Articles by Date

February 10, 2016

• Fun with the Arduino - - rodbird

January 20, 2016

• Fun with the blitter - RodBird

November 22, 2015

• The Home Computer - a Liberty BASIC Retrospective 2015 - CarlGundel

June 29, 2015

• Passing data from a program to a TKN and returning a result back to the calling program - Mike Bradbury (original DEC 2005)

May 26, 2015

• Using an Arduino as a Slave Board - - mmiscool

May 1, 2015

• Ten Interesting, Unusual, or Unique Things about Liberty BASIC
• The Lesson Browser - Alyce

March 14, 2014

• XML Data Storage - LaurenceBoyd

June 6, 2013

• Operations in a loop. - - tsh73

May 27, 2013

• Operations in a loop. Single-pass random optimal selection - - tsh73

May 18, 2012

• Show and Hide Controls - Alyce

April 14, 2012

• Joystick and Gamepad Input - RodBird

April 12, 2012

• Filling String Arrays - - Alyce

March 29, 2012

• The ABCs of APIs Lesson 10 - Using Winstring with Pointers to Text - Alyce

February 22, 2012

• Safe Directories for File Writing - Alyce

February 13-14, 2012

• GDI Pens and Brushes - Alyce
• Parallelogram Blit - Alyce

February 3-5, 2012

• GetTempPathA - ChrisIverson
• GetTempFileNameA - Alyce
• Using Initialization Files - Alyce

January 23, 2012

• Numbers in LB - - tsh73

December 29, 2011

• Get DOS short filename - Alyce

December 14, 2011

• ShowCursor - Alyce

November 16-17, 2011

• Read or Write to Windows Event Log - StPendl
• Running Control Panel Applets - Alyce

October 24-28, 2011

• RND(n) and Randomize - - Alyce
• Last Input Info (system idle time) - - Alyce Oct 25, 2011
• MDI Client to Scroll Controls - - Alyce originally from NL #108, 5.2003

October 19, 2011

• Arrays and Structs (the Memory Article) - - DennisMcK originally from NL #99, 8/2002

October 17, 2011

• Debug Your Code - - Alyce

October 6, 2011

• Graphics Device Interface API Tutorials - Alyce Oct 6, 2011

October 3, 2011

• Chat Window Prototype - Alyce Oct 3, 2011

September 21, 2011

• Trapping Mouse and Keyboard Events in Graphics - Alyce Sep 21, 2011

August 18, 2011

• Qcard DLL - Lesson 13 - - Alyce

August 12, 2011

• FloodFill - - Alyce

July 27, 2011

• Transferring Images with TransparentBlt - JanetTerra Jul 27, 2011

July 20, 2011

• Callbacks - Alyce

July 4-11, 2011

• Managing Cards - Alyce
• Qcard DLL - Lesson 12
• Qcard DLL - Lesson 11
• Qcard DLL - Lesson 10
• Qcard DLL - Lesson 9
• Qcard DLL - Lesson 8
• Qcard DLL - Lesson 7
• Qcard DLL - Lesson 6
• Qcard DLL - Lesson 5
• Qcard DLL - Lesson 4
• Qcard DLL - Lesson 3
• Qcard DLL - Lesson 2
• Using Cards.DLL - Alyce
• Creating a Nonrectangular Window - - JanetTerra
• Custom Cursors With LoadCursorFromFile - JanetTerra
• Qcard DLL - Lesson 1 - Alyce Jul 4, 2011

