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# InForm-PE
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A GUI engine and WYSIWYG interface designer for QB64-PE
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Wiki: <https://github.com/a740g/InForm-PE/wiki>
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## Event-driven QB64-PE programs
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InForm-PE's main goal is to generate event-driven QB64-PE applications. This means that you design a graphical user interface with interactive controls and then write the code to respond to such controls once they are manipulated.
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## Workflow
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After your form looks the way you want it to, click **File > Save** to export its contents and generate a **.bas** source file. Two files are output:
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* **.frm**
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the generated form in QB64-PE code. This can be loaded back into InForm-PE's designer or manually edited in QB64-PE or any text editor later, if you want to adjust fine details.
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* **.bas**
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the actual program you will add your code to.
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### You add code to respond to events
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* *Click*
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* *MouseEnter/MouseLeave* (hover)
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* *FocusIn/FocusOut*
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* *MouseDown/MouseUp* (events preceding a Click)
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* *KeyPress*
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* *TextChanged* (for text box controls)
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* *ValueChanged* (for track bars, lists and dropdown lists)
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### There are also events that occur in specific moments, to which you can respond/add code
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* *BeforeInit*, triggered just before the form is shown.
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* *OnLoad*, triggered right after the form is first shown.
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* *BeforeUpdateDisplay*, triggered everytime the form is about to be repainted.
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* *BeforeUnload*, triggered when the user tries to close the program, either via clicking the window's X button, right click in the task bar -> Close or with Alt+F4 (Windows only).
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* *FormResized*, triggered when a form with the CanResize property is resized at runtime.
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## Setup
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Install Inform-PE and QB64-PE side-by-side in their own directories. There is no need to copy InForm-PE files to the QB64-PE directory. The following directory setup is recommended.
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```text
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<some-drive-or-directory>
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|-------InForm-PE>
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|-------<QB64pe>
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|-------<qb64pe.exe>
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```
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