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 VBDOS.EXE starts the Visual Basic programming environment.
 
    VBDOS [options] [[/RUN] program] [/CMD string]
 
    ■ program        Loads specified file when VBDOS is started
 
    ■ /CMD string    Passes string to COMMAND$ function
 
    ■ options        Command-line options available with VBDOS.EXE:
 
      Option         Description
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      /?             Displays available command-line options
      /Ah            Allows dynamic arrays, fixed-length strings, and numeric
                     data to be greater than 64K each
      /B             Allows use of monochrome with color graphics card
      /C:n           Sets COM buffer size
      /Ea            Allows arrays to be moved into expanded memory
      /E:n,m         Limits expanded memory usage for code and overlay
                     caching to n and m kilobytes (K), respectively
      /Es            Shares expanded memory with mixed-language routines
      /G             Updates CGA screen as quickly as possible
      /H             Displays max number of lines possible for your hardware
      /L [library]   Loads specified Quick library
      /MBF           Treats IEEE-format numbers as Microsoft Binary Format
                     numbers
      /NOHI          Allows use of monitor without high-intensity support
      /RUN           Runs program before displaying it
      /S:n           Sets programming envionment in-memory size to n
                     kilobytes (K). Smaller values of n will result in more
                     conventional memory for your program. Larger values of
                     n will result in less memory, but greater speed while
                     working within the programming environment.
      /X:n           Limits extended memory usage for overlay caching to n
                     kilobytes (K)
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