The actual samples are installed with NS Basic/Desktop in \Program Files\nsbasic\desktop\samples. You can see the source code by clicking on the program name.

If you would like to see more samples, visit our web board. Other users have posted some of the neat things they have accomplished using NS Basic/Desktop. The Files section of our web board is here.

ADODemo (source)	Screenshot	This program shows how to access a Microsoft ADO database from NS Basic/Desktop. This is the same database that Access uses. This shows that you can use NS Basic/Desktop to add funtionality to Access. Uses Microsoft's ADODC.ocx control and the MS Jet engine. Not the prettiest - but demonstrates what can be done. Contributed by John E. Carter.
Benchmark	Screenshot	This is a very simple program shows the speed of NS Basic/Desktop. On a 3 ghz CPU, NS Basic/Desktop executes over 500,000 loops per second.
CE Demo	Screenshot	This program shows how to interact with a Windows CE or Pocket PC device. From NS Basic/Desktop, you can examine system information, upload and download files and access ADOCE databases directly. Uses the Srego CE ToolPackX ActiveX control. Contributed by George Henne.
CommonDialog	Screenshot	Shows how to use the standard Windows Open FIle, Save File, Print and Color dialog boxes. Uses the ComDlg32.ocx control. Contributed by Tim Markowski.
Email	Screenshot	Lets you create and send an email message. Short and easy - shows how to use the ShellExecute command. Contributed by Tim Markowski.
Environment	Screenshot	Displays Windows environment variables. Sample used in Tech Note 06.
FileSystemObject	Screenshot	This program demonstrates a variety of built in objects that are part of the File System. You'll see the Drives collection, File information, Folder information, creating and deleting folders and files and creating writing and reading a text file. Adapted from standard VBScript sample.
IntrinsicObjects	Screenshot	This program demonstrates shows off all the Intrinisic objects that are built into NS Basic/Desktop: Checkbox, ComboBox, CommandButton, Date, Frame, Label, ListBox, OptionButton, Output, TextBox and Time.
MakeWav	Screenshot	This program shows how to create a .wav file and play it.
Menus	Screenshot	This program shows how to set up menus in an NS Basic/Desktop program and tie code into the events that using a menu creates.
MS Outlook	Screenshot	Shows how to work with Outlook from NS Basic/Desktop. It shows how to send email, tasks, contacts, appointments, notes and journal entries to Outlook, get today's tasks and more. Contributed by Keith McKibbin.
PalmDatabase	Screenshot	Shows how to access a Palm OS database on the desktop using NS Basic/Desktop.
ProgressBar	Screenshot	Show how to display a progress bar during execution. Contributed by Hiroshi Takishita
SDIGrid	Screenshot	SDIGrid Control: an easy to use and powerful grid control with data binding. See Tech Note 07 for documentation. Sample by Robert Slack.
Simple HelloWorld	Screenshot	This is as simple it gets - everyone's first program!
SQLite	Screenshot	This sample show how to use SQLite. It's easy to create databases and add and delete records. See Tech Note 11 for more information.
SerialXP	Screenshot	This sample shows how to do simple serial communications using the SerialXP control from http://www.franson.biz/serialtools/.
SpreadSheet	ScreenShot	This sample shows how to automate a MS Office Spreadsheet. Contributed by Hiroshi Takishita
TCPServer	Screenshot	A simple TCP/IP server program. Sample client programs are included with NS Basic/CE and NS Basic/Palm..
TwoForms	Screenshot	A simple program with two forms, showing how to move from one form to the other..
Winsock	Screenshot	This program uses the MSWinsck.ocx control to retreive a web page and display it in a textbox. The Winsock control makes it easy to do most Tcp/IP operations, include send and read mail, send and receive messages from other processes and to read newsgroups. Contributed by George Henne.
xls2csv	Screenshot	This program shows a couple of cool things. An Excel spreadsheet is opened up, data is retreived from it, then written to a flat file in comma separated format (.csv). Contributed by George Henne.