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2009-10-22 Some other questions:

Hi, Shane, There might be a DOS shortcut in the directory (a pif file). If there is, delete it. Then try running the program. If this doesn't work, it may be because you need to run this version

2009-10-21 Some other questions:

Hi, Shane, For question#1, you can use this code: PRINT "Question? [Y/N] "; DIM answer AS STRING * 1 answer = INPUT$(1) answer = UCASE$( answer ) IF answer = "Y" then ' if the user selected

2009-10-18 Search problem:

Hi, Shane, I think this is the problem with your code: FOR M = START TO LEN(C$) P$ = MID$(C$, M, 1) IF P$ = " " THEN COMPR$ = LTRIM$(RTRIM$(MID$(C$, START, M))) START = M + 1 IF LTRIM$(RTRIM$(COMPR$))

2009-10-13 read statements:

Hi, corndog (nice nickname), I can definitely help you understand READ and DATA statements. A data statement is a set (or list) of data that is inside your program, that you can read at any point in

2009-10-10 qbasic serialport on xp:

Hi, David, I do believe you are right about windows limiting access to hardware from a dos-prompt. There are a few things I can suggest you trying first, though, before doing any major changes.