The Liberty Basic Newsletter - Issue #100 - SEP 2002

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"The truth always turns out to be simpler than you thought." --Richard Feynman, physicist, educator

In this issue:

Use of Color in Graphics

Bitmap Graphics Tutorial

Bitmap Color Formats

Tipcorner:

Text Input Boxes - Text and Background Colour by Ray Fisher

An Easy Calendar Control

Shareware Marketing - by Eldron Gill

Demos:

Newsletter help

Index


Notes from the Editor

Wow, this is Issue #100 of the Liberty BASIC Newsletter! It has grown and changed since its inception in April, 1999, when it was a simple 10KB text mailing. Thanks to the great community who makes it possible!

Special thanks to Eldron Gill for his incredibly informative article about shareware marketing!

Thanks also to Brent Thorn for yet another great demo. This one provides a really cool calendar tool for Liberty BASIC users!

Thanks Ray Fisher for a great article on creating custom colored text controls!

Thanks Bill Jennings, for the clever line-wrap routine!

Thanks David Connor, for adding to the scripting language from issue #98!

It is easy to help out with The Liberty BASIC Newsletter. See the "Submissions" topic at the bottom of each newsletter. We accept demo code, which will generally be described briefly in the body of the newsletter, with the BAS file included as an att

We LOVE to get articles for publication! An article is more than commented code. It might contain explanations for all steps and routines used in code, or it might detail a list of programmer's resources, or it might give advice on debugging, or i

We also LOVE to get suggestions for articles! Topics chosen come from our own experience and areas of interest, and from questions and discussions on the various Liberty BASIC public forums. If you have a suggestion, then send it to one of the team

The newsletter is published by a team. If you think you'd like to join the team, just write to one of us at the email addresses given at the bottom of each issue.

Please consider sending comments on the newsletters. It is difficult to know if any of the articles are useful to our readers, or even if anybody reads them, unless we receive some comments from time to time! If you find something of interest in a

Alyce Watson


SUBMISSIONS

The Liberty BASIC Newsletter encourages all LB programmers to submit articles for publication. Everyone has something valuable to say, from beginners to veteran LBers. Consider sharing a code routine, with explanation. Perhaps you can review a favorite LB website, or program, or coding tool? Why not submit a list of questions that have been nagging at you? How about sharing your favorite algorithm?

The Publishing Team:
Alyce Watson: alycewatson@charter.net
Brad Moore: brad.moore@weyerhaeuser.com
Tom Nally: SteelWeaver52@aol.com
Carl Gundel: carlg@libertybasic.com
Bill Jennings: bbjen@bigfoot.com

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Home

Use of Color in Graphics

Bitmap Graphics Tutorial

Bitmap Color Formats

Bmp Dimensions

SCAN vs WAIT

Text Input Boxes

An Easy Calendar Control

Shareware Marketing

Date/Time Picker

Text Line-Wrap

Combining Commands

Newsletter help

Index