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| //by Richard Russell, March 2013//\\ \\ In Liberty BASIC 4.04 you can use the **MAPHANDLE** statement to, for example, reuse the same code to open multiple windows. The LB4 documentation illustrates how to open three windows using this technique: | //by Richard Russell, March 2013//\\ \\ In Liberty BASIC 4.04 you can use the **MAPHANDLE** statement to, for example, reuse the same code to open multiple windows. The LB4 documentation illustrates how to open three windows using this technique: | ||
| + | <code lb> | ||
| winName$ = "first second third" | winName$ = "first second third" | ||
| for x = 1 to 3 | for x = 1 to 3 | ||
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| if answer = 1 then close #handle$ | if answer = 1 then close #handle$ | ||
| end sub | end sub | ||
| + | </ | ||
| It would be extremely useful to be able to use MAPHANDLE in a similar fashion to create multiple **child controls**, but for some reason LB4 will not let you do so. Fortunately this is one of the many limitations that is removed in **LB Booster**.\\ \\ The code below is adapted from the Alphabet Buttons example on the [[http:// | It would be extremely useful to be able to use MAPHANDLE in a similar fashion to create multiple **child controls**, but for some reason LB4 will not let you do so. Fortunately this is one of the many limitations that is removed in **LB Booster**.\\ \\ The code below is adapted from the Alphabet Buttons example on the [[http:// | ||
| + | <code lb> | ||
| Stylebits #win, 0, | Stylebits #win, 0, | ||
| WindowWidth = 230 | WindowWidth = 230 | ||
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| end | end | ||
| end sub | end sub | ||
| + | </ | ||
| If you click a button and watch the mainwin you can see that each button has a separate handle, exactly as was the case in the original program. | If you click a button and watch the mainwin you can see that each button has a separate handle, exactly as was the case in the original program. | ||
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