home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- MBASIC TIP
- by
- Steve Brammer
-
- For those of you who, like myself, do frequent programming in MBASIC, an
- occasion often arises where the ability to display a message on the
- screen in a given row and column would be very convenient. However, to
- the best of my knowledge, MBASIC does not have a "LOCATE", "HTAB" or
- "VTAB" command. Recently, I found a definable function which would
- solve the dilemma. (Actually, someone else found it and showed it to
- me.) When you try the program below, keep in mind that I have only tried
- this on a Kaypro with MBASIC and not on any other machine!
-
- 10 DEF FNLOC$(X,Y)=CHR$(27)+CHR$(61)+CHR$(X+31)+CHR$(Y=31)
- 20 PRINT CHR$(26):REM CLEARS THE SCREEN
- 30 PRINT FNLOC$(10,5);"TEST LINE"
- 40 END
-
- Line #10 defines the function to position the message. Line #30
- displays the message, "TEST LINE", at row=10 and column=5.
-
- I hope this tip will help you, and if you know any tips yourself, be
- sure to write to the newsletter editor about them.
-
- Article from The Random File July 1985