July 1, 2011

• Basics of Programming - lbjoseph

June 28, 2011

• Find Folder - StPendl originally from NL 141

June 12-23, 2011

• Screen Capture of a Window - Alyce
• Midi Mapper for Sound Effects - Alyce
• Push Buttons - Alyce
• TCP/IP Tutorial - by Alex Davies originally from NL 115
• Using the Modem - George Johnson originally from NL 114
• Dragging a Popup Window - BrentDT originally from NL 143
• BmpButtons - Alyce
• Color Statements for Controls - Alyce
• ColorDialog - Alyce
• Segments and Flushing - Alyce
• Stopwatch - JanetTerra - StPendl - BillBeasley - GordonSweet
• Trapclose - Alyce
• Encryption Demo and DLL - DavidDrake originally from NL 108
• API-Based File Operations - DennisMcK originally from NL 107
• Drawn Objects - Alyce
• API Color Dialog - DennisMcK originally from NL 105
• Minimize CPU Usage in Scan Loop - DennisMcK originally from NL 105
• Bitmap Graphics Tutorial - Alyce
• Use of Color in Graphics - Alyce
• Turtle Graphics Tutorial - Alyce
• Graphics Text Tutorial - Alyce
• Sharing Data with Memory Mapped Files - DennisMcK
• Easy Polygon via API - Alyce
• Images on Statictext - Alyce
• Simulated Hyperlink in Liberty Basic David Conner and - StPendl Originally from NL 129
• Context Sensitive Help - DennisMcK originally from NL 131
• Shell About Box - Alyce
• Using ActiveX DLLs in Liberty BASIC Part 1 - - DennisMcK originally from NL 130, March 2005
• Using ActiveX DLLs in Liberty BASIC Part 2 - - DennisMcK originally from NL 131
• Length of a File on the Internet - BrentDT orignally from NL 136, 2005
• Retrieving HTTPS Data - BrentDT originally from NL 137, OCT 2005

June 10, 2011

• Clipboard API Demos - Alyce Jun 10, 2011 - DennisMcK

May 23, 2011

• Multiple-Timer Routines - nukesrus21
• API Animation Control - Alyce May 23, 2011

May 9, 2011

• Prompt
• NoMainWin

May 8, 2011

• Allowing only one instance of your program - StPendl

May 5, 2011

• Retrieving installed drive letters with Drive$ - Alyce
• Combobox - Alyce May 5, 2011

May 1, 2011

• Another Look at Hard Copy Printing - RodBird

April 20, 2011

• Hard Copy Printing with Graphics - Alyce

April 8, 2011

• History of Liberty BASIC 1999 - CarlGundel

March 31, 2011

• ChangingTheIcon - Alyce

February 27, 2011

• Getting to grips with graphic SEGMENTS - - rodbird

January 15, 2011

• Saving JPGs - Saving and Loading JPGs with a Free DLL - mike_ukmid

October 10, 2010

• Integer Arithmetic - - CarlGundel

September 2, 2010

• Accessing the Serial Port - - rodbird

August 30, 2010

• Rosetta Code - Links to Liberty BASIC examples on Rosetta Code

August 20, 2010

• UNDERSTANDING AND PLOTTING POLAR COORDINATES - Steelweaver52

August 10, 2010

• Graphics 101 – plotting a function - tsh73

July 26, 2010

• Get and Set Default Printer - JanetTerra Jul 26, 2010

June 29, 2010

• GamePhysics1 - Angle and Velocity - benjamin805
• GamePhysics2 - Acceleration - benjamin805

