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A trivial point, but then again maybe not, not considering what I don't know. If BCX starts before midnight and finishes after midnight the Translation Time is...
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Kevin Diggins
kdiggins@...
May 2, 2001 4:32 am
This is my latest idea. It mostly eliminates the need for batch files. You can also use whatever compiler, linker, and switches that you want. Any thoughts? ...
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Pavel Minayev
evilone666@...
May 2, 2001 7:13 am
... Great! Just set default values for these directives to "lcc" and "lcclnk -s" (I think these are what most people prefer), so that BCX would call LCC...
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Aljaz Kozelj
aljaz@...
May 2, 2001 8:48 am
I like this idea. This should work nicely. Regards, Aljaz...
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Robert Wishlaw
rwishlaw@...
May 2, 2001 9:07 am
Uh..just a minute. What do I do if I want to dump my errors from the compiler into a file? Not that I ever have any errors but what if... Could you make it...
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Robert Wishlaw
rwishlaw@...
May 2, 2001 9:17 am
Should of read that more carefully. As long as the command line options are there it's a pretty good idea. I like batch files so my first response was...
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Doyle Whisenant
mechanic@...
May 2, 2001 10:32 am
... This looks great, Kevin! Do I have this right? Just add the "$compiler" and "$linker" to my *.bas file and BCX will run them as appropriate? -- Doyle...
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Kevin Diggins
kdiggins@...
May 2, 2001 10:57 am
... That's write. In fact since posting, I've added one more meta-statement $OnExit which allows you to do things like this ... ...
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Kevin Diggins
kdiggins@...
May 2, 2001 11:00 am
Let's not complicate this feature too much just yet....
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David Garner
dgarner@...
May 2, 2001 12:05 pm
Kevin, ... Just as a sanity check, I think I'm with you. So if I get a project from someone else, I have to worry about what path's they've hard coded in it? ...
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RainbowSally
RainbowSally@...
May 2, 2001 2:23 pm
... Most of us are used to DOS. There are limitations, though, and it is the switches that present the problem to DOS. Not the paths. All my build batch...
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RainbowSally
RainbowSally@...
May 2, 2001 2:30 pm
Robert, this is not a bug. It's a FEATURE. The program finished before it started because it is running on quarks. ... Heh heh... :-) Got one for you,...
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RainbowSally
RainbowSally@...
May 2, 2001 2:52 pm
Cancel that last one in this thread. Don't know why the program ever worked. I copyed a literal string to a strng pointer. (Raises other questions but I'll...
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Pavel Minayev
evilone666@...
May 2, 2001 3:57 pm
... You might wanted to say "tachyons", right? =)...
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gheller@...
May 2, 2001 4:59 pm
... Really cool! Greg...
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gheller@...
May 2, 2001 5:23 pm
... <cut> ... I'm not so keen on that. Sometimes I run into problems when defaults are not what I thought they were.... Greg...
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Robert Wishlaw
rwishlaw@...
May 2, 2001 9:39 pm
I missed the main point. When I said "Could you make it with a generic default and optional command line overrides?" I thought lcc compiler and linker stuff...
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Kevin Diggins
kdiggins@...
May 3, 2001 1:27 am
Version 2.30 is available from Yahoo FILES | BCX FILES. It adds three new meta-statements $Compiler $Linker $OnExit It also fixes several bugs and adds a few...
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Kevin Diggins
kdiggins@...
May 3, 2001 1:32 am
For anyone who hasn't noticed, Yahoo! seems to be monkeying with the Egroups system again. For the last two days, delivery of email posts to BCX ( and ...
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Doyle Whisenant
mechanic@...
May 3, 2001 2:33 am
... Thanks Kevin, I love these new features! I don't like to have to write make files for each and every file I want to try. -- Doyle Whisenant ...
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Bob McKellar
robertmckellar@...
May 3, 2001 3:17 am
... Kevin, how about this: Get the cost of www.bcx.com and see how many are willing to contribute towards the cost. I don't use it too much but would be...
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Pavel Minayev
evilone666@...
May 3, 2001 9:41 am
... I just wanted to suggest...you might know that some companies give domains for free, the best I know is eMeISP (http://www.emeisp.com). They don't add any...
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David Garner
dgarner@...
May 3, 2001 12:17 pm
Kevin, I'd love to see a bcx.org. (I think the net in general was really slow yesterday.) I'll tell you what I know. You probably already know this, but...
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Lo Janus
me@...
May 3, 2001 2:04 pm
hi Kevin ring David on 01457 833899 he my be able to help you this a "dedicated web site for your hosting ".he's a very helpful guy in a bit lo ... From:...
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Kevin Diggins
kdiggins@...
May 4, 2001 3:13 am
Thanks for all the suggestions. I think I'll sit tight with Yahoo and keep my fingers crossed....
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Robert Wishlaw
rwishlaw@...
May 4, 2001 9:48 am
Below is BCX code that performs two functions that I would love to see incorporated into BCX. It's a modified version of con_demo s72.bas. The functions could...
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Kevin Diggins
kdiggins@...
May 4, 2001 11:01 am
... How about this version of RevInstr? It doesn't use globals or goto, and you have an optional starting position ... dim a$ a$ =...
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izero@...
May 4, 2001 11:57 am
Hi, please, I'd like create program using ActiveX components, but I dont know, what create ole container. Please, send mi any code to using OLE. Please, Please...
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Kevin Diggins
kdiggins@...
May 4, 2001 6:17 pm
... NOT Currently Possible with BCX...
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Pavel Minayev
evilone666@...
May 4, 2001 6:33 pm
... I think it is...at least C allows this, but anyhow this is a hell lot of work, so highly not recommended....