blumberg@ihuxy.UUCP (Marc R Blumberg) (04/29/86)
Hello, Well, last Thursday I finally broke down and bought my Amiga. Since I'm waiting for the Manx C compiler (any news on this?), I am currently stuck with ABasic. After trying some sample programs, I have noticed that the INPUT statement doesn't work. Instead of recognizing keys, there is a screen flash (a' la BEEP). I seem to remember someone reporting this to the net some time ago, but I can't find it in my log-files. Has someone else discovered this? Am I doing something wrong? Am I doomed to writing programs with no input? Please help. Thanks. Marc Blumberg AT&T Bell Laboratories Naperville, IL ihnp4!ihuxy!blumberg
cem@intelca.UUCP (Chuck McManis) (04/30/86)
Concerning INPUT with Amiga Basic (Not AbasiC). Two points to consider, if you are trying to do input and the screen just flashes at you, check to see if you have selected that window. (Indicated by solid lines in the Drag gadget) If not click the mouse in the window and try again. * * BUG ALERT * * There is also a bug in MicroSoft's basic that causes input to *only* go to the last window created, I have found no way to change this. Thus if you have multiple windows create your dialog window *last*. You can change which window output goes to but it does not change the input pointers too! --Chuck (* Original Message follows *) > Hello, > > Well, last Thursday I finally broke down and bought my Amiga. Since > I'm waiting for the Manx C compiler (any news on this?), I am > currently stuck with ABasic. After trying some sample programs, I > have noticed that the INPUT statement doesn't work. Instead of > recognizing keys, there is a screen flash (a' la BEEP). > I seem to remember someone reporting this to the net some time ago, > but I can't find it in my log-files. Has someone else discovered > this? Am I doing something wrong? Am I doomed to writing programs > with no input? Please help. Thanks. > > Marc Blumberg > AT&T Bell Laboratories > Naperville, IL > ihnp4!ihuxy!blumberg -- - - - D I S C L A I M E R - - - {ihnp4,fortune}!dual\ All opinions expressed herein are my {qantel,idi}-> !intelca!cem own and not those of my employer, my {ucbvax,hao}!hplabs/ friends, or my avocado plant. :-}