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Liberty BASIC 4 Companion

an Electronic Book for use with the [Liberty BASIC Programming Language]

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" Liberty BASIC 4 Companion " is a detailed reference work for Liberty BASIC 4. It is available in three formats. It is available as a traditional Windows Helpfile for use at the PC. It is also available in PDF format, viewable by the [Free Adobe Acrobat Reader] which you must have installed in order to use this format. It is also available as compiled HTML help.

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CONTENTS

Liberty BASIC 4 Companion

Introduction
Legal Notice

Part One - Tutorials

Getting Started

The Fundamentals

Your First Program!
User Input and Variables
Math and Numeric Variables
Arrays are Lists
Looping and Arrays
Labels and Goto
If -- Evaluating Expressions
Programming in Windows
Fun Stuff

Files on Disk

Types of Disk Files
Sequential Files
Random Access Files
Binary Files
FILES Information

GUI Programming

What is a GUI?
Opening Windows
Adding Controls
Responding to User Events
Communicating with Controls
A First GUI Program
Graphics
Turtle Graphics
Use of Color
The Colordialog
Bitmap Graphics
Bitmap Color Formats
Bitmap Dimensions
Drawing Rules
Drawn Objects
Graphics and Text
Trapping Mouse and Keyboard Events
Segments and Flushing
Loading Images

Sprite BASICs

Sprite Animation
Sprite Commands
What is a Sprite?
How Do Sprites Work?
Start with the Background
Designate Sprites
Sprite Properites
Sprite Methods
Drawing and Collision Detection
Flushing Sprite Graphics
Pauses and Timing
Add a Mask
Step by Step
Simple Demo Program

Game Creation

Game Logic
Game Outline
Keyboard Input
Mouse Input
Using Arrays
Shooting
Scoring and Collision Detection

Part Two - Liberty BASIC Reference

Program Management

Commands
Command List
Comments
Liberty BASIC Variables
The Liberty BASIC Editor
Running Programs
Lesson Browswer
Debugging Programs
The Debugger
Error Trapping
CommandLine$
Distribute Programs
Icon Editor

Window Reference

Windows - The Mainwin
Window Types and Commands
Window Size and Placement
Window Colors
Dialogs
Notice
Prompt
Confirm
Common Dialogs
Sounds
Cursors
Timer
Joystick

Control Reference

Controls
Control Commands
Menus
Buttons
Radiobuttons and Groupboxes
Checkboxes
Listboxes
Comboboxes
Statictext
Textboxes
Texteditors
Text and Clipboard Functions
Graphicboxes

Structure and Logic Reference

Variables and Constants
Arrays
Structure and Branch Labels
Gosubs, Subprograms and Functions
Gosubs
Subprograms
Functions
Looping
If/Then and Boolean Operators
Select Case
Bitwise Operations

Graphics Functions

Graphics Functions
Bitmaps
Graphic Text
Mouse and Keyboard Events
Graphics Commands
Sprite Command List

Math Functions

Math Functions
Arithmetic
Trig Functions

Managing Data

String Functions
Printing Hard Copies
Data Management
Files, Drives and Directories
File Input
File Output and Append
Random Files
Date and Time
Communications Functions

Part Three - Using Dynamic Link Libraries

API Fundamentals

Making API Calls
Translating Calls to LB Syntax
The Windows API in Action
Shell and Kernel API
INI Files and Registry
Clipboard API Functions
Callbacks and the Timer

Menus, Files and Icons

Menu Manipulations
Files and Dialogs
File API Font Installation
Icons
Icon Demo 1
Icon Demo 2

Modifying LB Windows and Controls

Window Size and Location
Change Window Caption
Shaped Window
Button States
Color Matched Bmpbuttons
Remove Border
Textbox with Input Limit
Listbox with Horizontal Scroll

GDI

Graphics Device Interface
Pens and Brushes
Moving the Origin
Drawing Points and Lines
Drawing Objects
Working with Regions
Image Manipulations
CreateFont
Painting with Text
Text Paths
Memory Device Contexts
Printing Functions
Printing Demo

Multimedia

Multimedia
MCI Send String
Open
Play
Close
Pause/Resume
Window Command
Set
Status
Time Format
AVI Demos
CD and Joystick Demos
Midi Demos
MP3 and MPG Demos
WAV Demos

Internet Programming

Email
Browsing the Internet
Downloading Files

Windows Controls

Creating and Using Custom Controls
Statictext by API
Buttons by API
Edit Controls by API
Text Editor by API

Common Controls

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