Getting Started
Updated: Nov 24, 2007

HotBasic Setup
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Go to the www.hotbasic.org Downloads page.  Download and unpack HotBasic Setup
(hbsetup.zip), preferably in the directory you would like to use as your main
HotBasic directory.  Run hbsetup and upon successful installation, click 
Finish to launch HotIDE to compile and run your first program.  With HotIDE,
you can then explore the "inc" and "tutorial" directories to find numerous
working code examples.  The "tools" sub-directory has other goodies, depending
on your install selections.

hbsetup.txt contains more information about hbsetup.  In particular, you can
rerun hbsetup to automate updates of component files.

You may edit hb.bat to include the HotBasic directory you are using.  Once
hb.bat is correct, you can copy it to any drive/directory where your .bas
projects are located.  .bas files can be put in the HB directory and compile,
also.

Often, it is convenient to have files associated with each project in their
own directory.  Then in that directory, if you want to compile from the 
command prompt, you can type "hb myprog".  Notice that the compiler assumes
the default program file extension of .bas if none is specified, as in the
example above.


Copyright 2005-2007 James J Keene PhD
Original Publication: Apr 16, 2005