I would use BASE64 encoding for sending chunks of files. I'd agree, if we were living in 1980-something, and 7-bit machines hadn't been melted down to make Core 2 Duos. As it is, we live in an era where virtually everything uses 8-bit bytes and is binary-safe. Finally, why are you replying to a thr...

True, but libpcah is designed to by language-agnostic in it's interface, and the the lingua franca of compiled code is the C ABI, that's what I'm gunning for here. Note the included C header.

libpcah is a library to allow you to use strings to address array elements instead of integer index. The name "pcah" no longer has any real meaning, the original meaning implies the library does something I just learned that it does not do. I was a little lacking in the programming concept...

If someone ever decided to port to OS/2, you would also be best to have a "generic DOS" part of the RTL, since Windows, DOS, and OS/2 have a lot of common behaviours in e.g. filesystem design.

yetisoft pointed me to an implementation of the FBSTRING struct in C++ that would make a good starting point for this project.

Check around for his 'tinybasic' project, it's on the forums somewhere.

Specifically, this is the implementation in question: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=j5d3bHp7

. With some work, this can probably also be extended to Java code compiled by the GNU Compiler for Java. (one of the problems for that will probably be BY REF parameters of valuetypes ) This is mentioned mostly as a possibility, since gcj compiles to the same ABI as the g++, and allows intermixing ...

I am working on a C++ implementation of FreeBASIC's first class String type. The FreeBASIC compiler, when using OOP features, mangles symbols to the Itanium C++ ABI, which is the same C++ ABI used by gcc 3.4 and later (on all architectures, not just Itanium), as well as Intel C++ Compiler on Linux (...

Sorry for the late reply... I've been on vacation. Here's the code example to draw on a form (which some color options too) Dim As Integer xleft, ytop, wd, ht xleft = 50 ytop = 50 wd = 400 ht = 200 Dim hDC As HDC ' Dim hPen As hpen hDC = GetDC( hWndForm ) Rectangle hDC, xleft, ytop, xleft+wd, ytop+...

Yes segin i agree....for those who are total I have no intention in driving droves of 10 year old kids to this website or to a "beginners to free basic website or forum" so i hope that puts your mind at rest Except your inconsistent boldface, liberal usage of double-spaced text, etc. give...

And a newbie forum & website No. Just, no. Just don't deal with n00bs. PERIOD. Tell them to take a hike, for all it's worth. I'm not saying "n00bs to FB" but "n00bs to programming". It seems most of the n00bs here are both. "n00bs to FB" aren't n00bs at all if they...

I started this project awhile back after translating a couple headers for some people. I'm looking for help with the massive translation efforts. I have headers for several new libraries translated already and W.I.P. versions of some already existing headers (GTK, glib, pango, etc). I am going to b...

@McLovin That's not true. I've already delivered some contributions to FreeBasic (see some of my previous postings, e.g. bindings & examples for a PDF library, a plotting library and a glade converter for FreeBasic). What I want to make clear is the following: some people have already done the ...

I've managed dynamic arrays in UDTs by using properties. It doesn't need any pointer arithmetic for usage at all. As you can see here. That is not exactly this, and therefore doesn't count: Type Foo m_array() As Integer End Type And have that there do exactly what a dynamic array outside a struct w...

And why is there no link to the official FB web page and forums? This is another case of a clueless n00b with extremely far reaching goals that have little to no chance of ever being met. The kinds of goals that forum and site are aiming for are things I wouldn't expect anyone with less than 5-10 y...

Some good ideas there, which ones are you going to work on? ;-) the most Important one......that is getting the right LONG TERM Vision I think a vision that shuts out n00bs and appeals to experienced and veteran programmers is best. That way, there's no idiots asking stupid questions that have alre...