I did this example of the type command to illustrate its use. It is the best way to programming and it means that you can assign many types of vars to one part of an array, a feature that did no feature in DB one.
Rem Project: temp
Rem Created: 10/02/2003 19:09:29
Rem ***** Main Source File *****
sync on
sync rate 35
chars = 100
x= 0
cls
type stuff
name as string
x as integer
y as integer
inposx as integer
inposy as integer
colr as integer
colg as integer
colb as integer
endtype
dim bugs(chars) as stuff
for x = 1 to chars
rc = int(rnd(50)+60)
bugs(x).name = chr$(rc)
bugs(x).x = Int(rnd(600))
bugs(x).y = int(rnd(400))
bugs(x).colr = int(rnd(255))
bugs(x).colg = int(rnd(255))
bugs(x).colb = int(rnd(255))
bugs(x).inposx = 0
bugs(x).inposy = 0
next x
x= 0
print "Ready Press a Start"
wait key
wait 200
Do
x = x + 1
if x = chars then exit
set cursor bugs(x).x, bugs(x).y
ink rgb(bugs(x).colr,bugs(x).colg,bugs(x).colb),0
print bugs(x).name
sync
Loop
fpx = 600 / 2
fpy = 400 / 2
cent = chars
x = 0
Do
x = x + 1
set cursor bugs(x).x, bugs(x).y
ink 0,0
print bugs(x).name
if bugs(x).x > fpx then bugs(x).x = bugs(x).x - 8
if bugs(x).x fpy then bugs(x).y = bugs(x).y - 8
if bugs(x).y