I know, I must be stupid

[Ralph]

Moneo:

I don't recall ever having used BRUN45.EXE to run a file before. I was just curious about EclipseOTO's problem, and I wanted to see if th BRUN45 option also exhibited the same problem. Now, I can go back to running only .bas or stand-alone .exe files

[Skyler]

When I refered to the "Text " radiobutton, I was referring to the save-as dialog, not the compile dialog. QB4.5 has an option to save either in binary or text format- text is readable by other programs, i.e. notepad, so you can copy-paste into the forum. Binary loads and runs faster in QB.

[Ralph]

Skyler: Of course!

[EclipseOTO]

Okay, I must be missing something. When I open Qbasic and open the file, by going to file and then open, where I select the file (SPWRITER.BAS). After this I cannot locate the two options "EXE Requiring BRUN45.EXE" or "Stand-Alone EXE File." Here is where I am looking, I go to the top menu thing (with file, edit, view, etc...) and I click on RUN, this brings down the small menu and now I don't know what to click on! Can someone please give me extremely specific details? I'm sorry about being so computer inept....

[Ralph]

Try this:
After you have your file loaded in QuickBASIC, click on Options, and then select Full Menus. Now, click on Run, select Make EXE File, then select "EXE Requiring BRUN45.exe", or "Stand-Alone EXE File". Of course, don't select the first, select the "STAND-ALONE EXE file".

Actually, if you choose Options, and deselect Full Menus, you can still click on RUN, Make EXE File, and then choose Make EXE File in the last menu that appears. Here, there is no option to make an exe file that requires BRUN45.

[EclipseOTO]

Could I be using an outdated form of Qbasic possibly? Because, when I open my file in qbasic and select "Options" on the top menu I get the choices of "Display...","Syntax..." and "Synatax Checking". Also when I open "Run" in the same top menu thing, the choices I have are "Start", "Restart" and "Continue". Am I using an outdated for of QBasic or something?

[Skyler]

Versions 1.1 and later support compiling(as far as I know.) 1.0, I believe, does not.

[Ralph]

Everything I've posted relates to my version 4.5, as I state in my "signature". What version do you have?

Click on Help, then on Contents. On mine, a line on the left-hand sice, 3rd from the bottom, reads:

<Version 4.5 Differences>

How does yours read?

[Skyler]

The same way.

I also noticed that under the RUN menu, there is a separator then "Make EXE File..." which you need to click to create the EXE.

[Ralph]

EclipseOTO:

How does your read? Is it 4.5, or some other version.