June 6, 2010

• Advanced File Operation API - Alyce

May 31, 2010

• Video Capture in Liberty BASIC by Callum Lowcay

April 19, 2010

• Displaying Multi-Line Text - - StPendl

March 30, 2010

• Commenting Your Programs With Style - - JCHarrison

February 3, 2010

• Updating the Size of an Existing Random Access File - - jbross1

February 2, 2010

• A Kit for Using Cheetah - - James_Young

January 20, 2010

• Sprite Byte Tutorials Lesson Eight: Manipulating the Background - Alyce

December 10, 2009

• Understanding Cascading Menus - jbross1

December 9, 2009

• Subroutines and Gosubs - Alyce

November 14, 2009

• Function Fundamentals - Alyce

October 7, 2009

• Parsing Text (HTML Parsing) - jmuelver
• Downloading a File - Alyce

September 11, 2009

• Updating an Initialization File for Addional Values - jbross1

August 18, 2009

• Finding the Dimensions of a Graphic (.bmp, .gif, .png, .jpg) - JanetTerra

August 16, 2009

• OpenGL 3D Lesson 9 - OpenGL Calls and Argument Types - robmcal

July 31, 2009

• OpenGL 3D Lesson 8 - Transparent Surfaces and Fog - robmcal

July 20, 2009

• OpenGL 3D Lesson 7 - Texture Mapping - robmcal

July 13, 2009

• OpenGL 3D Lesson 6 - Creating Shapes - robmcal

July 7, 2009

• OpenGL 3D Lesson 5 - Complex Surfaces - robmcal

July 3, 2009

• OpenGL 3D Lesson 4 - Display Lists - robmcal

June 29, 2009

• OpenGL 3D Lesson 3 - Rotation and Scaling - robmcal

June 27, 2009

• OpenGL 3D Lesson 2 - Moving Objects - robmcal

June 26, 2009

• OpenGL 3D Lesson 1 - Introduction and Basic Shapes - robmcal

April 21, 2009

• Sprite Byte Tutorials Lesson Seven: Collision Detection and Scoring - Alyce

April 8, 2009

• Custom Controls in a Box - - lbjoseph
• Rearranging a listbox and repeating buttons - by Jim Brossman
• Converting wav files to MP3 - - mike_ukmid

February 15, 2009

• Writing Data to and Retrieving Data from a Random Access file - JanetTerra Feb 15, 2009

February 12, 2009

• Creating, Reading, and Appending Sequential Text Files - JanetTerra Feb 12, 2009

February 5, 2009

• Sprite Byte Tutorials Lesson Six: User-Controlled Sprite and Computer-Controlled Sprite - Alyce Mar 7, 2008

January 25, 2009

• An Introduction to Working with Files - - GordonR

January 16, 2009

• Fast FAQ: New to Liberty BASIC? Read this! - - RodBird
• Hardware Control with the Serial Port and Propeller - - rabaggett
• Hardware Control with the Serial Port and Propeller II - - rabaggett

November 1, 2008

• Unicode - harmonv

October 29, 2008

• Fast FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions - RodBird

October 21, 2008

• MessageBoxExA - Alyce Oct 21, 2008

August 8, 2008

• Scanning with EZTwain - JanetTerra

August 5, 2008

• FlashWindow - JanetTerra

April 28, 2008

• Using pct_dll.dll - Image conversion, window and screen dumps for LB4 - mike_ukmid

April 22, 2008

• Using Files as a General Purpose Interface - BillBlack

March 8, 2008

• Using the FILES Statement - alix

March 7, 2008

• Sprite Byte Tutorials Lesson Five: User-Controlled Sprite - Alyce

January 18, 2008

• The ABCs of APIs Lesson 9 - DLLs To Be Opened - Alyce

January 14, 2008

• AnimateWindow - JanetTerra

January 14, 2008

• Creating an Image Map - marcuslee

January 13, 2008

• The ABCs of APIs Lesson 8 - Windows API in Liberty BASIC - Alyce

January 1, 2008

• Smoother Animation with GetAsyncKeyState - JanetTerra

September 27, 2007

• The ABCs of APIs Lesson 7 - Passing Numbers by Reference - Alyce

September 9, 2007

• How to have a single- and a double-click handler for a listbox - StPendl

August 22, 2007

• The ABCs of APIs Lesson 6 - Using Structs - Alyce
• Byte Mode Programming By Mervin Faulkner

