I need a little help. (Especially from Dave)

[ZeeMan]

Well, I'm a programmer and I just have to ask. How did Dave create those awesome menus and input fields?
I like how they work and I am used to development in languages like Visual Basic so I can't figure out how they work.
I think the closest thing to DHPOS I've ever developed is a DOS like program that you enter commands into and it responds. It was really cool but alas... I lost it when my computer crashed, malfunctioned, broke, lost its marbles (or rather, it's operating system) or whatever the heck you like to call runied - a word here which means "boots up with the message 'Unable to find operating system.' or 'Disk read error.'".
In other words, I have no idea how any of this works. I have found a tutorial on menu building and I am sure I will find many other useful tutorials but yet, I still don't know what I'm doing.
Another question is how do you get that Quickbasic software to run. I've tried and it didn't work.
-Cheers

[Andrew]

Ok, well first off - his name's Dale

As for the rest - I guess it comes with practice, once you look at some of the example subs he released demonstrating the menus and input fields, it makes a lot of sense. They use a combination of LOCATE, PRINT as well as detecting certain keypresses, and in the area of input fields - constantly checking how many characters have been entered - simple but effective.

What is the definition of qbasic "doesn't run"? You may have a bad version, also you should get 4.5 or 7.1 (last version ever made by MS) to be able to compile EXE files.

[Dale Harris]

ZeeMan,

Dave?

While I do not give away the source code for my complete programs I do have a file with most of my routines in it. If you (or anyone else) send me an email at daleharris@prodigy.net asking for the SUBS program I will send the source code to you.

What version of Windows is running on your computer. 2000 and XP really do not like DOS software. Sometimes XP gets damaged and will not run DOS software at all. However if your computer is running POS then it should run QuickBASIC also. You might want to click here http://keyhut.com/xperrors.htm

It is also possible that your copy of QB is corrupted.