Hi all,
I just bought and installed PB/CC 5.
For decades I've been exclusively programming in MS QuickBasic. Toward the end I was asking it to do some pretty ambitious things, and it always came through.
But QuickBasic failed to survive the leap to a new Vista machine. For me and my programming needs, it extincted.
It wasn't hard to figure out that PowerBasic was my best choice for a new environment.
So here I am in my new environment, and I can't get it to chew gum or count to ten. I'm the Dummy they write all those "---- for Dummies" books for. (I just can't find "PowerBasic for Dummies," or I'd have ordered it already. Any recommendations for an equivalent book or website also appreciated.)
Could some nice PB folks send me very short, very simple, very primitive proggies that will run, do a trick or two, and then let me make it into a standalone *.exe ?
Maybe ...
* convert Fahrenheit to Celsius, and C to F
* Return the amount of time it takes to count from 1 to 1,000,000 (or any desired max integer)
* draw a few 2D geometric shapes, with color palette examples
This would help me (the Dummy) break through the initial New Dialect Unfamiliarity Barrier, and learn the Baby Steps I need just to make this nifty new thing fly.
Thanks for any help!
Bob
Massachusetts USA
I just bought and installed PB/CC 5.
For decades I've been exclusively programming in MS QuickBasic. Toward the end I was asking it to do some pretty ambitious things, and it always came through.
But QuickBasic failed to survive the leap to a new Vista machine. For me and my programming needs, it extincted.
It wasn't hard to figure out that PowerBasic was my best choice for a new environment.
So here I am in my new environment, and I can't get it to chew gum or count to ten. I'm the Dummy they write all those "---- for Dummies" books for. (I just can't find "PowerBasic for Dummies," or I'd have ordered it already. Any recommendations for an equivalent book or website also appreciated.)
Could some nice PB folks send me very short, very simple, very primitive proggies that will run, do a trick or two, and then let me make it into a standalone *.exe ?
Maybe ...
* convert Fahrenheit to Celsius, and C to F
* Return the amount of time it takes to count from 1 to 1,000,000 (or any desired max integer)
* draw a few 2D geometric shapes, with color palette examples
This would help me (the Dummy) break through the initial New Dialect Unfamiliarity Barrier, and learn the Baby Steps I need just to make this nifty new thing fly.
Thanks for any help!
Bob
Massachusetts USA
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