEARN. 9.2 MB.
OUTER LINKS:
PHATCODE
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ELEKTRA.
HELPS:
LIB
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LINK
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NMAKE
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ILINK
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IMPLIB
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PWBRMAKE
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EXEHDR
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BIND
ERRORS AND WARNINGS:
LIB
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LINK
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NMAKE
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ILINK
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EXEHDR
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PWBRMAKE
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HELPMAKE
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BIND
DROP TO DOS
WITH DROP TO DOS, YOU CAN RIGHT CLICK ON ANY FOLDER AND CHOOSE THE DROP TO DOS OPTION TO TAKE YOU TO A COMMAND PROMPT WITHIN THAT FOLDER. IT CAN BE UNINSTALLED. WORKS WITH ALL THE WINDOWS. AUTHOR:
TERABYTE UNLIMITED.
HELPMAKE 1.00
HELPMAKE IS THE PROGRAM TO HANDLE THE HELPS FILES OF THE MS-DOS IN GENERAL. IT CAN HANDLE FOR THE QBASIC, THE VISUAL BASIC AND OTHER PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE QUICKC, HELP.COM, WORD, QUICKPASCAL, QUICKHELP, CODEVIEW, PROGRAMMER'S WORKBENCH, ETCETERA. YOU CAN MODIFY THEM, CORRECT THEM OR EXPAND THEM TO YOUR WHIM. ONLY IT'S INCLUDED IN THE QBASIC EXTENDED (v. 1.05).
TUTORIALS:
KNOWLEDGE BASE OF HELPMAKE
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THE PROGRAMMER'S GUIDE
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CREATING HELP FILES WITH THE HELPMAKE (DOC).
SOME SEARCH MACHINES
FOR PROGRAMMERS:
DEVSEEK
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MAVICANET
ANOTHER MACHINES:
ACCOONA
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ALLTHEWEB
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ALTAVISTA
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ANSEARCH
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ASK
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BEAUCOUP
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EXCITE
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BING
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WEBCRAWLER
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DLL-FILES
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KARTOO
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FIGATOR
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LYCOS
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MAMMA
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METACRAWLER
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MISSINGFILES
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MYWAY
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OXIDE
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SIMTEL
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TEOMA
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