Hello There: For whatever it's worth, take some advice from a somewhat grizzled veteran programmer; forget about QuickBasic. A flavour of Basic I used to use for recreational purposes is some thing called Rapid Q Basic (also known as Rapid-Q). It supports both console mode (very much like QuickBasic) and GUI. I found it to be an excellent way of transitioning to the GUI world. It works pretty well with a screen reader (at that time Jaws 4.2). The EXE files that the compiler generates also produces fairly good screen reader compliant results. I hope this helps.
Gerry Aubertin Programmer/Analyst Phone: (519) 271-4840 Ext. 8807 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE - The contents of this message and the attachments are confidential and are for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, please immediately delete it without reading it and without further distribution or disclosure. Any further distribution of this message to others is subject to this Confidentiality Notice and/or any confidentiality agreement or non-disclosure agreement in effect that covers the information contained in the message and any attachments. ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Øyvind Lode [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 1:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] A Few Programming Questions The programming blind mailing list: http://www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind I don't know FreeBasic and I don't remember much DOS but I doubt that FreeBasic will enable you to interface with the BIOS. Basic is a very high-level language. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ROSEMARIE CHAVARRIA Sent: 15. juli 2010 18:12 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] A Few Programming Questions Hi, I think there's a list for programmers you can join to have all your programming questions answered. I haven't used dos in years so I forgot most of what I learned. I never really got into the programming aspect of it so again I'm of no help here. Sorry about that. Rosemarie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleni Vamvakari" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 8:50 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] A Few Programming Questions > Hi, > > I'm interested in programming, mostly for myself, but am willing to > share with any other DOS users out there. I like proceedural > languages, where you write out all the steps that a computer must take > to do things and I naturally prefer the cli and tui interfaces with > commands, hotkeys and easy-to-use menus. I don't like object-oriented > languages, particularly graphical ones as I like a more straight > forward approach both as a user and as a programmer. I've just > started learning batch programming, since I was told this would be an > easy way for me to learn the basics. I'm really excited about the > many ways in which I can customise my machine and can't wait to learn > how to use this powerful language to do all sorts of things. I had > planned on learning QuickBASIC, either during or after the batch > programming, but today, someone recommended that I should learn > FreeBASIC for DOS. Has anyone worked with this language? If so, what > are the main differences between it and QB and what are the benefits > of using it? Does it have it's own built-in compiler and if so, how > accessible is it? If not, then can you recommend a compiler for it > that will work with a screen reader like VocalEyes? Is it anything > like Visual BASIC? Wikipedia has the Hello World program written in > BASIC, QuickBASIC and Visual BASIC and the latter totally confused me. > I'd much rather something similar to QB. Also, has anyone here > worked with DBASE and Clipper? I'm considering learning that as well. > It might be really early to ask this, but can anyone give me some > general tips on making my programs accessible? I know that I have to > write to the bios and not to the screen but am not sure if this will > be an issue with the languages that I'll be using. Finally, can I > create a tsr with said languages? > > Thanks, > Eleni > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.441 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3005 - Release Date: 07/14/10 18:36:00 For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
