on 6/1/2000 8:55 PM, futurebasic-digest-help@... at futurebasic-digest-help@... wrote: > > futurebasic Digest 2 Jun 2000 03:55:31 -0000 Issue 1317 > > Topics (messages 18670 through 18693): > > lucky me... > 18670 by: Bowerbird.aol.com > > Re: [XFB] lucky me... > 18671 by: Chris Wyatt. > > The Eyes have it! > 18672 by: Martin Fitzgibbons > 18674 by: Alain PASTOR > 18679 by: ted > 18680 by: Joe Lewis Wilkins > 18693 by: Martin Fitzgibbons > > Big Announcement (Thanks Jamin) > 18673 by: Robert Covington > 18676 by: ARDScreen.aol.com > 18678 by: Bowerbird.aol.com > 18682 by: Robert Covington > > Arrays As Parameters [FBII,FB^3] > 18675 by: scram.staff.rbe.sk.ca > 18687 by: Robin > > FB3 Book Array Commentary & beta update > 18677 by: Joe Lewis Wilkins > > Finding files > 18681 by: ARDScreen.aol.com > 18686 by: Robin > > Save Text File To Resource > 18683 by: Jim Henson > 18684 by: chris young > 18685 by: Jim Henson > 18688 by: Bowerbird.aol.com > 18691 by: Jim Henson > 18692 by: Bowerbird.aol.com > > Dot Matrix Printing Problem > 18689 by: JSMITHXX.aol.com > 18690 by: JSMITHXX.aol.com > > Administrivia: > > To subscribe to the digest, e-mail: > futurebasic-digest-subscribe@... > > To unsubscribe from the digest, e-mail: > futurebasic-digest-unsubscribe@... > > To post to the list, e-mail: > futurebasic@... > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: Bowerbird@... > Date: Thursday, June 1, 2000 2:46 AM > To: futurebasic@..., Bowerbird@... > Subject: lucky me... > > joe said: >> The rationale for "back doors" > > oh, i build in those back doors, > sure as shootin', rin tin tin... > > but then i lose/forget/actuallyneverstore > so have just always about zero chance of > having the passcode when needed... ergo, locked out. > > i know i think i used "opensaysame" as a password. > one time. or maybe it was "opensesame"? > or "ohpensaysme"? hey... ya know, i think it was > "pleaseprettybabypleasewonchaopenupforme"... > > or was it "backdoor"? > > "sidedoor"? > > "trapdoor"? > > "vontrappedoor"? > > "thosedoorsintimemachinethattakeyoutoanothertimeandplace..." > > -bowerbird > > p.s. lucky me, i only have to worry about lowercase. > imagine all the possible permutations of > capitalizing random letters within those various strings. > > p.p.s. joe, that balloon gworld demo is ultra-high-fly on my g3. > i imagine on a g4 supercomputer-desktop it's positive spaceshot. > > From: "Chris Wyatt." <space@...> > Reply-To: spacenaut@... > Date: Thursday, June 1, 2000 3:50 AM > To: futurebasic@... > Subject: Re: [XFB] lucky me... > > G'day All, > > Bowerbird wrote: > >> snip >> >> -bowerbird >> >> snip >> >> p.p.s. joe, that balloon gworld demo is ultra-high-fly on my g3. >> i imagine on a g4 supercomputer-desktop it's positive spaceshot. > > It does pretty good on my 68k Performa 580CD that runs at 33MHz. > > Regards, > > Chris Wyatt, in Bendigo, Australia. > > > From: Martin Fitzgibbons <rush@...> > Reply-To: rush@..., d8171hn1@... > Date: Thursday, June 1, 2000 7:15 AM > To: futurebasic@... > Subject: The Eyes have it! > > The code below works but doesn't track smoothly. Can anyone help iron it > out? > > Martin > > xstart = 100 > ystart = 100 > END GLOBALS > > LOCAL FN domouse > x = MOUSE(_horz) > y = MOUSE(_vert) > LONG IF x <> MOUSE(_horz) OR y <> MOUSE(_vert) > x = MOUSE(_horz) > y = MOUSE(_vert) > COLOR _zwhite > CIRCLE FILL xstart+25,ystart-25,30 > CIRCLE FILL xstart+75,ystart-25,30 > COLOR _zblack > CIRCLE xstart+25,ystart-25,25 > CIRCLE xstart+75,ystart-25,25 > LONG IF x > xstart > xeye =10 > XELSE > xeye =-10 > END IF > LONG IF y > ystart > yeye=10 > XELSE > yeye=-10 > END IF > LONG IF x > 100 AND x<200 AND y>50 AND y <100 > xeye=0:yeye=0 > END IF > CIRCLE FILL xstart+25+xeye,ystart-25+yeye,10 > CIRCLE FILL xstart+75+xeye,ystart-25+yeye,10 > END IF > END FN > > '------------------ Main --------------------------- > WINDOW #1,"Command . to Exit" > PRINT "Click where you want to be watched" > DO > UNTIL FN BUTTON > xstart = MOUSE(_horz) > ystart = MOUSE(_vert) > 'CIRCLE xstart+50,ystart+10,100 > CIRCLE xstart+25,ystart-25,25 > CIRCLE xstart+75,ystart-25,25 > CIRCLE FILL xstart+25,ystart-25,10 > CIRCLE FILL xstart+75,ystart-25,10 > DO > FN domouse > UNTIL LEN(INKEY$) > END > > > > > From: Alain PASTOR <pixmix@...> > Date: Thursday, June 1, 2000 6:14 AM > To: futurebasic@... > Subject: Re: [FB] The Eyes have it! > > > > Martin Fitzgibbons wrote: > >> The code below works but doesn't track smoothly. Can anyone help iron it >> out? >> >> Martin > > Hello Martin, > I would probably dim two global variables > >> >> DIM gLastX, gLastY ' added >> xstart = 100 >> ystart = 100 >> END GLOBALS >> >> LOCAL FN domouse >> x = MOUSE(_horz) >> y = MOUSE(_vert) > > then I would change the conditional statement: > >> >> LONG IF x <> MOUSE(_horz) OR y <> MOUSE(_vert) > > to: > LONG IF x <> gLastX OR y <> gLastY > > Then at last I would change the two following lines: > >> x = MOUSE(_horz) >> y = MOUSE(_vert) > > to: > gLastX = x > gLastY = y > >> >> COLOR _zwhite >> <snip> > > Note that doing that way you are calling twice the FB MOUSE function, It is > probably possible to go even quicker calling only one time the Toolbox > GETMOUSE. In which case you need to dim variables in your domouse FN that way: > > DIM mousePos;0,y,x > then you just call the Toolbox: > CALL GETMOUSE(mousePos) > on return x and y will hold the expected values. > > HTH > > Alain > > > From: ted <ted@...> > Date: Thursday, June 1, 2000 9:05 AM > To: <futurebasic@...> > Subject: Re: [FB] The Eyes have it! > >> From the nimble fingers of Alain PASTOR (pixmix@...) (1/6/2000 9:14 > AM) came... > >> Martin Fitzgibbons wrote: >> >>> The code below works but doesn't track smoothly. Can anyone help iron it >>> out? >>> >>> Martin Hi all! I'm new to the list and FutureBasic but I have been fooling around with basic on various machines since the mid 1980. I am looking for sample code and would appreciate knowing any web pages where folks have posted some. I know there is a LOT of it on the CD and I'm working my way through it. I would also like to know if there are any books about FutureBasic. Thanx in advance, Tony Lane