Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 v3.40 Beta 3

Op Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:21:41 +0200 schreef gdgqler : (...) However, the delightful WM_MOVEMODE 3, which works well with most windows digs down too far and too erratically to show what's beneath the moving window if this is not the main one. For example, pressing File in QD causes a small

Re: [Ql-Users] Phillips CM8833 Monitor

Op Mon, 02 Sep 2013 10:33:18 +0200 schreef Rich Mellor : Does anyone have the correct lead to connect a QL to a Phillips 8833 monitor - it has a scart like socket and an 8 pin din on the back. Unfortunately, the standard QL monitor lead only has a 6 pin din on the monitor end... Conne

[Ql-Users] Arrival of Final QL Today + DVD

Hi All, The final issue of QL Today arrived in Amsterdam yesterday. As always a pleasure to read, not all done yet, and sad it is the last one. A quick exploration of the DVD gave no problems. Compliments to all involved. I hope the writer-QLers will not stop doing that and a new platform - like

[Ql-Users] Hot Stuff

I had some strange results when using the Hot_Stuff buffer with lines that included some line-feeds. Then I realised, what I wanted to stuff exceeded the space reserved for this buffer. So my questions are: Can I test for the size of this buffer from S*Basic? Can one reserve more space without re

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today + DVD (QPC2)

Op Fri, 27 Sep 2013 11:34:05 +0200 schreef Rich Mellor : <...> One minor comment that has come back from him is that the version of QPC2 on the DVD could not access his disk drives, whereas q-emulator could - seems very odd - has anyone else noticed this? If q-emulator is running while s

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC

Op Fri, 27 Sep 2013 05:31:38 +0200 schreef Hugh Cumper : I have just received QPC from the QL Today disc having been a Qemulator user in the past and I have a couple of basic questions. The only way I can get the emulated QL to fill the screen is to drop down to 512x256 resolution and QL C

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 1.21

Op Sat, 19 Oct 2013 19:25:46 +0200 schreef Wolfgang Lenerz : Hi all, SMSQmulator 1.21 is out - it contains several bugfixes (and comes with smsqe 3.17) www.wlenerz.com/SMSQmulator. Have fun. Thanks Wolfgang, For fixing the alpha move thing. Looking at the readme files I get the feelin

Re: [Ql-Users] Csize in Easyptr/Easymenu

Op Wed, 18 Dec 2013 00:39:26 +0100 schreef Tobias Fröschle : Francois, on second (or third...) thought (and a close reading of the EasyPtr Manual), you might (maybe) be able to directly draw into an application menu item by MWINDOW #x, * 65536 + where is the number of the applicatio

Re: [Ql-Users] How to "label" a (fresh) (QXL.)WIN

Op Tue, 07 Jan 2014 16:11:41 +0100 schreef Urs Koenig (QL) : I've just created (FORMATted) a fresh (QXL.)WIN with QPC2 and cannot remember how to "label" (set/change the name which is listed at commands like STAT) it. I remember that floppy disks could be labelled using the FORMAT command (e.g.

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 v4.01 released

Op Sun, 02 Feb 2014 12:16:15 +0100 schreef Marcel Kilgus : Marcel Kilgus wrote: I hope the new QPC2 release works for everyone, I took great care to get every scenario for the installer right, but I didn't exactly have much time to get this thing out of the door... There was a bug in the in

Re: [Ql-Users] Fwd: QLis30 update

Op Sun, 04 May 2014 18:37:19 +0200 schreef Geoff Wicks : Oct 4 or 11 is fine for me, but I will adapt. Bob On 04/05/2014 09:54, Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: Geoff Wicks wrote: One of our considerations is that Edinburgh is a tourist destination. If we hold the event too early it could be too b

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPointer 4 query.

