Archive 27:4 now on sale

Welcome to the new issue of Archive, the magazine for RISC OS users, Volume 27 Issue 4 (January/February 2024). The digital edition has now been dispatched, and the printed version will be dropping through letterboxes around the world shortly. Not a subscriber? It’s not too late to subscribe now and get the latest issue!

It’s a packed 52 page issue, featuring a TWimp tutorial from the author himself, the latest from Andrew Rawnsley and RISC OS Developments, reviews of the RiscDOCK and official Raspberry Pi monitor, a CompoScript tutorial, vector graphics with Chris Hall, an interview with Matthew and Hilary Phillips, news, and hints ‘n’ tips!

Thank you to everyone who made this issue happen. The next issue will be out at the RISC OS North show – the deadline for any news or other contributions is 20th March.

6 issue print subscriptions cost £42 (UK) or £62 (rest of world). Digital subscriptions cost £35. The print subscriptions include the digital edition free of charge. It’s quick and easy to subscribe – payments can be accepted by bank transfer, PayPal and cheque. Full details at https://www.archivemag.co.uk/subscriptions.html or contact gavin@archivemag.co.uk for more information.

Good stuff! Thanks, Gavin.

TWimp information in the next Archive article:

The next TWimp article will show how to make a simple form with writable icons, radio buttons, option buttons and how to get TWimp to group your radio buttons. There will even be a nice trick shown that can grey them out automatically depending on if an option button is selected. Plus, we will even save the settings and load them back in with just a couple of lines of code.

Download the demo from www.ro32.co.uk

PS. I know, I should have more tutorials on my website. Coming in the next few months. Promise. What will be on the site will be different to what appears in the magazines, at least initially. Subscribe and get the tutorials faster.

• Documentation is included with TWimp, however this is a reference guide and not a tutorial. The guide is available for free with the TWimpDemo download.

For those who do not subscribe to Archive, I hope to have articles up on ro32.co.uk by the middle of March. These will discuss different topics to those in any magazine articles, eventually they will overlap but magazines will get a different angle. Remember that the TWimpDemo has restrictions on how many items you can make but other than that is currently fully functional. Programs that fit in the demo version can be distributed free of charge.

Hint: Try using pre:“Before” and post:“After” to put a label before or after any icon definition. This does not add to your item usage so you get this for free!