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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Programme disappears as soon as it is run

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Epiphora
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Posted: 28th May 2012 22:01
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Hi,

What I mean is if I write

print "hello"

then run the programme, the box flashes up and closes again so I can't see if it worked or not.

I have managed to advance to moving a cursor around the box by copying code but I can't do very simple things.

eg.

Print "Please Enter Your Name: ";
Input Name$
CLS
Print "Hello ";Name$

I copied this from Nickydude's pdf guide but when I run it as soon as I type my name and press enter the programme finishes and I don't see the "hello dave" message.

Does anyone know why?

BTW, I have only downloaded the free trial version to see how things worked before purchasing.

Many thanks...
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nonZero
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Posted: 28th May 2012 23:55
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Try this

Programs will terminate at the end of their code, even when END is not called.

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Epiphora
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Posted: 29th May 2012 00:13
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Thanks, I did do that before.

Is that the only way?
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Epiphora
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Posted: 29th May 2012 01:16
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Thanks again nonZero, I just found what I was looking for in the tutorials

Hamish McHaggis' beginners

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=25076&b=7#post

I needed something to go from the VERY beginning

He uses the wait key command too
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Hodgey
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Posted: 29th May 2012 11:12
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Quote: "Is that the only way?"

You can also use loops to keep a program running. For instance:



You will probably find that you will use loops far more than the wait key command.

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Epiphora
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Thanks, I didn't have the cls command so just repeated itself over and over.

Slowly getting the hang of it, day 3 now
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Marabas
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Keep at it, the more you practice and follow the tutorials, the more it makes sense. Programming has it's own kind of structured logic and your brain takes a while to get used to thinking this way.

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