BBS: Inland Empire Archive Date: 02-01-93 (09:57) Number: 385 From: JOHN GALLAS Refer#: NONE To: DENIS DUBUC Recvd: NO Subj: HELP Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
DD>I would like to know how to the Command for viewing a text file that is DD>more then 25 line long by having a thing like press a key to continue DD>without having the file scrolling down to the END.The only thing that I've DD>been able to do so far is using the | MORE Command, but there must be DD>another way to control the text, I checked the 3 Books that I have but I DD>haven't find anything. Could someone please help me? Try the following program: PRINT "Enter the filename you want to view." LINE INPUT ">"; FileName$ OPEN FileName$ FOR INPUT AS #1 DO UNTIL EOF(1) LINE INPUT #1, a$ PRINT a$ Down = Down + 1 IF Down = 24 THEN Down = 1 PRINT "More? "; DO x$ = UCASE$(INPUT$(1)) LOOP UNTIL X$ = "Y" OR X$="N" IF X$ = "N" THEN EXIT DO LOCATE ,1 END IF LOOP CLOSE #1 END * OLX 2.1 TD * Stack overflow: too many pancakes! --- TMail v1.30.4 * Origin: TC-AMS MLTBBS 2.2 - Minnetonka, MN (612)-938-4799 (1:282/7)
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