{{DISPLAYTITLE:_TITLE}}
The [[_TITLE]] statement provides the program name in the title bar of the program window.


{{PageSyntax}}
: [[_TITLE]] {{Parameter|text$}}


{{Parameters}}
* {{Parameter|text$}} can be any literal or variable [[STRING]] or [[ASCII]] character value.


{{PageDescription}}
* The title can be changed anywhere in a program procedure.
* The title bar will say "Untitled" if a title is not set.
* Change the title of the [[$CONSOLE]] windows created using [[_CONSOLETITLE]]
* '''Note: A [[_DELAY|delay]] may be required before the title can be set.''' See [[_SCREENEXISTS]].


{{PageExamples}}
''Example 1:'' How to create the window title bar.
{{CodeStart}} '' ''
{{Cl|_TITLE}} "My New Program" '' ''
{{CodeEnd}}


''Example 2:'' How to find the currently running program module name and current path using a Windows API Library.
{{CodeStart}} '' ''
{{Cl|_TITLE}} "My program"
{{Cl|_DELAY}} 5             '5 second delay

{{Cl|_TITLE}} {{Cl|MID$}}(TITLE$, 1, {{Cl|INSTR}}(TITLE$, ".") - 1)

{{Cl|PRINT}} PATH$


{{Cl|FUNCTION}} TITLE$ '=== SHOW CURRENT PROGRAM
{{Cl|SHARED}} PATH$
{{Cl|DECLARE LIBRARY}} 'Directory Information using KERNEL32 provided by Dav
  {{Cl|FUNCTION}} GetModuleFileNameA ({{Cl|BYVAL}} Module {{Cl|AS}} {{Cl|LONG}}, FileName {{Cl|AS}} {{Cl|STRING}}, {{Cl|BYVAL}} nSize {{Cl|AS}} {{Cl|LONG}})
{{Cl|DECLARE LIBRARY|END DECLARE}}

FileName$ = {{Cl|SPACE$}}(256)
Result = GetModuleFileNameA(0, FileName$, {{Cl|LEN}}(FileName$))
{{Cl|IF...THEN|IF}} Result {{Cl|THEN}}
  PATH$ = {{Cl|LEFT$}}(FileName$, Result)
  start = 1
  DO
    posit = {{Cl|INSTR}}(start, PATH$, "\")
    {{Cl|IF...THEN|IF}} posit {{Cl|THEN}} last = posit
    start = posit + 1
  {{Cl|LOOP}} {{Cl|UNTIL}} posit = 0
  TITLE$ = {{Cl|MID$}}(PATH$, last + 1)
  PATH$ = {{Cl|LEFT$}}(PATH$, last)
{{Cl|ELSE}} TITLE$ = "": PATH$ = ""
{{Cl|END IF}}
{{Cl|END FUNCTION}} '' ''
{{CodeEnd}}
: ''Note:'' The actual module file name is returned. Not necessarily the Title value. The value returned can be used however.


{{PageSeeAlso}}
* [[_TITLE$]] (function)
* [[_ICON]]
* [[_DELAY]]
* [[ASCII]]
* [[_CONSOLETITLE]]
* [[_SCREENEXISTS]]


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