--------- start Hello.kix ---------
"Hello World"
--------- end Hello.kix ---------

I type "kix32 hello" at the command prompt and get script error : expected expression !. WTF? Either the guide I'm reading is wrong or I'm missing something obvious.

BTW, I'm using version 3.63 if that makes a difference.

When you open hello.kix in notepad, what do you see?

are you using the hello.kix that was found in the \scripts folder of the zip file?

Bryce

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Try saving your HELLO.KIX file with these entries and the calling as you did before.

; The semi-colon is like a REM or :: to a batch file

code:

---

? "Hello Kix"

---

KiXtart does not know what to do with "Hello World" without the ? before it.

Try looking at some of the sample code here on the board as you read the manual and test and try out new stuff.

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If you choose the quick and easy path, you will become an agent of evil.

actually a

code:

---

"hello world"

---

will execute just fine in kix. All the ? does is tell kix to go to the next line.

the above code executed with kix 3.63

quote:

---

C:\>kix363 hello
hello world
C:\>

---

and this

code:

---

? "Hello World"

---

quote:

---

C:\>kix363 hello

hello world
C:\>

---

What i suspect that WallyWest has done is include the "-----" lines in the .kix file.

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cj

Thanks

The symbol ? is a line break for kix, it is not required for screen output.

You can do thing like:

?"Updating stuff...."
Do things here with happy kix commands.
"done"

This will display:

Updating stuff....done.

The ? can be at the end of the line or the beginning, but if wanted to be displayed as a question mark it needs to be inside the quotation marks.

code:

---

break on
;--------- start Hello.kix ---------
?"Hello World"
$count = "0"	
DO
$count = 1 + "$count"
SELECT
	CASE $COUNT = 1
	COLOR r+/n
	CASE $COUNT = 2
	COLOR w+/n
	CASE $COUNT = 3
	COLOR b+/n
	CASE 1
	COLOR G+/G
ENDSELECT
"."
sleep 1
color w+/n
UNTIL $count = 5
;--------- end Hello.kix ---------

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[This message has been edited by JasonC (edited 11 June 2001).]

Your right... I knew that, just slipped my mind. Couldn't see the forest with all the trees in the way. I use so many new lines in my code I kind of got to think of it as required, when in fact it is not.

Thanks for setting me straight ------------>

NTDOC