thinBasic Beta 1.9.5.0

[ErosOlmi]

thinBasic Beta 1.9.5.0

Download from: http://www.thinbasic.biz/projects/thinbasic/thinBasic_1.9.5.0.zip

This is a real Beta in the sense there is a lot of new features all (more or less) to be finished and fully documented.
So, please use this version only for testing and not for real production scripts.

Have a look and please report any impression/problem/likes always remembering it is a beta!!!!!

This is an emergency update over thinBasic Beta 1.9.4.0 (http://www.thinbasic.com/community/showthread.php?12047-thinBasic-Beta-1-9-4-0)
Fixed some weird bugs

Few new functions working on UDT and memory handling.
Some fixes and improvements



Known bugs:
among others (I hope not so many) I know there is a bug in this version when creating bundled exe. Some process can sometimes fail due to incorrect TOC inside Exe. I'm working on solving this problem asap.


Ciao.
Eros

[Petr Schreiber]

Thanks for the new release!

I found a bit of typos in the help file:

UDT_ElementByte

In the Syntax, there should be lPos = UDT_ElementByte(UdtElement)
In See also, there should be link to UDT_ElementOffset
The Example should be:


Uses "Console"

Type tUDT
a As Byte
b As Integer
c As Long
End Type

Dim v As tUDT

v.a = 1
v.b = 2
v.c = 3

PrintL UDT_ElementByte(v.a), "(expected 1, as it is in the root)"
PrintL UDT_ElementByte(v.b), "(expected 2)"
PrintL UDT_ElementByte(v.c), "(expected 3)"

WaitKey


UDT_ElementOffset


In See also, there should be link to UDT_ElementByte
The Example should be:



Uses "Console"

Type tUDT
a As Byte
b As Integer
c As Long
End Type

Dim v As tUDT

v.a = 1
v.b = 2
v.c = 3

PrintL UDT_ElementOffset(v.a), "(expected 0, as it is in the root)"
PrintL UDT_ElementOffset(v.b), "(expected 1, because 0 + SizeOf(Byte) = 1)"
PrintL UDT_ElementOffset(v.c), "(expected 3, because 0 + SizeOf(Byte) + SizeOf(Integer) = 3)"
PrintL

PrintL "The following will print 1, 2, 3"
PrintL Peek(Byte , VarPtr(v) + UDT_ElementOffset(v.a))
PrintL Peek(Integer, VarPtr(v) + UDT_ElementOffset(v.b))
PrintL Peek(Long , VarPtr(v) + UDT_ElementOffset(v.c))
PrintL

WaitKey


Version 1.9.x.x


For clause inside ARRAY SCAN ... bug when insiede If/End If or For/Next or in Function/End Function.


Petr

[ReneMiner]

I got a few for the helpfile too:

UDT_ElementByte needs a "see also" to Array Scan + vice versa -
could be part of example in Array Scan (think we got enough examples in other thread)

UDT_ElementOffset would make sense for a "see also" to thinBasic language > Data types and variables > Type and in any case vice versa,
probably see also at Memory_Compare/Memory_Copy to UDT_ElementOffset ??? :oops: or which one is the right to use here ???
and "see also" to Peek/Poke and vice versa, maybe small example using Peek or Poke for usage here too.

Example:



Type t_Type
A as Long
B as Byte
End Type

Dim X as t_Type
Poke(Byte, Varptr(X) + UDT_ElementOffset(X.B) , 123)
' X.B will hold 123 now


is this valid too:
Poke(Byte, Varptr(X) + UDT_ElementOffset(t_Type.B) , 123) ???


and when we are already here for finetuning:

CVx (numeric Functions) -> "see also" MKx (string functions) and vice versa.

UDT_ELEMENTSDATAJOIN: Description says:
"Return the offset of an element inside an UDT (User Defined Type) variable" ??? That's why I was confused (see other thread)
and in fact the both UDT_ElementByte & UDT_ElementOffset show same example - so where's the difference? - user might ask.

And thank you very much again.

[ErosOlmi]

:oops: wow: I as really tired when I wrote such an help mess!
Will be fixed in next update.

[ReneMiner]

I have some strange behaviour when I select File\New from thinAir-Menu. No bug nor error, but strange

Check screenshots:
Above you see appearance of thinAir (Window-Borders/Caption) as it looks when I start. Looks as all other windows on my system.

Below see the changed appearance after I selected File\New. Seems to become another Window-Style and looks like some Tools-Dialog inside some other window thereafter

Edit:
Another thing I experienced when creating bundled exe -
there must be something with them filenames of the .tBasicU-Files : creation of bundle mostly fails if an include-file-name starts with a tB-Keyword - then I have troubles:
sometimes creation of bundle is successful as statusbar says, but .exe can not be started. Error-Messages about wrong header, invalid .exe or even unknown keyword f.e. "PrintL"

Edit: to the Helpfile

thinBasic Modules > UIAdv (Advanced User Interface module) > IMAGECTX Control >IMAGECTX_LoadImage
Description:
Set control background color

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Sample-Scripts: Example RMChart\RMCHartDemo : End-Button does not work