jwhitman@st-louis-emh2.army.mil (Jerry Whitman) (05/26/89)
I have been doing a few tasks in Basic for my Ami and as a result I now have a few "How do I..." questions. 1. Blinking text - On the I*M PC side you can add 16 to a color value in the COLOR statement and cause subsequent text to blink. AmigaBasic does not recognize this idea, so how can I make text blink selectively? 2. Function key trapping - Again, on the I*M PC side you can use the ON KEY to trap specific function keys. I cannot find any functional equivelant on my Amy. (NOTE - I thought that the Amiga version of the Microsoft Basic was a superset of the MSDOS version. If so these type functions are probably there but I cannot recognize them. I must admit that the manual that is supplied does not do very much to explain a lot of the functionality available to the Amy. I have had to revert to the MSDOS manual several times for clarification <Odd Twist>, and for functions unique to the Amy I am doing a lot of guessing!) 3. Scrolling - I want to build a text list of 30 to 40 lines that lays beneath a 'cover' screen that has a window large enough to see only 15 lines at a time. What do I do to make the window relocate relative to the underlying text so it appears the text is scrolling up or down as the need dictates? Sounds simple, but I cannot get a clue from the AmigaBasic manual. I know many of these are fundamental questions once you know the answer, but without the knowledge they are more like insurmountable opportunities! Thanks for the help. Jerry