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title="Turbo Basic">Turbo Basic</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Software compiler</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Turbo Basic" redirects here. For the Basic Dialect for the Atari 8-bit series of computers, see <a href="/wiki/Turbo-Basic_XL" class="mw-redirect" title="Turbo-Basic XL">Turbo-Basic XL</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><caption class="infobox-title summary">PowerBASIC</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PowerBasic-screen-shot.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/PowerBasic-screen-shot.png/300px-PowerBasic-screen-shot.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/PowerBasic-screen-shot.png/450px-PowerBasic-screen-shot.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/PowerBasic-screen-shot.png/600px-PowerBasic-screen-shot.png 2x" data-file-width="797" data-file-height="518" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Screenshot of PowerBASIC for Windows 9.0 IDE and an example compiled Windows GUI.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Software_developer" class="mw-redirect" title="Software developer">Developer</a></th><td class="infobox-data organiser">Robert "Bob" Zale (b. 1945, d. 2012)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First appeared</th><td class="infobox-data">1989<span class="noprint">; 35 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1989</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">10.0 (4 May 2011<span class="noprint">; 13 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2011-05-04</span>)</span>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">OS</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> (32-bit only), <a href="/wiki/MS-DOS" title="MS-DOS">MS-DOS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.powerbasic.com/">www<wbr />.powerbasic<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;">Influenced by</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Turbo_Basic" class="mw-redirect" title="Turbo Basic">Turbo Basic</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>PowerBASIC</b>, formerly <b>Turbo Basic</b>, is the brand of several commercial <a href="/wiki/Compiler" title="Compiler">compilers</a> by PowerBASIC Inc. that compile a dialect of the <a href="/wiki/BASIC" title="BASIC">BASIC</a> <a href="/wiki/Programming_language" title="Programming language">programming language</a>. There are both <a href="/wiki/MS-DOS" title="MS-DOS">MS-DOS</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> versions, and two kinds of the latter: Console and Windows. The MS-DOS version has a syntax similar to that of <a href="/wiki/QBasic" title="QBasic">QBasic</a> and <a href="/wiki/QuickBASIC" title="QuickBASIC">QuickBASIC</a>. The Windows versions use a BASIC syntax expanded to include many Windows functions, and the statements can be combined with calls to the <a href="/wiki/Windows_API" title="Windows API">Windows API</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first version of the DOS compiler was published as BASIC/Z, the very first interactive compiler for <a href="/wiki/CP/M" title="CP/M">CP/M</a> and MDOS. Later it was extended to MS-DOS/<a href="/wiki/PC_DOS" class="mw-redirect" title="PC DOS">PC DOS</a> and in 1987 <a href="/wiki/Borland" title="Borland">Borland</a> distributed it as <i>Turbo Basic</i>. </p><p><i>Turbo Basic</i> was originally created by Robert "Bob" Zale (1945–2012) and bought from him by <a href="/wiki/Borland" title="Borland">Borland</a>. When Borland decided to stop publishing it (1989), Zale bought it back from them, renamed it <b>PowerBASIC</b> and set up PowerBASIC Inc. to continue support and development of it; it was later called PBDOS.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>PowerBASIC went on to develop BASIC compilers for Windows, first PBWIN — their flagship product — and then PBCC, described below. </p><p>On November 6, 2012, Robert Zale, the creator of PowerBASIC, died. For a time, it was assumed that the company might cease operations. His wife, Vivian Zale, posted on 8 March 2014 to the PowerBASIC forums a statement that the company would continue in operation.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 10, 2015, Vivian Zale announced that work was continuing on new versions of PowerBASIC compilers.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 2, 2016, Vivian Zale announced her intention to seek a buyer for the company. </p><p>On January 31, 2017, Adam Drake announced Drake Software had acquired the PowerBASIC <a href="/wiki/Source_code" title="Source code">source code</a> from PowerBASIC, Inc., with the intention of updating and improving the functionality of the product.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was later confirmed by Vivian Zale with a forum post thanking the members for their support.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Bob Zale died, PBWin11 and PBCC7 were in <a href="/wiki/Beta_testing" class="mw-redirect" title="Beta testing">beta testing</a>, and <a href="/wiki/64-bit" class="mw-redirect" title="64-bit">64-bit</a> compilers and PB/Pro (PBWin and CC in one compiler) were in the <a href="/wiki/Alpha_stage" class="mw-redirect" title="Alpha stage">alpha stages</a>. However, development of PowerBASIC products has stopped. No new version has been released since v10.03 (11 years ago as of May 2022). No 64-bit version or beta release has been announced. No development activity has been reported. No corrections (such as adding the correct DPI settings for the IDE) have been released. PowerBASIC Tools LLC still sells new licenses for the 32-bit Windows compilers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Compilers">Compilers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Compilers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>PowerBASIC programs are self-contained and use no runtime file to execute. In all versions of the compiler, the applications compile without external libraries, though it can use such libraries if needed. PBDOS creates <a href="/wiki/16-bit" class="mw-redirect" title="16-bit">16-bit</a> <a href="/wiki/DOS_MZ_executable" title="DOS MZ executable">DOS MZ executable</a> files, while PBWIN and PBCC create <a href="/wiki/32-bit" class="mw-redirect" title="32-bit">32-bit</a> <a href="/wiki/Portable_Executable" title="Portable Executable">Portable Executable</a> (PE) files. