• Welcome!
  • What is BasicMaker?
• Using the script editor
  • Starting BasicMaker
  • Commands on the File ribbon tab 
    • Using the file manager
  • Commands on the Home ribbon tab
    • Searching and replacing in the script editor
    • Bookmarks and the Go to... command
    • Using SmartText
  • Commands on the View ribbon tab
  • Commands on the Quick access toolbar
  • Changing the settings of the script editor
  • Exporting/importing settings
  • Starting scripts
  • Debugging scripts
    • Running a script step by step
    • Using breakpoints
    • Watching variables
  • Using the dialog editor
    • General information
    • Opening/closing the dialog editor
    • Commands in the File menu of the dialog editor
    • Commands in the Edit menu of the dialog editor
    • Commands in the Insert menu of the dialog editor
• Language elements of SoftMaker Basic
  • Syntax fundamentals
  • Data types
    • Special behavior of the Variant data type
    • User-defined data types
  • Variables
  • Arrays
  • Operators
  • Flow control
  • Subroutines and functions
    • Passing parameters via ByRef or ByVal
  • Calling functions in DLLs
  • File operations
  • Dialog boxes
    • Dialog definition
    • Controls of a dialog box
      • Command buttons
      • Text and input boxes
      • List boxes, combo boxes and drop-down lists
      • Check boxes
      • Radio buttons and group boxes
    • The dialog function
  • OLE Automation
• BasicMaker and TextMaker
  • Programming TextMaker
    • Connecting to TextMaker
    • Getting and setting TextMaker properties
    • Using TextMaker’s methods
    • Using pointers to other objects
    • Using collections
    • Hints for simplifying notations
  • TextMaker’s object model
    • Application (object)
    • Options (object)
    • UserProperties (collection)
    • UserProperty (object)
    • CommandBars (collection)
    • CommandBar (object)
    • AutoCorrect (object)
    • AutoCorrectEntries (collection)
    • AutoCorrectEntry (object)
    • Documents (collection)
    • Document (object)
    • DocumentProperties (collection)
    • DocumentProperty (object)
    • PageSetup (object)
    • Selection (object)
    • Font (object)
    • Paragraphs (collection)
    • Paragraph (object)
    • Range (object)
    • DropCap (object)
    • Tables (collection)
    • Table (object)
    • Rows (collection)
    • Row (object)
    • Cells (collection)
    • Cell (object)
    • Borders (collection)
    • Border (object)
    • Shading (object)
    • FormFields (collection)
    • FormField (object)
    • TextInput (object)
    • CheckBox (object)
    • DropDown (object)
    • ListEntries (collection)
    • ListEntry (object)
    • Windows (collection)
    • Window (object)
    • View (object)
    • Zoom (object)
    • RecentFiles (collection)
    • RecentFile (object)
    • FontNames (collection)
    • FontName (object)
• BasicMaker and PlanMaker
  • Programming PlanMaker
    • Connecting to PlanMaker
    • Getting and setting PlanMaker properties
    • Using PlanMaker’s methods
    • Using pointers to other objects
    • Using collections
    • Hints for simplifying notations
  • PlanMaker's object model
    • Application (object)
    • Options (object)
    • UserProperties (collection)
    • UserProperty (object)
    • CommandBars (collection)
    • CommandBar (object)
    • AutoCorrect (object)
    • AutoCorrectEntries (collection)
    • AutoCorrectEntry (object)
    • Workbooks (collection)
    • Workbook (object)
    • DocumentProperties (collection)
    • DocumentProperty (object)
    • Sheets (collection)
    • Sheet (object)
    • PageSetup (object)
    • Range (object)
    • Rows (collection)
    • Columns (collection)
    • NumberFormatting (object)
    • Font (object)
    • Borders (collection)
    • Border (object)
    • Shading (object)
    • Validation (object)
    • AutoFilter (object)
    • Filters (collection)
    • Filter (object)
    • Windows (collection)
    • Window (object)
    • RecentFiles (collection)
    • RecentFile (object)
    • FontNames (collection)
    • FontName (object)
• Statements and functions from A to Z
  • #include (statement)
  • Abs (function)
  • AppActivate (statement)
  • AppPlanMaker (function)
  • AppSoftMakerPresentations (function)
  • AppTextMaker (function)
  • Asc (function)
  • Atn (function)
  • Beep (statement)
  • Begin Dialog ... End Dialog (statement)
  • Call (statement)
  • CDbl (function)
  • ChDir (statement)
  • ChDrive (statement)
  • Chr (function)
  • CInt (function)
  • CLng (function)
  • Close (statement)
  • Const (statement)
  • Cos (function)
  • CreateObject (function)
  • CSng (function)
  • CStr (function)
  • CurDir (function)
  • Date (function)
  • DateSerial (function)
  • DateValue (function)
  • Day (function)
  • Declare (statement)
  • Dialog (function)
  • Dim (statement)
  • DlgEnable (statement)
  • DlgText (statement)
  • DlgVisible (statement)
  • Do ... Loop (statement)
  • End (statement)
  • EOF (function)
  • Erase (statement)
  • Exit (statement)
  • Exp (function)
  • FileCopy (statement)
  • FileLen (function)
  • Fix (function)
  • For Each ... Next (statement)
  • For ... Next (statement)
  • Format (function)
    • Numeric formats of the Format function
    • Date/time formats of the Format function
    • String formats of the Format function
  • FreeFile (function)
  • Function (statement)
  • GetObject (function)
  • Gosub ... Return (statement)
  • Goto (statement)
  • Hex (function)
  • Hour (function)
  • If ... Then ... Else (statement)
  • Input (function)
  • InputBox (function)
  • InStr (function)
  • Int (function)
  • IsDate (function)
  • IsEmpty (function)
  • IsNull (function)
  • IsNumeric (function)
  • Kill (statement)
  • LBound (function)
  • LCase (function)
  • Left (function)
  • Len (function)
  • Let (statement)
  • Line Input # (statement)
  • Log (function)
  • Mid (function)
  • Minute (function)
  • MkDir (statement)
  • Month (function)
  • MsgBox (function)
  • Name (statement)
  • Now (function)
  • Oct (function)
  • On Error (statement)
  • Open (statement)
  • Option Base (statement)
  • Option Explicit (statement)
  • Print (statement)
  • Print # (Statement)
  • ReDim (statement)
  • Rem (statement)
  • Resume (statement)
  • Right (function)
  • RmDir (statement)
  • Rnd (function)
  • Second (function)
  • Seek (statement)
  • Select Case (statement)
  • SendKeys (statement)
    • Special keys supported by the SendKeys command
  • Set (statement)
  • Sgn (function)
  • Shell (function)
  • Sin (function)
  • Space (function)
  • Sqr (function)
  • Static (statement)
  • Stop (statement)
  • Str (function)
  • StrComp (function)
  • String (function)
  • Sub (statement)
  • Tan (function)
  • Time (function)
  • TimeSerial (function)
  • TimeValue (function)
  • Trim, LTrim, RTrim (function)
  • Type (statement)
  • UBound (function)
  • UCase (function)
  • Val (function)
  • VarType (function)
  • Weekday (function)
  • While ... Wend (statement)
  • With (statement)
  • Write # (statement)
  • Year (function)
• Appendix
  • Ribbon commands and corresponding menu commands
  • Color constants
    • Color constants for BGR colors
    • Color constants for index colors
  • Command-line parameters