Op Tue, 08 Jul 2014 17:11:37 +0200 schreef John Gilpin : (...) Can anyone out there help me not only with this information but also where it can be found. (Something like this, I like to highlight in the publication (manual etc) so that if I need it again, it stands out, thus avoiding h

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 2.06

Wolf schreef: Hi all, SMSQmulator 2.06 is out. There is a bugfix for the xxx_use$ keywords (e.g. print NFA_USE$(1)) which could completely crash the machine. You might want to upgrade. Have fun! Wolfgang Thanks Wolfgang for keeping it up to date. I had not used this command yet, lucky me

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 2.06

Wolf schreef: Hi Bob, sorry I misread your comment,. I ran v2.05 on the new Raspberry Pi2 and it's now but quite usable in high colour mode compared to earlier tests. My normal boot is done in 35 seconds, taking 10 minutes on Pi1! OK, that's not too bad, then. How long does the current vers

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and Win 8

Op Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:51:00 +0200 schreef Derek Stewart : On 20/07/15 11:26, BSJR wrote: Op Sat, 18 Jul 2015 23:40:45 +0200 schreef Marcel Kilgus : jms1 wrote: The real problem is the locations for the win1 to 8 is hard coded in the scource of smsq and smsqe. What are you talking about? T

[Ql-Users] Carlo Delhez

This weekend I came across the sad announcement that Dutch programmer Dr. Ir. Carlo Delhez had died a week before. He was only 48. He was a familiar name among Sinclair users. He wrote programs for ZX & QL computers, both commercial and freeware. Among them Coral Basic - an extension bringi

Re: [Ql-Users] How to copy a directory tree?

Op Thu, 31 Dec 2015 17:04:51 +0100 schreef Marcos Cruz : I forgot how to copy a directory tree with real directories. I'm using SMSQmulator, and I need to copy the contents of a .win file to a bigger one. But `wcopy` or the QPAC2 tools just copy the files with filename pseudo-directories, the

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 <> W10

Op Sat, 02 Jan 2016 16:46:55 +0100 schreef pjwitte : Traditional seasons' greatings implied.. Recently Windoze 10 has started messing with QPC2: When I put my machine to sleep with QPC2 in fullscreen mode in the background it wakes up with QPC2 in a catatonic state: No display, no response.

[Ql-Users] QCoCo update

Hi all, I have done an update for QCoCo to version 1.62 and it can be found on my site. One small bug fix (but could crash the program!) and some minor cosmetic changes. Bob -- The BSJR QL software site at: http://members.upc.nl/b.spelten/ql/

[Ql-Users] WIN drive gone missing

Hi All, Today, while working in QPC2 on my W$7 system, SMSQ/E suddenly froze. No mouse movement, no keys and Sysmon had stopped. I could kill the QPC2 task with the [x] button but it would not restart my boot. QPC2 & SMSQ/E do start but WIN1_ cannot be mounted anymore ("not found"). I then ch

Re: [Ql-Users] WIN drive gone missing

Op Fri, 18 Mar 2016 16:29:03 +0100 schreef ql : Just days ago I experienced the same. In my case QPC2 was still in the Windows Task Manager. I killed it there and then a fresh start opened the QXL.win and properly booted up. In my case I got the same problem day by day. After investigating

Re: [Ql-Users] WIN drive gone missing

Op Fri, 18 Mar 2016 21:17:33 +0100 schreef pjwitte : Sorry Urs, Bob, I cannot confirm this. To my mind the Qpac2 "apps" are some of the most stable programs written for QDOS and SMSQ/E ;) Sometimes stuff just happens, but if it happens a lot Id look elsewhere.. Per Two crashes in two days

Re: [Ql-Users] WIN drive gone missing

Op Sun, 20 Mar 2016 10:23:27 +0100 schreef Derek Stewart : Hi, This sounds like a Windows Feature or bug? W$ is often very busy in the background, not clear to me what with. Recently I have noticed sometimes a delay when opening Files before the list is produced. Is that W$ putting QPC2 on

Re: [Ql-Users] WIN drive gone missing

Op Sun, 20 Mar 2016 12:54:07 +0100 schreef Urs Koenig (QL) : (...) Last Thursday I was repeatedly able to reproduce the freeze using my QL/E v3.13 wip (work-in-progress). I then reduced the steps needed to get the freeze. In the end I can say you can get the freeze when doing this scenario: 1.

Re: [Ql-Users] WIN drive gone missing

Op Thu, 24 Mar 2016 20:03:59 +0100 schreef Urs Koenig (QL) : (...) As written and showed in my videos, disabling QDT would help, but this is not the solution because QDT is nice to have it loaded. Changing the position of QPAC2 Files does also help as does changing of the screen resolution.