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Turbo_Basic">Turbo Basic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Turbo Basic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Borland's Turbo Basic contains extensions to classic BASIC (without breaking compatibility), such as a drawing API and mouse access. </p><p>Unlike most BASIC implementations of its time, Turbo Basic was a full <a href="/wiki/Compiler" title="Compiler">compiler</a> which generated native code for MS-DOS. Other implementations were either <a href="/wiki/BASIC_interpreter" title="BASIC interpreter">interpreters</a>, or relied heavily on a <a href="/wiki/Runtime_library" title="Runtime library">runtime library</a>. The integrated development environment could run a BASIC program internally for traditional BASIC debugging (see sample below), or generate an MS-DOS stand-alone <a href="/wiki/.exe" title=".exe">executable file</a> that could be run on other systems without the Turbo Basic product or runtime libraries. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Code_example">Code example</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Code example"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following program is an example of the <a href="/wiki/ALGOL" title="ALGOL">ALGOL</a>-like BASIC dialect that Turbo Basic supported. Unlike traditional BASIC,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> which used line numbers and had limited control structures and no support for ALGOL-like subroutines, modern BASIC dialects starting at this period were extended to make the language compatible with modern <a href="/wiki/Structured_programming" title="Structured programming">structured programming</a> style by making line numbers optional and adding the control structures and subroutine definitions needed for structured programming. </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-qbasic mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="kr">INPUT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"What is your name?: "</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="vg">n$</span> <span class="kr">PRINT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"Hello "</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="vg">n$</span> <span class="kr">DO</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="vg">s$</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">""</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="kr">INPUT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"How many stars do you want to print"</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="vg">s</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="kr">FOR</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="vg">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="il">1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">TO</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="vg">s</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="vg">s$</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="vg">s$</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"*"</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="kr">NEXT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="vg">i</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="kr">PRINT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="vg">s$</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="kr">DO</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="kr">INPUT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"Do you want to print more stars"</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="vg">q$</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="kr">LOOP</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kr">WHILE</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kr">LEN</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="vg">q$</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="il">0</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="vg">q$</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kr">LCASE$</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kr">LEFT$</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="vg">q$</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="il">1</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="kr">LOOP</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kr">WHILE</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="vg">q$</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"y"</span> <span class="kr">PRINT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"Goodbye "</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="vg">n$</span> </pre></div> <p>(<code>s$</code> is a <a href="/wiki/String_(computer_science)" title="String (computer science)">string</a> and <code>s</code> is a <a href="/wiki/Single-precision_floating-point_format" title="Single-precision floating-point format">single-precision floating-point</a> (number). They are separate variables.) </p><p>Like the other Borland products of this era, the code executes within the integrated development environment. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PowerBASIC_for_DOS_(PBDos)"><span id="PowerBASIC_for_DOS_.28PBDos.29"></span>PowerBASIC for DOS (PBDos)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: PowerBASIC for DOS (PBDos)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>PBDOS includes an <a href="/wiki/Integrated_development_environment" title="Integrated development environment">integrated development environment</a> (IDE) and supports <a href="/wiki/DOS" title="DOS">DOS</a> 3.30 and all later versions.