MBASIC TIP by Steve Brammer For those of you who, like myself, do frequent programming in MBASIC, an occasion often arises where the ability to display a message on the screen in a given row and column would be very convenient. However, to the best of my knowledge, MBASIC does not have a "LOCATE", "HTAB" or "VTAB" command. Recently, I found a definable function which would solve the dilemma. (Actually, someone else found it and showed it to me.) When you try the program below, keep in mind that I have only tried this on a Kaypro with MBASIC and not on any other machine! 10 DEF FNLOC$(X,Y)=CHR$(27)+CHR$(61)+CHR$(X+31)+CHR$(Y=31) 20 PRINT CHR$(26):REM CLEARS THE SCREEN 30 PRINT FNLOC$(10,5);"TEST LINE" 40 END Line #10 defines the function to position the message. Line #30 displays the message, "TEST LINE", at row=10 and column=5. I hope this tip will help you, and if you know any tips yourself, be sure to write to the newsletter editor about them. Article from The Random File July 1985