Re: Basic question!

["Daniel Renkel" <DanielRenkel@hotmail.com>]

i believe there was an command line switch for this ...

like "quickbas.exe -save myfile.bas myfile_ascii.txt"

hope this helps,
    Daniel "SirLeto" Renkel [D.Renkel@FutureInt.de]

ps: if you'd like me to convert it ... tell me and i get my old quickbas
programs from some backup tapes and i'll try to convert it for you ... =0]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lionel Pinkhard" <lionelp@worldonline.co.za>
To: <gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 4:40 AM
Subject: RE: Basic question!


> Hmmm... I tried it, it doesn't work! Looks like QuickBasic's binary format
> is different than Microsoft's old (I mean like 1980s) Basic, so anybody
> got any other ideas? I know to save in binary, it's:
>
> save "filename.bas"
>
> But I think you have to add something to make it save in ASCII, I just
> can't remember what it is, so if somebody can tell me what it is, I would
> appreciate it!
>
> Caio,
>
> Lionel
>
> On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Lionel Pinkhard wrote:
>
> > Hmmm... I didn't think of trying to OPEN it in QuickBasic! :-) Thanks!
> >
> > On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Paul Robson wrote:
> >
> > > i have quickbasic, and it can open those files (I think) as well as
save
> > > them in ascii text.  if you send them to me (probson@powerup.com.au) i
could
> > > convert them for you.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: gameprogrammer-owner@gameprogrammer.com
> > > > [mailto:gameprogrammer-owner@gameprogrammer.com]On Behalf Of Lionel
> > > > Pinkhard
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, 3 October 2000 1:07 PM
> > > > To: gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com
> > > > Subject: Basic question!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hey guys,
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to go over one of my old basic games. The game was
written in
> > > > Microsoft Basic, I still have the interpreter, but can somebody tell
me
> > > > how to save the file as ASCII? Instead of the binary format which it
uses?
> > > > I can't remember, I read it in the Q-Basic Survival Guide, but I
don't
> > > > have Q-Basic anymore (my Dos 6.22 disks are no longer among the
living
> > > > :-) ), only QuickBasic, which doesn't have that section, AFAIK
anyway.
> > > >
> > > > Hope somebody can help me out!
> > > >
> > > > Caio,
> > > >
> > > > Lionel
> > > >
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