$INCLUDE Forces Extra Linefeeds in Print from QB.EXE File Menu (31471)

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The following are two ways to view this problem:

1. Load only the program module that contains the REM $INCLUDE statement into the editor; do not load the included file. Next, select the Print...Current Module option from the File menu.
   
   In addition to the printing of the program, there will be blank lines added to the end of the listing, one blank line for each line in the include file.
2. The same problem occurs if the include file is also loaded. Multiple blank lines will be inserted between the printout of the program module and the include file. In this case, the option Print...All modules is selected from the File menu.

In either of these two cases, if the included lines are being viewed (i.e., the option Included Lines has been chosen from the View menu), the files are printed without the insertion of blank lines. Results of testing with previous versions indicate that blank lines are not inserted when the program is printed from the QuickBasic Version 2.00 or 3.00 editor.

As a workaround, invoke the Included Lines option from the View menu prior to printing. The following is a code example:

   ' Program TEST.BAS
   REM
   REM
   REM
   REM $INCLUDE: 'TEST.INC'
   REM
   PRINT "all done"

   ' This is the included file TEST.INC

   PRINT "in the include file"
   PRINT "in the include file"
   PRINT "in the include file"
   PRINT "in the include file"
   PRINT "in the include file"
   PRINT "in the include file"
   PRINT "in the include file"
   PRINT "in the include file"
   PRINT "in the include file"
   PRINT "in the include file"
   PRINT "in the include file"
   PRINT "in the include file"