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| Brandon | GUI Toolkit: The Future LibraryOne thing that I've noticed over time is that things for Windows 3.1 are harder and harder to find online, and I'm sure that over time the same will happen to QBASIC (or already is). So today I'm starting a new section where I'll upload helpful bits and pieces that could be used to make a GUI. In the old days, before FreeBASIC, you had to use QB to make a GUI and once you hit the limits of QB, you either had to write some assembly or use a library. With the G in GUI standing for graphical one of the first places that a GUI programmer felt limited in QBASIC is by it's VGA graphics routines. SVGA graphics are needed to display any photograph (well) and to get to higher resolutions than 640x480. The Future Library is a well documented and easy library that provides SVGA graphics and more to QB users. If you're working on a GUI (in QB) look into the: Future Library 3.5 | 2013-03-27 | 4:00 PM |
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