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From: "Steven J. Stratford" <sstrat@...>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:15:17 -0500
Don't forget to consult the FB Reference (under the HELP menu) whenever you
want to use a new command like WINDOW.

Your WINDOW command (the way you need to use it) needs two things, an ID and
a TITLE$ (the other things you do not need right now). The ID is for telling
the computer WHICH of your program's windows you have in mind:

WINDOW ID,TITLE$

You have to answer these questions in order to program the WINDOW command
correctly:

1. What ID should you use? Well, when in doubt, try 1, then 2, then 3, etc.
HINT: Stu's BASIC interpreter shell that you're using already has TWO
windows open..........

2. Now, what variable can you use for TITLE$?

In your code below, if you use "WINDOW save", then "save" is being plugged
in as "ID" because it's the first thing after "WINDOW". That is NOT what you
want.

--Steve


On 8/24/05 5:36 PM, "Brian Heibert" <bheibert@...> wrote:

> CASE "WINDOW" : FN cmdWIN (restOfInstr)
> 
> LOCAL FN cmdWIN (restOfInstr)
> save = restofInstr
> WINDOW save
> END FN
> 
> Next question how do I change the title of the window that was created?
> 
> I tried saving the number in save
> 
> but I am still having trouble
> 
> Brian
> 
> On Aug 24, 2005, at 5:05 PM, Brian Heibert wrote:
> 
>> Thanks it is working now
>> 
>> Brian
>> On Aug 24, 2005, at 11:33 AM, Steven Stratford wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> Then the value you're passing in for "restOfInstr$" from lower
>>> down in the
>>> program is not the value you think you're passing in. Look again.
>>> 
>>> --Steve
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 8/24/05 11:02 AM, "Brian Heibert" <bheibert@...> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> I found a typo
>>>> 
>>>> and changed it to this:
>>>> 
>>>> LOCAL FN cmdPRINT (restoflnstr$)
>>>> PRINT restofInstr$
>>>> 
>>>> END FN
>>>> 
>>>> But it is still printing out...
>>>> stars ****************************, etc.
>>>> 
>>>> Brian
>>>> 
>>>> On Aug 24, 2005, at 6:21 AM, Steven J. Stratford wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Debug your own code. You have an obvious typo, you can find it
>>>>> yourself
>>>>> without help from the list.
>>>>> 
>>>>> --Steve
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 8/24/05 12:48 AM, "Brian Heibert" <bheibert@...> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>> I forgot what was done to get PRINT to work again
>>>>>> and I lost the file I had to start over using the example below
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Brian
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>