For each type of device there is a set of commands which can be sent to it in this way. Once a “device” is open, data and also commands to control that device can be “printed” to it. 'The OPEN command opens communication with a device, which can be a disk file, a window, a dynamic-link library or a serial communications port.' For example, (from the Liberty BASIC Help File): It also supports event-driven programming based on a graphical user interface (GUI), using several types of windows that may contain the standard controls such as buttons, menus, textboxes, etc.Ī central idea in creating Liberty BASIC was to model the handling of windows after the syntax for file handling. Liberty BASIC allows for programming in a style similar to DOS BASICs that run in console mode, using a default 'main window' that displays formatted text and accepts user input.

An add-on package called Assist with many new features, such as a code formatter, source code versioning, a performance profiler, an easy-to-use code difference browser, and an improved package and deployment system.

Can create games with sprite animation, sound, music, and joystick control.

calling of DLLs and application programming interfaces (APIs).

A visual development tool called FreeForm, written in Liberty BASIC and greatly extended by the Liberty BASIC community over the years.

Liberty Basic v4.03 running on Linux with Wine

This file is then executed by an EXE file that carries the same file name, although this may change with the release of version 5. Instead it compiles the code written in the IDE to an encrypted file with the extension TKN. Liberty BASIC does not compile to native code. Alpha testing of Liberty BASIC v5.0 is underway with versions that run on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and on the Raspberry Pi as well. In its current version, it runs only on Microsoft Windows, and under Wine on Linux. Dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) are available. Though Liberty BASIC has its share of limitations in its design for advanced programming, it provides an introductory integrated development environment, IDE, for moderate to advanced users of Windows and OS/2. The last published update to the software, version 4.5.1, was in June 2018. Liberty BASIC was written by Carl Gundel and published in its first release by his company, Shoptalk Systems, in 1992.

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