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  5.                          The QuickBASIC Tutorial Series
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  10.                          Copyright 1986  Ford Software
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  12.                               4845 Willowbend Blvd
  13.                                 Houston, TX 77035
  14.                                   (713) 721-5205
  15.                             CompuServe ppn: 71355,470
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  19.          This Tutorial may not be copied or distributed in any form -
  20.          printed, on disk or electronically - without the express
  21.          written permission of Ford Software.
  22.  
  23.            Unlicensed distribution is a violation of copyright law
  24.             and may be subject to civil and criminal prosecution.
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  28.          QuickBASIC is the trademark of the Microsoft Corporation.
  29.          Ford Software is not associated in any way with the Microsoft
  30.          Corporation.
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  32.  
  33.          To get started, copy these files into your QB directory or
  34.          onto your QB disk and at the DOS prompt, enter  QB TUTOR-##
  35.          where "##" is the lesson number.
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  39.                                   Lesson 1
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  41.                             The QuickBASIC Editor
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  43.                       page
  44.                        4         The Editor's Screen
  45.                        5         The Keyboard
  46.                        6         ..Restoring a Changed Line
  47.                        6         ..Cut and Paste
  48.                        7         ..Copying
  49.                        7         ..Deleting Whole Lines
  50.                        8         The Menu
  51.                        8         ..Edit
  52.                        8         ..File
  53.                        9         ..View
  54.                        9         ..Search
  55.                       10         ....Change
  56.                       11         ..Run (Compiling and Running)
  57.                       12         Review
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  59.  
  60.          
  61.                   The QuickBASIC Tutorial Series  -  page 2
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  63.  
  64.                                   Lesson 2
  65.  
  66.                          Introduction to Programming
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  68.                       page
  69.                        4         What's a Program
  70.                        4         What's a Variable
  71.                        5         Integer Variables
  72.                        6         Single Precision Variables
  73.                        6         Double Precision Variables
  74.                        6         String Variables
  75.                        7         Declaring Variable Types
  76.                        7         Review
  77.                        8         Examples of Variable Types
  78.                        9         Arrays
  79.                        9         Loops
  80.                       10         FOR-NEXT Loops
  81.                       11         WHILE-WEND Loops
  82.                       12         String Handling Commands
  83.                       13         String Operators
  84.                       14         Other String Commands
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  86.  
  87.                                   Lesson 3
  88.  
  89.                         Data Entry and Screen Control
  90.  
  91.                      page
  92.                        4         INPUT Command
  93.                        5         LINE INPUT Command
  94.                        6         INKEY$ Function
  95.                        7         Printing to the Screen
  96.                        8         PRINT USING Command
  97.                        9         LOCATE Command
  98.                       10         Turning Cursor Off/On
  99.                       10         Changing Size of Cursor
  100.                       11         CLS Command
  101.                       11         CSRLIN Function
  102.                       11         POS(0) Function
  103.                       11         COLOR Command
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  105.  
  106.                                   Lesson 4
  107.  
  108.                               File Input/Output
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  110.                       page
  111.                        4         The FILES Command
  112.                        5         Types of Files
  113.                        6         OPEN - Sequential
  114.                        7         Writing to a Sequential File
  115.                       11         Random Access Files
  116.                       12         The FIELD and GET Statements
  117.                       14         LSET / RSET
  118.                       15         More about FIELDing
  119.                       17         Opening Non-Data Files
  120.                       18         Compressing Numbers
  121.                       19         EOF, LOF and LOC
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  123.  
  124.          
  125.                   The QuickBASIC Tutorial Series  -  page 2
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  127.  
  128.  
  129.                                   Lesson 10
  130.  
  131.                            From Plain BASIC to QB2
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  133.                      page
  134.                        4    Labels and Line Numbers
  135.                        5    Long Lines
  136.                        6    Code Readability
  137.                        7    Program Structure
  138.                        8    Getting Rid of GOTO's
  139.                        8    ..Interpretive BASIC example
  140.                        8    ..In QB2 format
  141.                       10    Replacing IF-THEN With WHILE-WEND
  142.                       11    Block IF-THEN-ELSEIF-ELSE-END_IF
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  146.  
  147.          As you work each lesson, you should have your QB2 manual
  148.          handy so that you can read about each topic in the manual for
  149.          detailed information that may not appear in the tutorial.
  150.          The purpose of the tutorial is to supplement, not to replace,
  151.          the QB2 manual.
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