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| From | Michael Cole <invalid@microsoft.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.basic.visual.misc |
| Subject | Re: VB 5 screen display |
| Date | 2013-05-03 10:30 +1000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <klv085$2b8$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <48920a48-d284-4880-b062-8880c98e9458@googlegroups.com> <klsi7p$m94$1@dont-email.me> <1642207920389161157.524759jgroshan-pacbell.net@news.giganews.com> |
Justin Groshan formulated the question : > Michael Cole <invalid@microsoft.com> wrote: >> jgroshan@gmail.com pretended : >>> How do I display the answer to a math problem on the screen when using >>> VB 5? > I am looking for something similar to the print statement in Basic. >> >> If you are talking IDE, Debug.Print will print to the Immediate window. >> >> If you are talking a console-type app, then you should be looking at the >> WriteConsole API >> >> Public Declare Function WriteConsole Lib "kernel32" Alias "WriteConsoleA" >> (ByVal hConsoleOutput As Long, lpBuffer As Any, ByVal >> nNumberOfCharsToWrite As Long, lpNumberOfCharsWritten As Long, lpReserved As >> Any) As Long OK, firstly, don't start your message after a double-dash - that marks it as a signature for some newsreaders, and it makes it difficult to read and reply to. > I know virtually nothing about vb. Then that would be your major problem. Get hold of a book on it, read the help file, search the internet, something. > What I am trying to accomplish is to > write simple programs involving math problems and displaying the answer on > the screen as you would in Basic with a print statement. Assume the > variable is x, then the answer in basic would be ? X. How would I > accomplish the same thing In Vb5, the only version I have access to.? If you are more used to Basic (rather than Visual Basic) then as MikeS said, get a copy of QBasic - its free and downloadable. > I recall something that said debug.print would not work in vb5. It definately does. Use it and see. Experiment. -- Michael Cole
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VB 5 screen display jgroshan@gmail.com - 2013-05-01 19:07 -0700
Re: VB 5 screen display Michael Cole <invalid@microsoft.com> - 2013-05-02 12:18 +1000
Re: VB 5 screen display Justin Groshan <jgroshan@pacbell.net> - 2013-05-02 00:34 -0500
Re: VB 5 screen display Michael Cole <invalid@microsoft.com> - 2013-05-03 10:30 +1000
Re: VB 5 screen display Justin Groshan <jgroshan@pacbell.net> - 2013-05-02 22:06 -0500
Re: VB 5 screen display Justin Groshan <jgroshan@pacbell.net> - 2013-05-02 22:17 -0500
Re: VB 5 screen display "DaveO" <djo@dial.pipex.com> - 2013-05-03 09:30 +0100
Re: VB 5 screen display Justin Groshan <jgroshan@pacbell.net> - 2013-05-03 09:29 -0500
Re: VB 5 screen display "DaveO" <djo@dial.pipex.com> - 2013-05-03 15:53 +0100
Re: VB 5 screen display "Theo Tress" <rbk@online.de> - 2013-06-07 19:41 +0200
Re: VB 5 screen display "DaveO" <djo@dial.pipex.com> - 2013-06-10 09:15 +0100
Re: VB 5 screen display "Theo Tress" <rbk@online.de> - 2013-06-11 18:01 +0200
Re: VB 5 screen display Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2013-05-03 09:19 +0100
Re: VB 5 screen display Justin Groshan <jgroshan@pacbell.net> - 2013-05-03 09:29 -0500
Re: VB 5 screen display Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2013-05-02 08:49 +0100
Re: VB 5 screen display "MikeS" <misarY@gothere.ukX.com> - 2013-05-02 09:00 +0100
Re: VB 5 screen display ralph <nt_consulting@yahoo.com> - 2013-05-02 05:11 -0500
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