Simple saved-game editor shell

muguk · Post by **muguk** » Jul 28, 2008 20:34

It's been a while since I used QuickBASIC - too many years of GFA on the Atari ST and this also evolved into buying PureBASIC but it was never used (to my shame).

What I had planned for it was to convert my old Atari ST-based saved game editing programs from the early 90's into Windows-based tools but allow them to 'spread out' and work with the saved-games from other versions of the same game - i.e. Caesar on the Atari ST, Amiga and PC.

I've got code for opening, seeking, patching and writing back binary files - that's not a problem.

What I'm after are some simple guides on how to make a simple Windows-based front-end. Pure BASIC had the GUI designer built-in, is there one available for FreeBASIC as of yet?

Post by **counting_pine** » Jul 29, 2008 23:18

Hi muguk,
Unfortunately, FreeBASIC doesn't have any built-in methods for doing GUI-interfaces. Of course, GUIs are possible through various methods, such as the Windows API, depending on how much you want to learn.

I understand FBEdit has some Windows GUI designing capabilities, though I haven't tried them, and I don't know how easy they are to use...

muguk · Post by **muguk** » Jul 30, 2008 7:42

Ah right.. gives me something to think about.

Cheers