Hi all This is the qb code to start with. Why does this create an error when compiling. LOCATE 3,20:PRINT "150="; + HEX$(Inportb(&H15F)); PortIO.BAS(196) : error 21: Type mismatch, found: ';' LOCATE 3,20:PRINT "150="; + HEX$(Inportb(&H15F)); So remove the ";" Po...

Hi all Downloaded the Dos version and corrected a path problem and it worked. One of the problems was that when you extract the zip file and nominate the Directory, ie:C:\FreeBasic, it then creates another FreeBasic directory. So you end up with C:\FreeBasic\FreeBasic\..... Many thanks, the first ob...

On the other hand it is easier to rename all my OUT and IN instructions then to make all of them in-line code.

Getting late in Eastern Oz now

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DrV, I thought in my readings of all the info, that the latest version was Dos & Windows combined ?

Either way I will follow your advise.

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Hi all Finally got some time to get back to this thread. Getting this to work is crucial to using FB. Wrote a small test program to test outportb and getting a linking error. Basically the program declares only one .bi file as suggested by DrV #include "C:\Program1\FreeBasic\inc\dos\pc.bi"...

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Thank you v1ctor.
What about the assembly routines.?

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Hi all Been looking for help on using the compiler. The Wiki site is pretty good for the language, but cant seem to find anything to help me with the following questions. 1. Filename.o:fake:(text+0x420) Where can i find explanations on how to analyze these messages. 2. A project with 15 basic module...

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Jofers, I was referring more to I/O boards that we use to drive output
relays on our machines. We manufacture these ourselves, so we have to make the "drivers".

Thanks Drv, that answers the question.

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Hi all When I originally looked at FB there were to many missing or unsupported instructions, but most of these have now been implemented. So now seriously investigating swapping to FreeBasic. The only obstacle is the Qb instructions In and Out. Am I right by assuming that FB will only create 32 bit...