<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- * This file is part of the LibreOffice project. * * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. * * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice: * * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed * with this work for additional information regarding copyright * ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache * License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of * the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 . --> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="textsbasicshared01020500xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Libraries, Modules and Dialogs</title> <filename>/text/sbasic/shared/01020500.xhp</filename> </topic> <history> <created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> </history> </meta> <body> <section id="biblio"> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147317" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/01020500.xhp" name="Libraries, Modules and Dialogs">Libraries, Modules and Dialogs</link></paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147427" xml-lang="en-US">The following describes the basic use of libraries, modules and dialogs in $[officename] Basic.</paragraph> </section> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146120" xml-lang="en-US">$[officename] Basic provides tools to help you structuring your projects. It supports various "units" which enable you to group individual SUBS and FUNCTIONS in a Basic project.</paragraph> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148575" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Libraries</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150011" xml-lang="en-US">Libraries serve as a tool for organizing modules, and can either be attached to a document or a template. When the document or a template is saved, all modules contained in the library are automatically saved as well.</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151112" xml-lang="en-US">A library can contain up to 16,000 modules.</paragraph> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149262" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Modules</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156441" xml-lang="en-US">A module contains SUBS and FUNCTIONS along with variable declarations. The length of the program that can be saved in a module is limited to 64 KB. If more space is required you can divide a $[officename] Basic project among several modules, and then save them in a single library.</paragraph> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152577" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Dialog Modules</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149377" xml-lang="en-US">Dialog modules contain dialog definitions, including the dialog box properties, the properties of each dialog element and the events assigned. Since a dialog module can only contain a single dialog, they are often referred to as "dialogs".</paragraph> <section id="relatedtopics"> <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/01030400.xhp#01030400"/> </section> </body> </helpdocument>