Introduction
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 The printed documentation for Microsoft BASIC 7.0 Professional Development
 System consists of three books. Getting Started, the BASIC Language
 Reference, and the Programmer's Guide.

 Getting Started contains detailed information on setting up and customizing
 Microsoft BASIC to optimize program size and speed. It also introduces new
 features of this version of Microsoft BASIC and provides a brief
 introduction to the new Microsoft Advisor online Help system.

 The  BASIC Language Reference has these parts.

   -   Part 1, "Language Reference," contains reference material and
       programming examples for each BASIC function, statement, and
       metacommand, organized alphabetically.

   -   Part 2, "Add-On-Library Reference," contains reference material on the
       SUB and  FUNCTION procedures that are supported by the add-on
       libraries included with Microsoft BASIC. These add-on libraries give
       you date-time, financial, and format functions.

   -   Part 3, "BASIC Toolbox Reference," contains reference material on the
       SUB and  FUNCTION procedures that are supported by the toolbox files
       included with Microsoft BASIC. The toolboxes are Matrix Math,
       Presentation Graphics, Font, and User Interface.

   -   The appendixes include a list of keyboard scan and ASCII character
       codes, a list of BASIC reserved words, a command-line tools quick
       reference, reference information on error messages, and international
       character sort order tables.



 The  Programmer's Guide contains topical information about programming
 concepts and techniques and command-line tools.