Saving Your Work

How to save your work

To save your work follow these steps:

  1. Choose Save or Save As... from the File menu.
  2. Save As... allows you to choose a file name and location at which to save.
  3. Save saves your work in the current file. If this is a new program, which you've never saved before, then you'll need to use Save As, since your file doesn't have a name yet.
  4. Verify the syntax is correct. As mentioned before, if you save your work after editing a BASIC routine, the Builder checks that routine to make sure that its syntax is good. If the syntax isn't good, then it will complain; you either save now and deal with the error later, or fix the error before saving.
  5. Choose a location for your file. The file suffix should be .BAS.
  6. For projects you're working on by yourself, it's common to keep files in your local DOCUMENT directory.
  7. If your workgroup is storing files in some common place on a network, you may wish to save your work there, instead.

About your Basic files

When you save your work, it will be saved to a format readable by your text editor. If your program contains any complex data, the complex data will be stored to a separate file, a file with a .RSC suffix.

Your program's .BAS file is viewable with an ordinary text editor program. You can even edit your program with an editor; but be careful. When it comes time to load your program into the Builder, if it contains any syntax errors, you will have a tough time loading your program.