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  QuickBASIC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Microsoft QuickBASIC (often shortened, correctly, to QB, or incorrectly, to "QBasic", which is a different system) is a descendant of the BASIC programming language that was developed by the Microsoft Corporation for use with the MS-DOS operating system.
QuickBASIC came with a markedly different Integrated Design Environment (IDE) from the one supplied with previous versions of BASIC.
The last version of QuickBASIC was version 4.5 (1988), although there was continued development of the Microsoft Basic Professional Development System (PDS), the last release of which was version 7.1 (June 1990).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quick_BASIC_programming_language   (513 words)

  
 QuickBASIC -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Microsoft released the first version of QuickBASIC on August 18, 1985 stored on a single 5.25" (A small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer) floppy disk.
QuickBASIC came with a markedly different Integrated Design Environment ((Click link for more info and facts about IDE) IDE) from the one supplied with previous versions of BASIC.
The last version of QuickBASIC was 4.5 (1988) although there was continued development of the Microsoft Basic Professional Development System (PDS), the last release of which was version 7.1 (June 1990).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/q/qu/quickbasic5.htm   (442 words)

  
 Microsoft QuickBASIC compiler at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Microsoft QuickBASIC (often shortened, correctly, to QB, or incorrectly, to QBasic) is a descendant of the BASIC programming language that was developed by the Microsoft Corporation for use with the MSDOS Operating System.
The last version of QuickBASIC was 4.5 although there was continued development of the Professional Development System (PDS), the last release of which was version 7.1.
The successor to QuickBASIC and PDS was Visual Basic 1.0 which came in incompatible versions for DOS and Windows.
wiki.tatet.com /Microsoft_QuickBASIC_compiler.html   (446 words)

  
 How to Pipe ( | ) Input into a QuickBasic Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This information applies to Microsoft QuickBasic Versions 3.00, 4.00, 4.00b, and 4.50 for MS-DOS, to Microsoft Basic Compiler Versions 6.00 and 6.00b for MS-DOS, and to Microsoft Basic PDS Version 7.00 for MS-DOS.
Note: You can pipe information into a QuickBasic program, but it is more difficult to pipe information from a QuickBasic program to another program.
QuickBasic usually does not output information through DOS services but accesses the hardware directly.
support.microsoft.com /support/kb/articles/Q46/3/76.ASP   (786 words)

  
 QBasic Programs, Software and Programming Utilites from UnderWARE Labs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
QuickBasic also supports libraries that can be compiled at runtime, but have been previously created.
QBasic is not entirely the same as QuickBasic, in that some code modification may be necessary to get the QB code to run on QuickBasic, but more importantly, QuickBasic code needs to first be saved in ASCII text format and edited to remove unsupported commands for it to run in QBasic.
QuickBasic supports two methods of compilation; one that requires a run-time module, and one that creates a stand alone EXE file.
members.aol.com /uwlabs/faq1.htm   (3275 words)

  
 RPG Programmers/Artists Wanted (QuickBASIC/DirectQB) - GameDev.Net Discussion Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
At a later date a writer who can capture that crazy badly-translated japanese RPG feel would be a bonus, but the focus here is on a small team of dedicated people, three or four max.
Quickbasic is a language that is still developing all the time, and has become quite advanced considering the environment constraints applied by the IDE.
There is some pretty cool stuff happening is QB at the moment, and there is a nice little free home-made games scene (in QB, no one kids themselves that their project could be sold - a few years back, the QB forums was like this one now...
www.gamedev.net /community/forums/ViewReply.asp?id=77909   (656 words)

  
 How to Create Pop-Up Menus in Macintosh QuickBASIC (47782)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
One limitation to QuickBASIC is that the menu items defined with this technique can be selected only with the mouse; COMMAND+key equivalents (such as those defined with the CmdKey MBLC routine) do not function.
Detecting which menu option was selected must be done by polling the mouse position with a QuickBASIC statement, such as GetMouse, instead of invoking a system event-trapping routine such as GetNextEvent.
QuickBASIC does not allow programs to use the Macintosh ROM routine GetNextEvent because QuickBASIC traps all events and empties out the event queue before it allows a ToolBox GetNextEvent call to act upon them.
www.it-faq.pl /mskb/47/782.HTM   (618 words)

  
 [No title]
QuickBasic is kind of the better version of GW-BASIC; QuickBasic included user-defined types, better programming structures, better graphics and disk support also a compiler rather than an interpreter.
For a pure QuickBasic programmer it wouldn’t be a big issue, but for multi-language programmer it would be a good idea for them to learn languages related to what they’ve learned, for Basic kind languages familiar programmer QuickBasic is kind of easy.
QuickBasic allowed mix-mode arithmetic and this would occur more run time errors as because mix-mode arithmetic has a greater possibility to occur overflow and outcome might not be significant enough.
campus.murraystate.edu /academic/faculty/bill.lyle/415/Chan.doc   (2907 words)

