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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : MMBasic 3.2 DOS Tip

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crackerjack

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Joined: 11/07/2011
Location: Australia
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Posted: 03:44am 19 Apr 2012

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A quick tip for those who find the DOS version as useful as I do (it means I can write sneaky MMBasic programs during lunchtime at work with no MM hardware attached to my PC - then drop the BAS file into Dropbox and then, when I get home, I transfer the program using the enhanced XMODEM commands to my Maximite and test it out there).

Anyway - back to the tip: Add the new DOS-only QUIT command at the end of your program to release CPU used by MMBasic.

For programs that will run on both MM and DOS, use the following to prevent errors when the non-MM command (QUIT) is encountered:

[code]
If MM.HRes = 0 Then
Quit
EndIf
[/code]

MM.HRes has a zero value in DOS.

This tip was gleaned from a suggestion by the MMaster - Geoff himself.

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