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Date: 20 Oct 89 11:11:18 GMT
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In article <67100005@sts>, galvey@sts.sts.COM writes:
> /* 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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