Installation

The easiest way is to install Gambas from your Linux distribution. If Gambas is not yet contained in your distribution then download the distribution from http://gambas.sourceforge.net

First Steps

When finished the installation then use Gambas:

• In a terminal window type "gambas2"
• Gambas will open, select new project.
• Select "Create a graphical application Qt", click next,
• Find a directory where to put the first project, click next,.
• Enter a name for your first project, click OK.
• Close the tips of the day window.
• Right click Forms, New, Forms...
• Find the Toolbox window on the workspace. (type F6 it is not visible)
• Select the Form Tools.
• Select one of the object, e.g. a button, place it in the window.
• Use F4 to display its properties
• Double click the button the see the code, which will be executed when you click it.
• Enter a code line e.g.

  PRINT "Hello World. It is now: ";now

• In the project window find the start button, press it (or press F5 key).
• An Immediate Window will be created and shows the result of the PRINT command in the debug windows.