PureBASIC, iBASIC, BCX
C. S. Wyatt
I was looking at a PowerBASIC site, and there were links to these tools. BCX
(I think that was the acronym) seems interesting -- free BASIC to C, with
all the LCC compiler tools. PureBASIC also seems a lot like the old GFA or
CA-Realizer.
Any thoughts? Free is always fun to play with at least.
Plus, with source code, porting things can be tried for kicks if I ever have
any free time. I can dream.
- C. S.
Larry Hatch
I think those are all Windows products. There is BCET as well.
QB2C is a Unix (but works in DOS) product. www.bastoc.com
I think the source is still in the package. It is BASIC to (ANSI) C.
Sven Bleckwedel
> Has anyone here used PureBASIC, iBASIC or BCX?
I was curious to see what PureBasic was, and found a powerful
environment for building windows apps ! Compared to Powerbasic,
PureBasic had an Windows evaluation version ! When regarding to build
windows apps, you can use Basic commands to DO IT ! AND WITH THE DEMO
YOU CAN SEE ALL EXAMPLES AND FEATURES, TOO ! I HAD NOT SEEN ANY OTHER
SAMPLES LIKE THESE (Games, mini-browser, ODBC database access,
client-server connections and a lot of anothers...), FOR FREE !
Incredible !!! Sincerely, another point-of-view in trial products can
help a lot, when evaluating some of them to see what can really
help...
But INCREDIBLE was to note this, also:
"
PureBasic is a low cost programming language. In buying PureBasic
you will ensure that development will go further and faster. For
personal use (ie: not used by a commercial organization) the
updates are unlimited, unlike most other software out there.
This means than when you buy PureBasic you will get all future
updates for free, on the web site. Better still, you get the three
versions of PureBasic (Amiga, Linux and Windows) for the same
price ! For ease of ordering, you can safely use our secure online
method. Thanks a lot for your support !
The demo-version of PureBasic is limited as shown below :
- No DLL can be created
- you can't use the whole external Win32 API support
- no development kit for external libraries
- maximum number of source lines: 200
Price : 59 Euros
"
How much costs the single version of Powerbasic ? I agree that
Powerbasic can do a good job, but noted that PureBasic will not be
after, because can offer small exe generating, no dlls, and so on...
Please note that for this price, you can buy a product that run NOW in
Windows and in Linux, too. AND, you receive all upgrades, free.
BUT, the most amazing features that PureBasic offer to you was the
possibility to build windows apps using ONLY BASIC COMMANDS. An easy
way to build something without being crazy looking around in Windows
API, wasting time...
Tks for your appointments, "C. S. Wyatt"...
Sven
C. S. Wyatt
fbb85218.03081...@posting.google.com, "Sven Bleckwedel"
<sbl...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> BUT, the most amazing features that PureBasic offer to you was the
> possibility to build windows apps using ONLY BASIC COMMANDS. An easy
> way to build something without being crazy looking around in Windows
> API, wasting time...
>
> Tks for your appointments, "C. S. Wyatt"...
>
> Sven
I am tempted to jump from PowerBASIC. I just don't like spending a few
hundred dollars on tools every couple of years. I moved to GCC on the Mac
and the free tools for a reason. So far, I am looking at FutureBASIC on the
Macintosh and another tool for Windows.
Ideally? Something like the old CA-Realize/GFA/SuperBase with dialog tools
in the BASIC grammar, less "object orientation" (which is often a
pre-processor, when you reverse compile the language), and more QB/PDS
syntax. Full, native, graphics would be nice.
SuperBASIC (the original SuperBase language) and CA-Realizer show how
"objects" are often not really objects:
Application.Title = "Program" resulted in the same effect as
Set Application Title = "Program" or even
Application = "Program"
Application.Icon = "file.ico" was the same as
Icon = "file.ico"
Personally, I think true object orientation (Delphi) is great, but there are
also times when I just want to code quickly and not have everything inherit
and descend from parents.
The BASIC versions I'm finding are pretty nice. Amazing number out there in
the SoureForge universe.
I purchased PowerBASIC 3.2 and CC 2.x last. I love them a lot. Very fast,
very easy, but the complete tools and upgrades to PB/Win, PB/CC, and
PowerBASIC 3.5 with tools would set me back a lot of money.
(PB 3.2 to 3.5 should have been free. Oh, well. It's almost time to Public
Domain the DOS compiler (not the source) anyway. Come on, guys!)
- C. S. Wyatt
MrBCX
>
I use BCX all the time :-) You won't be sorry!
Download BCX http://bcx.basicguru.com
Download LCC http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32
Discussion Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BCX/
Marcel Kollenaar
"C. S. Wyatt" <tam...@comcast.net> schreef in bericht
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> Has anyone here used PureBASIC, iBASIC or BCX?
Yes, I bought PureBasic a year ago. I'm programming databases in Alpha Five
and when I need a function I can't find in Alpha Five I build my functions
in PureBasic, create a dll and I call the from Alpha Five ;-) Truly a very
powerful language.
Marcel
ceg
"Marcel Kollenaar" <m.kol...@slo.nl> wrote in message
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I registered PureBasic and IBasic. I'm still looking for a basic that has
built in socket commands and a visual interface (drag-and-drop) type
interface builder. The promised built-in socket commands for IBasic never
materialized. I found the network commands a bit awkward to work with in
PureBasic. I like the ease of working with sockets in RapidQ, but haven't
found an easy and quick way to pop together a window interface.
Edwin Knoppert
for PureBasic, PowerBASIC and IBasic
The PowerBASIC version is really a good tool.
You can also use your CC compiler to build GUI applications only.
CC302 was tested by a user, CC2.x is tested by me.
Maybe you like it..
Edwin,
Comment about the API remark above:
Better API based programming than some limited form system.