And another thing...

Adding Controls to Existing Project

When adding a control to an existing project, I've noticed that the Event Procedure subroutines are not automatically updated.


Execute Button  has just been added to a previously saved project.  Four existing controls were already in existence:


and your program automatically adds the new one to the DIM SHARED declarations.


The UI_Click subroutine (along with all the relevant others) does not automatically get the new Control added.  Of course, I do not mind adding it myself if I require it to have a particular procedure - and I'm doing this manual code edit as I go along.  This is only trial code I'm working on at the moment.

Richard

I thought that I would investigate SetFrameRate within InForm, as I may need to speed things up in program I'm working on.  So, within the existing program "Fireworks" (by Fellippe) I changed SetFrameRate periodically from 30 (default) to 120.  I noticed that the speed of the firework display did not change very much.  With the following code within the __UI_BeforeUpdateDisplay subroutine


writing to a text file, the times for 300 cycles were: 10s for SetFrameRate 30 (correct), but 7.4s for SetFrameRate 120 (should be 2.5s).  I noticed that during the SetFrameRate 120 periods the computer was running at one full CPU, which is usually indicative of the computer running at full speed.  I have a Core i5 processor, so running the Fireworks program should be using very little CPU effort.

I have noticed that the IDE is slow to update changes in an InForm program, so does InForm use a lot of CPU?

Richard

This is my first program created with InForm.  Firstly, I must reiterate members' comments on what a superb achievement is Fellippe's work in creating InForm.  I have previously attempted to code in Microsoft's Visual Basic 6 (just about usable with no graphics available) and then their Visual Studio (completely unworkable).  Fellippe has achieved everything that we should have desired from the Microsoft stuff with much easier usage and integrated into all that we wish to do in QB64.  Hats off again to Fellippe.

The program provides all the solutions to a particular kind of puzzle (Trackword) which appears in a specialist magazine.  Many years ago, I originally created a program for this in QuickBasic 2, and I have used this as a basis for learning to use InForm.  InForm is so user-friendly that there was only a little work needed to convert from the original text-only program.  In fact, the programming difficulty and interest was in the original work in creating the algorithm which finds all the solutions (and only those which are valid).  Looking at the code now, it is quite difficult to work out how the algorithm works exactly.  I must have been brighter all those years ago.

Should you be interested to run this specialist program, you will need to download the pdf.  The solving routine needs tens of thousands of computational cycles and needs a modern fast machine.  A slower machine will give a noticeable pause before answers are displayed.  I should have programmed a progress bar, but I thought that this little starter project did not justify it.

Richard

[Edit:  Manual updated 16/2/19]

This is an updated version of my program which was featured at [abandoned, outdated and now likely malicious qb64 dot net website - don’t go there].  The program is much the same, except for the images used.  Previously, the images on the reels were of prominent QB64 members (something of a theme of mine!), but here more usual fruits are used.  This gives a more pleasing effect, I believe.  You will need to download the pdf file.

Richard

This is a copy of my program which first appeared on [abandoned, outdated and now likely malicious qb64 dot net website - don’t go there], and there is nothing changed or added.  It is copied here because I am migrating all my work to here.  When you see "Historical Copy" in the title of a program submitted by me, you will know that it has already appeared and you will not need to waste your time opening the post if you have already used that program.

The program simulates a board game very similar to the commercial Scrabble game.  You play against the computer.  You will need to open the pdf file.

Richard

 

This program simulates coloured balls moving and colliding.  It is a copy of my program which first appeared on [abandoned, outdated and now likely malicious qb64 dot net website - don’t go there], and there is nothing changed or added.  It is copied here because [abandoned, outdated and now likely malicious qb64 dot net website - don’t go there] is now non-existent.

The 3D full perspective visualisation is enhanced by making the actual balls 3D shapes.  The 2D ball image is mapped via _MAPTRIANGLE to an actual spherical shape.  You will notice that this method has the effect of distorting the ball shape, especially at distances from the centre of the screen.  This arises because of the vanishing-point perspective used in _MAPTIANGLE(3D).

Esc to quit the program.

Richard