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Small Basic - Traffic Light Challenge
One of this month's forum challenges was to create a traffic light system.Graphics Challenge 2Draw a traffic light that changes through the correct lighting sequence, perhaps using the Timer object.We...
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How do you get a sound for your program?
When you create programs such like games, how do you get sounds for them?One way is to use preset sounds in Small Basic. There are four preset sounds as follows.Bell RingChimeChimesClickAnother way is...
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Small Basic 1.0 Known Issues - Do we have them all?
Hi! We're looking through the Small Basic 1.0 Known Issues:Known Issues about Microsoft Small Basic v1.0 Please let us know if we missed any (you can add them directly, comment here, or comment on the...
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Small Basic - GetSettingsFilePath
There are only 16 keywords and 20 objects in Small Basic, and I've been playing Small Basic for a few years now and thought I was pretty familiar with them.I discovered one I have never used before...
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Flags in Small Basic
A word flag has a meaning of a variable which contains a logical value. But today, I'd like to introduce flag graphics drawn with Small Basic.I found three threads in Small Basic forum about following...
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Small Basic Featured Program - Gravity Simulator
This is a Gravity Simulation by Zock77, the import code is FHS907.It includes self interaction between orbiting satellites - they attract each other.The gravitational force attracting objects is given...
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Small Basic - Shortcuts
Keyborard shortcuts are combination of keys pushing at the same time to do some functions. There are some shortcuts for Small Basic IDE (Integrated Development Environment). That are not documented...
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Small Basic - Flood Fill
A recent Small Basic post about filling a region left by Turtle trails revived an old flood fill program I wrote a while ago.This is the forum thread, turtle small basic.And this is the program to...
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Shadow Boxing - Featured Small Basic Program
Today, I will introduce a Small Basic program Shadow Boxing written by NaochanON.In this program, a stick man runs and does shadow boxing lightly.The program ID is JNL860. Have fun!Thank you NaochanON...
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Small Basic: Did you Know? - Featured Article
Today we'll take a look at a fantastic TechNet Wiki article from Nonki Takahashi:Small Basic: Did You Know? This is a fun one...You can make the Intellisense Window translucent by holding down the...
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Small Basic International Resources - Featured Article
Today I'd like to introduce TechNet Wiki article "Small Basic: International Resources". There are 23 languages of resources as follows. If you find other language resources, please let me know....
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Small Basic Challenges of the Month - October 2014
Special thanks to LitDev, as always, for hosting these challenges for us!These challenges are intended for people who are learning to program for the first time or for those returning to programming...
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Small Basic: Difference between Local and Remote - Featured Article
After publishing your program to Small Basic listing server, you may find problems in your program running in your browser with Silverlight. A TechNet Wiki article "Small Basic: Difference between...
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Calling all Small Basic Gurus! Now is your time! Step up and be counted!
Dear clever clogs and smarty pants!We need YOU to lighten up our dark evenings and warm our hearts with your TechNet Wiki articles!Yes, it's THAT time of the month again, submissions time!September has...
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Uppercase or Lowercase in Small Basic
Small Basic language itself is case-insensitive. So, for example, variable name number and Number are the same.There is not a clear guidelines about casing in Small Basic so far. But, for readability...
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Shapes Editor 1.7b - Small Basic Featured Program
I published Shapes 1.7b (XFZ657-16) yesterday. This program is a shapes (picture) editor. I'd like to talk about this new version.New FeaturesThere are two new points in 1.7b.Added grid feature -...
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Small Basic: Rotate Triangle and Line
Once I wrote an article about how to rotate Shapes not from the center on TechNet Wiki. And that article was featured on this blog. That article was for Rectangle and Ellipse.Today I will introduce...
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Small Basic Featured Program - Boxing Game
Following on from NaochanON's shaddow boxing animation recently blogged, he has developped it further into a boxing game.You are the fighter on the left (gray with red gloves) with the computer player...
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Create Real Console Mode Program in Small Basic - Featured Thread
Today, I'd like to introduce a thread in Small Basic forum. The thread is "Create real Console mode program in SB" posted by Pappa Lapub. This thread is a general discussion in the forum and shows...
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Small Basic Guru Winners! - September 2014
We have some winners! A thank you goes out to Philip and Nonki! Small Basic Technical Guru - September 2014 Philip MuntsSmall Basic: For Windows 8.1 TabletMichiel Van Hoorn: "Great article for those...
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