Re: [Ql-Users] exep files

Op Fri, 01 Apr 2016 11:14:32 +0200 schreef François Van Emelen : Screen size 1920x1080 QPC2 V4.02 SMSQ V3.24 1. EXEP files 2. F4 to activate 'View' 3. Choose a large file with 'DO' The 'View window' pops up and displays the content of the file 4. a 'HIT' scrolls one line at the time This is

Re: [Ql-Users] exep files

Op Fri, 01 Apr 2016 16:55:27 +0200 schreef François Van Emelen : (...) Hi Bob, Screen resolution is 1920x1080 The size of 'files' window is about 1880x1042 (measured with MWSsnap 3 (windows) The size of the window where the file is displayed is more or less 1884x1036 (measured with MWSsnap

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and floppy .img

Op Sat, 02 Apr 2016 15:55:19 +0200 schreef Gerhard Plavec : may be closing the "HD"-hole on the floppy can help -- Am 02/04/2016 um 15:03 schrieb Andrea Carpi Hi all I'm trying to Format a 720K floppy image using QPC2 with these commands: FLP_DRIVE 1,"C:\FLOPPY.IMG" FORMAT 'FLP1_Dis

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

Op Thu, 07 Apr 2016 00:44:35 +0200 schreef Marcel Kilgus : I wrote up a short tale about my life with EasyPtr. Plus there's a gift at the end: http://www.kilgus.net/2016/04/07/easyptr-and-me/ Enjoy! If not the tale, then at least the gift ;) Cheers, Marcel I like the tale. My copy of EP3 w

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

Op Thu, 07 Apr 2016 15:31:58 +0200 schreef Dilwyn Jones : It's about time I finish my update for AppMan. Bob Would it be possible for the AppMan program outline to be changed? It seems to cover the whole screen whereas actually using only a small percentage of it, hiding all other program

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

Op Thu, 07 Apr 2016 16:25:29 +0200 schreef Dilwyn Jones : The reason for that fullscreen is that when you View a menu from the list this will most likely be bigger than the Main AppMan window, so the outline is set as big as possible.Some time ago Per Witte suggested a way to aviod this but

Re: [Ql-Users] EASY POINTER Menu Query

Op Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:38:47 +0200 schreef John Gilpin : Hi everyone, Some time ago, I developed an EASY POINTER routine for an exercise that my QUANTA Sub-Group were doing and, as part of that exercise, I developed a menu which proved to be very successful. However, in order to carry o

[Ql-Users] DBAS source code

Hi All, DBAS is the excellent database engine written by David W. Howells and used in my SuQcess database programs. But recently a problem came to light while using DBAS on SMSQmulator. It appears that field names can go missing when a lot of them are defined. My tests revealed that the FLNAME

Re: [Ql-Users] DBAS source code

Op Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:05:16 +0200 schreef Norman Dunbar : Thanks Marcel. Sorry Bob, I was of no help whatsoever. :-( Cheers, Norm. On 27 April 2016 14:52:59 BST, Marcel Kilgus wrote: Norman Dunbar wrote: Dilwyn has www.dilwyn.me.uk/database/dbas.zip which is version 2.12 and appears to

Re: [Ql-Users] DBAS source code

Op Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:20:51 +0200 schreef Derek Stewart : Hi Bob, The main problem with the DBAS package was the lack of source code. I think that bug fixes were done from disassembles of the original code. This is a great pity, as DBAS was one of the best packages around for the QL. Phil B

Re: [Ql-Users] DBAS source code

Op Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:07:02 +0200 schreef Wolfgang Lenerz : Hi, Datadesign is pretty good, and I believe its source code is available, if necessary. Perhaps time to switch? Time is the big factor. And I know DD has advantages over DBAS but it's also more complex. And a switch has already

Re: [Ql-Users] Archive file

Op Sun, 08 May 2016 12:44:15 +0200 schreef Renato Barigazzi : Hi I am using QPC II v.4.04, I have expanded the memory to 128 MB, but with the same result. Best regards Renato Archive never dreamed of that much memory. According to the manual this should not happen because of the _dbf as i

Re: [Ql-Users] EASYMENU - Not so easy!

Op Mon, 09 May 2016 19:04:06 +0200 schreef John Gilpin : Some weeks ago, I asked if anyone could assist me with a problem I am having, - The menu I developed about a year ago in EasyMenu, will not go back into the programme giving an error report - "Menu file is too big to go into the ava

Re: [Ql-Users] Basic Linker

Op Sat, 21 May 2016 14:12:52 +0200 schreef Wolf : Hi all, I've released the Basic Linker, a formely commercial title. I also updated outptr and the basic library. http://wlenerz.com/qlstuff Have fun! Thanks. I was not even aware there was an update for my 1.25, in heavy use these days.