August 16, 2007

• The ABCs of APIs Lesson 5 - Retrieving Text Strings from API Calls - Alyce

August 15, 2007

• The ABCs of APIs Lesson 4 - Sending Text Strings into API Calls - Alyce

July 2, 2007

• Coding with Sub Event Handlers - JanetTerra

June 30, 2007

• Managing Multiple Windows - harmonv

June 21, 2007

• Programming Using Task, Object, Event (TOE) Charts - - Noble

June 18, 2007

• Running from System Tray - - DuncanB

May 30, 2007

• Calculating the Value of PI - - frankdwest

March 28, 2007

• The ABCs of APIs Lesson 3 - Numeric Types

March 24, 2007

• A True API Popup Menu - By Duncan B

February 26, 2007

• The ABCs of APIs Lesson 2 - Using Multiple Arguments to Move a Window

February 23, 2007

• The ABCs of APIs Lesson 1 - Getting Started

February 9, 2007

• Retrieving Information from Textboxes with SendMessageA

February 5, 2007

• Creating Columns in a Textbox with _EM_SETTABSTOPS

February 4, 2007

• A Graphicbox with Scrollbars

February 1, 2007

• GetSysColor: Designing Your Program With GUI Compatible Colors

January 29, 2007

• Moving or Resizing a Window or Control

January 15, 2007

• Improved BmpButton

January 9, 2007

• Load Bitmap to Desired Size

January 8, 2007

• Getting a Window's Coordinates

November 4, 2006

• Jumpstart

October 25, 2006

• Cryptography with Liberty BASIC: 102 Classical Cryptography: DES

October 10, 2006

• Trapping a Double Click in a Listview

September 24, 2006

• The Liberty BASIC Popup Menu

September 24, 2006

• The Liberty BASIC Menu Bar

September 22, 2006

• Bit Shift Functions

September 6, 2006

• Help (... is on the way!)
• Creating Compiled HTML Help

August 29, 2006

• Sprite Byte Tutorials Lesson Four: Moving a Sprite

August 28, 2006

• Copying, Moving, Deleting and Renaming Files

August 24, 2006

• Precision and Scientific Notation in Liberty BASIC

August 16, 2006

• Cryptography with Liberty BASIC: 101 Introduction to Cryptography

August 7, 2006

• Creating a Shell and Painting the Desktop

August 4, 2006

• MultiColored Graphics Text

August 3, 2006

• Transparent Window Using SetLayeredWindowAttributes

August 2, 2006

• Stylebits and Windows Constants

July 24, 2006

• Chapter 6: Using Wire (Strange Things, Reminders, and Tips)

• Chapter 5: Using Wire (Focusing on the FF.LBWF.RequestObjectNameFromXY$() Function)

• Chapter 4: Wire 1.0 Released (Making Complex Objects With Wire)

• Chapter 3: Version 1.0 of the Wire Frame Library is On the Horizon

July 23, 2006

• Chapter 2: The Liberty BASIC Wire Frame Library - Version 0.6

July 22, 2006

• Chapter 1: Introducing the Liberty BASIC Wire Frame Library

• Precursor: Easy Functions for Plotting 3D Objects

July 21, 2006

• TabStrips and Container Controls

July 8, 2006

• Rebar Controls in Liberty BASIC

June 19, 2006

• Toolbar with Hi-color Images

June 9, 2006

• Trapping Mouse Actions and the When commands

May 23, 2006

• Sprite Byte Tutorials Lesson Three: Changing the Sprite Image

May 21, 2006

• Graphics Windows, Graphicboxes and Scrollbars

May 20, 2006

• Stylebits - Dialog Windows

May 17, 2006

• Stylebits - Comboboxes
• Stylebits - Listboxes

May 16, 2006

• GetSystemMetrics

May 15, 2006

• Capturing Keypresses with When characterInput and Inkey$

May 11, 2006

• Stylebits - Buttons

May 10, 2006

• Stylebits - Statictext
• Sprite Byte Tutorials Lesson Two: All About Masks

May 9, 2006

• Stylebits - Textboxes
• Stylebits - Windows
• Sprite Byte Tutorials Lesson One: The Absolute Minimum!

May 2, 2006

• Getting Started

May 1, 2006

• ATL Tutorial
• ATL Demo
• Combobox with Images
• Drawing a Tiled Background with CreateCompatibleBitmap

March 20, 2006

• How to Write Well