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QB64 Discussion / Re: The Wiki as book
« on: November 05, 2020, 01:29:59 am »
A qb64 chm help file would allow quick lookup of topics.

FreeBasic had (and still does) a chm help file that I found useful when I was writing programs in that language.

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QB64 Discussion / Can threads be created in QB64?
« on: August 21, 2020, 03:47:11 pm »
Hello everyone.
Can threads be created in QB64?
I believe the answer is "no" unless one goes beyond the language by calling API functions.

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QB64 Discussion / Re: Problem whith install in windows 10 Home
« on: April 27, 2020, 06:24:47 am »
Hello Juanjogomez,

What are the differences between your computer, the development computer, and the customer's computer?
In those differences might be the reason the program does not run, or even open, on the customer computer.

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QB64 Discussion / Re: SQL and 64 bits version
« on: April 23, 2020, 02:38:41 pm »
Thank you Juanjogomez.
I will study your program.

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QB64 Discussion / Re: SQL and 64 bits version
« on: April 23, 2020, 12:17:39 pm »
Is there a tutorial or thread about using QB64 with SQL?

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QB64 Discussion / Re: QB64 vs Python and a humble request
« on: April 22, 2020, 07:59:29 am »
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they decided to go with XOJO

XOJO?. XOJO is too expensive, and you have to pay a yearly license fee to get upgrades.
Essentially buying the product again each year.

(OK, as mentioned, The yearly XOJO license for the RasPi is free.)

If they wanted to pay for a compiler why didn't they choose PureBasic? It seems just as capable as XOJO is.
Also PureBasic is much less expensive, and offers free upgrades for life.

(PureBasic supports Windows, Linux, and OS X, but I don't know if it supports Raspberry Pi)

BTW, one of the XOJO developers is William Yu who created the popular RapidQ compiler.

I hope the decision to use XOJO works out well for everyone.

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QB64 Discussion / Re: QB64 vs Python and a humble request
« on: April 20, 2020, 07:22:04 pm »
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I also need to find or create a more polished and modern IDE with all kinds of helpful features very similar to Kite (kite.com) for Python.

How about considering Visual Studio Code as an IDE for QB64?

A QB64 extension for Visual Studio Code would provide a modern IDE for the language, and at the same time would bring QB64 to the attention of many programmers who would otherwise not consider using it.

https://code.visualstudio.com/

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QB64 Discussion / Re: QB64 vs Python and a humble request
« on: April 20, 2020, 07:05:06 pm »
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Children identify with cute animal mascots. But I think that speaks down to children.
I like cute animal mascots :)

A recommendation about using Dav's IDE.

If  the DavIDE option,
"Compile > Compiler Options > Save EXE at the BAS location"
is checked, then make sure the QB64 option,
"Run > Output EXE to Source Folder"
is unchecked, otherwise DavsIDE will not be able to run the EXE after compiling the source file.

How the BASIC languages are viewed is still being influenced by what Edsger Dijkstra wrote in 1975.

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It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.

How do we tell truths that might hurt?
https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs655/readings/ewd498.html

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QB64 Discussion / Re: QBasic Games and More!, is it a good book for QB64?
« on: April 11, 2020, 09:11:47 am »
DOSBox version 0.74-3 is working well.
https://www.dosbox.com/

Here are some other free tools that I am using for this project.

FlexHex (Windows)
http://www.flexhex.com/

IDA Disassembler 5.0 (freeware) (Windows)
https://www.scummvm.org/news/20180331/

QView, a powerful file/disk/memory viewer/editor for DOS.
https://www.enlight.ru/qview/download.htm

Once I load the TSR into DOS memory I use QView to disassemble the code.
I can also use QView to save selected memory regions to disk either in binary or as a disassembly listing.

The saved binary files can be opened using the Windows IDA tool.
IDA will also disassemble the binary code and produce listings that contain useful comments about the MS-DOS interrupts being used.

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QB64 Discussion / Re: Blocking stuff D:
« on: April 09, 2020, 11:59:15 am »
You could use LINE INPUT to read entire line into a string variable.
If the string variable is equal to CRLF, then read another line from the file.

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QB64 Discussion / Re: QBasic Games and More!, is it a good book for QB64?
« on: April 09, 2020, 11:43:45 am »
I have received a used copy of the book that included the floppy disk.

The installer on the floppy will run without error only on either a MS-DOS or Windows 98 computer.

Now I have to devise a QB64 substitute for the MS-DOS TSR that most of the book's games require.

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QB64 Discussion / Re: connection to CANUSBDRV.DLL
« on: April 09, 2020, 10:54:03 am »
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...due to the baud rate limitation in QB64

What is the baud rate limitation in QB64?

EDIT
This QB64 documentation page states that the maximum baud rate supported is 115200.
https://www.qb64.org/wiki/OPEN_COM

What is the required baud rate for the CANBus application?

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QB64 Discussion / Re: Another feature that can improve /expand QB64IDE .... managing txt files...
« on: April 07, 2020, 03:12:09 pm »
Hi TempodiBasic.

I used a hex editor named "FlexHex" (it is free!) to examine some source files saved by the QB64 IDE.
Only CRLF character pairs were found at the end of the file that I looked at.

Here is a link to the FlexHex web page so you can use it to examine source files saved by the IDE.

The Hex Editor That Can Do More
FlexHEX is a full-featured hex editor designed to edit binary files, OLE compound files, logical devices, and physical drives.
With FlexHEX you can inspect, modify, insert, search, or replace binary, ASCII, or UNICODE data.
http://www.flexhex.com/
 

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QB64 Discussion / Re: QBooks for QB64
« on: April 07, 2020, 02:52:56 pm »
Just minutes ago one of Greg Perry's books arrived in the mail.
"QBasic by Example, Special Edition", a book of about 620 pages.
It will be interesting to read his presentation of QBasic.

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QB64 Discussion / Re: QBooks for QB64
« on: April 07, 2020, 12:43:17 pm »
Ethan Winer's book is a definite must-have!
Youtube has an audio interview with him and Bob Zale.

Ethan Winer and Bob Zale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6EsxLrP1Q8

Greg Perry has written a whole library of books on diverse topics!

“I’VE WRITTEN MORE BOOKS THAN MOST PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS HAVE READ”
https://rightnerve.com/ive-written-books-public-school-teachers-read-greg-perry/

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