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From: carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Advanced use of AmigaBasic
Message-ID: <2829@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 19-Nov-87 16:17:08 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2829
Posted: Thu Nov 19 16:17:08 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Nov-87 16:48:03 EST
References: <18613@bbn.COM>
Reply-To: carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner CATS)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <18613@bbn.COM> cosell@bbn.com.UUCP (Bernie Cosell) writes:
>
>I'm doing some AmigaBasic hacking and it is mostly all working out fine.
>BUT... I"m quickly running into the boundaries of what's easy to do.
>Are there any reference books or journals or the like discussing advanced
>use of AmigaBasic.

   I think Compute books has an "Advanced AmigaBasic" book and disk.

>  a) how do you set up gadgets from Basic

   One of the Amicus disks (Amazing Computing) has a Basic Gadgets
program.  I believe they are not Intuition gadgets but rather a
simulation of Intuition gadgets.  But they looked very nice.

>  b) Is it possible to set up a program so that when it is started
>the dumb "Amigabasic" screen doesn't pop up AT ALL.

   I think you can only do that if you compile it with AbSoft's compiler.
You could try a tiny program that blacks the screen then chains to
your main program.  That might minimize the amount of time you have to
look at the "dumb" screen.

>  c) Is there some way to package up an amigabasic program so it is callable
>from the CLI *AND* can get at its command-line args?

   I don't think your AmigaBasic application has any access to the AmigaBasic
interpreter's command line args.  If your startup has:

Extras:AmigaBasic MyDisk:mybasicprogram

   AmigaBasic gets the command line args, loads you, then runs you.

   By the way - a reminder:  If you plan to sell or distribute an AmigaBasic
program, you can not distribute AmigaBasic with it.  Microsoft doesn't
allow that.

>  d) Can you set up an AmigaBasic program so that it can be started
>by the one-=click-on-this-icon-then-shift-doubleclick-on-the-program-icon
>hack.

   All you should have to do is use Workbench's Info function to delete
the Default Tool entry in the program's project icon.  Then the click-one
and double-click-the-other should work.  With a Default Tool specified,
I believe even an extended double-click on the Project will cause the
Default Tool to be loaded.

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