The following program overwrites the line checklist["By Index"]="True" the On.ico icon.
How should the icons be used?

menuList["File"] = "Main"
menuList["Record"] = "Main"
menuList["Sort"] = "Main"
menuList["Help"] = "Main"
menuList["New Database"] = "File"
menuList["Open Database"] = "File"
menuList["Exit"] = "File"
menuList["Add Record"] = "Record"
menuList["Find by ID"] = "Record"
menuList["Records"] = "Record"
menuList["Exact Match"] = "Records"
menuList["Partial Match"] = "Records"
menuList["By Field"] = "Sort"
menuList["By Index"] = "Sort"
menuList["Print File"]= "Sort"
menuList["Print Label"]="Sort"
menuList["About"] = "Help"
iconList["File"]= Program.Directory + "\On.ico"
iconList["New Database"]= Program.Directory + "\On.ico"
iconList["Records"] = Program.Directory + "\On.Ico"
iconList["Exact Match"] = Program.Directory + "\On.Ico"
iconList["Partial Match"] = Program.Directory + "\Off.Ico"
iconList["By Index"] = Program.Directory + "\On.Ico"
iconList["By Field"] = Program.Directory + "\Off.Ico"
iconList["About"] = Program.Directory + "\On.Ico"
checklist["By Index"]="True"
menu = LDControls.AddMenu(GraphicsWindow.Width,32,menuList,iconList,checkList)

LitDev,

Using SB-Prime I wanted to capture variable changes while in the subroutine. These only show after the program goes back to the main loop. Is there any way to get it to do what I want it to do? I know the variables change while in the subroutine, but they don't show it.

JR

LitDev,

I was in SB-Prime and tried to read the Debug Guide. When I click on that it takes me to a page asking if I want to buy that domain.  I think the button for the guide has the wrong link. Here is what is in the link:  litdev.co.uk/forum/HowToDebug.pdf. First part should probably be litdev.uk.

JR

LitDev,

I noticed in the Intellisense that it says the command "LDFinances.HistoricalPrice" says that it returns nothing. That is incorrect. It returns the historical prices.

JR

One of the very few good things that Q&A has brought to the SmallBasic language is the removal of the 64KByte limit for source code when publishing/importing.
I mean this came with the change of IDs from ABC123-0 to ABCD123.000.
Now really big and good programs can be published if someone has used SmallBasic in a specific topic.

However, long execution times occurred when loading the 167kB program Calendar PTKR773.0000, as well as when searching for "follow" between lines 500 and 1600.
Searching is significantly faster with the standard SmallBasic.
I hope it's not a big problem.


Update: The search function is fast again. I don't know what that was about.
             However, the loading function is still slow. Significantly faster in standard SmallBasic.

I was thinking about newcomers to small basic. One of the problems that they have while doing a tutorial is in getting it to work properly. This occurs because in level 1.2 things don't work as they used to. A lot of functions are broken, like Flickr or DownloadFile.With the litdev extension a lot of the current issues with 1.2 have been fixed. Microsoft no longer supports small basic. So, is there a way to get 1.2 to the level that a newcomer would need to be able to go through the tutorials without issues. 

Since Microsoft won't support changes I was wondering if litdev would be willing to make a small basic fix extension. In other words in that extension only have fixes for what is broke. I think that would take small basic back to what it used to be and make it easier for newcomers. Also, the current litdev extension has made small basic harder to learn if that extension is loaded.

Thoughts?

JR

After 4 months another request on StackOverflow:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7730...-incorrect

Write a program to move a ball aound the screen with arrow keys.  Try to get the ball to move naturally and easy to control, and bounce off the edges of the GraphicsWindow.

When the single ball control works as you want it, extend the program into a game with a second ball for a second player. using WSAD keys.  This can then be a chase/tag game where one player has to escape the other for as long as they can.

I am new to this forum. I have using SB off and on for about a year. I find SB/litdev a very enjoyable and understandable language. I also think Prime IDE is a great working environment with most of the features of the large commercial IDEs without the bloat and complexity.  Thank you.

On some of the threads it allows you to send an email to the person you are messaging to in the thread. Once you send that email is there a way to see it again? I thought it would go in my regular email sent folder but it didn't. So, how do you see what you sent and how would you see a reply. I would guess a reply would go back in your inbox. Is that right?

JR