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GETTING STARTED
with DotBASIC
by Dave Moorman
The [very] first thing you need to
do to create a program in DotBASIC is
to draw a screen, assign at least one
Event Region, and save it as a MED
file. This is all done with VDOT --
and step-by-step instructions are
included in the VDOT Read It file to
create MED file for a program called
"Howdy."
So, when your "howdy.med" file is
ready, be sure you have copied these
three files to your work disk:
b.dot
dot.ml
dot.dot
Now you are ready to go.
1. LOAD "b.dot"
2. LIST 60008
60008 N$="DOT"
3. Edit this line to:
60008 N$="HOWDY"
4. Save your Boot with
GOTO60000
5. RUN the program.
6. After some quick writing on the
screen and the flash screen, you will
see:
1000 return:rl1
2000 return:rl2
undef'd line number error
Move your cursor up and press <RETURN>
on each line number. Then
GOTO60000
7. Reset your computer, and
LOAD"HOWDY",dv (dv=drive #)
and
RUN
8. When the Howdy screen comes up,
press <BACK ARROW>. Add these lines:
1000 .bx,0,39,0,24,32,1
1002 .tx,1
1004 .pc,12,"Howdy, Everyone!"
1006 .pc,24,"Press Key or Click to
Exit"
1008 poke198,0
1010 .do:.ma:.un l2% or peek(198)
1012 poke198,0
1014 .er:return
2000 .ru,210,215
2002 e%=i%
2004 .er:return
9. GOTO60000
10. RUN
That's it. Now read through the
docs for DotBASIC and figure out what
in the world you did!
DMM