Very little problem (I think!)

[Emanuele Colombo]

This i smy code:

#COMPILE EXE
#DIM ALL
#BREAK ON

FUNCTION PBMAIN () AS LONG
    PRINT "Result..................: è"
    WAITKEY$
END FUNCTION

What I see in the console is in the attached image.
I think is a very little problem, but I can't solve it.
(Today is my birthday (45), do you think I'm becoming too old for the job?)

Thank you.

[Scott Slater]

Have you tried a different character set for your console window settings?

[Guy Dombrowski]

Happy Birthday Emanuele.

I am 69 but still feel young and I learn new things every day.

What is your CODE PAGE ?

[Emanuele Colombo]

The problem is not on all PC

I had this problem only on a single PC, with others all is ok.
I'm using codepage 850, i tried to change it but the problem
remain.
May be somethings is wrong on my PC settings.
Going to try..
Thanks.

[Manuel Valdes]

Emanuele:

First is first: Happy birthday!

If possible, you can use the ASCII code instead (138), for the grave accented "e".

Regards,

 
#COMPILE EXE
#DIM ALL
#BREAK ON

FUNCTION PBMAIN () AS LONG
    PRINT "Result..................: ";CHR$(138)
    WAITKEY$
END FUNCTION

[Manuel Valdes]

Emanuele:

The code below shows the different way those special characters are displayed in the IDE vs the console screen. If you want to embed in your code text containing special characters, an easy way is to "produce" it in a text procesor (NOTEPAD for instance) and then to copy and paste in your code. If you have to put only a few, then you could pick the proper one from this same code.

