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 VB for MS-DOS: How to Append Data to the End of an .EXE File - Q84062
 
 The following is a small program that will create a data file
 containing a graphics image created with the PRINT and LINE statements
 in Basic:
 
 ' To try this example in VBDOS.EXE:
 ' 1. From the File menu, choose New Project.
 ' 2. Copy the code example to the Code window.
 ' 3. Press F5 to run the program.
 
 SCREEN 12
 COLOR 1              ' Select Blue for the color.
 DIM box%(1 TO 1792)  ' Dimension an array big enough for the GET
                                  ' statement.
 LOCATE 2, 2          ' Locate the "Hello" text.
 PRINT "Hello";
 LINE (1, 15)-(55, 30), , B ' Draw a box.
 GET (1, 1)-(55, 30), box%  ' Get the box.
 OPEN "DATAFILE" FOR BINARY AS #1
 FOR i% = 1 TO 1792
      PUT #1, , box%(i%)        ' Save image to disk.
 NEXT i%
 CLOSE #1
 END