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... Thanks TONS, Kye!! Hey... doees this work the same way if you're compiling an .EXE instead of a .DLL ? Kevin Wilson...
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kevinwilson1997@...
Nov 1, 2000 6:23 pm
Hey Kye, I was wondering if you also know how to assign an Icon to a DLL or EXE file written with BCX/LCC-Win32 so that when you see it in Windows Explorer,...
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bobspringett
bobspringett@...
Nov 4, 2000 8:54 am
Kevin, Can you check this one on 1.85 to see whether you've caught it. I have two variables namely screenPosX and screenPosY that I have declared at the front...
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krogon_2000@...
Nov 5, 2000 12:10 am
I am pretty new to programming. I am interested in game programming. I know C++ is the recommended language because of its speed. However, I have been told...
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Kevin Diggins
kdiggins@...
Nov 5, 2000 3:47 am
... Yes. I don't see BCX supporting the &H or &B convention anytime soon because the & character is needed for pointers....
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Kevin Diggins
kdiggins@...
Nov 5, 2000 4:52 pm
Games programming is complicated business but assuming you have or can acquire the tools & skills necessary, I believe that "C" ( not C++), the Win32 API ( not...
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gdumer@...
Nov 5, 2000 4:55 pm
As a beginner, forget trying to learn C++... it's far too difficult. Pascal is a very good option. It is fairly easy to learn, and will produce tight code...
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Kevin Diggins
kdiggins@...
Nov 5, 2000 5:08 pm
Bob -- Version 1.85 translates these statements just fine. GLOBAL screenPosX AS LONG GLOBAL screenPosY AS LONG screenPosX=50 screenPosY=20 The...
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Kevin Diggins
kdiggins@...
Nov 5, 2000 5:28 pm
... come ... BCX does not currently support enumerations but likely will soon, though probably not in the VB-like context. I implemented my own version of...
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krogon_2000@...
Nov 5, 2000 8:43 pm
... difficult. ... recommend ... depending ... for ... you said before embarking on learning a programming language. ... of ... I ... their...
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Kevin Wilson
kevinwilson1997@...
Nov 6, 2000 3:38 pm
... I understand where you're coming from on this. That sounds good as far as accomplishing one of the main purposes of using Enumerations. The other as I...
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krogon_2000@...
Nov 6, 2000 5:35 pm
This is a follow-up to my which language to use questions. Now that I have decided to start with basic, my issue is this: Should I, as a complete newbie...
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kevinwilson1997@...
Nov 6, 2000 6:16 pm
... My opinion: I'd start with Visual Basic 6.0 (Service Pack 4) and learn it first. The reason for this is if you learn Visual Basic... you're also learning...
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krogon_2000@...
Nov 6, 2000 8:16 pm
... I, ... would ... on ... need ... days ... how ... first. ... adds ... easier ... BASIC) ... direct ... http://www.desaware.com ). ... take ... this is the...
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gdumer@...
Nov 6, 2000 9:45 pm
Visual Basic is not a bad choice. However, if you want something similar, but for FREE... try Envelop Basic. It looks very much like VB, but is an interpreter,...
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Kevin Wilson
kevinwilson1997@...
Nov 7, 2000 5:38 pm
... Actually, you can get a *FREE* fully functioning copy of Visual Basic 5.0 that you can use to compile ActiveX Controls, and debug everything else! I'd...
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bobspringett
bobspringett@...
Nov 9, 2000 7:03 am
Kevin, I've been trying to get a routine to subclass an edit control in a program and am having problems. So I decided to recompile your example subcls.bas in...
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gswork@...
Nov 9, 2000 1:09 pm
... Wise! Basic may be frowned upon by some very advanced programmers (coz its...basic) but it has all the core concepts : Statements, Functions, Control...
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Kevin Wilson
kevinwilson1997@...
Nov 9, 2000 2:05 pm
In posting #180, Kye told me how to compile a program and add version information to the compilation. This is VERY handy indeed. I was wanting to take this a...
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Doyle Whisenant
mechanic@...
Nov 9, 2000 11:11 pm
... You are absolutely right! Try this in your *.rc file. Note that this file will have to be in the same location as the *.rc file. 1100 ICON "FILENAME.ICO" ...
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Kevin Diggins
kdiggins@...
Nov 9, 2000 11:57 pm
... Nope ... nothing special. Perhaps you inadvertently changed the source code? Perhaps you need to update your copy of LCC-Win32?...
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bobspringett
bobspringett@...
Nov 10, 2000 12:00 pm
Kevin, Can you tell me please if PRINT USING is supported or do I have to use fprintf? Can you tell us all when 1.85 is going to appear. Regards Bob...
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Kevin Diggins
kdiggins@...
Nov 11, 2000 12:48 am
... USING & USING$ not implemented (yet?) ... This weekend, come hell or high water :-)...
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zooliolo@...
Nov 11, 2000 9:04 pm
This code is supposed to produce a dialog with a calendar control but it doesn't work. I definitely included the resource and the dialog number is 100. <START>...
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Kevin Diggins
kdiggins@...
Nov 11, 2000 9:26 pm
You should have a calendar demo located in your BCX folder >> \BCX\GUI_DEMO\CALENDAR\. If you haven't checked it out, you should. I think your code needs to...
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jcfuller@...
Nov 12, 2000 3:52 pm
I noticed most samples have the following in WinMain: If Not hPrev Then .... From the Win32 Help file: hPrevInstance Identifies the previous instance of the...
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Kevin Diggins
kdiggins@...
Nov 12, 2000 4:22 pm
... Jim -- Thanks for pointing that out. That code was valid for 16 bit Windows. I have some code that checks for previous instance by examining the class...
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jcfuller@...
Nov 12, 2000 9:47 pm
... This is PB code I use. FUNCTION OnlyOneInstance(szName AS ASCIIZ) AS LONG LOCAL hMutex& hMutex& = CreateMutex(Byval %NULL, %TRUE, szName) If GetLastError =...
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Kevin Diggins
kdiggins@...
Nov 12, 2000 10:14 pm
... Thanks for that. Here's my approach that searches for the existance of the registered windows classname ... Function FindFirstInstance(ApplName$) Local...
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Doyle Whisenant
mechanic@...
Nov 13, 2000 12:46 am
... Will the above not always return FALSE? The if-then will set it to TRUE if hWnd is TRUE but the "Function = FALSE" will set it back to FALSE, no? -- Doyle...