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How To Get Started

### Installation

The easiest way is to install Gambas from your Linux distribution. If Gambas is not yet contained in your distribution then download the distribution from http://gambas.sourceforge.net

### First Steps

When finished the installation then use Gambas:

- In a terminal window type "gambas2"
- Gambas will open, select new project.
- Select "Create a graphical application Qt", click next,
- Find a directory where to put the first project, click next,.
- Enter a name for your first project, click OK.
- Close the tips of the day window.
- Right click Forms, New, Forms...
- Find the Toolbox window on the workspace. (type F6 it is not visible)
- Select the Form Tools.
- Select one of the object, e.g. a button, place it in the window.
- Use F4 to display its properties
- Double click the button the see the code, which will be executed when you click it.
- Enter a code line e.g.

      PRINT "Hello World. It is now: ";now

- In the project window find the start button, press it (or press F5 key).
- An Immediate Window will be created and shows the result of the PRINT command in the debug windows.

### See also

How To Install Gambas on a Debian 3.1
http://linuxfocus.org/English/March2004/article329.shtml - Introduction (english) by Jonas Alvarez
http://www.madeasy.de/7/gambas.htm - Introduction (german) by Reiner Hoffmann