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From: galvey@sts.sts.COM
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Subject: Re: Basic program questions
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Date: 4 Oct 89 23:30:19 GMT
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/* Written  by jwhitman@stl-06sima.army.mil */
/* ---------- "Basic program questions" ---------- */
 >
 >[Window stuff deleted]
 >
 >Different subject!  The program I am working on is too large to load
 >without increasing the stack and data areas with the clear command.
 >I have put the clear command in the top of the program but as I suspected
 >it made no difference because it was not executed until the program was
 >fully loaded.  That prevents me from running the program from an icon.
 >If I start up BASIC and issue the clear command in immediate mode I can
 >load and run the program just fine.  How can I start up BASIC from an
 >icon and get it to recognize the increased space?  If I cannot do that
 >then perhaps this is a good candidate for CHAIN or MERGE.  Any ideas??
 >
I had the same problem when a program I was working on got to be larger than
25K. After a while I figured out what to do to make it run. I simply made a
"loader" program (it runs when you click the icon). All the LOADER does is
CLEAR enough space (using the CLEAR command) and then loads & runs the "MAIN"
program. I don't recall what command is used to load & run the main program.

One thing to watch out for - I made a custom ICON for the loader program (it
looked like a business form), and it got wiped out whenever I did an EDIT 
after running the program (BASIC EDITOR replaced loader.info instead of 
main.info). I finally made a copy of the ICON & copied it when I was done
editing for the day.

Another possible option is to get a Basic compiler! I have thought about this
but can't seem to get motivated since I started looking at C.
 
 >[more stuff deleted]

 >Thanks for your patience and for the usual excellent response.
 >
 >Regards,   Jerry.

Hope I have helped.

Greg A.

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