newsletter.2002

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Issue #92 - Jan. 2002

• Liberty BASIC News
• Liberty BASIC 3.0 Progress
• Simple Encryption Demo 1
• Simple Encryption Demo 2

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Issue #93 - Feb. 2002

• A new direction for the newsletter.
• Contest Update
• Introducing Liberty BASIC 3!
• Updating the Open Source Editor
• Tip Corner... COLORDIALOG
• Callbacks Explained
• Drag 'n' Drop API Functions
• Drag 'n' Drop in LB3 by Mitchell Kotler
• Spotlight - the Gnu/Liberty BASIC Compiler System by Anthony Liguori
• LB2BCX

Issue #94 - Mar. 2002

• Contest Reminder
• Using Color Statements to Color Controls
• Updating the Open Source Editor - Colored Textboxes
• Tip Corner - INPUTTO$
• Spotlight - Development4Life.net
• Why Development4Life? by John Magne Spilling
• Writing to the console from Liberty BASIC
  • sample program by Brent Thorn
  • API documentation from MS
• Volunteer to Publish the LB Newsletter!

Issue #95 - Apr. 2002

• SearchTreeForFile - API File Search
• Tipcorner - Filedialogs
• The FILES statement
• The FILES statement in action - program file dialog
• Updating the Open Source Editor for WinXP
• Spotlight on John Fisher
• Using Winsock, code example by Brent Thorn
• Winsock API Reference, from Microsoft

Issue #96 - May. 2002

• Data Validation and Error Trapping (debugging code BEFORE you run it!)
• Tipcorner - Binary File Access
• Updating the Open Source Editor (changing the runtime icon)
• Spotlight on Polar Coordinates tutorial by Tom Nally
  • Polar1.bas by Nally
  • Atari2.bas by Nally
• Polar coordinate demo by Guy Canida

Issue #97 - Jun. 2002

• Tipcorner: Dumping a file directly into a texteditor
• Spotlight: Three items that caught my fancy recently...
• Serial Communication with LB - by Dean Jolly
• Review: David Drake reviews Image321.DLL
• Noteworthy: Translating Documentation
• Advanced: Implementing an editor with Scintilla.dll

Issue #98 - Jul. 2002

• Spotlight - Remembering Logo
• Turtle graphics tutorial
• Scripting language tutorial
• Changing window icons at runtime
• A real spinner control for Liberty BASIC
• Tip Corner - Select Case
• Hocus Focus, by Brad Moore
• Illuminated Radiobuttons by Mike Bradbury

Issue #99 - Aug. 2002

• Tipcorner: Window Placement Techniques
• Spotlight: Listview Report by Brent Thorn
• Enhancing Liberty Basic [Array Handling]
• The Road to Release
• Demo:
  • Formatted ListBox

Issue #100 - Sep. 2002

• Use of Color in Graphics
• Bitmap Graphics Tutorial
• Bitmap Color Formats
• Tipcorner:
  • Getting the dimensions of a bitmap
  • SCAN vs WAIT
• Text Input Boxes - Text and Background Colour by Ray Fisher
• An Easy Calendar Control
• Shareware Marketing - by Eldron Gill
• Demos:
  • Date/Time Picker by Brent Thorn
  • Text Line-Wrap by Bill Jennings
  • Combining Commands by David Connor

Issue #101 - Oct. 2002

• Tipcorner: Paths and File Names
• Spotlight: Observed online - news and info
• Resources for the beginner - by Brad Moore
• Graphics Drawing Rules - by Alyce Watson
• The beginner's guide to API and DLL calls - by Brad Moore
• Drawing IN MEMORY - by Alyce Watson
• Demo:
  • Radiobuttons via API - by Mike Bradbury
  • NumbWord - by Rob Durk
  • Working with Comboboxes - by Brad Moore

Issue #102 - Nov. 2002

• Liberty BASIC News
• Safe Registry and Ini File Alternative
• Tipcorner - Deleting and Renaming Disk Files
• Segments and Flushing - a Graphics Tutorial
• Flat Toolbar with Toolips for the Open Source Editor
• Translating 32-bit Visual BASIC API Calls
• Event-Driven Programming Concepts - Part 1 by Brad Moore
• Spotlight on the Community!
  • ODBC in Liberty BASIC by Dennis McKinney
  • Hex Viewer by Walt Grams
  • Listing Files Recursively by Mark Parkinson
  • Registering Hot Keys by Ken Lewis
  • Preventing more than 1 instance of your program by Ken Lewis
  • Multi-Coloured Text Input Boxes using a DLL by Raymond Fisher
  • Images on Buttons and Statictext by Mike Bradbury
• Two Demos by David Conner
  • Custom Color Previewer
  • Cascading Popup Menu

Issue #103 - Dec. 2002

• Blast From the Past - Two Years Ago in LBNews
• Effective GUI Design - by David Drake
• Alternative to Graphics Printing - by Alyce Watson
• Liberty Basic Simple Help - by Tom Nally
• Announcement: New LB Programming Contest - by Brad Moore
• Debugging by Simulating Breakpoints - by Kevin (maitrikaruna@yahoo.com)
• Multi-Coloured Text Input Boxes using a DLL (Revisited) - by Ray Fisher

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