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PowerBASIC_Console_Compiler_(PBCC)"><span id="PowerBASIC_Console_Compiler_.28PBCC.29"></span>PowerBASIC Console Compiler (PBCC)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: PowerBASIC Console Compiler (PBCC)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>PBCC is a 32-bit compiler for the <a href="/wiki/Windows_9x" title="Windows 9x">Windows 9x</a> series and <a href="/wiki/Windows_NT" title="Windows NT">Windows NT</a> series of <a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating systems</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2008" title="Windows Server 2008">Windows Server 2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windows_Vista" title="Windows Vista">Windows Vista</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Windows_7" title="Windows 7">Windows 7</a>. PBCC applications can use <a href="/wiki/Dynamic-link_library" title="Dynamic-link library">dynamic-link libraries</a> (DLLs). The compiler comes with an <a href="/wiki/Integrated_development_environment" title="Integrated development environment">IDE</a> including an editor and stepping <a href="/wiki/Debugger" title="Debugger">debugger</a>. </p><p>No knowledge of Windows programming is required to create character mode or graphical applications with this compiler. PBCC-compiled executables can also be used as <a href="/wiki/Common_Gateway_Interface" title="Common Gateway Interface">Common Gateway Interface</a> executables (for web servers). </p><p>PBCC creates only executables, not DLLs. (PBWin — see below — can create both.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PowerBASIC_Compiler_for_Windows_(PBWin)"><span id="PowerBASIC_Compiler_for_Windows_.28PBWin.29"></span>PowerBASIC Compiler for Windows (PBWin)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: PowerBASIC Compiler for Windows (PBWin)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>PBWin is a 32-bit compiler compatible with the <a href="/wiki/Windows_9x" title="Windows 9x">Windows 9x</a> series and the <a href="/wiki/Windows_NT" title="Windows NT">Windows NT</a> series of operating systems, including <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2008" title="Windows Server 2008">Windows Server 2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windows_Vista" title="Windows Vista">Windows Vista</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windows_7" title="Windows 7">Windows 7</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windows_8" title="Windows 8">Windows 8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Windows_8.1" title="Windows 8.1">8.1</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Windows_10" title="Windows 10">Windows 10</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> PBWin can create <a href="/wiki/Dynamic-link_library" title="Dynamic-link library">dynamic-link libraries</a>. PBWin applications can read dynamic-link libraries]. PBWin comes with a compiler, <a href="/wiki/Integrated_development_environment" title="Integrated development environment">IDE</a> with editor, and stepping <a href="/wiki/Debugger" title="Debugger">debugger</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Dynamic_Dialog_Tools_(DDT)"><span id="Dynamic_Dialog_Tools_.28DDT.29"></span>Dynamic Dialog Tools (DDT)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Dynamic Dialog Tools (DDT)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>You can create an application's <a href="/wiki/Graphical_user_interface" title="Graphical user interface">graphical user interface</a> using the <a href="/wiki/Windows_API" title="Windows API">Windows API</a>, or by using the built-in DDT language extensions. The group of BASIC statements which wrap <a href="/wiki/Windows_API" title="Windows API">Windows API</a> functions, particularly in the creation and handling of <a href="/wiki/Dialog_box" title="Dialog box">dialog boxes</a> and child controls, is collectively known as Dynamic Dialog Tools. Using DDT requires less coding than to create a similar program using the <a href="/wiki/Windows_API" title="Windows API">Windows API</a>. Using the DDT and the Windows API (known as SDK style as in <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows_SDK" title="Microsoft Windows SDK">Microsoft Windows SDK</a>) are not mutually exclusive. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Trial_versions_of_compilers">Trial versions of compilers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Trial versions of compilers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>PowerBASIC renamed PBWin v9.07 and PB/CC v5.07 as "Classic PBWin" and "Classic PB/CC", respectively, and on November 1, 2016, offered them for a short time through their online store as free, no-nag, trial versions along with PBForms v1.0 (PowerBASIC Forms).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tools">Tools</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Tools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PB_Forms">PB Forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: PB Forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>PowerBASIC Forms, available for purchase separately, is a <a href="/wiki/Graphical_user_interface" title="Graphical user interface">graphical user interface</a> design tool add-on for PBWin. It automatically produces source code using the DDT language extension that creates forms using the Windows graphical user interface. