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Re: Opening a .DAT file

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On 3/10/2012 2:39 PM, DonH wrote:
> Is this possible, to view contents on-screen?
>    QBasic enables data to be stored in a Sequential file, and you can use
> .TXT or .DAT as the storage unit.  But only .DAT is possible for storage as
> a Random Access file.
>    Any .TXT file can be opened on-screen.
>    Indeed, data can be loaded into a normal WordPad text file, and saved as
> "Text Document - MS-DOS Format", and then transfer to Basic file folder, for
> renaming as .BAS.
>    The data can then be copied into Basic programs, using QBasic's own
> clipboard, and Edit/Cut, Paste.  (Selected text, highlighted).
>    Of course, this may only apply to limited amounts of data, otherwise
> storage on hard disk (c: drive) might be necessary.
>     The reverse of TXT-to-BAS is possible, ie a .BAS file can be
> renamed/saved as .TXT (Useful if you want to incorporate into WORD
> documents).  Such text can be supplemented by a ScreenPrint of the program
> results, then use Paint to reverse colours...

That is kind of a long way to go just "to view contents on-screen". 
Since you can use Edit or Wordpad to view files of any extension, I have 
to ask, what are you trying to accomplish here?

-- 
Todd Vargo
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