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JohnWFul Sat Jan 19 2008 at 2:23 am
RE: keypress...
 
 
Hmm.. That does seem to be the best thing for this small job..

   I suppose though I could make a menu exiting method on the bigger ones. I tried doing that on this program:


DECLARE SUB AddRecor (Student AS ANY)
DECLARE SUB DisplayRecord (Student AS ANY)

SCREEN 12: CLS

'***                    Create Student File             ***

'*** This program creates a random file of student      ***
'*** records. Each record contains the following        ***
'*** fields:                                            ***
'***    Name                                            ***
'***    Identification number                           ***
'***    Birth date                                      ***
'***    Grade point average                             ***
'***    Number of credits student has earned            ***
'*** The user can add a new record or display an        ***
'*** existing record.                                   ***
'    File used:                                         ***
'       STUDENT.DAT                                     ***
'*** Major variables:                                   ***
'***    Student     Student record                      ***
'***    RecNum      Number of the current record        ***

TYPE StudentRecord       ' declare the record type
   Nme AS STRING * 25
   IDNumber AS STRING * 11
   BirthDate AS STRING * 8
   GPA AS SINGLE
   Credits AS INTEGER
END TYPE

DIM Student AS StudentRecord

OPEN "STUDENT.DAT" FOR RANDOM AS #3 LEN = LEN(Student)

DO UNTIL (Choice = 3)

CLS

PRINT
PRINT
PRINT

LOCATE 6, 1
PRINT TAB(25); " 1. Add a new record"
PRINT TAB(25); " 2. Display an existing record"
PRINT TAB(25); " 3. Exit"
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
INPUT "Enter number of operation you wish to perform: ", Choice

   SELECT CASE Choice
      CASE 1
         CALL AddRecor(Student)
      CASE 2
         CALL DisplayRecord(Student)
      CASE 3
         PRINT
         PRINT "Record Saved. Goodbye."
      CASE ELSE
         PRINT "Invalid choice."
   END SELECT


LOOP

CLOSE #3

END

SUB AddRecor (Student AS StudentRecord)
   '*** This SUB procedure prompts the user to enter the data ***
   '*** to a student record and then writes the record to the ***
   '*** specified record location.                            ***

   CLS
   '*** Determine the record number to which data should be written. ***
   INPUT "Enter student's record number: ", RecNum

   '*** Get the needed record data. ***
   INPUT "Enter student's name: ", Student.Nme
   INPUT "Enter student's identification number: ", Student.IDNumber
   INPUT "Enter student's birth date: ", Student.BirthDate
   INPUT "Enter student's grade point average: ", Student.GPA
   INPUT "Enter number of credits: ", Student.Credits

   '*** Write the record. ***
   PUT #3, RecNum, Student


END SUB

SUB DisplayRecord (Student AS StudentRecord)
   '*** This procedure prompts the user to enter a record number ***
   '*** and then displays this record's fields.                  ***

CLS

PRINT
PRINT
PRINT
PRINT

INPUT "Enter the student's number: ", RecNum
GET #3, RecNum, Student

'*** Display the fields. ***

PRINT
PRINT

PRINT "Name"; TAB(28); "ID Number"; TAB(41); "Birth Date"; TAB(53); "GPA"; TAB(59); "Number of Credits"

PRINT Student.Nme; TAB(27); Student.IDNumber; TAB(42); Student.BirthDate; TAB(52); Student.GPA; TAB(65); Student.Credits

PRINT
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INPUT "Press <Enter> to return to main menu.", Go$

END SUB



and it seems to be working well...

I have yet another small question though..

WHEN YOU COMPILE AN EXE with QuickBasic 4.5, Using the option:

"Stand-Alone EXE File"

How come I get 2 files out of the conversion process?

I get my EXE file and then I get an "OBJ" File?

What the heck is an OBJ file?? I deleted the OBJ file for this program when I converted it to an EXE and the program seems to work perfectly fine without the OBJ file.

DO I need the OBJ file at all? / What does an OBJ file do?

THANKS, :-)

ALSO: E-Mail: JohnWFul@Hotmail.com
 
 
 
 

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