I discovered this by not reading the manual :D dim as integer a, b, c dim as string s print "Testing the val() function" : print s = "+0x123" : print s; " = "; hex(val(s)); " = "; val(s) s = "-0x123" : print s; " = "; hex(val(s)); " = ...

Hi Dave. This is from the main window proceedure of a program where I ask for parameters to be entered. Case 201: ' Options - Match Fit dim as LPDLGTEMPLATE lpdt ' 1st param is "cdit" & must match number of controls defined. top left, bottom right, "Title", template Dialog( 1...

I decided to recompile libjpeg (with w64devkit) with error messages sent to a windows message box rather than STDOUT, and when I did, I had to revert to the original jpeglib.bi file. Here's the new version of jconfig.h /* jconfig.h --- generated by ckconfig.c */ /* see jconfig.txt for explanations *...

>fbc64 --version FreeBASIC Compiler - Version 1.09.0 (2021-12-31), built for win64 (64bit) Copyright (C) 2004-2021 The FreeBASIC development team. standalone >fbc64 Button_grid_demo.bas dialogs.bas(131) error 58: Type mismatch, at parameter 3 of MULTIBYTETOWIDECHAR() in 'asciistring, _' To get it to...

Thanks for all the help, and a special thanks to dodicat for that sweet little example.

I want something like openFileDialog but I want it to return a path that I can then use as a default location for future operations.

I found this:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windo ... eforfolder
which calls Shell32.dll but how do I do that, and is there an easier way?

Yes, the leak is gone. I now get: libjpeg Runtime = 2.1991 otherjpeg Runtime = 8.4322 I'm concerned with speed because I'm going to be scanning thousands of pictures. Here's a little colour and silliness :lol: ' Some Jpeg fun and games ' Compile as 64bit console with libotherjpeg.a in the same direc...

That library is impressive for its size. Only 10k! It must be calling windows routines to get most of the work done. I decided to compare the decompress speeds of the two libraries. My results are that libjpeg is about 3 times faster. My CPU takes 2.4 seconds for 5000 reads of color.jpg via libjpeg ...

It works :wink: I don't think that jpeglib.bi was ever tested with a 64bit windows compiler. Perhaps it was tested with 64bit linux. The conditionals are becoming convoluted, but it works now so I'm happy. diff -b -a jpeglib\ -\ Copy.bi jpeglib.bi --- jpeglib - Copy.bi +++ jpeglib.bi @@ -92,10 +92,1...

~ $ gcc --version gcc (GCC) 12.1.0 Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The gcc from w64devkit looks more generic. I have managed to comp...

Hi dodicat, Thanks for spending some time and effort on this. Is there a way to persuade the gcc and other GNU tools in \FreeBASIC-1.09.0-winlibs-gcc-9.3.0\bin\win64 to make this library? I have the feeling that if the same compiler compiled the library and the test program then it would be able to ...

I should have started this thread under Library Questions. My bad. The 32bit library from https://sourceforge.net/projects/fbc/files/Older%20versions/0.90.1/Binaries%20-%20Windows/Libraries/ works Ok, but I want 64bit. When I build the library using https://github.com/skeeto/w64devkit I can "ma...

Hi guys,

I'm trying to compile
FreeBASIC-1.09.0-winlibs-gcc-9.3.0\examples\files\jpeglib\example.bas
but I don't have libjpeg.a

Where do I get it or how do I compile the source from http://ijg.org/ so that the result will work with my FB compiler?
I only care about the 64bit version.

The maximum number of characters in a string constructed with chr( ch0 [, ch1 ... chN ] ) is 32.
The FreeBasic Manual doesn't say anything about N <= 32.

Perhaps it should

Thanks for the quick replies. Perhaps the compiler can get smarter and keep a running total estimate of stack use by variables and either issue a warning or silently move the variables to the heap. Why are large arrays ever put on a limited stack anyway? On a side note, Quicksort is only about 6 tim...