Re: [Ql-Users] A feature or a bug?

Op Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:43:00 +0200 schreef Marcel Kilgus : Marcel Kilgus wrote: François Van Emelen wrote: 10 f$="":REMark empty string 20 if FTEST(f$)=0 30 DIR f$ 40 ELSE 50 PRINT f$," can't be a file name" 60 ENDIF Why is line 30 executed (displaying the directory of datad$) instead of li

Re: [Ql-Users] QPAC2 and Buttons

Op Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:18:31 +0200 schreef pjwitte : Could poeple please tell me what differences there are between the various language versions of the QPCA2 button utilities or any other QPAC2 component? Starting with BUTTON_SLEEP = BUTTON_SCHLAF in German, does the button frame or any

Re: [Ql-Users] QPAC2 and Buttons

Op Sun, 16 Oct 2016 12:11:10 +0200 schreef pjwitte : On 14/10/2016 17:34, Bob Spelten wrote: Op Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:18:31 +0200 schreef pjwitte : Could poeple please tell me what differences there are between the various language versions of the QPCA2 button utilities or any other QPAC2

Re: [Ql-Users] QPAC2 and Buttons

Op Mon, 17 Oct 2016 01:45:41 +0200 schreef pjwitte : There doesnt seem to be an easy way to check the Qpac2 version; at least nothing standard to determin the language. In SBASIC a heuristic approach may be the simplest: 100 IF HOT_TYPE("button_sleep") = 4 THEN 110 EXEP 'button_sleep' 120 ELSE

[Ql-Users] SQRview update

Hi All, I have put a new version of my Viewer program on my site. This can now also do fast JPEG, GIF & PNG conversions thanks to David Westbury's phgtk.bin toolkit. Bob -- The BSJR QL software site at: "http://members.upc.nl/b.spelten/ql/

Re: [Ql-Users] smsqeXXX_binaries

Op Sun, 04 Dec 2016 15:53:14 +0100 schreef : Il 04/12/2016 10.21, Derek Stewart ha scritto: Both versions: SMSQ/E Gold, SMSQ/E 256 Colours need a Super/Gold Card to run. But are there somebody (except me) who is using SMSQ/E on a real-QL or Aurora system, instead of only on emulators? M

[Ql-Users] Another SQRview update

Happy QLing in the New Year to All. My first small contribution is a fix in SQRview's RLE routine. The bug revealed itself while trying to use RLE2 on mode 4 & 8 sprites. SQRview at the moment doesn't support this but as it was an item on the Forum, I wanted to test if it worked. Now the RLE2 w

[Ql-Users] Wrong dates on DOS & NFA

Hi All, I noticed some inconsistency in the use of emulator dates. When using QPAC2's Backup (v1.46) to copy a file from WIN to DOS or NFA, dates are not always maintained. Under QPC2 v3.40(3.16) the date is kept correct. Under QPC2 v4.04(3.26) the date is cleared to 1.1.1961 Under SMSQ/m v2.2

Re: [Ql-Users] Another SQRview update

Op Mon, 02 Jan 2017 16:32:05 +0100 schreef desin : Am 02.01.2017 um 13:53 schrieb Bob Spelten: Happy QLing in the New Year to All. the same from here Thanks for your program Bob some points when using the < (back) button the cursor jumps to the > (next) button only if the size of th

Re: [Ql-Users] Behaviour of DIV with negative numbers in SBASIC (QPC2)

Op Thu, 05 Jan 2017 16:49:09 +0100 schreef Tobias Fröschle : Martyn, Integer division for negative numbers is not very well defined. Language designers get to choose if their language will round towards zero, negative infinity, or positive infinity when doing integer division. Different

Re: [Ql-Users] Behaviour of DIV with negative numbers in SBASIC (QPC2)

Op Mon, 09 Jan 2017 10:37:30 +0100 schreef George Gwilt : On 9 Jan 2017, at 09:29, Jan Bredenbeek wrote: A word of warning! It may be true that SMSQ/E supports Long INTs for DIV/MOD but I do remember that QLIB does not. I tried this in SQRview and it worked fine in SBasic but needed a wo

