bsave bload

[tim van deelen]

can someone please help this "brain dead bald headed want to be"
about bsave and bload
i can save a simple picture and then show it but when i change
screen mode the picture goes away
i guess i am having trouble with defseg also and start numbers

will i'm not even sure how to ask the question, every time
i start to write i think someone will get a good laugh at this
question so i keep trying on my own but this one has me lost

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[Don Schullian]

Hi Tim,

Take a deep breath, relax, and tell us all about it. We're not going to laugh at you 'cause we've all been there ourselves.

So... a BSAVEd chunk of screen memory isn't going to work any other screen mode than the one you took it from. Remember, what you're saving is NOT a picture but a string of bits that are put back into memory the way they came out so the 'box' has to be the same.

Now, what's this about DEFSEG?



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C'ya
d83

[Don Ward]

Tim you can't save screen memory direct in graphics mode.
You have to load the required screen area into an array with
the graphic GET statement then BSAVE the array. There is an
example if you hit F1 for help in PB then look at BSAVE in the
language section.

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[tim van deelen]

thank you for your help. ever since i bought power basic i
feel as though the people at powerbasic really care
once again thank you

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