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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Need help with centering a string

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jaykav99
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Posted: 30th Jul 2009 23:22 Edited at: 30th Jul 2009 23:54
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Sorry misleading title, i meant to ask how do i make each number disappear i have the centering part down.

Atleast i think it would be a string. I am of course a newbie to DB I bought myself a book and Im working through the chapters. I have typed up a sample of coding from the book that just does a simple countdown and prints text. But I'd like to add my own lil twist. So i changed the font, text size and position. But the one thing i cant figure out is with the count down after each number is presented i want it to disappear as the next number shows up.Below is the coding

set text font "forte"
set text size 40
center text 320,180, "Count down to liftoff..."

for x= 10 to 0 step -1
set cursor 320,250
print x
sleep 900
next x
center text 320,210,"Blast off!"
wait key
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zeroSlave
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Posted: 31st Jul 2009 01:03 Edited at: 31st Jul 2009 01:06
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Put a CLS after the 'sleep 900' and move the 'center text 320,180, "Count down to liftoff..."' after the FOR statment

eg:



This way, it clears the screen after each FOR loop and places everything back on the screen.

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jaykav99
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Posted: 31st Jul 2009 01:44
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Worked perfectly, thank you very much. I know I am new at this but even i cant belive i didnt try that. I've already seen it so many times in the books.

But again thank you for the help.
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zeroSlave
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Posted: 31st Jul 2009 03:17
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No prob. I have found that it is sometimes the smallest things that cause the biggest headaches. Especially after you realize what you were missing. I do it all the time.

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