[Ql-Users] DM5 upsetting Dates in QPC2

Hi All, I was trying to get DiskMate5 to run in QPC2/QLE but ran into a serious problem. It reported a wrong date but while the suggested date was correct my PC clock had been reset in the background to 18-Jan-2053, causing problems on the W$7 side. In my QPC2/QLE this also froze SMSQ/E bu

Re: [Ql-Users] DM5 upsetting Dates in QPC2

it appears to match your experience. Martyn. On 12/01/2017 15:35, Bob Spelten wrote: Hi All, I was trying to get DiskMate5 to run in QPC2/QLE but ran into a serious problem. It reported a wrong date but while the suggested date was correct my PC clock had been reset in the background to 18-Jan-20

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and a few more surprises

Op Wed, 25 Jan 2017 05:30:14 +0100 schreef Wolf : this is great news indeed! On menu_rext, I seem to have a version 8.02, iss there a significant difference with 7.66 on your website? Wolfgang Thanks Marcel, for giving us the presents. I Hope you did not forget the birthday girl? Menu_re

Re: [Ql-Users] Problem loading extensions

Op Mon, 20 Feb 2017 15:22:16 +0100 schreef Marcel Kilgus : Giorgio Garabello wrote: If I try to load an extension in the usual way (LRESPR filename) and then load the other using the table QPC2 crash Code: Select all 100 WTV 105 LRESPR WIN1_DBAS_sys 110 LAUNCH 120 DEFine PROCedure LAUNCH 13

Re: [Ql-Users] WXQT2 alternative?

Op Mon, 20 Feb 2017 12:56:58 +0100 schreef : Hi, during Q68 development, I'm using Jonathan Hudson's WXQT2 to access QXL.WIN container files under Linux/Windows. I experienced problems when writing "large" container files over 8 or 16 MB. Is this a known problem? Are there alternatives to WXQ

Re: [Ql-Users] WXQT2 alternative?

Op Mon, 20 Feb 2017 17:58:53 +0100 schreef : On 20 Feb 2017 at 17:28, Bob Spelten wrote: > Are there alternatives to WXQT2, i.e. other graphical frontends to > exchange files between a PC and a QXL.WIN container? > > What is the maximum size of QXL.WIN containers? > There

Re: [Ql-Users] QL/E v3.16 (Codename "Snow white swan", Edition 1702) is out now!

Op Mon, 13 Mar 2017 09:47:47 +0100 schreef Marcel Kilgus : Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: Marcel wrote: Good job, thanks. It just seems to contain so much software that I can only briefly test a small part of it :-o Appreciate. Your feedback is the one and only since it was released 12 days ago. P

[Ql-Users] SuQcess now freeware

Hi All, I have removed the trail limitation for SuQcess 2.05 on my site. Three language versions can now be downloaded. I have used it almost daily over the past 10 years and am aware of bugs in the program, although nobody else has reported any problems. I am busy testing the fixes and updates

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 2.24

Op Sat, 08 Apr 2017 10:16:55 +0200 schreef Wolf : Hi all, following the release of SMSQE 3.31, a new ersion of SMSQmulator, containing some unrelated bugfixes, is out now. www.wlenerz.com/smsqmulator When I open this site it tells me it's v2.23. Also the filename is ..8223, the unzipped d

[Ql-Users] Xchange 3.90N bug?

Hi all, While I was using the Quill part of Xchange recently, it locked up, twice, when I held down the Up key and my cursor moved past the top line visible on my screen. RJOBs were needed. This Xchange version has been updated for 512x512 pixels, showing 42 lines of text, running in the m

Re: [Ql-Users] Xchange 3.90N bug?

Op Wed, 19 Apr 2017 15:49:27 +0200 schreef tobias.froesc...@t-online.de : Same here, IMHO that is a known bug. (That only occurs in sufficiently large documents you have not saved for a while) Tobias In this case the doc was only 3 pages and it also occurs just after loading, without

Re: [Ql-Users] GoldCard SMSQ/E 3.31 boot problem

Op Sun, 30 Apr 2017 00:57:46 +0200 schreef Peter Graf : Hi, was someone else able to boot GoldCard SMSQ/E 3.31 on a real QL, not Qemulator? Tried two machines in vain. GoldCard seems to work okay without SMSQ/E. SMSQ/E 3.31 (GoldCard.bin) starts successfully on my QL (issue 6 +SGC). The only

