PowerBASIC Tutorial
by Gary Beene
Chapter 1. Introduction
Introductory chapter, high-level materials are discussed before detailed chapters begin.
Section 1. Overview
Section 2. Examples
Section 3. IDE
Section 4 Compilation
Section 5. Distribution
chapter 2. Projects
Provides introductory discussions of the PBWin tools for creating a PowerBASIC project.
Section 1. Project Files
Section 2. DDT Windows
Section 3. Controls
Section 4. Menus
Section 5. Dialogs
Section 6. Help Files
Section 7. Resources
Section 8. Templates
Section 9. Project Shell
Chapter 3. Language
Discusses fundamental language concepts.
Section 1. Syntax
Section 2. Operators
Section 3. Data Types
Section 4. Variables
Section 5. Scope
Section 6. Declarations
Section 7. Procedures
Section 8. Flow Control
chapter 4. Messages
Covers messaging concepts, which are critical for writing event-driven application.
Section 1. Windows
Section 2. Messages
Section 3. Callbacks
Section 4. Mouse
Section 5. Keyboard
Section 6. Dialogs
Section 7. Controls
Section 8. Subclassing
Chapter 5. Functions
Discusses the functions available in PowerBASIC - the workhorse statements of writing PowerBASIC applications.
Section 1. Arithmetic
Section 2. Trig
Section 3. Strings
Section 4. Arrays
Section 5. Date/Time
Section 6. Printing
Section 7. Files
Section 8. Folders
Section 9. Keyboard
Section 10. Mouse
Section 11. Sound
Section 12. System
Chapter 6. Advanced
Covers topics which will enhance a programmer's ability to write morecapable applications.
Section 1. Error Traps
Section 2. Debugging
Section 3. Objects
Section 4. Graphics
Section 5. Databases
Section 6. API
Section 7. DLLs
Section 8. ASM
Section 9. Threads