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From: russ@hpldola.HP.COM (Russell Johnston)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: editing IBM BASIC programs
Message-ID: <11250010@hpldola.HP.COM>
Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 12:43:48 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  1 12:43:48 1987
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>	Can someone advise me how I can edit an IBM BASIC program using a
>word processor (such as WordPerfect)? As you know, when using the SAVE command,
>the disk file is NOT ASCII.

Save the program in ascii format:  SAVE"program",A
Make sure the word proceesor uses straight ascii files
(i.e. WordStar you must use nondocument mode)

>	Also, how does one issue a DOS command through BASIC? For example, if
>I want to issue the "timer/s" command during the execution of my program, how
>do I accomplish this?

Try the shell command:  SHELL "dos command"