Jonathan,
VBDOS *forms* are text only. You can switch to graphics mode as you could
with any previous DOS Basic, but the forms engine won't work there.
The library Ethan is talking about is one his company sold during the DOS
hayday. Ethan owned Crescent Software, one of the premier software tools
vendors, and their products are excellent. Among their many tools is a
graphical forms engine. If you want graphic forms in DOS, you might want to
track it down.
Ethan sold Crescent when everybody went Windows, but somehow retained the
rights to the DOS tools. So far as I know, he still sells and supports
them! Check his web site www.EthanWiner.com and see what you can find
there. Look for "Full Moon Software" (was Crescent moon?<g>) under
Programming.
Dan <long time user of Ethan's products>
Post by Jonathan RothwellHang on, what did you say about these libraries?
Post by Ethan WinerJonathan,
could anyone please tell me how to use forms in graphical mode in VBDOS <
I'm pretty sure VB/DOS forms are text only. My company used to sell an
add-on library to create graphical forms like VB/Windows (I still have a few
copies left). But other than that, or writing all your own low-level
graphics primitives, VB/DOS is text mode only. You might be able to program
a custom font character to simulate an arrow cursor, and flash that on and
off using manually.
--Ethan