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There are only 16 keywords and 20 objects in Small Basic, and I've been playing with Small Basic for a few years now and thought I was pretty familiar with them.
I discovered one I have never used before following a post by Pappa Lapub in this forum thread Need help figuring out a way of showing score in my game .
The command is File.GetSettingsFilePath() and is a useful way to get a file path for a settings file.
A settings file can be used to store data from one run of your program to the next. Here is Pappa Lapub's example:
settingsFile
=
File
.
GetSettingsFilePath
(
)
scoreInit
=
12345
tb
=
Controls
.
AddTextBox
(
10
,
10
)
Controls
.
SetTextBoxText
(
tb
,
scoreInit
)
save
=
Controls
.
AddButton
(
"Save Score"
,
200
,
10
)
load
=
Controls
.
AddButton
(
"Load Score"
,
200
,
40
)
Controls
.
ButtonClicked
=
OnButtonClick
Sub
OnButtonClick
lastButton
=
Controls
.
LastClickedButton
If
(
lastButton
=
save
And
Controls
.
GetTextBoxText
(
tb
)
<
>
""
)
Then
score
=
Controls
.
GetTextBoxText
(
tb
)
File
.
WriteLine
(
settingsFile
,
1
,
score
)
' Save score to file
Controls
.
SetTextBoxText
(
tb
,
""
)
ElseIf
(
lastButton
=
load
)
Then
score
=
File
.
ReadLine
(
settingsFile
,
1
)
' Load score from file
Controls
.
SetTextBoxText
(
tb
,
score
)
EndIf
EndSub
The settings file name is based on the file name that you save your program with - so you have to save the example above somewhere first to use it with a settings file.
If you save your file as for example C:\Users\Public\Documents\SmallBasic\steve\SettingsFileExample.sb , then the settings file will be C:\Users\Public\Documents\SmallBasic\steve\SettingsFileExample.settings .
The 16 keywords are And , Else , ElseIf , EndFor , EndIf , EndSub , EndWhile , For , GoTo , If , Or , Step , Sub , Then , To and While .
The 20 objects are Array , Clock , Controls , Desktop , Dictionary , File , Flickr , GraphicsWindow , ImageList , Math , Mouse , Network , Program , Shapes , Sound , Stack , Text , TextWindow , Timer and Turtle .