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17855
Hi, I read there is a XB 6.3 beta somewhere to download which runs on newer Linuxes. Where can I find it? It seems not to appear in the "files" section of the...
cybermonkey342
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May 21, 2008
3:03 pm
17856
Quoting Eddie ... ... From: "Eddie Penninkhof" <wizball@...> To: xbasic@yahoogroups.com Cc: Subject: Re: [xbasic] problem installing xbasic (Ubuntu...
Steve Gunhouse
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May 21, 2008
3:42 pm
17857
If I may. If XB 6.3 does bomb out, install the latest release of wine and install XB for windows. I use Suse 10.1 and XB for linux kept on bombing out. Now...
David
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May 21, 2008
8:37 pm
17858
Good day, Can a person use the Xbasic language in Foxpro. We are trying to use a date function to execute an command in Foxpro, but are unable to do so. Does...
nelvernon
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May 24, 2008
3:50 am
17859
... This language is not related to the similarly-named database language, so I don't believe we can help you. -- Steve Gunhouse...
Steve Gunhouse
sgunhouse
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May 24, 2008
3:56 am
17860
I'm getting: gcc -c linux/lib/xstart.s -o linux/lib/xstart.o linux/lib/xstart.s: Assembler messages: linux/lib/xstart.s:38: Error: suffix or operands invalid...
bestonnet_00
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May 24, 2008
2:34 pm
17861
No surprise. The copiler outputs i386 (32-bit) assembler, of course it won't be able to convert the assembler to binary if you try to do it in x86-64 mode. On...
Steve Gunhouse
sgunhouse
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May 24, 2008
3:49 pm
17862
... Thought it might be something like that, I'll also just assume that the 32 bit version won't be able to produce compliable code on 64 bit....
bestonnet_00
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May 25, 2008
7:48 am
17863
I am a newbe: These items frustrate me. I am running Fedora Core 8 on my main machine. And I am running Fedora Core 9 on my laptop computer. I installed...
n0wiq34
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May 27, 2008
12:43 am
17864
... 6.2.3 is really a version that predates gcc 4 and thus doesn't work very well. The lead developer, Eddie, has a version up for gcc 4 under the name xbasic...
Steve Gunhouse
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May 27, 2008
1:52 am
17865
Hi People, I think I remember a way to convert a string variable of numeric digits to a numeric value. Xbasic doesn't have VAL command like some other basics...
Kerry Miller
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May 27, 2008
8:08 pm
17866
... What type of value - XLONG, DOUBLE, etc.? Try XLONG(a$), DOUBLE(a$), etc. -- Steve Gunhouse...
Steve Gunhouse
sgunhouse
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May 27, 2008
8:32 pm
17867
Hi People, I was wanting a function that would decode a string according the the number base I was entering the digits into the string for. In other words, if...
Kerry Miller
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May 28, 2008
11:50 am
17868
... If your program attaches "0x" to the front of the string - the identifier for hex strings in XBasic - then XLONG("0x"+a$) should work. -- Steve Gunhouse...
Steve Gunhouse
sgunhouse
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May 28, 2008
2:26 pm
17869
I use Ubuntu 8.04 and have same troubles with XB 6.3.0. A possible way is to use Gambas under Linux, but XB seems more usable (if we could make it work...) ......
Juan Carlos Vicente C...
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May 28, 2008
9:20 pm
17870
Hi People, Thank you all for setting my head straight about the conversions I needed to do. I have my program working fairly well to this point using the ...
Kerry Miller
n0wiq34
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May 29, 2008
6:12 pm
17871
... BCD? I seem to recall a trick using the FPU to convert BCD to binary, I'll have to see if I can find that ... -- Steve Gunhouse...
Steve Gunhouse
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May 29, 2008
7:02 pm
17872
Hi People, As I explained before I am not an experienced programmer. I am trying to write a program for Linux to control a radio with a computer interface....
Kerry Miller
n0wiq34
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May 30, 2008
6:17 pm
17873
... I control a Kenwood TS2000 with a little program I wrote. I just send a string to the xcvr. If you can use a terminal program to send ascii data to...
Eric Furness
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May 30, 2008
7:47 pm
17874
Hi People, I have been trying to define a user defined type the Xbasic manual has an example: TYPE COLOR USHORT .red USHORT .green USHORT .blue USHORT...
Kerry Miller
n0wiq34
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Jun 1, 2008
10:29 am
17875
... You should give an example of your code - the following works fine: PROGRAM "progname" TYPE COLOR USHORT .red USHORT .green USHORT .blue USHORT...
Vic Drastik
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Jun 1, 2008
10:45 am
17876
Hi All, According to Vic I was probably trying to define user defined type in the wrong place in my program. Thank you. Sincerely -- Kerry N0WIQ My web site...
Kerry Miller
n0wiq34
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Jun 1, 2008
11:03 am
17877
Hi People, I defined a type: TYPE OVARS USHORT .preAmble UBYTE .radioAdd UBYTE .controlAdd UBYTE .cOmmand UBYTE .sCommand ULONG .highData ULONG .lowData ...
Kerry Miller
n0wiq34
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Jun 2, 2008
1:36 pm
17878
... Try: IF (outVar.controlAdd >= 0x58 && outVar.controlAdd <= 0x7F) THEN PRINT "address=";HEXX$(outVar.controlAdd),outVar.controlAdd END IF The ampersand...
Vincent Voois
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Jun 2, 2008
1:43 pm
17879
... I don't think Vince's reply was very clear ... AND (also &) is bitwise and, it has a higher priority than comparison operators (is performed first). There...
Steve Gunhouse
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Jun 2, 2008
3:21 pm
17880
Hi Steve, About Vince's answer. It was clear enough to me and what he suggested worked. I have tried bracketing the comparisons with the AND and didn't get...
Kerry Miller
n0wiq34
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Jun 2, 2008
4:03 pm
17881
Hi People, It has finally come to a head in my use of Xbasic. The xbasic manual talks about an upper text area. When I start xb I don't get the upper text...
Kerry Miller
n0wiq34
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Jun 2, 2008
7:43 pm
17882
... "Upper text area" refers to the command field, above the program entry area and on the right side of the window. -- Steve Gunhouse...
Steve Gunhouse
sgunhouse
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Jun 2, 2008
8:14 pm
17883
Hi People, The manual implies upper text area is above the main text area and to the left of the main window. Sincerely -- Kerry N0WIQ My web site URL is: ...
Kerry Miller
n0wiq34
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Jun 2, 2008
8:25 pm
17884
Kerry: What do you mean by manual?   If you are looking at one of the html files please post which one if not which of the various DOCUMENTATION packs you...
Dean Sweatman
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Jun 2, 2008
9:28 pm
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