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Well I just downloaded Liberty Basic yesterday
(14th Dec) and, in less than one day, I've produced a small (but very useful)
program, plus had time left over to add this page to my site. If
you have ever dreamed of writing your own Windows programs, this is the
product for you. Admittedly, I have programmed before, but never
with Windows and never with Basic. I tried to use Turbo Pascal for
Windows, then Visual Basic, but I just couldn't seem to get the hang of
it. I thought my programming days were over, then I stumbled accross Liberty
Basic. WOW!!!!! If you have ever dabbled in Basic programming (even under
Dos), you will be able to get something working with this. And even
if you can't, there are all sorts of programs (with source code provided)
available on the net. Games, Utilities, Business Applications, you name
it... its there.
There are two versions of Liberty Basic - Shareware
and Registered. The Shareware version is fully functioning, but you
cannot produced standalone compiled programs. That is, you need Liberty
Basic to run any programs you produce (and therefore cannot distribute
them to others unless they also have a copy of Liberty Basic). The registered
version obviously doesnt have this limitation.
You can get the latest version of Liberty Basic
from:
http://world.std.com/~carlg/basic.html
To get you started on some source code, there
are also plenty of links at that site, but I will also be listing these
as I find them, so come back for updates.
Now for the program I produced. Its called 'Sites
to Visit'. How often do you come across a link to site and think: "I must
visit that site when I'm done here" and then forget all about it until
you've forgotten where you even saw the link. Of course, you could
have added the link to your bookmarks - but then you end up with a Bookmark
file full of entries - many of which you havent visited - plus you forget
why you bookmarked them in the first place.
Sites-to-Visit overcomes this problem. You
leave the program sitting minimised on the task bar until you come across
a site that you want to visit later. You copy the link to the clipboard,
and then paste it to Sites-to-Visit plus and any comments or description
you want. Later, you get Sites-to-Visit to produce a HTM Links page of
these sites. You can then check them out at your leisure, and if they are
worthwhile, add them to your Bookmark file. (I actually have this HTM page
as my HOME page, and when I get Sites-to-Visit to include my latest additions,
all I need to do is hit RELOAD!
Since I've produced this program with the shareware
version, you will need Liberty Basic to run it. Please try it out
and send me your comments.
Download: Sites-to-Visit
By the way, I already have some updates in mind
- such as allowing your own custom HTM code to be added to the top or the
bottom of the HTM page, so that you can have your other favorite links
and search engines on your Home page. Let me know if that would be
helpful - or any other ideas you have.
