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- BASIChelp Help File
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-
- This is a simple desktop aid for BASIC programmers who do programming from
- the desktop. It gives on-line BASIC help, as produced by the 'HELP xxx'
- BASIC command, but does so in a desktop window so you don't have to resort
- to entering BASIC when you need to look up a command. Simply click on the
- large arrows either side of the command box to browse through the 165
- entries currently stored in the program.
-
- If you know what you are looking for, it will probably be quicker to search
- directly for it. Simply go through the menu and type in the text to search
- for. You can do this in upper or lower case (or both...) since the string
- will automatically be converted to upper case for the search. The first
- command which is matched or partly matched by the search string will be
- displayed, so it helps to be as accurate as possible.
-
- This program was written on an A5000 with BBC BASIC V module 1.05, so the
- commands and text may not be completely accurate for some versions of this
- modules. If a lot of the command explanations mean nothing to you, don't
- worry - they mean nothing to me either. I have made no attempt to make the
- terminology clear etc. but have simply reproduced the help text my BASIC
- module offered me when I typed in each command.
-
- On a final note, this program uses the excellent WimpTools module, which I
- got from the August 1994 Acorn User cover disc. There will be problems if
- this module is removed by RMKill, RMClear and the like before the program
- is quitted, so beware. This actually represents my first completed attempt
- at writing a desktop program. Although I have a pretty extensive knowledge
- of programming in BASIC I had never understood how to write desktop programs
- until I found the WimpTools program, manual and demo on the cover disc,
- which somehow made it all clear. I would recommend WimpTools to anyone who
- finds desktop programming really complicated - it is so simple to create
- menus, load templates, alter icon/menu item states and so on. And it doesn't
- take up that much room in your module area, either.
-
- Written by Chris Grant
- Welfengasse 15
- D-82487 Oberammergau
- GERMANY