BBS: Inland Empire Archive Date: 02-12-93 (11:39) Number: 368 From: RICK PEDLEY Refer#: NONE To: HUGH MARTIN Recvd: NO Subj: Help Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
On 02-11-93 Hugh Martin wrote to Mark Butler... HM> VIEW PRINT is a code bloater, as you say. The only way I HM> know of in straight QB is to print 1920 chrs with a HM> semicolon, then print the last 80 chrs with another HM> semicolon. Have you discovered any other way to do all 25 HM> lines without scrolling in straight QB without the scroll HM> occurring? Yes, do this: LOCATE 25, 1: PRINT STRING$(2000, 225); (gloating ;-) ) ... OFFLINE 1.43 --- Maximus 2.01wb * Origin: The BULLpen BBS * Intel 14.4EX (613)549-5168 (1:249/140)
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