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Active Forums => QB64 Discussion => Topic started by: SMcNeill on December 02, 2020, 01:01:12 am
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https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/qbasic/9ntmcqwn2sqm?activetab=pivot:overviewtab#
Anyone give this a try? QBASIC in the microsoft store...
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That's very tempting to try but I don't think I want .bas file interfering with QB64 when I click them in Explorer.
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I tried it once, have since uninstall it
it seems to be written in JavaScript because the test-code that I used had the same failure as this http://stevehanov.ca/blog/?id=92
I don't remember what test code I used
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Wow! If it doesn't support graphics screens then it's only for Pete!
I don't see MS putting out a Java Script version of QBasic though, specially without complete support for what THEY use to add in free with DOS.
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it's sold or distributed via MS store, it's not necessarily their product
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By the looks of the screenshot it's clearly [ This attachment cannot be displayed inline in 'Print Page' view ] not their product.
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And yet, nobody’s tried it, so they can give us a little insight on it?
I should be back home in a day, or so. I’ll grab a copy and play around with it a bit after that, and I’ll let you guys know how it goes.
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@SMcNeill I have tried it before and had many issues with it. It does run some very simple demo programs but the IDE sucks. I am not a good candidate for testing it since my code isn't usually based in regular QBASIC or graphics and uses external libraries.
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it sucks
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RE: "not their product"
I wonder what process an app has to pass for MS approval? When I said putting out I didn't necessarily mean producing but including licensing or approving of for their store.
ie with enough $ shelled out will they approve anything? so I am completely un-informed of what standards they have.
I confess I saw the foreign letters not being English and the alert alarms began to sound.
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CHEAP CRAP MADE IN ASIA! Where's Codeguy when I need him?
On a serious note, has anyone asked Rob how h'd feel about putting QB64 in the MS store?
Pete
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On a serious note, has anyone asked Rob how h'd feel about putting QB64 in the MS store?
That would be pretty neat. It would get the name out in one more spot, at least.
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On a serious note, has anyone asked Rob how h'd feel about putting QB64 in the MS store?
Hmmm. I'd hesitate. Did Rob get permission to (shamelessly) copy the Qbasic IDE? It was a fantastic idea, to help make the transition pretty close to pain-free, but MS lawyers might have a field day.
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Right, billionaire layers make killing suing school teacher, film at 10-minutes to never; but yes, I have looked t it from that side, too. The point is, it isn't the same code, or probably even close to the same code, even though just the IDE was made to look like it, for what I'm guessing was for the sake of nostalgia. So let's look at the one they are advertising as QBasic. Does that IDE look like the QBasic IDE? Sorry, I won't take the time to download it, because my gut plus what I've read so far tells me it's a piece of....
Pete
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Installed it, tried it, uninstalled it. Microsoft needs to check what's in its Store.
Seriously, why would you want to use it when you already have a much superior product in QB64. Judging by earlier comments the QB product isn't that compatible with Qbasic, whereas QB64 is. The only benefit (if it is a benefit) is that the QB product is an interpreter, whereas QB64 is a compiler and you have to wait a few seconds before you can use it (that is if you don't want to make an executable file).
My advice: stick with QB64.
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From the comments I see here, it isn't worth trying, esp. not when I have and still use QB4.5.
4.5 is excellent for starting a project - faster development without the compile delay. When
a project is far advanced, THEN I switch to 64 for the speed and additional capabilties. I can
use 4.5 directly on the XP computer or under DOSBox with Win10.
If I didn't have 4.5 I'd find/download MS QBASIC, not some crippled clone. No graphics? Blarg!
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This does not work:
for x = 1 to 25
print "Test"
next x
This works:
FOR x = 1 TO 25
PRINT "Test"
NEXT x
So forget It !
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Yeah, if you call your app QBasic and put it in the MS Store, it better be like the QBasic from DOS or it's a lie and being put in the MS Store doesn't say much for them either. Demand your money back ;-))
Of course here, it would be slightly hypocritical to press the issue ie a bad idea!
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Unless of course QBasic means Quack Basic.
Better watch too, with it being an asian made product there is probably malicious code hiding out some where to steal information.
fine...
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Unless of course QBasic means Quack Basic.
Better watch too, with it being an asian made product there is probably malicious code hiding out some where to steal information.
Not for being Asian, but for being from an unknown developer - most of our users go through the same fear.
Asian members of this forum: the opinion above is Cobalt's individually.
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I guess I have to side with Cobalt's opinion.
Last I heard, Russia, China and N Korea are in Asia and those folks might be devious about what code gets exported from their countries, true we all have to live with propaganda of our own counties. But which countries exercise most control over Internet access?
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Just please do not generalize it enough so our Indian friends, for example, who are Asians, will get offended. Let political talk make its way into the off topic board, and even then, let us not be bigoted.
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Just please do not generalize it enough so our Indian friends, for example, who are Asians, will get offended. Let political talk make its way into the off topic board, and even then, let us not be bigoted.
+1. Never good to generalize.
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Sorry, I don't think of India as part of Asia. I suppose population wise, big mistake.
OK no Asian generalizations from me anymore.
Ah so, the lettering might be Japanese.
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aww well aren't we all so woke ;-)
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aww well aren't we all so woke ;-)
Lovely
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"Woke." Same great impact as stupid, but only half the syllables.
Pete
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Interesting flare-up to occur on December 7th by the way...
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https://github.com/IshikawaMasashi
Kanji look familiar?
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Interesting flare-up to occur on December 7th by the way...
Is that the day the Indians attacked Mini Pearl? Sorry, Fell has me all confused.
Pete