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- Jul 17, 2008 16:21
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Catloaf is back!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2771
I think that'd be a great idea. Every language/tool needs a cute logo, and whilst the horse is probably represents the ideals of FreeBASIC and the developers, I'd definitely vote for Catloaf. I've still got very little free time myself at the moment, but I'd be happy to put up the cash for prizes ag...
- Jun 03, 2008 12:48
- Forum: Libraries & Headers
- Topic: SqLite Client/Server Library
- Replies: 14
- Views: 14266
- May 19, 2008 8:35
- Forum: Sources, Examples, Tips and Tricks
- Topic: FreeBASIC versus Python (speed of execution)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8358
As has been mentioned, execution speed in the case of your example will be restricted by I/O rather than processor speed. That said, Python (a language which I have a great deal of love for) essentially compiles to byte-code the first time it's run, and most of the shipped libraries are written in C...
- May 19, 2008 7:51
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: How can a Forum member resign?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6835
- Mar 16, 2008 1:54
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: dfjkhdkjlghjkdfbvjyrgfofxjbgldksf [WIP]
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3579
- Mar 15, 2008 19:26
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Tetris Clone Feature Request
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2721
To be honest, I'd say just stick with the original game-play but for God's sake, make sure it plays well. The world is already full of utterly atrocious Tetris clones. People tend to get the basic game elements in place and then start adding all manner of other nonsense into the game without actuall...
- Mar 09, 2008 20:34
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: QB Express #27 now available
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11137
- Feb 29, 2008 0:27
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: [offtopic] Really kool shooter made in MS Excel
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8534
In my day job I develop software for a financial services company. There's a database front-end written in Delphi and there's some quick and dirty software to generate government forms as PDFs which was written in FreeBASIC, but most of the processing and reporting is done by an Excel Add-In which c...
- Feb 28, 2008 12:17
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: [offtopic] Really kool shooter made in MS Excel
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8534
- Feb 27, 2008 13:19
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Short info about Basic4GL
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6873
Looked at BASIC4GL a while back when I was looking to teach programming to my girlfriend, and there was quite a list of things which I didn't particularly like about it, although right now I can only think of the following: The EXEs were quite a bit bigger and didn't seem to run as quickly as the sa...
- Feb 17, 2008 11:03
- Forum: Game Dev
- Topic: No Driving Games in FBGD?!
- Replies: 53
- Views: 33633
Again, the prize money is still up for grabs, and I'm quite happy for you to decide the rules, start and finish times, judging etc. yourselves. Just let me know when I'll need to pay up. I think this challenge needs to be less about rules, and more about getting a finished polished game out. I agre...
- Feb 17, 2008 10:55
- Forum: Libraries & Headers
- Topic: Haru Free PDF Library
- Replies: 14
- Views: 26586
Your purpose wasn't made clear in the original post, but yes I agree, generating PDF files is a great cross platform was of presenting reports. I've used PDFlib from FreeBASIC for generating batches of thousands of pre-filled government documents, and it works like an absolute dream. The code was on...
- Feb 16, 2008 13:54
- Forum: Libraries & Headers
- Topic: Haru Free PDF Library
- Replies: 14
- Views: 26586
It's not quite as simple as that though, because there issues like word wrapping and creating new pages which is something that the PDF libraries I've used in the past don't do on their own. You need to check when you've filled a page, create a new one, then start outputting at the top of that. Sele...
- Feb 15, 2008 21:35
- Forum: Game Dev
- Topic: No Driving Games in FBGD?!
- Replies: 53
- Views: 33633
- Feb 15, 2008 21:32
- Forum: Libraries & Headers
- Topic: Haru Free PDF Library
- Replies: 14
- Views: 26586
Writing code to generate a PDF from a TXT file is pretty straightforward, but if it's purely a performance issue you have with Scribus, then you will probably find OpenOffice.org better. If you're running Windows, an even simpler solution would be to install one of the many free PDF printer drivers ...