Re: [Ql-Users] GoldCard SMSQ/E 3.31 boot problem

Op Sun, 30 Apr 2017 15:18:39 +0200 schreef Andrea Carpi : Il 30/04/2017 13.27, Bob Spelten ha scritto: Op Sun, 30 Apr 2017 00:57:46 +0200 schreef Peter Graf [1]: Hi, was someone else able to boot GoldCard SMSQ/E 3.31 on a real QL , not Qemulator? Tried two machines in vain. GoldCard seems

[Ql-Users] Website move

Hi All, As of 1 April 2020 space for my current website, will no longer be available. So anyone with links or bookmarks to this site for SuQcess, SQRview, QCP, QCoCo and more, should change that to the new address below. Bob -- The BSJR QL software si

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 2.29

Op Sun, 19 Apr 2020 07:56:30 +0200 schreef Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users : Hi all, hot on the heels of SMSQE 3.36 comes SMSQmulator 2.29. Win drives can be made removable. NFA drives can handle (exec, save and load) files with an XTcc footer, so that QL files can be EXEC'd directly from a na

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 2.29

Op Sun, 19 Apr 2020 15:38:27 +0200 schreef Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users : Hi Bob, Per, François, Derek, thanks for letting me know. It seems the version for java 11 is ok, not the one for java 8, though both work ok here. I re-upped the version for java 8 (also changing the version number).

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 2.29

Op Sun, 19 Apr 2020 18:04:04 +0200 schreef Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users : Hi, Thanks again. I reloaded the re-upped version. But under W$7 with most recent Java 8.251 (updated today) nothing happens, not even the black screen or an error message. Strange. Just to be sure, I downloaded th

Re: [Ql-Users] Select on

Op Sun, 21 Jun 2020 09:46:23 +0200 schreef Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users : I have a vague recollection that Simon N Goodwin did something similar, maybe, in the DIY Toolkit. I think it was passed a variable and a list of strings, and returned the position of the variable in the list. Somethi

Re: [Ql-Users] The INSTR function?

Wolf via Ql-Users wrote: Hi, actually functions are present in EXTRAS. Things like AND, OR, NOT (and, yes INSTR) are considered to be operators (like + or -), and thus will not show up with EXTRAS. These keywords (and variations thereof) are all included in the the Basic Keywords Index on t

[Ql-Users] "RETurn not in procedure or function"

"RETurn not in procedure or function" What is causing this error in my Basic? The error has bugged me for weeks now. It even seems able to move around (see below). I have checked for the obvious and didn't find any mismatches. Also XREF, BasicLinker or QLIB did not report any. Below a summary of

Re: [Ql-Users] "RETurn not in procedure or function"

Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: Hi, in my experience, this is often caused by a Basic extension not resetting the stack correctly. This generally seems to be the case either when a keyword changes the value of an entry parameter, to make it into a return parameter, or when a function returns

Re: [Ql-Users] "RETurn not in procedure or function"

Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: Hi, in my experience, this is often caused by a Basic extension not resetting the stack correctly. This generally seems to be the case either when a keyword changes the value of an entry parameter, to make it into a return parameter, or when a function returns

Re: [Ql-Users] loopy bug

pjwitte via Ql-Users wrote: I dont know if this has been documented anywhere, but Im putting it out here as it caused me some grief. It appears that Q-Liberator zeroes the loop variable on entry to a loop. The following demo, which is acceptable (although perhaps not very elegant) S*BASIC, wi

[Ql-Users] BMP update 1.05

A worthwhile message on the Forum from Dilwyn. Bob Spelten jr. has released version 1.05 of the BMP graphics viewer and converter, available from the Graphics page on my website at https://dilwyn.qlforum.co.uk/graphics/index.html Convert BMP graphics (from 24-bit to 1-bit types) to QL

[Ql-Users] Save problems with QPC2, QD, QPAC2 or SMSQm8

I experienced a strange problem with Saving a text from QD. Under QPC2 the Overwrite from QD to win2_ froze the emulator. The same file under SMSQmulator8 to the same win2_ gave no problem. The text file is about 250KB in size. Saving to ram2_ from QD went OK on both emulators. Backup of the ram2

Re: [Ql-Users] Save problems with QPC2, QD, QPAC2 or SMSQm8

same with QPC and SMSQmulator. I suspect your  win2 is corrupted in some way, it happened to me with the same error of "drive full",  try to use the tool QLWARZ from Per Witte to check if something change. Fabrizio On 24/11/23 14:21, Bob Spelten via Ql-Users wrote: I experienced a

