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See also: <a href="http://puppylinux.org/wikka/WxBasic">WxBasic</a>, <a href="http://puppylinux.org/wikka/WxBasicscript">WxBasicscript</a>, <a href="http://noforum.de/wxBasicscript-documentation/wxbasic/frameset.htm" class="ext">http://noforum.de/wxBasicscript-documentation/wxbasic/frameset.htm</a>∞
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Warning this page needs updating as it was written during the creation of <a href="http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyBasic">PuppyBasic</a> 
 
<h3> Overview of <a href="http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyBasic">PuppyBasic</a> </h3>
<a href="http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyBasic">PuppyBasic</a> is the new name for <a href="http://puppylinux.org/wikka/WxBasicscript">WxBasicscript</a>, which is a simplified version of <a href="http://puppylinux.org/wikka/WxBasic">WxBasic</a>. Mark Ulrich added new functions for the Linux platform. 
<a href="http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyBasic">PuppyBasic</a> offers some "pre-defined" dialogs to make it simple to make simple GUI applications. It is currently version 2.5 
 
Amish is currently working on writing a manual for <a href="http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyBasic">PuppyBasic</a> 
 
<h3> Tutorials </h3>
<a href="http://noforum.de/wxBasicscript-documentation/wxbasicscript/index.htm" class="ext">http://noforum.de/wxBasicscript-documentation/wxbasicscript/index.htm</a>∞ 
 
<h3> New in <a href="http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyBasic">PuppyBasic</a> V2.5 </h3>
 
changes to wxBasic: 
 
New file xwin.c 
 
It is included in main.c 
 
The functions from this file were added to builtin.h 
 
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Other changes: 
main.c 
 
Changes are marked with 
 
MU 
changed code 
MU 
 
The change in main.c allows to execute wxBasic-commands without passing a filename, like 
 
puppybasic2 -e 'a=1:b=2:c=a+b:print c' 
 
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To compile <a href="http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyBasic">PuppyBasic</a>, run 
./_compilePuppyBasic2.sh 
 
This creates a <a href="http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyBasic">PuppyBasic</a>-2.5.tar.gz that can be installed as alien Package in Puppylinux, 
or extracted to all Linuxsystems that meet these dependencies: 
sh-3.00# ldd wxbasicscript 
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linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000)

libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x40014000) 
libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R7/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x4003a000) 
libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R7/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x40042000) 
libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R7/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x4005a000) 
libXmu.so.6 => /usr/X11R7/lib/libXmu.so.6 (0x40148000) 
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4015d000) 
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000) 
libXau.so.6 => /usr/X11R7/lib/libXau.so.6 (0x40269000) 
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/X11R7/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x4026d000) 
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40272000) 
libXt.so.6 => /usr/X11R7/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x40276000) 
libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R7/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x402c6000)
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sh-3.00# 
 
<h3><a href="http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyBasic">PuppyBasic</a> use:</h3>
 
* wxbasicscript included standard in Puppy 1.0.5 and greater 
* Write your program using a text editor (even Leafpad / Beaver) into a file with the .wxbs extension; 
* Change to executable with ROX 
 
<h3>Running Programs</h3>
 
How does one execute a wxbasic program? 
Do you just type 'wxbasic [filename]'? 
 
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When in Puppy any file with the extension .wxbs would be interpreted as a runnable program
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You can also run any text file manually as a BASIC progam, with either of these command formats: 
# puppybasic helloworld 
# wxbasicscript helloworld 
 
For now use rxvt 
Create a program in a text editor and save for example 
 
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helloworld.wxbs
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#!/usr/bin/wxbasicscript
Tutorial for Puppy 1.0.5 wxBasic - Lobster Sep 2005, uses PuppyBasic script created by Mark Ulrich
include "/usr/lib/wxbasicscript/basefunctions.inc"
result = xmessage ( "-buttons About_Basic,Lesson1,Lesson2,Lesson3,Reference Welcome to the Puppy wxBasic Tutorial Please choose" )
xmessage ( result )
MSG = ""
if result = "About_Basic" then MSG = "you chose about"
if result = "Lesson1" then MSG = "you chose Lesson 1"
if result = "Lesson2" then MSG = "you chose Lesson 2"
if result = "Lesson3" then MSG = "you chose Lesson 3"
if result = "Reference" then MSG = "you chose Reference"
if result = nothing then MSG = "you closed the window"
xmessage ( MSG )
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Running the code: 
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#wxbasicsh helloworld.wxbs (you must have wxbasicscript - details to follow shortly - this page being developed)
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or 
wxbasicsh myprogram.wxbsh 
 
You also might add the line 
#!/usr/bin/wxbasicscript 
to your program file as the first line to main.wxb, and make it executable: 
 
chmod 755 main.wxb 
 
Then you can start it like a "main.exe": 
./main.wxb 
(or click on it in rox) 
 
Nb: 
Lines beginning with are comments and will be ignored during execution. 
 
Take existing applications, and modify to your needs. 
 
<a href="http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?t=3486" class="ext">http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?t=3486</a>∞ 
 
To start, this might be easier: 
<a href="http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?p=20582#20582" class="ext">http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?p=20582#20582</a>∞ 
 
The main concept: 
You have a shellscript, that runs "main.pb" in the /resource -folder. 
main.pb basically just displays xxx.tpl , which is the grafical user-interface (GUI). 
 
In the Gui you can see Button-definitions. 
When a button is clicked, a shell-command or a script is executed, that creates a textfile in /tmp. 
Then the textarea is refreshed, that's to say it reloads the textfile. 
 
This is right the concept you would need. 
 
To determine, if the webserver is running, you might need a shell-command like 
ps|grep httpd >/tmp/httpdcheck.txt 
 
In puppybasic, you execute it like this: 
shell( "ps|grep httpd >/tmp/httpdcheck.txt" ) 
 
Then you have to open that file, and check if it is empty ot not. 
If it is not empty, the webserver is running. 
 
This method is not 100% exact, but should do it usually. 
 
 
<a href="http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?p=13222#13222" class="ext">PuppyBasic aka Wxbasicscript</a>∞ 
It will be installed together with the example: 
<a href="http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?t=2182" class="ext">http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?t=2182</a>∞ 
 
 
Sample <a href="http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyBasic">PuppyBasic</a> programs: 
<a href="http://puppylinux.org/wikka/hexdumpBASIC">hexdumpBASIC</a> 
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