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="COM_Browser">COM Browser</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: COM Browser"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The PowerBASIC COM Browser, which comes with PBWin, is an application that exposes the interfaces, methods, and properties of COM objects, as described by type-library files. The PowerBASIC COM Browser exports an interface structure of a COM object for early-binding purposes in PowerBASIC code, and gives syntax reference and context-help on the interface members exposed by a COM object.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Programming_language">Programming language</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Programming language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>PowerBASIC is a native-code BASIC compiler whose reported merits are simplicity of use and speed compared to other languages.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the compiled code is fast enough for most purposes, the compilers also support inline <a href="/wiki/Assembly_language" title="Assembly language">assembler</a> which can be used for hand optimization of critical routines. The Windows compilers (PBWin & PBCC) support almost all of the <a href="/wiki/X86_instruction_listings" title="X86 instruction listings">x86 instruction set</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Floating-point_unit" title="Floating-point unit">FPU</a>, <a href="/wiki/Streaming_SIMD_Extensions" title="Streaming SIMD Extensions">SIMD</a>, and <a href="/wiki/MMX_(instruction_set)" title="MMX (instruction set)">MMX</a>, the main exceptions being a few which are useful mostly to systems programmers. One can insert any unsupported instructions by inserting their <a href="/wiki/Opcode" title="Opcode">opcodes</a> with the "db", "dw", and "dd" statements. Lines of assembler code can be freely interspersed with lines of BASIC code, although one must always consider the potential interactions between the two types of code. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hello_world">Hello world</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Hello world"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/%22Hello,_World!%22_program" title=""Hello, World!" program">Hello world</a> is used to give a very small example of the <a href="/wiki/Syntax_(programming_languages)" title="Syntax (programming languages)">syntax</a> used by a programming language and is often the smallest possible program for any given programming language. </p><p>Here is an example of a PBCC hello world program. By default PBCC creates a console window at runtime for displaying output. The use of Waitkey$ in this example prevents the console window from automatically closing until the operator sees the displayed text. </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-vbscript mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">Function</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PBMain</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Print</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"Hello, World!"</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Waitkey</span><span class="o">$</span> <span class="k">End</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">Function</span> </pre></div> <p>Here is the PBWin version, which displays a Windows "dialog" message box. </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-vbscript mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">Function</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PBMain</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">MsgBox</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"Hello, World!"</span> <span class="k">End</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">Function</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Object-oriented_programming">Object-oriented programming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Object-oriented programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>PBWin and PBCC support <a href="/wiki/Object-oriented_programming" title="Object-oriented programming">object-oriented programming</a> in the form of <a href="/wiki/Component_Object_Model" title="Component Object Model">COM</a> classes, however the compilers do not force you to use OOP, it is merely an option. In-process and out-of-process COM Servers can also be built using these compilers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Graphics">Graphics</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Graphics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Both the Console Compiler and Windows Compiler can create graphic windows. The GRAPHICs statements are higher-level than Windows' <a href="/wiki/Graphics_Device_Interface" title="Graphics Device Interface">Graphics Device Interface</a> (GDI) library functions.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Elements_of_the_GRAPHIC_statements">Elements of the GRAPHIC statements</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Elements of the GRAPHIC statements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>GRAPHIC WINDOWS are dedicated dialogs each containing a single control which fills the dialog's client area. GRAPHIC controls are <a href="/wiki/Child_window" class="mw-redirect" title="Child window">child windows</a> which support the same GRAPHIC drawing functionality as GRAPHIC windows. GRAPHIC BITMAPS are also defined, again supporting the GRAPHIC drawing functionality, but as purely memory objects, like <a href="/wiki/BMP_file_format" title="BMP file format">Windows bitmaps</a> or <a href="/wiki/BMP_file_format" title="BMP file format">DIB sections</a>. Keyboard and mouse handling statements are included among the GRAPHIC statements. Character output to a GRAPHIC target uses fonts specified via the FONT NEW statement. