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Issue #116 Jan. 2004

  • Tips For the Hobbyist Programmer - by Tom Nally
  • Measuring an Angle - Teaching Geometry with Liberty BASIC - by Janet Terra
  • Filling Listboxes Using Maphandle - by Ken Lewis
  • About GUIs - by Alyce Watson
  • Converting Old Programs - by Gordon Sweet
  • API Corner - Installing Fonts - by Alyce Watson
  • Tip Corner - Enable/Disable, Show/Hide - by Alyce Watson
  • Demos:
    • Stopwatch for LB4 - by Bill Beasley, with help
    • Run a File Using Parameters - by Gordon Sweet
nl116.zip

Issue #117 Feb. 2004

  • Tip Corner: Using Functions - LB Native and Bill Jennings custom version
  • Game Programming Tutorial, Session 4 - by Richard Ryles
  • Emulating Round Buttons (Advanced) - by Ken Lewis, Sr. and Alyce Watson
  • Rotating Objects in 2D-Space - by Tom Nally
  • LB Workshop: Book Marks, a Review - by Eldron Gill
  • Slide Puzzle - by Janet Terra
  • Demos:
    • Using a Speech Synthesizer DLL - by Gordon Sweet
    • Email and Website Addresses - by Gordon Sweet
  • Beginners Programming Series, Installment 7 - by Brad Moore
    • Part 1 -Windows, Dice and a Little Math Too...
    • Part 2 - Command Buttons and Events
    • Part 3 - Roll Those Bones
    • Appendix and Glossary

nl117.zip

Issue #118 Mar. 2004

  • Text to Speech with Liberty BASIC - By Stefan Pendl
  • Two Puzzles for Novices - By Janet Terra
  • Multiple Slider Controls - By Mike Bradbury
  • Symmetrical Paint - By Tom Nally
  • Programming With Style - By Jim Brossman
  • Progress Simulator - By Gordon Rahman
  • CD Menus - By Gordon Sweet
  • Media File Search - By Gordon Sweet
  • Why Liberty BASIC? - By Gordon Sweet
nl118.zip


Issue #119 Apr. 2004

  • API Translator - by Colin McMurchie
  • Window Help - by Jim Brossman
  • Real Time Communication Under Windows - by Peter Hawken
  • Slider Control - by Brad Moore
  • Desktop Shortcuts - by Gordon Rahman
  • Quick Visual Designer - a New GUI Designer for LB
  • A Dozen Rules for Writing Code - by Alyce Watson
  • Tip Corner - Reading DATA into Arrays - by Alyce Watson
  • API Corner - Easy Polygon - by Alyce Watson
  • Triangle Drawing Demo using Polygon Code
  • Sprite Byte: User-Controlled Sprite - by Alyce Watson
  • Demos:
    • Shell to DOS - by Gordon Sweet
    • Morse Code Tutor - by Gordon Sweet
    • Batch File to Ping a Website - by Scott Bannon
    • Multicolumn Listbox - by Alyce Watson
nl119.zip

Issue #120 May. 2004

  • Random Access Files - by Jim Brossman
  • Liberty Simple Help II - a 10th Anniversary Contest Entry by Tom Nally
  • Sprite Byte: Scrolling Background - by Alyce Watson
  • Blood Pressure Simulator II - by Janet Terra
  • Exploring Cellular Automata with Liberty BASIC - by Tom Nally
  • Developing a Poker Game - by Gordon Rahman
  • Desktop Shortcuts II - by Gordon Rahman
  • Beginning Programming - Part 8 - by Brad Moore
    • Part 1 Windows, Graphicboxes, Drawing
    • Part 2 Graphics Craps, Logic, Buttons, Statictext
    • Part 3 Complete Game, SUBs, The Challenge
    • Glossary & Appendix
  • Demos
    • Stand Alone Speech Aid - Gordon Sweet
    • CAD Keys - by Gordon Sweet
nl120.zip


Issue #121 Jun. 2004

  • The Liberty BASIC Newsletter Index - By Janet Terra
  • Sprite Byte™ - Scaling - By Alyce Watson
  • Filtered Numeric Input Revisited - By Bob Bromley
  • Changing the Cursor - Two Examples - By Gordon Sweet
  • Converting QBASIC to Liberty BASIC - By Gordon Sweet
  • Demo: Updated LB Contact Manager - By Ken Lewis Sr.
  • LameCard! A Card-like Programming Technology for Liberty BASIC - By Tomas Nally
nl121.zip


