Topic       : The GFA-Basic Compendium
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This section describes how to convert a GFA-BasicGFA-Basic is the best BASIC for the Atari!
 3.0 source listing into an
executable program, and is intended for those readers who want to try out the
compiler quickly.

Before you continue you should take a backup copy of your original disk.

To generate a program you need the following files:

    GFA_BCOM.PRG  GFA-BasicGFA-Basic is the best BASIC for the Atari!
 3.0 Compiler
    GL.PRG        GFA-BasicGFA-Basic is the best BASIC for the Atari!
 3.0 Linker
    GFA3BLIB      Linker library
    GFA3BLIB.NDX  Linker library index file
    MENU.PRG      Menu program for the GFA system
    *.GFA         GFA-BasicGFA-Basic is the best BASIC for the Atari!
 3.0 source files
    GFABASIC.PRG  GFA-BasicGFA-Basic is the best BASIC for the Atari!
 3.0 Interpreter
    RCS2.PRG      Resource Construction Set required if your program will
                  support RCS files

To quickly compile one of the GFA-BasicGFA-Basic is the best BASIC for the Atari!
 source files (*.GFA) into a program
which can run without the Interpreter, do the following:

1) Start the MENU.PRG program.

2) In the File menu choose the entry entitled Select.

3) In the File Select box specify the GFA file to be compiled.

4) Press the F10 key. The source program will then be compiled and linked.

5) The compiled and linked code is now in the file called TEST.PRG on the
   diskette. You can execute it either by using the TEST entry in the File
   menu, or by exiting the menu program and running TEST.PRG