02-23-2007, 04:17 AM
First of all, welcome to the QuickBASIC News Forums!
With regard to your post, and, so as not to have to repeat what I use, I show it in my "signature", below.
To keep things as clear as possible, please note that QBasic and QuickBASIC are NOT the same. It sometimes helps if one uses the correct name. Of course, we frequently first say QuickBASIC, then cotinue to use the easier to write QB, and that is O.K.
I have been using BASIC since 1979, and QuickBASIC since it came out. In Windows 98, I don't remember having had any problems running QuickBASIC programs.
When I upgraded my computer in 2003 or 2004, which now came with Windows XP, I didn't notice any problem. But, when I upgraded again, in 2006, again with Windows XP, perhaps with a different version and different Service Pack, I ran into problems. I eventually was able to find that my problem stemmed, not from XP, but from a scanning program that ran in the background, which I managed to isolate. Since then, I'm running fine.
Note, however, that the SOUND and PLAY statements do very poorly in XP, and only through the computer's internal speaker, as far as I know.
For the different screens, colors, math, etc., programs, I have had good success using QB with XP.
Good luck. But, if you run into problems, there are many well-versed folk here that usually are able to solve the problems people run into, with pleasure to be of help.
And, if you have great need of using a more versatile type of BASIC, this forum supports a very good and free (no charge) compiler for the FreeBASIC, or fb, language, for which there is also a pretty good GUI. Fb is almost the same as QB, but improved in many areas, and totally compatible with XP's 32-bit use.
With regard to your post, and, so as not to have to repeat what I use, I show it in my "signature", below.
To keep things as clear as possible, please note that QBasic and QuickBASIC are NOT the same. It sometimes helps if one uses the correct name. Of course, we frequently first say QuickBASIC, then cotinue to use the easier to write QB, and that is O.K.
I have been using BASIC since 1979, and QuickBASIC since it came out. In Windows 98, I don't remember having had any problems running QuickBASIC programs.
When I upgraded my computer in 2003 or 2004, which now came with Windows XP, I didn't notice any problem. But, when I upgraded again, in 2006, again with Windows XP, perhaps with a different version and different Service Pack, I ran into problems. I eventually was able to find that my problem stemmed, not from XP, but from a scanning program that ran in the background, which I managed to isolate. Since then, I'm running fine.
Note, however, that the SOUND and PLAY statements do very poorly in XP, and only through the computer's internal speaker, as far as I know.
For the different screens, colors, math, etc., programs, I have had good success using QB with XP.
Good luck. But, if you run into problems, there are many well-versed folk here that usually are able to solve the problems people run into, with pleasure to be of help.
And, if you have great need of using a more versatile type of BASIC, this forum supports a very good and free (no charge) compiler for the FreeBASIC, or fb, language, for which there is also a pretty good GUI. Fb is almost the same as QB, but improved in many areas, and totally compatible with XP's 32-bit use.
Ralph, using QuickBASIC 4.5 and Windows XP Home Edition and Service Pack 2, with HP LaserJet 4L printer.