thinBasic beta 1.7.10.0

[Petr Schreiber]

Thanks Eros,

keep them coming. I am ready to test every day, I like it
The Tutorial was correctly launched after installation, good job!

The only problem with latest additions is still with the CHM help, I will post it in separate thread.

[ErosOlmi]

Updated thinBasic beta 1.7.10.0.
You can download it from the link in the first post of this thread.

Main changes:

• thinAir: possibly fixed paste code code from HTML sources
• thinAir: F1 should now open contest help not in modal window
• thinTutorial: added the latest available so far (thanks to Mark Lee)
• UI: started to work on alternative syntax in order to keep previous syntax plus a new set of single keywords.
  See Dialog_New keyword in help that share the same parsing code as DIALOG NEW ...
• TBGL: module updated to the latest available so far on SVN server
• Oxygen: module updated to the latest available so far on SVN server

Eros

[Petr Schreiber]

Thanks for the new release Eros,

I recommend it also for people which need stable TBGL, as two issues have been fixed:

• GPF of TBGL in case it was specified in USES but not used
• False positives on "Could not find texture/model"

Dialog_New works well, just the description in help file should be instead of:

hwnd = Dialog_New([PIXELS, | UNITS,] hwParent, Title, xPos, yPos, Width, Height [, [Style] [, [ExtendedStyle]]] )

this:

hwnd = Dialog_New([PIXELS | UNITS,] hwParent, Title, xPos, yPos, Width, Height [, [Style] [, [ExtendedStyle]]] )

Thanks,
Petr

[ErosOlmi]

Updated thinBasic beta 1.7.10.0.
You can download it from the link in the first post of this thread.

Changes:

• thinCore: fixed GPF on Core engine memory releasing at the end of script execution
• thinTutorial: added the latest available so far (thanks to Mark Lee)

Eros

[Petr Schreiber]

Thanks Eros,

I just noticed very nice Help/About dialog!

[catventure]

I just noticed very nice Help/About dialog!

Me too! Thanks very much for latest update and all your hard work with the fixes etc... and not forgetting the new image module.

Regards,
catventure.

[ErosOlmi]

I just noticed very nice Help/About dialog!

You asked it, I did it

[ErosOlmi]

... and not forgetting the new image module.

I was exactly thinking to you (and TBGL) when I decided to add TImage module.

[ErosOlmi]

Updated thinBasic beta 1.7.10.0.
You can download it from the link in the first post of this thread.

Changes:

• thinCore: fixed WHILE clause in FOR statement
  
  
• thinCore: Petr Schreiber has requested to add the possibility to pass parameters data to external functions in BYVAL mode.
  I'm happy to say it is now possible to use BYVAL (or BYCOPY) in passing numeric parameters to external functions when a BYREF parameter is expected.
  Using BYVAL (or BYCOPY) programmer will instruct thinBasic to:
  
  • create a temporary numeric variable
  • evaluate a numeric expression and assign its value to temporary variable
  • pass the pointer of the temporary variable to the external function
  
  When a procedure expects a parameter to be passed by reference, it expects to see a pointer to the data. In some cases, such as when the parameter is a calculated expression, it is not precisely possible to pass a pointer, since an expression result is a temporary value that does not exist in a permanent memory location. On the other hand, if you wish to ensure that the original data is not modified by the procedure, you can place a BYCOPY override in the arguments list.
  In both cases, a copy of the data is stored in a temporary memory location, and the parameter consists of a 4-byte address of this temporary location.
  
  I think this is an important addition for programmers in needs to used 3rd party library.
  
  
• thinCore: al virtual key-scan codes equates (%VK_* like %VK_A, %VK_PGDN, ...) have been moved from UI module to Core module so they will be available to all modules.
  
  

Eros

[ErosOlmi]

Updated thinBasic beta 1.7.10.0.
You can download it from the link in the first post of this thread.

Changes:

• thinCore: fixed BYVAL functionality added in previous update.
  BYVAL will be used to compute the address of a pointer and passed to external function when a BYREF parameter is expected.
  BYCOPY will be used instead to create a temporary variable whose pointer will be passed to external function when a BYREF parameter is expected.

Eros