Advantages compared to HP BASIC/WS and Rocky Montain Basic
| Windows editor with Syntax-highlighting, mouse support, drag-and-drop
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| Built-in debugger with breakpoints, step mode, variable watching etc.
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| Supports Windows DLLs (device driver, additional functionality etc.), window support with Basic Plus
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| Supports modern infrastructure (network, backup, USB, high screen resolutions and much more)
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| Create stunning high-end graphics with the graphics extension GRAPH-XT (optional)
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| Use modern Windows printer (network printers supported), including pdf printers or f.ex. Fineprint
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| Contains several tools at no additional charge (Numeric Compiler, MATH library, Secure Tools
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| New variable types (LONG, STATIC)
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Source code compatibility
| Souce code compatible with Rocky Mountain Basic and HP BASIC/WS (including Basic Plus)
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| Device communication over GPIB, GPIO and RS232 remains exactly the same compared to HP Workstations
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Interface I/O compatibility
| All National Instruments NI-488.2 and Agilent SICL/VISA compatible GPIB interfaces can be used, plus TransEra HM900
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| GPIO interfaces from TAMS and TranEra
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| RS232 (serial interface)
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| USBTMC / USBTMC-488 standard compliant interfaces (e.g. from Agilent and TAMS)
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| National Instruments DAQ interfaces using the optional DAQmx Driver
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| DAQ Interfaces from Measurement Computing using the optional Universal Library for HTBasic
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| Arbitrary Interfaces using the manufacturers driver DLL
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Interfaces to other programs
Included in delivery
| HTBasic integrated development environment (IDE), comprehensive electronic help
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| Numeric Compiler (SUB routines may be faster by up to 50 times)
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| MATH library with functions for Statistic and Data reduction, Signal processing, numerische analysis and more
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| Secure Tools in order to protect your intellectual property
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| LIF utilities to read files from LIF formatted floppy disks (needs DOS or Windows 95/98 to work with)
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Runtime Licenses
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