Newbie getting started problems - syntax error line 1 pos 1

[ziplock]

Hi

I'm a newbie in the process of learning BASIC as a first step into hobby programming.

I want to start off by doing old school line by line programming to get the hang and learning by running my code to see what happens. Basic stuff. However, I'm having trouble getting KB to "work". I don't seem to be able to get around the way the IDE works, meaning when I type Print "Hello World" in a New Project/Form1 it gives me a "syntax error in line 1 near pos 1".

My question is - how do I set up and operate the IDE so that I can type code and press run to see the results? Where should I be entering my code?

In a nutshell I'm trying to use KB as a "monitor" where I type code and the monitor spits out the result.

Thanks for the help

[pappawinni]

Hi ziplock,

for a simple program you just open a new FILE and save this.
Then you can just code
? "Hello"
and run the file.

In a project u normally have a form object and there you code for events of that object.
In the poperty window for the form you could scroll down to create a coding section [...] for the
OnOpen
event.

It is also possible not to use a form. Then you need to configure the project properties so that
the function main() is called on program startup.
And in the coding section there must of course exit the function main().

It could perhaps make sense to open some of the examples and play with that.

[ziplock]

Hi ziplock,

for a simple program you just open a new FILE and save this.
Then you can just code
? "Hello"
and run the file.

In a project u normally have a form object and there you code for events of that object.
In the poperty window for the form you could scroll down to create a coding section [...] for the
OnOpen
event.

It is also possible not to use a form. Then you need to configure the project properties so that
the function main() is called on program startup.
And in the coding section there must of course exit the function main().

It could perhaps make sense to open some of the examples and play with that.

Thanks pappawinni for the answer. It sure worked using a plain form and not a project! Now I guess I'll just have to learn using form objects and main() function. One step at a time. Thx

[Slowdown]

Your first project,
create a new project by,

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Than choose a name for your project,

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Go to your form designer,

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click on OnOpen by Event (CONTROL)
This what you see after clicking,

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Private Sub Form_OnOpen()
 
End Sub


Then you type between Private Sub Form_OnOpen() and End Sub,
Print "hello world"
Then you have this,

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Private Sub Form_OnOpen()
  print "hello world"
End Sub


Hit F5 and voila your first project will run