Re: [Ql-Users] Save problems with QPC2, QD, QPAC2 or SMSQm8

n 24/11/2023 15:10, Bob Spelten via Ql-Users wrote: That's what I did. A larger win2_ was formatted and dirs/files were copied with Cueshell from the old win2_. I only hope any corruption was not migrated with it. Are there any tools available to examine a suspect win drive? Bob Fabrizio

Re: [Ql-Users] Save problems with QPC2, QD, QPAC2 or SMSQm8

Derek via Ql-Users wrote: Hi, I usually limit my QWA files to a maximum of 512MB, which usually suits my needs. What recommended size of a QWA file? --- Regards, Derek Thanks all for the advice given. The fresh backup WIN2 has room enough to continue working on for now. I limit my WINs to 25

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ/E bugs: is a fix possible?

Op Thu, 08 Jun 2017 00:38:56 +0200 schreef via Ql-Users : Hi All (but especially Wolfgang, Tony, Marcel or anybody else involved in SMSQ/E development and/or source maintainance), (...) 1) SMSQ/E for Aurora does not read anymore DD floppy disks. Everything was working till 2.91. From the te

Re: [Ql-Users] QxlwinReader

Op Wed, 21 Jun 2017 11:58:01 +0200 schreef Andrea Carpi via Ql-Users : (...) If it were possible, it would be nice that with QXL, you should not have a QXL.WIN for DOS device (C :, D :, E: etc.), but it would be configurable as with QPC in any subdirectories This can be simulated on the PC

Re: [Ql-Users] QxlwinReader

Op Wed, 21 Jun 2017 16:34:19 +0200 schreef Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users : Hi Bob, This problem also exists on the HD drive of my Aurora or QXL-PC. If I can find a working DD drive I may test this later. Again just to be clear : yo also cannot read/write/format disks when they are HD (1.

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and rescalable windows.

Op Fri, 08 Sep 2017 19:59:28 +0200 schreef Daniel Baum via Ql-Users : Hi all, I am trying to get my head around EasyPtr (again). I have been playing with the new ability to create resizable windows. This turns out to be not terribly difficult, and I was able to create a resizable version

Re: [Ql-Users] Qbase

Op Sat, 09 Sep 2017 15:06:06 +0200 schreef Daniel Baum via Ql-Users : Hi all, Latest pictures. Qbase is now rescalable. It starts at 512x256: https://www.dropbox.com/s/exexw4s5ppexyi4/qbaseTab512x256.jpg?dl=0 and can get as big as you want: https://www.dropbox.com/s/o9yi56lqms4ppg3/qbaseT

Re: [Ql-Users] Qbase

Op Sun, 10 Sep 2017 20:19:22 +0200 schreef Daniel Baum via Ql-Users : One more thing: I should add that limiting the number of displayed records to 1000 works fine, so I could fix the problem by using a paging arrangement. The test _dbs has 3111 records by 6 fields making 18666 menu items.

[Ql-Users] Strange channel bugs?

What's happening? I have successfully compiled a new version of my program. That's to say, there were no errors reported by BasicLinker or Qlibeator. But when the _obj is executed nothing seems to happen, no menu to act on. It's there in the JOBS list but no channels were opened for it. When I th

Re: [Ql-Users] Strange channel bugs?

Op Wed, 13 Sep 2017 09:29:26 +0200 schreef Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users : Hi Bob, Looks like something is overwriting part of the OS. Since QPC & SMSQmulator are located at different addresses, this explains the difference. As Marcel wrote, are you Peeking/poking stuff? Without knowing what

Re: [Ql-Users] QMenu v8

Op Thu, 21 Sep 2017 11:00:45 +0200 schreef Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users : 7.64 support GD2? No, this was the last mode 4 version. v7.65 is the first attempt at GD2 compatibility. IN v8.xx the Long Words that hold the palette parameter in the low bytes, also use the high bytes for extra o

Re: [Ql-Users] EXT_PROC

Op Wed, 08 Nov 2017 21:05:55 +0100 schreef Per Witte via Ql-Users : I was just made aware of a number of features in Q-Lberator that I havent seen documented anywhere: EXT_PROC, EXT_FN, GLOBAL, and possibly others. I believe I have a general idea of what theyre about, but should like to se

Re: [Ql-Users] Strange channel bugs?

