Learn to Program with Small Basic

This program uses the DrawText() method of the GraphicsWindow object to
display a message. The DrawText() method requires three arguments. The
first two arguments tell Small Basic the horizontal (x) and vertical (y) positions
of the output message, starting in the upper-left corner of the window.
The third argument tells Small Basic what text to display. The output of this
program is shown in Figure 1-4. As you can see, the message is displayed at
position (100, 50).
100
50
Figure 1-4: The output of Graphic.sb
The GraphicsWindow object contains many other methods that let you
create GUI applications; explore a few of them in Try It Out 1-1.
TRY IT OUT 1-1
Enter the following program into the Editor, and then run it to see what happens:
GraphicsWindow.DrawEllipse(20, 20, 100, 100)
GraphicsWindow.DrawRectangle(140, 20, 100, 100)
GraphicsWindow.FillEllipse(260, 20, 200, 100)
The output of the program is shown in Figure 1-5. The numbers illustrate how
Small Basic followed your code.
20
20
100
100
100
100
200
Figure 1-5: The output of the program
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