Total Newb needs help! (unidata PICK/BASIC)

[edukes]

I hope I am in the right forum???I have recently started at a new company which uses A Unidata/PICK/BASIC system. I have absolutely 0 programming experience and my fiirst class (in Denver, CO. at RocketSoftware) for the intro to programminng isn't scheduled until january Soooo... I am hoping that I can find help here during my first few months and try to mange to do as much reading as possible in order to stay afloat. I have found a few online publications that I think should help. If anyone here can help me with the following "project" that I am using as practice I would be forever grateful! here is what I am trying to do; I need to create a routine (program) in BASIC that does the following;

allows a user to input two dates.
• Dates have to be valid
• Both dates have to be greater than the current date (today) and less than a year from the current date
• The second date has to be greater than the first date

I have done a few smaller practice projects, but I guess I have not gotten to the chapter that covers what I would GUESS is using the OCONV tool to convert the dates and then somehow check to make sure the rules above are enforced. Like I said, ANY help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[edukes]

well looks like this is a dead forum anyone know of any PICK/BASIC forums out there that are active?

 

[johnwm]

For the level of question you are asking you will do better looking for tutorials rather than forums. Try something like

http://www.scribd.com/doc/27083/Jonathan-E-Sisks-PickBASIC-A-Programmers-Guide

to get you started with this sort of basic stuff.

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[Buff1]

Sorry, I used to work with PickBasic and another similar one but it was in the mid 80's. I'd suggest trying to find a manual. Maybe even the library might have something if you cant find any other place.

 

[edukes]

Thanks for the responses. I figured it out after a few days of reading and trial and error