Article: Q21911
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 2.00 2.01 3.00 4.00 4.00b 4.50
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 24-JAN-1990
This article discusses which versions of QuickBASIC will display EGA
43-line mode in the editor or "environment."
QuickBASIC Versions 2.00, 2.01, and earlier do not support EGA 43-line
mode.
QuickBASIC Versions 3.00 and later do support EGA 43-line mode. The
MODE43.EXE program can be run in DOS to toggle 43-line mode on or off
before running QuickBASIC.
In Versions 4.00 and later, an /h option for QB has been added to
automatically display the highest resolution possible on your
hardware. For example, if you have an EGA card, QuickBASIC displays 43
lines and 80 columns of text when you type the following at the DOS
prompt:
QB DEMO1.BAS /H
As with QuickBASIC Version 3.00, a compiled program itself can also
put the screen into 43-line mode on an EGA-equipped computer by using
the WIDTH statement. The 43-line mode syntax for WIDTH is documented
in the README.DOC file for QuickBASIC Version 3.00, in the BASIC
language reference for QuickBASIC Versions 4.00, 4.00b, and 4.50, and
also in the QB Advisor in Version 4.50.