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Question

Small Basic installs on my Win XP SP3 system, but doesn't display readable characters.  Only little boxes in place of characters.  Here's a screen capture:

http://www.intelligentwebware.com/SmallBasic.png

I've tried re-download, reinstall, etc.  And no useful feedbackfrom the SmallBasic forum.  Some kind of fix is needed.

 

Answer 1

There was a problem a while back. See the thread here. Unfortunately, this problem was never solved. Maybe some of the suggestions will help you.

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Answer 2

Nothing useful was suggested there.  Still looking for something.

Answer 3

Hi RJ,

What language are you using? Your desktop capture doesn't provide enough information...

Thanks,
--Brian

Answer 4

What language am I using for what?  My question starts out,"Small Basic installs on my Win XP SP3 system . . .".  Is that what you mean?  Or are you referring to something else?

Answer 5

I cannot repro. Any suggestions for RJ?

Thanks!

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Ed Price (a.k.a User Ed), SQL Server Customer Program Manager (Blog, Twitter, Wiki)

Answer 6

This is a tough problem. First, I would try uninstalling and reinstalling .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and doing the same for Small Basic.

If that did not solve the problem, I would start Windows Setup from the CD-ROM (make sure you use an SP3 CD-ROM to avoid mismatching OS files) and repairing (not reinstalling) XP. If you do not have ans XP SP3 disc, you can use slipstreaming to make a Windows XP SP3 disc using a an XP/ XP SP1/ XP SP2 disc. (http://lifehacker.com/386526/slipstream-service-pack-3-into-your-windows-xp-installation-cd).

If that still fails, I would have to take to the last resort and format and reinstall everything. However, that is only a last resort and should not be taken lightly.

Hope that helped! Good luck and feel free to post more updates / questions here.

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Answer 7

Thanks - I posed the question over a year ago, but I've moved on to Python since then . . .