ThinBasic

thinBasic is a BASIC-like language interpreter, specifically written for computer automation. As project continues it can be used for wide range of tasks.

Features

• Rich set of predefined keywords (about 1100, provided by modules )
• User-defined functions with local or global variable declaration can take up to 24 parameters
• Both dynamic and fixed size string variables
• User defined types
• Comes with IDE - thinAir
• Optional script obfuscation
• It is possible to create independent executable from script, directly from IDE
• Modules for extending keywords and functionality
  • User interface
  • Console
  • File handling
  • Formula evaluation
  • 3D graphics
  • Game devices input
  • Script self-compilation
  • Internet communications
  • Statistics
  • Tokenizer
  • Printing
  • ...
• Module development using SDK for many languages ( PowerBasic, FreeBASIC, IBASIC, C, MASM, ... )

Compatibility

thinBASIC has been developed under Windows XP Professional using PowerBasic, and requires Internet Explorer version 5.50 or above.

• Extensively tested: Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server
• Partially supported: Windows 98 SE, Windows ME
• Not supported: Windows 95

External links

• Official website
• Graphics tutorials
• thinBASIC Adventure Builder

See also

• Baltie
• Blitz Basic
• Darkbasic
• Game Maker
• Interactive fiction development systems
• List of BASIC dialects
• List of BASIC dialects by platform