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Problem making QB64 use my program
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 6:02 pm
by quickuser
Hi, I've had a simple record keeping program written long ago I still use. Final version was Quickbasic, and when my last 32 bit computer failed so did my Quickbasic. I found qb64, and now my program comes up on that in gobbledygook (screen shot). Any ideas why this happens. Thanks
Re: Problem making QB64 use my program
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:14 pm
by burger2227
Sure do, you saved the BAS files as Quick read instead of Text Readable. Fastest way is to get an XP computer with QB4.5 on it and Save AS Text readable.
Otherwise you can copy and Paste this code into a BAS file, compile it and use it to convert your other BAS files:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/149 ... B45BIN.BAS" target="_blank
Re: Problem making QB64 use my program
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 9:30 pm
by quickuser
Thank you for that. I'll get onto it .. just need to clear out the cobwebs, so long since I've done more than just . . .
I'll let you know how I get on.
Re: Problem making QB64 use my program
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 3:11 pm
by quickuser
In the end it was just so simple, once you had the answer - guess I'd never have guessed it though, being out of touch with things a fair bit. Apart from saving it so that "other programs could read it" it was then a matter of changing a few variables it didn't like. Which probably explains why I couldn't compile it at the end - the version I was using never told me the variables were not permitted. Used to run it in basic.
Now I'll get back into things a bit, see what I can do with it.
Thanks again Burger