Op Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:47:35 +0200 schreef Bob Spelten : What's happening? I have successfully compiled a new version of my program. That's to say, there were no errors reported by BasicLinker or Qlibeator. But when the _obj is executed nothing seems to happen, no menu to act on. It&

Re: [Ql-Users] Strange channel bugs?

windows. The call to my procedure with the END FOR line was even REM'd out but still QLIB got in trouble and messed up the _obj and SMSQE. On 12 November 2017 at 13:54, Bob Spelten via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: Op Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:47:35 +0200 schreef Bob Spel

Re: [Ql-Users] Merry Christmas with SMSQ/E

Op Thu, 28 Dec 2017 07:43:13 +0100 schreef Wolf via Ql-Users : Hi, yes that's a bug. Somehow the return stack gets confused/overwitten (stack overflow!), causing a jump to a strange address where you then will get an illegal instruction error. I've checcked that, under SMSQmulator this isn

[Ql-Users] Sjef vd Molengraaf

I am sad to inform you all that Sjef van de Molengraaf passed away earlier this week at the age of 73. As long time secretary of the Dutch SIN_QL_AIR foundation he will be remembered by many international QL'ers. He was the driving force behind many great Eindhoven meetings during the 90's

Re: [Ql-Users] Menu_rext_english

Op Sun, 11 Mar 2018 10:25:26 +0100 schreef simon629--- via Ql-Users : Hi Everyone does Menu_rext_english does it work on LaunchPad OK Thankssimon629Simon Foster Menu_rext is not a required extension needed for Launchpad, according to its page on Dilwyn's site. Launchpad is/has its own fil

Re: [Ql-Users] Hermes or SuperHermes, this is the problem! :-D

Op Wed, 04 Apr 2018 10:55:59 +0200 schreef Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users : SMSQ / E with the MACHINE command can detect if Hermes / Superhermes is present. Is there a way to distinguish via software if it is hermes or superhermes in order to automatically load the correct drivers? The metho

Re: [Ql-Users] FiFi

Op Fri, 30 Mar 2018 06:48:09 +0200 schreef Wolf via Ql-Users : Hi all, FiFi, my formerly commercial file finder can now be downloaded from my site. www.wlenerz.com/qlstuff Thanks Wolfgang for the update. One small bug seems to be present though. When I set the colours to be copied from

Re: [Ql-Users] Hermes or SuperHermes, this is the problem! :-D

Op Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:04:19 +0200 schreef Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users : so: IPCVER$ 0 NON HERMES IPCVER$ 1 HERMES IPCVER$ 3 SUPERHERMES Correct? Almost. 0= non Hermes, 1 or 2= Hermes, 3= SuperHermes. My Hermes is 2.20, my SHermes is 3.5. Bob -- The BSJR QL software site at: "http

Re: [Ql-Users] Graphic objects and padding

Op Fri, 13 Apr 2018 12:12:56 +0200 schreef pjwitte via Ql-Users : Could someone please explain the rules to me regarding the padding of graphics objects for the two main formats: Sprites and Pics/PSA? I thought Id worked it all out, at least for some modes, but my rule- book does not appear t

Re: [Ql-Users] Graphic objects and padding

Op Sat, 14 Apr 2018 11:23:04 +0200 schreef pjwitte via Ql-Users : (...) Thanks for your replies, most of which agree with my understanding but, unfortunately, not with my recent experience. (Eg see my post on the Forum for one example: http://www.qlforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2272&s

Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 4.04 BUG

Op Sun, 22 Apr 2018 18:00:20 +0200 schreef RWAP Software via Ql-Users : Does anyone know why the following in QPC2 reports "Invalid Channel ID" WINDOW 448,200,32,16 PAPER #1,3 In fact, any attempt to change #1 after the WINDOW command reports an invalid channel. Tested on a bare QPC2v40

Re: [Ql-Users] SMSQ/E 3.33

Op Sun, 29 Apr 2018 11:40:57 +0200 schreef Wolf via Ql-Users : Hi all, SMSQ/E 3.33 is out, get it as usual from www.wlenerz.com/smsqe Thanks Wolfgang for the update. But there are some confusing aspects about the Q68 files. Both count 350.000 bytes, one .SYS and one .WIN. When Viewed they l

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