Issue #122 Jul. 2004

  • A New Contest - with Prizes! - by John Davidson
  • Bitmaps the Fast Way - by Callum Lowcay
  • Buttons, Checkboxes and RadioButtons - by Janet Terra
  • API Corner - Change Caption of Window - by Alyce Watson
  • Tip Corner - Listbox Trivia - by Alyce Watson
  • Listbox Demo 1 - by Brent Thorn
  • Listbox Demo 2 - by Brent Thorn
  • Sprite Byte: Shooting - by Alyce Watson
  • Using Qcard DLL - Lesson 1 - by Alyce Watson
  • Demos:
    • Print and Print Preview with DDOC.DLL - by Eldron Gill
nl122.zip

Issue #123 Aug. 2004

  • Tip Corner: Variables in Graphics Commands - by Brad Moore
  • API Corner: Easy BmpButtons - by Alyce Watson
  • Just for fun: Waka Waka Bang Splat
  • Timing Events and Heartbeats - by Janet Tera
  • Using QCard Lesson 2 - by Alyce Watson
  • Working with Menus: Checkmarks - by Brad Moore
  • Dissolve: An Annotated Demo - by Brad Moore
  • Encryption, For The Spies In All Of Us - by Bob Bromley
  • Poker Game Development, Part 2 - Gordon Rahman
  • Jim Brossman's Snip Manager Reviewed
  • Demos
    • File Scanner - by Gordon Sweet
    • Pixel Colours - by Gordon Sweet
nl123.zip


Issue #124 Sep. 2004

  • Using QCard DLL - Lesson 3 - By Alyce Watson
  • Sprite ByteTM: Shooting Multiple Missiles - By Alyce Watson
  • Programming a Word Game - By Janet Terra
  • The Liberty BASIC Maven Puzzle Contest - By Janet Terra
  • Adding an Icon to the Taskbar Notification Area - By Ken Lewis Sr.
  • Beginning Programming Series IX - By Brad Moore
  • Rendering Solid Objects - The Four Technical Challenges - By Tom Nally
nl124.zip


Issue #125 Oct. 2004

  • Bitmap Help - A Simple Help Engine - by Tom Nally
  • Printing Forms with LB4.01 - by Alyce Watson
  • Tip Corner - Strings Instead of Arrays - by Alyce Watson
  • Sprite Byte: Computer-Controlled Sprite - by Alyce Watson
  • Using Qcard DLL - Lesson 4 - by Alyce Watson
  • Do it Right! - by Alyce Watson
  • DEMOS
    • Printing With Liberty BASIC v4.01 - by Janet Terra
    • Long Filename Lister - by Gordon Sweet
    • Clearing Out Error Logs - by Gordon Sweet
nl125.zip

Issue #126 Nov. 2004

  • Tip Corner - Do the right thing first - by Norman
  • API Corner - GetEnvironmentVariable - by Brad Moore
  • Using Qcard DLL - Lesson 5 - by Alyce Watson
  • Sprite Byte: Collision Detection - by Alyce Watson
  • Simple Math for Projectile Motion - by Tom Nally
  • Sub Handlers - by Mike Bradbury
  • Comal DLL Agent Lesson - by Janet Terra
  • LB Server: CGI with LB - by Colin McMurchie
  • Setting-up a LB Web Presence - by Brad Moore
  • Review: Alyce's Restaurant - by Ken Lewis Sr.
  • An Interview with Carl Gundel - LB News Staff
  • Demos
    • Double Click Demo - by Moore, Gundel, Watson
    • Disk Cleaner - by Gordon Sweet
nl126.zip


Issue #127 Dec. 2004

  • Beginning Programming Series - Part X - By Brad Moore
  • Manipulating Multiple Listbox Arrays - By Ken Lewis Sr.
  • Video Capture in Liberty BASIC - By Callum Lowcay
  • Tip Corner: Images on Statictext - By Alyce Watson
  • Bulk File Renamer - By Gordon Sweet
  • Creating Dynamic Web Pages - A Better Approach - By Colin McMurchie
  • Demo: Animated Titles - By Janet Terra
  • Liberty BASIC Financial Functions - By Tom Nally
nl127.zip


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