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From: lester@ka3adu.UUCP (lester)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: editing IBM BASIC programs
Message-ID: <227@ka3adu.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 2-Dec-87 04:03:30 EST
Article-I.D.: ka3adu.227
Posted: Wed Dec  2 04:03:30 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 5-Dec-87 06:38:28 EST
References: <1987Nov30.001912.20101@utstat.uucp>
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Organization: Bob Lester, KA3ADU, Harrisburg,PA
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Summary: How to

In article <1987Nov30.001912.20101@utstat.uucp>, anthony@utstat.uucp (Anthony Ayiomamitis) writes:
> 
> 	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.
> 
> 	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?

1. Before editing the file with a text wordproc, save the file like thus 
     save "file.bas",a
  (Note the ',a' this tells it to save in ascii)
  This will save the file as an ascii text file.
2. To issue a DOS command the syntax is;
   shell "command"
   you can include paths in the shell i.e. 
  100 shell "\utils\map"

	Hope this helps