  
 Differences in Coprocessor Error in QuickBasic 4.5 vs. 4.0
Under QuickBasic 4.0/4.0b, the variable containing the result is unchanged and preserves the value held before the assignment was attempted.
Under QuickBasic 4.5, the assignment is made even though a RESUME NEXT statement is used to recover from the error.
Under QuickBasic 4.5 with a math coprocessor present, if the value of X in the above example is positive, then the value of RESULTS will be 1.#INF.
support.microsoft.com /support/kb/articles/Q75/7/20.ASP   (524 words)

  
 Qbasic / Quickbasic News - Learning Center - FAQ
QBasic and QuickBasic are both released by Microsoft.
On the other hand, QuickBasic is not on a QBasic editor but it is also a QBasic compiler, meaning that it has the ability to convert QBasic files into executable files.
An array is a list of data item inmemory that all have the same name and whose elements are differentiated by a subscript.
qbasicnews.com /learn/faq.shtml   (517 words)

  
 qbtoxb
A QuickBasic function that does not return an argument is called a SUB, while every XBasic function is called a FUNCTION, whether they return an argument or not.
As I recall, in QuickBASIC you return a value from a function by assigning a value to a variable with the same name as the function.
I don't remember the scope rules for QuickBASIC very well any more, but all XBasic variables are automatic and local to the function they're in unless they're declared otherwise after the beginning of the function.
www.maxreason.com /software/xbasic/qbtoxb.html   (1089 words)

  
 A QuickBASIC Tutorial
Although the QuickBASIC Programmer’s Manual in general is designed for reference, some topics are not adequately treated by this format.
In fact, Basmark QuickBASIC subprograms are defined in terms of the C programming language so truly portable bilingual programs can be written in these languages.
It is often preferable, and more straightforward, to use the same command line for all modules (rather than fool with special switches) and leave the identification of the main module to the code of the main module itself.
www.leinweb.com /basic/manual/man3/tutor.htm   (5878 words)

  
 QuickBASIC
QuickBASIC is an easier to use version of the original BASIC.
If you don't have it, you can go to FutureSoftware's QuickBASIC site to obtain the copy that they distribute by clicking here.
It's QuickBASIC's Syntax Check thingy, it's always a good idea to have it on to avoid stupid typos.
hammer.prohosting.com /~qbtpinfo/qbasic/qbasic.htm   (1675 words)

  
 QBasic and QuickBasic programs
When I first started programming, I used QBasic (and later QuickBasic) a lot (if you're bored, see programming.html for a brief history of me and programming).
This calls interrupts for the mouse handling, so it requires at least QuickBasic 4.5, which must be started with the "/L" option.
There is a version for both QuickBasic 4.5 and 7.1.
scorpioncity.com /basic.html   (395 words)

  
 Programming Emporium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
QuickBASIC v4.5 can be purchased in stores at a lower cost than VisualBASIC, but QuickBASIC doesn't have as much to offer.
QuickBASIC v1.1 is available from Microsoft over the internet at no cost.
QuickBASIC does contain a help file with an index of every command, but that won't do you much good if you're a beginner (which is what I'm assuming for most of you).
www.cse.msu.edu /~lawnicha/programming/programming.html   (1750 words)

  
 QuickBasic against the rest of the world - GameDev.Net Discussion Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Posted - 10/8/2002 1:06:58 PM I used Quickbasic for years, I was a die hard dos fan I guess.
Anyway Quickbasic really is a joke for anything but a learning stage, all my programs were toward the end 90% assembler just to keep the speed down, remember QB is an interpretter and the compiler it ended up throwing in at the last minute is a joke, the speed increase is something rediculous like 20%.
Posted - 10/8/2002 5:35:11 PM Last time I used QuickBASIC was a year ago or so when I prototyped Gravity Kills.
www.gamedev.net /community/forums/viewreply.asp?ID=642569   (1142 words)

  
 Building an ET Timer
QuickBasic is the one name "qbasic.exe." This is an early version of QuickBasic but will run the sample program provided on this page.
Once we have QuickBasic running, we need to know the address of the input lines on your parallel port.
Now we are ready to use QuickBasic to sniff out information from the parallel port.
senior.billings.k12.mt.us /robots/timer/howto.htm   (1515 words)

  
 Digitized Sound   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The QuickBasic manual and disks give examples for code resource writing with MPW Pascal, MPW C, and Lightspeed C. As Murphy’s Law would have it, my second language is THINK Pascal -- but fortunately the MPW Pascal glue routines supplied by Microsoft work without modification in THINK Pascal 2.0.
I assume that QuickBasic has opened the file(s) containing the ‘snd ‘ resources required (the System file and the current application are automatically opened), and I also let QuickBasic determine the ‘snd ‘ resource numbers.
Note that these statements are part of the QuickBasic “Toolbox Library”, so be explicit in typing your integers% and longintsand.
www.mactech.com:16080 /articles/mactech/Vol.06/06.05/DigitizedSound   (1135 words)

