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Instead of having to type print "..." print "..." for my rules section, is there a way to do this in notepad, then have my program read from the .txt file and display the rules in the middle of the screen? This would make editing the rules much easier and tkae hours less time, as notepad has wordwrap and the rules are already typed on it.

yup check out the 'open to read' command and learn how to use and manipulate strings

keep in mind that notepad's wordwrap does not affect what is saved in a file (there are no line breaks saved as a result of notepad's worwrap on or off). you'll still need to worry about the line breaks when you get into your app, and/or actually put in the breaks yourself in notepad.

this also doesn't take into account the fact that you are likely using a different font and size in your game, and the rules wouldn't fit.

if you're looking for straightforward, type the rules into a graphics program (like PhotoShop) and save them on your background. you can then load the entire text as an image (one command) and display them on the screen (only one more command).

if you're stuck on text, i'd recommend using the text file commands in db, but you'll have to do some fidgeting to get it to look right on a line-by-line basis. alternatively, you can put each 'paragraph' of the rules on ONE line in your text file, then when you read it in, test the size of the paragraph with the TEXT WIDTH command and adjust as nessesary, shortening one word at a time until your text fits. this is a little more complicated, but there is example code out there that fits.

cheers

thanks. I will put the rules sections onto images and load the images onto the rules pages