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Xbasic

Using AI to generate XBasic code

Description

Create and edit Xbasic scripts, functions, and classes using the Script Editor's AI integration. This guide covers the workflow and caveats.

Overview

There is a new AI button on the Script Editor toolbar next to the existing Create buttons.

AI button on the script editor toolbar
Script Editor AI Button
Xbasic generation from AI has been prone to some hallucination because there are a number of different flavors of BASIC which AI draw upon.

Open The Xbasic AI Genie

Select the AI button to open a two-part genie for creating and editing Xbasic. The first step plans and filters documentation to optimize context; the second step generates or edits code.

Two-step genie for planning and code generation
Xbasic AI Genie

Example Prompt

Ask the AI to write Xbasic code that builds an HTML table populated from the Customer table.

Prompt requesting Xbasic to build an HTML table from customers
Prompt For HTML Table

Review Generated Code

The generated code is intentionally vanilla to maximize compatibility and provide a starting point you can refine.

Resulting Xbasic code produced by AI
Generated Xbasic

View Output

Because the AI often uses the ? command suited to web pages, you may modify the script to open an HTML viewer at the end so you can see the result.

HTML output preview launched from the script
HTML Viewer Output
Validate API calls, object names, and syntax against your project and Alpha Anywhere build, adjusting as needed to avoid BASIC-dialect mismatches.