Regards,

 
#COMPILE EXE
#DIM ALL
 
FUNCTION PBMAIN () AS LONG
 PRINT " Ç 128 €   ";
 PRINT "ü 129 ü   ";
 PRINT "é 130 ‚   ";
 PRINT "â 131 ƒ   ";
 PRINT "ä 132 „   ";
 PRINT "à 133 …   ";
 PRINT "å 134 †   ";
 PRINT "ç 135 ‡   ";
 PRINT "ê 136 ˆ   ";
 PRINT "ë 137 ‰   ";
 PRINT "è 138 Š   ";
 PRINT "ï 139 ‹   ";
 PRINT "î 140 Œ   ";
 PRINT "ì 141 ì   ";
 PRINT "Ä 142 Ž   ";
 PRINT "Å 143 Å   ";
 PRINT "É 144 É   ";
 PRINT "æ 145 ‘   ";
 PRINT "Æ 146 ’   ";
 PRINT "ô 147 “   ";
 PRINT "ö 148 ”   ";
 PRINT "ò 149 •   ";
 PRINT "û 150 –   ";
 PRINT "ù 151 —   ";
 PRINT "ÿ 152 ˜   ";
 PRINT "Ö 153 ™   ";
 PRINT "Ü 154 š   ";
 PRINT "ø 155 ›   ";
 PRINT "£ 156 œ   ";
 PRINT "Ø 157 Ø   ";
 PRINT "× 158 ž   ";
 PRINT "ƒ 159 Ÿ   ";
 PRINT "á 160 á   ";
 PRINT "í 161 ¡   ";
 PRINT "ó 162 ¢   ";
 PRINT "ú 163 £   ";
 PRINT "ñ 164 ¤   ";
 PRINT "Ñ 165 ¥   ";
 PRINT "ª 166 ¦   ";
 PRINT "º 167 §   ";
 PRINT "¿ 168 ¨   ";
 PRINT "® 169 ©   ";
 PRINT "¬ 170 ª   ";
 PRINT "½ 171 «   ";
 PRINT "¼ 172 ¬   ";
 PRINT "¡ 173 ­   ";
 PRINT "« 174 ®   ";
 PRINT "» 175 ¯   ";
 PRINT "¦ 176 °   ";
 PRINT "¦ 177 ±   ";
 PRINT "¦ 178 ²   ";
 PRINT "¦ 179 ³   ";
 PRINT "¦ 180 ´   ";
 PRINT "Á 181 µ   ";
 PRINT "Â 182 ¶   ";
 PRINT "À 183 ·   ";
 PRINT "© 184 ¸   ";
 PRINT "¦ 185 ¹   ";
 PRINT "¦ 186 º   ";
 PRINT "+ 187 »   ";
 PRINT "+ 188 ¼   ";
 PRINT "¢ 189 ½   ";
 PRINT "¥ 190 ¾   ";
 PRINT "+ 191 ¿   ";
 PRINT "+ 192 À   ";
 PRINT "- 193 Á   ";
 PRINT "- 194 Â   ";
 PRINT "+ 195 Ã   ";
 PRINT "- 196 Ä   ";
 PRINT "+ 197 Å   ";
 PRINT "ã 198 Æ   ";
 PRINT "Ã 199 Ç   ";
 PRINT "+ 200 È   ";
 PRINT "+ 201 É   ";
 PRINT "- 202 Ê   ";
 PRINT "- 203 Ë   ";
 PRINT "¦ 204 Ì   ";
 PRINT "- 205 Í   ";
 PRINT "+ 206 Î   ";
 PRINT "¤ 207 Ï   ";
 PRINT "ð 208 Ð   ";
 PRINT "Ð 209 Ñ   ";
 PRINT "Ê 210 Ò   ";
 PRINT "Ë 211 Ó   ";
 PRINT "È 212 Ô   ";
 PRINT "i 213 Õ   ";
 PRINT "Í 214 Ö   ";
 PRINT "Î 215 ×   ";
 PRINT "Ï 216 Ø   ";
 PRINT "+ 217 Ù   ";
 PRINT "+ 218 Ú   ";
 PRINT "¦ 219 Û   ";
 PRINT "_ 220 Ü   ";
 PRINT "¦ 221 Ý   ";
 PRINT "Ì 222 Þ   ";
 PRINT "¯ 223 ß   ";
 PRINT "Ó 224 à   ";
 PRINT "ß 225 á   ";
 PRINT "Ô 226 â   ";
 PRINT "Ò 227 ã   ";
 PRINT "õ 228 ä   ";
 PRINT "Õ 229 å   ";
 PRINT "µ 230 æ   ";
 PRINT "þ 231 ç   ";
 PRINT "Þ 232 è   ";
 PRINT "Ú 233 é   ";
 PRINT "Û 234 ê   ";
 PRINT "Ù 235 ë   ";
 PRINT "ý 236 ì   ";
 PRINT "Ý 237 í   ";
 PRINT "¯ 238 î   ";
 PRINT "´ 239 ï   ";
 PRINT "­ 240 ð   ";
 PRINT "± 241 ñ   ";
 PRINT "= 242 ò   ";
 PRINT "¾ 243 ó   ";
 PRINT "¶ 244 ô   ";
 PRINT "§ 245 õ   ";
 PRINT "÷ 246 ö   ";
 PRINT "¸ 247 ÷   ";
 PRINT "° 248 ø   ";
 PRINT "¨ 249 ù   ";
 PRINT "· 250 ú   ";
 PRINT "¹ 251 û   ";
 PRINT "³ 252 ü   ";
 PRINT "² 253 ý   ";
 PRINT "¦ 254 þ   ";
 PRINT "  255 ÿ  ";
 WAITKEY$
END FUNCTION

[Guy Dombrowski]

Special ASCII caracters

If you need to use those special characters to make old style console menus, this little Programmers' PinUp will be very handy.
I found that little gem many years ago in PC Magazine and used it very often with my QB45 codes.
But, be aware that only a few fixed Fonts can use those characters.
8514OEM, Terminal and the best one by far is aSwitMono437 that was added to the PB/CC IDE with the 5.01 update.
If you want to use that font for writing your code go to the Window Tab and then Options, Editor Text, Font Preference and select that Font.
I found it better than 8514OEM as you can increase its size instead of being stuck with 11 points

http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pbforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1311&stc=1&d=1247924815

Sorry about the quality as it is a small piece of yellowed paper and the 1 meg limit for BMP files prevented me from enhancing it
But the better way is to use the graphic tools for your menus and screens.

[Guy Dombrowski]

Also, if you need, like me, to use french accents, I recommend a very useful program by Semen Matusovski that will facilitate your coding.
You can switch from Standard mode to Semen mode by hitting F12 key.
This will alternate Dos and Windows ASC value.

http://www.zdt.ru/Pb/dsbPrePbEd.Exe

Sorry about the broken link. Semen seems to have moved away so I will repost his program here.

http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pbforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1312&stc=1&d=1247927445

[John Montenigro]

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[Arthur Gomide]

See post #12

[Guy Dombrowski]

Semen program

Thank you Arthur,

Your link does work and this little gem will work with PBCC 5.01