visual basic, gwbasic simple programming help, Please!!!

gwbasic simple programming help, Please!!!

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Simon Caldecut #1 / 6	gwbasic simple programming help, Please!!! Hi, I've recently had to do start using gwbasic, to change the design on some labels my boss has designed using an old gwbasic program. The problem is I need to now how to increase the size of the lettering (and subsequently shrink it). I know its something to do with the chr$ function and that "w" doubles the width of the line in effect making it bigger but I need really large lettering and my basic knowledge is as old as the spectrum48K. Please help as I am at wits ends! Cheers Simon C.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000 03:00:00 GMT

John Cart #2 / 6	gwbasic simple programming help, Please!!! Quote: >Hi, I've recently had to do start using >gwbasic, to change the design on some >labels my boss has designed using an old >gwbasic program. The problem is I need >to now how to increase the size of the >lettering (and subsequently shrink it). >I know its something to do with the chr$ >function and that "w" doubles the width >of the line in effect making it bigger >but I need really large lettering and my Maybe if you posted some of the code??? And what type of printer you're using?? Visit my source code page at http://www.mindspring.com/~johnecarter Visit my favorite school at http://www.mindspring.com/~addison Get PR-Tracker -- tracks problem reports, defects, bugs INFORMATION: http://www.prtracker.com/info.html DOWNLOAD: http://www.prtracker.com/download.html
Tue, 29 Feb 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Hugo Jonk #3 / 6	gwbasic simple programming help, Please!!! Quote: > Hi, I've recently had to do start using > gwbasic, to change the design on some > labels my boss has designed using an old > gwbasic program. The problem is I need > to now how to increase the size of the > lettering (and subsequently shrink it). > I know its something to do with the chr$ > function and that "w" doubles the width > of the line in effect making it bigger > but I need really large lettering and my > basic knowledge is as old as the > spectrum48K. > Please help as I am at wits ends! Ever heard of word processors ? Rumour has it that you can do things with text in them quite easily, and sometimes they also happen to come out of the printer like you saw it on screen... -- .oO Those who know cannot explain, those who don't cannot understand Oo.
Tue, 29 Feb 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Bob Chappu #4 / 6	gwbasic simple programming help, Please!!! On Fri, 12 Sep 1997 00:38:45 +0100, Simon Caldecutt Quote: >Hi, I've recently had to do start using >gwbasic, to change the design on some >labels my boss has designed using an old >gwbasic program. The problem is I need >to now how to increase the size of the >lettering (and subsequently shrink it). >I know its something to do with the chr$ >function and that "w" doubles the width >of the line in effect making it bigger >but I need really large lettering and my >basic knowledge is as old as the >spectrum48K. I will assume that by "size of the lettering" you mean FONT size for printed labels. You need to send printer control commands to the printer using the LPRINT statement. These commands depend on what printer you are using but ALL printer commands that I know about use ESCAPE SEQUENCES which are usually formatted using CHR$(27). You will need a reference of printer commands for your particular printer, usually included in the owner's manual. Some printers support scalable fonts which gives you precise control of font size, others have more limited size controls such as CONDENSED, SUBSCRIPT, WIDE. Hope this helps -- <<Bob Chappuis>> anti-spam address in use to send email change bchapp to chappuis
Tue, 29 Feb 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Bill Marc #5 / 6	gwbasic simple programming help, Please!!! Quote: >> Hi, I've recently had to do start using >> gwbasic, to change the design on some >> labels my boss has designed using an old >> gwbasic program. The problem is I need >> to now how to increase the size of the >> lettering (and subsequently shrink it). >> I know its something to do with the chr$ >> function and that "w" doubles the width >> of the line in effect making it bigger >> but I need really large lettering and my >> basic knowledge is as old as the >> spectrum48K. >> Please help as I am at wits ends! This is actually more a function of your printer than of Basic. If it's an Epson-compatible nine-pin printer, LPRINT CHR$(27);"W1"; turns on double width and CHR$(27);"W0" turns it off. Read the printer manual to see if it has any larger fonts built in, otherwise it will take more than a simple Basic program. -- Bill Marcum bmarcum at iglou dot com "Someone forgot to put the shoggoth out. There's ichor all over the floor."
Tue, 29 Feb 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Sidney L #6 / 6	gwbasic simple programming help, Please!!! On Fri, 12 Sep 1997 00:38:45 +0100, Simon Caldecutt Quote: >gwbasic program. The problem is I need >to now how to increase the size of the >lettering (and subsequently shrink it). >I know its something to do with the chr$ >function and that "w" doubles the width >of the line in effect making it bigger You are "looking in the wrong place" ;-) All of that funtionality (or at least whatever is available to you) is part of your printer's capabilities. The first thing you need to do is get hold of the printer technical reference or programmers manual for your specific printer. It will describe what control sequences you send to the printer from you program to activate various printer functions such as text size etc. The details will be specific to your printer make and model. If your printer doesn't have fonts large enough for your purposes but does have a "graphics mode" then you will need to design your required font as graphics and develop the code needed to send them to the printer. That is a fairly large and "ugly" job and I would suggest you "change the plan" if this is your situation. Unless you are working for free and have a lot of interest in doing it yourself (and the time to do so) the mores cost effective method would be to buy a printer with the built in font capability and then either modify the program for that printer or else simply use any of the modern word processors all of which have excellent font support and the ability to genrate labels very nicely ;-) -- Regards -- Sid Lee - Calgary, Alberta, Canada (51d N, 114d West)
Thu, 02 Mar 2000 03:00:00 GMT

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