[Lowfer] Basic vs VB

[Peter Barick]

[was TMO/EIS]

>>> longwave@mindspring.com 11/06/02 07:47PM >>>
>>>I have a question.  Can I run regular Basic programs from VB,
>>> and use it as a GUI?  I have VB here ...
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>The "if" is sometimes yes, but the "how" is sometimes
> with great difficulty.

>Visual Basic is an event-driven programming environment,
>meaning that you put controls on a form in order to receive user
>input and display output, and either a change in the input, ...
>John Davis
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Ed, John,

I'm late on this thread, having been out of touch much of the week. But
I agree w/ John's assessment on VB vs. Basic. Yes, most anything can be
done to convert the code, however, here I foresee a ton of work.

One approach may to keep the Basic pgms. on an older pc.

I've coded in both venues, though had not converted such as Ed wants.
My guess here is that the I/O that for the Basic app. can be thought of
as an "event[s]" [in VB terms], triggered by a user box-button, the
former screen text output now going to a VB text box object, which would
likely have a scroll bar for text "paging."

I'm not in favor of it, Ed.

Peter