Getting QB 4.5 to run on my new 'puter.
Getting QB 4.5 to run on my new 'puter.
Hokay, my old pc is toast, I've got my new one now running windows 2000. I download qb 4.5 and I had problems getting that to run, so I opened up the command prompt and made a batch file with the qb library, it runs, but not very well. Also, whenever I exit it, it says invalid COMMAND.COM and i hafta ctrl-alt-del my way out.
Can anyone help me, I really want my qb back. It sucks enough that I had some weird problem with my old HD and lost all my qb files.
Thanks to anyone that can be of help.
~Dave~
Can anyone help me, I really want my qb back. It sucks enough that I had some weird problem with my old HD and lost all my qb files.
Thanks to anyone that can be of help.
~Dave~
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well if you give up on trying to get qb to run in win2k (you really have to play around with the setting to get qb to run under 2k) you could try dosbox or simple give up on QB like the rest of us have and use Freebasic
www.freebasic.net.
but if you one of those QB necromancers that are determined to keep something that been long dead in a zombie like state then this is for you
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1
www.freebasic.net.
but if you one of those QB necromancers that are determined to keep something that been long dead in a zombie like state then this is for you
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1
Last edited by ShadowWolf on Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:03 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Dave:
I have been running QB4.5 without a problem in W2000 for 3 years. You may have problems with programs accessing EMS, SVGA graphics or a Sound card, but simple programs should run fine.
Upon installation you must run qb.exe, go to options>set paths and set all the paths involved or the ide will not find anything.
Here is a copy of the qb.bat file I put in all my source folders, I can invoke QB by dragging the source file on it. A copy of the QB.INI file must be in the same folder. Probably it's not the best way to do it...
I hope it helps...
I have been running QB4.5 without a problem in W2000 for 3 years. You may have problems with programs accessing EMS, SVGA graphics or a Sound card, but simple programs should run fine.
Upon installation you must run qb.exe, go to options>set paths and set all the paths involved or the ide will not find anything.
Here is a copy of the qb.bat file I put in all my source folders, I can invoke QB by dragging the source file on it. A copy of the QB.INI file must be in the same folder. Probably it's not the best way to do it...
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setlocal
::change to your path to qb
set path=%path%;c:\progra~1\qb
::invoking QB.EXE, change to suit your needs
qb.exe %1 /h /lqb
endlocal
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All I use is the FB compiler and FBIDE. I honestly havn't checked out much of the extras.DaveUnit wrote:What do you guys recommend I download for extras, I've got FBIDE downloading and I wanna know what else would be useful to have.
Thanks a lot.
~Dave~
[goes and looks at Freebasic.net]
I don't really know what else you'd need. What did you have in mind?
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Image Editing
My son likes the GIMP.
--- Zim ---
--- Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana ---
--- Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana ---
Try Photoshop CS2
........
...uh okay, most of us can't afford it. My Bad.
I Got one from bundled software for my tablet (you know, that fancy little pad with pen that enables you to draw digitally into your PC).
I think GIMP is good, but lacked proper support for tablet. But then again, if you use tablet and got bundled software...
Personally, I think GIMP is good, but you might want to try Photo Canvas. But even though all software I mentioned here perform very well, I often found myself back using Paint for some little editing.
........
...uh okay, most of us can't afford it. My Bad.
I Got one from bundled software for my tablet (you know, that fancy little pad with pen that enables you to draw digitally into your PC).
I think GIMP is good, but lacked proper support for tablet. But then again, if you use tablet and got bundled software...
Personally, I think GIMP is good, but you might want to try Photo Canvas. But even though all software I mentioned here perform very well, I often found myself back using Paint for some little editing.
One defeated only when one stopped wanting to win
Better than Paint
If you're looking for something just a tiny bit better than Paint, how about PhotoEd, the photo editor that comes with MS-Office? I believe the executable is Photoed.exe.
--- Zim ---
--- Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana ---
--- Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana ---
Libraries?The Awakened wrote:All I use is the FB compiler and FBIDE. I honestly havn't checked out much of the extras.DaveUnit wrote:What do you guys recommend I download for extras, I've got FBIDE downloading and I wanna know what else would be useful to have.
Thanks a lot.
~Dave~
[goes and looks at Freebasic.net]
I don't really know what else you'd need. What did you have in mind?