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Thread ID: 106441 2010-01-08 07:42:00 Create your own applications Computermaster888 (15476) Press F1
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847080 2010-01-09 08:59:00 I'm guessing a new user is going to come along and show us a wonderful new product that makes it possible to create custom programs for windows in minutes! With no programming knowledge necessary!!! pine-o-cleen (2955)
847081 2010-01-09 09:13:00 can't wait :D :lol: GameJunkie (72)
847082 2010-01-09 09:18:00 Hmm, the pro tech master asks a basic question.
Perhaps a slight exaggeration there on your choice off name?


You program them. In whatever language. And yes, you can compile Basic.

Just in case I was referring to GWBasic back when it came with MSDos 3.3.
That was interpreted back then.

A bit of a shame that windows does not come with similar.

Linux on the other hand has GCC.
Sweep (90)
847083 2010-01-09 09:56:00 We learnt Visual Basic at school this year (Level 1 NCEA) and I picked it up very quickly. Its easy to use and understand and I made some cool things in it! xyz823 (13649)
847084 2010-01-09 10:11:00 Phrogram could be a good starting point to learn how programming works. As a language it's pretty pointless and very limited, but it does show quite well how things work and how to use them.

You can get a 30 day trial for free and then once you get the idea of it, perhaps move onto something proper like Visual Basic (you can download Express editions of that from Microsoft for free too!)

Then again, it might be best starting with VB or whatever to begin with. Learning a pointless language like Phrogram's KPL and then changing to something else could be annoying.
Agent_24 (57)
847085 2010-01-09 21:47:00 There is also Small Basic which is designed for beginner programmers and it's fairly consistent with Visual Basic .
. microsoft . com/en-us/devlabs/cc950524 . aspx" target="_blank">msdn . microsoft . com

Having said that, learning the basics of a full language like C# isn't actually all that hard with a good book (I like the Learning C# book published by O'Reilly) and some patience with trying examples and reading things a few times over .

Depending on the answer to Digby's question, a script might even be enough to do the trick .

cheers
W
waldok (15185)
847086 2010-01-10 01:14:00 > Computermaster888
So which language/system have you decided to use out of all those suggestions?
I'm sure others around here would value the final opinion of a Computermaster.
coldot (6847)
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