Welcome to Wimpbasic.org After a two year break I am pleased to bring Wimpbasic.org back on line, with the help of Orpheus Internet Services who have kindly donated the webspace. The original site folded because of lack of support, and development of the program ceasing. I hope that this time around there will be more interest, and that you will submit programs and queries to the site. The site can only be a success if people participate! Well an update at last, nearly 18 months after the last one! The reason for lack of activity, is a simple one, a lack of contact from anyone. I assume that no-one is using Wimpbasic anymore, as I have received no new submissions for nearly two years. If you have written a program, and want the world to see please send it in! If the site is to continue, it needs your support, so please get writing those programs. You have no reason not to now the nights are drawing in! What is Wimpbasic & who is it for? Wimpbasic is an integrated development system for RISC OS programmers. The system is based around Basic 5, so if you can write programs in Basic you can develop Wimpbasic software to run in the desktop. Unlike other development systems Wimpbasic is one of the most integrated, it is not a shell as such, as all the wimp functionality is hidden. Design your windows, write your code, and then with two mouse buttons click to link your code to the button. Wimpbasic can be used to write very simple programs. However the more experienced can write fairly complex software. It is however fair to say that it is not designed for major applications, for which C would be more appropriate. However it is an easy system to get you started on wimp programming. Have a look at tutorial one which is a simple window with a button to open another window. Where can I get Wimpbasic ? Wimpbasic is produced by APDL. Go to the Links page for how to contact them and the latest prices. If you order a copy don't forget to mention us! Last Updates   Last Update Description 30 May 2009 Two years after the last update, two new Applications have been added to the Graphics section Drawgen and Drawscript by Bruce Harvey. 26 May 2007 Updates to the application page. Technical rescription of the Wimpbasic module added to the resoruces page.