Q28046: WIDTH Resets Colors to Black, White in 4.00, 4.00b

Article: Q28046
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 4.00 4.00b
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | buglist4.00 buglist4.00b fixlist4.50 B_BasicCom | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 31-JAN-1990

When the width of the screen is changed, the background and foreground
colors are reset to the default of black and white. The problem occurs
while running the program both in the QB.EXE editor and also as an .EXE
executable program.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in QuickBASIC Versions
4.00 and 4.00b, and in Microsoft BASIC Compiler Versions 6.00 and
6.00b for MS-DOS and MS OS/2 (buglist6.00, buglist6.00b). This problem
was corrected in QuickBASIC Version 4.50 and in Microsoft BASIC
Professional Development System (PDS) Version 7.00 for MS-DOS and MS
OS/2 (fixlist7.00).

The following is a code example:

   COLOR 15,1
   CLS
   INPUT i$
   WIDTH 40
   CLS
   INPUT a$
   end