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Title: My First CPC Basic Program - Disk Menu
Post by: paradroid90 on 21:44, 06 April 14

Please do not laugh at me :laugh: but I was looking for some help in getting a disk menu program.

So this afternoon I thought I would code my own.

Although it is very basic (Pardon the pun ;) ) I have coded a boot menu which on most disc will start with the Run"disc command.

This was my first attempt and it does exactly what I wanted. :)

I know I can do flashing text and stuff but this will do as a start off :D [attach=2]

Title: Re: My First CPC Basic Program - Disk Menu
Post by: redbox on 21:47, 06 April 14

Always better to try and program your own! :)

Title: Re: My First CPC Basic Program - Disk Menu
Post by: TotO on 21:49, 06 April 14

The CPC BASIC is just fantastic, you know! ;)

Title: Re: My First CPC Basic Program - Disk Menu
Post by: paradroid90 on 21:53, 06 April 14

Thanks for the feedback guys :)

Completed Menus for 10 disks so far today so have been busy.

Must admit it took some time to work out the ink command and using *,* model ???

But locate was very handy. I have now created templates for 7,8,10 and 6 game disc menus

Title: Re: My First CPC Basic Program - Disk Menu
Post by: redbox on 21:59, 06 April 14

Quote from: paradroid90 on 21:53, 06 April 14
Completed Menus for 10 disks so far today so have been busy.

You could maybe look at using INKEY (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Locomotive_BASIC#INKEY_.28i.29) or similar instead of an INPUT prompt.

Then you'd only have to press the number instead of the number and ENTER.

Title: Re: My First CPC Basic Program - Disk Menu
Post by: Bryce on 22:06, 06 April 14

Quote from: paradroid90 on 21:53, 06 April 14
Thanks for the feedback guys :)

Completed Menus for 10 disks so far today so have been busy.

Must admit it took some time to work out the ink command and using *,* model ???

But locate was very handy. I have now created templates for 7,8,10 and 6 game disc menus

You need to make it clever. How about getting the menu program to read the disk when it's started and dynamically create the menu? Then you just have to copy the same program to every disk. :)

Bryce.

Title: Re: My First CPC Basic Program - Disk Menu
Post by: paradroid90 on 22:31, 06 April 14

Sounds great Bryce but probably way beyond my programming skills at this time.

I will have a play about with Inkey tomorrow and update the code.

Thanks for the tips everyone :D

Title: Re: My First CPC Basic Program - Disk Menu
Post by: AMSDOS on 22:38, 06 April 14

I was just looking at a Disk Menu program the other day. Check out AA March 1987 Issue Type-ins (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Amstrad_Action_March_1987_Type-Ins) if you're interested, their program Catalogs the Disk and then you can use the Cursor & space to select, their program also offers you the choice of Loading the program (via Load) or Running the program.

Title: Re: My First CPC Basic Program - Disk Menu
Post by: paradroid90 on 06:59, 07 April 14

Thanks for the link AMDOS :)

I think I might just work on my menu program a bit more and change the colour scheme a bit and use the inkey command to confirm the choice when pressing a number :)

Thanks for all your help :D

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