BCX is a powerful programming language for writing 32-bit windows programs. BCX converts a BASIC style syntax to C source code that can be compiled in LCC-Win32 and PellesC. The language is evolving constantly. The BCX language is one of it's own. Best of all BCX is FREE!!!!!
Package Includes:
Examples for Windows GUI, console, and dynamic libraries (assorted folders)
Complete documentation (bcxhelp.chm)
A Getting Started Guide (GS.chm)
The BASIC to C translator (bs.exe)
A resource compiler (rc.exe)
A GUI based BCX to .exe converter (Bcxtoexe.exe)
A GUI based MessageBox builder (mb.exe)
A GUI based Menu editor (makemenu.exe)
A simple dialog editor (dlgedit.exe)
A dialog starter that takes the code from the dialog editor and converts it to a framework to start from (ds.exe)
A dialog converter that converts the code from the dialog editor to pure BCX code (dc.exe)
A text editor with BCX syntax highlighting (Jfe.exe)
An Animated Cursor and an Image editor (Aniedit.exe, Imagedit.exe)
Assorted batch files that help automate the conversion and C compiling process (*.bat)
Plus several more utilities
Example Syntax:
GUI "Alert"
GLOBAL TimerID
GLOBAL Change
GLOBAL Form1 AS CONTROL
GLOBAL Label AS CONTROL
SUB FORMLOAD
Form1 = BCX_FORM ("Alert",0,0,75,50)
Label = BCX_LABEL ("Alert",Form1,0,0,0,75,50)
TimerID = SetTimer (Form1, 1, 1000, NULL)
MODSTYLE (Form1,0,WS_MINIMIZEBOX|WS_SIZEBOX|WS_MAXIMIZEBOX,0)
MODSTYLE (Label,SS_CENTER OR SS_CENTERIMAGE)
BCX_SET_FONT Label, "Garamond", 28
CENTER (Form1)
SHOW (Form1)
END SUB
BEGIN EVENTS
SELECT CASE CBMSG
'***************
CASE WM_TIMER
'***************
IF wParam = 1 THEN
Change = NOT Change
InvalidateRect ( Label,0,TRUE ) ' Force a redraw
End If
'***************
CASE WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC ' Colorize our static text controls
'***************
IF (HANDLE) lParam = Label THEN
If Change Then
BCX_SET_LABEL_COLOR (Label,QBCOLOR(12),QBCOLOR(15))
ELSE
BCX_SET_LABEL_COLOR (Label,QBCOLOR(15),QBCOLOR(12))
END IF
END IF
'***************
CASE WM_DESTROY
'***************
KillTimer(hWnd,1)
PostQuitMessage(0)
EXIT FUNCTION
'***************
END SELECT
END EVENTS
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