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Creating_a_GRAPHIC_WINDOW_application">Creating a GRAPHIC WINDOW application</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Creating a GRAPHIC WINDOW application"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A GRAPHIC WINDOW is the equivalent of a Windows <a href="/wiki/Dialog_box" title="Dialog box">dialog box</a> containing a static control on which drawing operations can be done. A single BASIC statement will create a GRAPHIC WINDOW and specify its size, position and title. It is not essential to specify a <a href="/wiki/Windows_USER" title="Windows USER">WNDPROC</a> for the GRAPHIC WINDOW. A short source code example for a complete GRAPHIC WINDOW application follows: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-vbnet mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="p">#</span><span class="n">Compile</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Exe</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c">' using either PBCC6 or PBWIN10 compiler</span> <span class="p">#</span><span class="k">Dim</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">All</span> <span class="k">Function</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">PBMain</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Local</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">GW</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">As</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Dword</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="c">' start a GRAPHIC WINDOW</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Graphic</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Window</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">New</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">"graphic window"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">100</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">100</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">200</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">200</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">to</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">GW</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="c">' show a coloured disc</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Graphic</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Ellipse</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">190</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">190</span><span class="p">),</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="err">%</span><span class="n">rgb_Red</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="err">%</span><span class="n">rgb_SeaGreen</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="c">' wait for a keypress</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Graphic</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Waitkey$</span> <span class="k">End</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">Function</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Comparison_of_PB_GRAPHIC_statements_with_the_GDI_API">Comparison of PB GRAPHIC statements with the GDI API</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Comparison of PB GRAPHIC statements with the GDI API"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Using PB GRAPHIC statements, a GRAPHIC (WINDOW, BITMAP, or control) is first selected as the current GRAPHIC target, then operations are done on it without requiring it to be identified again. Contrast this with the GDI API approach, where the <a href="/wiki/Device_Context" class="mw-redirect" title="Device Context">Device Context</a> handle is required for every drawing operation. </p><p>It is not necessary when using the PB GRAPHIC statements to define a brush or pen as a separate entity, nor is it necessary to redraw the GRAPHIC target (when in view) in response to <a href="/wiki/Windows_USER" title="Windows USER">Windows messages</a> such as WM_PAINT and WM_ERASEBKGND. GRAPHIC targets are persistent. </p><p>When GRAPHIC targets are attached, a REDRAW option can be specified which buffers the results of drawing operations until they are specifically requested. Using this technique reduces flicker in a similar way to the technique of drawing on memory <a href="/wiki/Graphics_Device_Interface" title="Graphics Device Interface">DCs</a> <sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when using the GDI API. </p><p>Pixel operations are possible using the GRAPHIC GET|SET PIXEL statements, in a manner similar to GetPixel/SetPixel of the GDI API. GRAPHIC GET BITS allows the entire bitmap to be loaded into a dynamic string. This can be manipulated either as a string or by mapping an array onto it. It can be placed back into the GRAPHIC target by GRAPHIC SET BITS. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Complementarity_of_GRAPHIC_statements_and_the_Windows_GDI_API">Complementarity of GRAPHIC statements and the Windows GDI API</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Complementarity of GRAPHIC statements and the Windows GDI API"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The GRAPHIC statements contain all the commonly used GDI API functions, but if you need one that is not included it is possible to obtain the <a href="/wiki/Graphics_Device_Interface" title="Graphics Device Interface">hDC</a> of any GRAPHIC target and thereby use GDI API functions on it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="User_community">User community</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=PowerBASIC&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: User community"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>PowerBASIC provides an online forum for users to ask questions and share knowledge.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 8 July 2012 the forum had 5,623 members (only a fraction of them still active) and contained 50,093 threads comprising 408,642 posts since August 26, 1998. The Source Code section alone contained 3,768 threads.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early 2024 the PowerBASIC website has been switched to maintenance mode. This was heavily discussed in PB forums. 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