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Programming Articles

These articles were written for the BBC BASIC for Windows Programmer's Reference:

• Accessing files with no extension
• Accessing the fast SYS interface
• Adding 'Create new BBC BASIC program file' to the Shell new menu
• Changing the case of a string
• Clearing the contents of a structure
• Commenting library code
• Creating a menu from a resource
• Checking if a library is INSTALLed
• Deconstructing arrays
• Discovering how a program was run
• Displaying inverse video
• Displaying program errors in a message box
• Effect of GET and INPUT on event handling
• Finding the BBC BASIC installation directory
• Finding the MIME type of a file
• Fixing a 'Bad library' error
• Generating pseudo-random numbers (assembler)
• Installing BBC BASIC for Windows on Linux under wine
• Notes for RISC OS users
• Preventing a library from being run
• Printing strings (assembler)
• Reading the exit code of a DOS utility (alternative method)
• Reversing a string
• Setting the Desktop wallpaper
• Stacks using structures
• Storing structures containing strings
• Swapping the contents of two areas of memory
• Using 32-bit floating point values
• Using the built-in program cruncher
• Writing console mode programs that will also run in the IDE

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