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Lemming
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Hi, Lemming here.
I'm new to DB and made my first text game. It was a game where you tried to guess a number and if you did't guess it, it told you HIGHER or LOWER until you did. But after so many guesses, the text ran below the screen. Any idea on how to make the screen keep up with the text?
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John H
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Posted: 9th Mar 2003 04:41
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After X amount of guesses just type CLS to clear the screen. Just have a variable like input# and every time you guess then input#=input#+1

Then, if input > 20 then CLS

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Steverino
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Actually, forget that. It doesn't seem to work in DB Pro. Worked great in DB classic, though.

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Lemming
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It doesn't seem to work. Here is my game. can you tell me what's wrong with it?


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PiratSS
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That should work. I can't test it, so you might tell me if it does.


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Lemming
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Nope PiratSS. It doesn't work. When I try to run it, it says "LABEL NAME IS NOT VALID"
Thanks anyway.

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PiratSS
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???

I just tested for both DB and DBPro, the code works.

You sure you copied everything?


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Lemming
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Yah your right it does work. I must have copied it wrong. But I made the user input a random number for a reason. In your game, the number I had to guess was in the zillions. While in mine, the higher the number you input into the "ENTER A RANDOM NUMBER" area, the harder it is. And vice versa. But thanks for showing me how to clear it after so many guesses.

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PiratSS
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zillions?? it's random between 1-10(no zero).You can easily change that too.


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Lemming
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I don't think so. When I loaded the game it said "Your number is Higher!" for 1000. I kept going higher until I reached 10000000000. That is when I quit. Could it be that I'm only using the Trial DB?

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oh sry,

that's my mistake. I thought it was too high or too low, not higher or lower.


This should work.


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Lemming
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Yah. Now it works. Thanks. <(^_^)>

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