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WINDOW command

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 3:38 am
by GPB-Wannabe
Hello

I have bought this book "The Basic Design of Two-Stroke Engines" where the code for several programs are listed.
I have "recreate" one of the programs form the text book, however QB64 is not keen about the WINDOW command. Please refer to the code below.
I tried to lookup WINDOW command in QB64 WIKI, but I'm a complete novice (PRINT "Hello world!" stage)...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

REM The Basic Design of Two-Stroke Engines - ISBN: 1-56091-008-9
REM Prog.6.2
REM A TUNED EXHAUST PIPE PROGRAM FOR A TWO STROKE ENGINE
REM Page 608
WINDOW 1
WINDOW 2,"CLICK BOX",(201,50)-(400,450),1
PRINT "SELECT BY BUTTON"
WINDOW 3,"CURRENT DATA",(10,50)-(200,450),1
WINDOW 4,"DATA INPUT",(400,50)-(600,450),1
WINDOW 5,"ACTION BOX",(10,400)-(600,450),1
WINDOW 6,"EXHAUST TYPE",(400,50)-(600,450),1
WINDOW 1
100 INPUT"NEW DATA OR FILE DATA (TYPE N OR F)?";D$
IF D$="N" THEN GOTO 110
IF D$="F" THEN GOSUB FILED
110 WINDOW 3
CLS
GOSUB CURRENTDATA
WINDOW 2
BUTTON 1,1,"BORE",(5,25)-(100,45),3
BUTTON 2,1,"STROKE",(5,45)-(100,65),3
BUTTON 3,1,"CON-ROD",(5,65)-(100,85),3
BUTTON 4,1,"EXHAUST TIMING",(5,85)-(200,105),3
BUTTON 5,1,"NUMBER OF PORTS",(5,105)-(200,125),3
BUTTON 6,1,"WIDTH OF EACH PORT",(5,125)-(200,145),3
BUTTON 7,1,"TOP CORNER RADIUS",(5,145)-(200,165),3
BUTTON 8,1,"BOTTOM CORNER RADIUS",(5.165)-(200,185),3
BUTTON 9,1,"DOWN PIPE DIAMETER",(5,185)-(200,205),3
BUTTON 10,1,"MID-SECTION DIAMETER",(5,205)-(200,225),3
BUTTON 11,1,"RPM",(5,225)-(200,245),3
BUTTON 12,1,"EXHAUST TEMPERATURE",(5,245)-(200,265),3
BUTTON 13,1,"EXHAUST TYPE?",(5,265)-(200,285),3
BUTTON 30,1,"RUN",(5,325)-(100,350),3
BUTTON 31,1,"QUIT",(5,350)-(100,375),3
ACTIVITY=DIALOG(0)
WHILE ACTIVITY<>1:ACTIVITY=DIALOG(0):WEND
BUTTONPUSHED=DIALOG(1)
IF BUTTONPUSHED=30 THEN GOTO 130
REM Page 609
IF BUTTONPUSHED=31 THEN GOTO 556
ON BUTTONPUSHED GOSUB BORE,STROKE,CONROD,EXTIMING,PORTNO,PORTWID,TOPR,BOTTOMR,DOWNDIA,MIDDIA,SPEED,EXTEMP,EXHTYPE
GOTO 110
130 WINDOW 1
CLS
PI=3.1415927#

--||--

556 END
EXHTYPE:
WINDOW 6
LOCATE 1,1:PRINT "CLICK WHICH TYPE"
LOCATE 2,1:PRINT "OF EXHAUST APPLICATION"
BUTTON 1,1,"MOTOCROS",(5,85)-(200,105),3
BUTTON 2,1,"ENDURO",(5,105)-(200,125),3
BUTTON 3,1,"GP ROAD RACE",(5,125)-(200,145),3
ACTIVITY=DIALOG(0)
WHILE ACTIVITY<>1:ACTIVITY=DIALOG(1):WEND
BUTTONPUSHED=DIALOG(1)
ON BUTTONPUSHED GOSUB MOTOX,ENDUR,GPROAD
RETURN
MOTOX:
EXH$="MOTOCROS PIPE"
EXK=.65
RETURN
ENDUR:
EXH$="ENDURO PIPE"
EXK=.7
RETURN
GPROAD:
EXH$="GRAND PRIX PIPE"
EXK=.6
RETURN
SUBPRINT:
CLS

Re: WINDOW command

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 10:09 am
by burger2227

Re: WINDOW command

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 2:49 pm
by GPB-Wannabe
Thanks for the answer :)
Unfortunately, the only thing I could find was "WINDOW [ [ SCREEN] (x1!, y1!) - (x2!, y2!)]"... and I couldn't find anything about the way the author has used the WINDOW command:
WINDOW 1 ---> is this the same as the SCREEN command ?
WINDOW 2,"CLICK BOX",(201,50)-(400,450),1 ---> 2,"CLICK BOX" acc. to QB64 WIKI [ SCREEN] is the only parameter that can be used ?
Have the parameters for the WINDOW command been changed since 1990? or has the commands been diff. from Macintosh to IBM PC at that time? The author used a Macintosh II :)
Thanks.

Re: WINDOW command

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 9:34 am
by burger2227
Join the QB64.org forum and get some better code from the members. That WIKI page got messed up somehow. Tell them to fix it...