  
 projects
QuickBasic to XBasic - translate QuickBasic to XBasic.
Though this project requires changes to the XBasic source code, the vast majority of the work would be done by a separate function library that translates QuickBasic source into XBasic source.
This program is similar to a compiler front-end - it parses QuickBasic source text into symbols and language elements, creates tokens to represent them, puts them in token arrays that correspond to source program lines, and deparses the tokens back to source-code to confirm faithful reproduction of the original source-code text.
www.maxreason.com /software/xbasic/projects.html   (988 words)

  
 kbAlertz: (36644) - The program below allows you to bypass QuickBasic's load step and compile a QuickBasic program ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Some editors such as QUED/M from Paragon Courseware are able to pass the name of a file to another application when it transfers to that application.
If this is done with QuickBasic, QuickBasic will RUN the program.
This program will then launch QuickBasic, passing it a message to compile the file rather than RUN it.
www.kbalertz.com /kb_36644.aspx   (777 words)

  
 BASIC Menus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This use is not described at all in the QuickBASIC manual, nor in any of the example programs that are supplied with QuickBASIC.
This means that the resource ID’s of your MENU resources should not be in the range 256-262, and the number of the MenuID should not be in the range of 1-7.
As you can see from the listing only four of the functions associated with Menus return a value, in most cases a handle to a menu, in the other case an integer number corresponding to the number of items in the menu.
www.mactech.com:16080 /articles/mactech/Vol.07/07.01/BASICMenus   (1599 words)

  
 Qbasic Stuff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Qbasic is a neat programming language that comes with the newer versions of MS DOS.
QuickBASIC is a Basic compiler that is available separately.
People don't tend to use Basic nowadays coz it seems it ain't "powerful enough"(whatever that means).However, I feel its real cool when it comes to making small programs and making them fast.
members.tripod.com /%7Eakarsha/qb.html   (139 words)

  
 A True Satire LG #37   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
However moments after the software was run, the runtime library choked out a useless message about how it ran out of memory cleaning up string space.
Yes, QuickBASIC 4.5, the version I needed was in my hands, only in Japanese.
QuickBASIC 4.5?" There was a slight pause, just enough to cause worry in only the way customer support personal can.
sunsite.utk.edu /LDP/LDP/LG/issue37/stoneburner.html   (1592 words)

  
 QBasic & QuickBasic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
There are many versions: TrueBasic, GW-Basic, IBM Basic, PowerBasic, QBasic, QuickBasic, Visual Basic, etc. QBasic, which is the interpreter, used to come with the Microsoft DOS and gets installed automatically.
Microsoft no longer releases it with its Windows operating system because it wants you to use its Visual Basic; thus, QBasic is quickly becoming obsolete.
QuickBasic is the compiler; the lastest version on my WIndows CDs is 4.5, but I have seen v7.1 on the internet that I have not tried.
www.engr.umd.edu /~nsw/ench250/qb-tut.htm   (214 words)

  
 QuickBasic Can Corrupt COMSPEC under PC-DOS 3.30, Maybe Hang (45891)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Under certain circumstances, it is possible for the MS-DOS COMSPEC variable to become corrupted, and consequently, the system may hang.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Microsoft QuickBasic Versions 4.00, 4.00b, and 4.50 and Microsoft Basic Compiler Versions 6.00 and 6.00b.
We are researching this problem and will post new information as it becomes available.
www.sunsite.org.uk /sites/ftp.microsoft.com/MISC/KB/en-us/45/891.HTM   (219 words)

  
 Introduction
This manual gives a description of the Basmark QuickBASIC Compiler, including the syntax and semantics of the language it accepts, its operation, and its compatibility with Microsoft BASIC as implemented on the IBM Personal Computer.
See A Comparison of Basmark QuickBASIC and Microsoft BASIC in the Supplemental Documentation section of this manual for a complete discussion of the differences.
Basmark QuickBASIC assumes only that an ordinary ASCII terminal is available and that the TERM environment variable is properly set to identify the terminal.
www.leinweb.com /basic/manual/man0/05intro.htm   (1344 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In the computer lab you must print your QuickBasic files through Notepad.
On your home computer you can print basic files directly from QuickBasic, but it does not work with the math computer lab network.
It is important that you logoff when finished with a computer - otherwise someone can use that computer and work under your account.
www.math.hawaii.edu /lab/197/lab_instr_hile.html   (180 words)

  
 kbAlertz: Microsoft has not tested QuickBasic version 4.50 with Leading Edge computers; therefore, we do not claim any ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Running QuickBasic version 4.50 on a Leading Edge computer might give you some display or editor problems.
It has been reported that QuickBasic works correctly with Leading Edge Model D with ROM BIOS version 3.00 or later (running MS-DOS 3.30), but may fail with earlier versions.
It also has been reported that when TRACE is on in the QuickBasic environment, the lines of text are not highlighted; only a cursor appears, moving from line to line.
www.kbalertz.com /kb_Q38886.aspx   (708 words)

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