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Update.

Changed the format of the downloadable version back to zip.

The guide is here:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~bluez/datatalk/purebasic.htm

The downloadable version you will find here:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~bluez/datatalk/survival_guide.zip

Update.

I can't make an announcement that the guide is now fully 4.40 final compatible, I'm not that fast However... I've done a large rebuild of my website, mostly behind the scenes, to speed things up and to make it easier to maintain. This unfortunately also means all direct links thus far are now broken... sorry.

The guide can now be found here:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~bluez/purebasic/index.htm

I still need to update the downloadable version.

Update.

Okay, I've done all stuff related to the alpha channel. Hope it's understandable.

You can find the guide here:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~bluez/purebasic/index.htm

The updated page on alpha channels is here:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~bluez/purebasic/p ... ha_channel

Note that the downloadable version is not yet up to date. Stick to the online version.

All comments welcome, I'm in the process of reviewing and incorporating some.

keep up the good work !

I feel an additional license coming... oh wait, I already have two

Why do you focus so much on the DrawText() command? It is no different from the other commands when it comes to the alphachannel handling.

Btw, the flags can be combined. You can use #PB_2DDrawing_Transparent with the alpha modes to only draw the text part and not the background as before. So saying that #PB_2DDrawing_Transparent cannot affect the alpha channel is somewhat wrong because this flag does not specify that at all, the alpha flags do. That does not mean you can't use them together though.

I like to be wrong now and again

As for the attention to DrawText(), it's just part of the chain of logic, just as the whole Survival Guide is a reflection of the (admittedly not very impressive) way my mind works.

I'm surprised it suddenly gets a lot of attention Need a copy?

Update.

Revised parts of the sprites section (I'll probably have to redo parts of it when the next update comes along):

http://www.xs4all.nl/~bluez/purebasic/p ... nd_screens

Update.

More work has been done on 2D graphics, which now includes sprite movement / inertia / vectors. It's a WIP though.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~bluez/purebasic/p ... 07.htm#top

Blue... this was ONE of the things that helped me and convinced me to buy PB for my POS application instead of PowerBasic all them years ago!!!

Keep up the great work!!!

Update.

Parts I, II, III and IV are updated to match 4.50rc2, most changes were minimal, but I've spend some time on part V 'Expression Evaluation'. I've verified all type conversion / variable expression rules, and they now finally make sense

Many tanks.... For all.
It's a very good reference guide and certainly always updated !

Thank you blueznl!

Your Survival Guide is a very appreciated source for information!

Update.

- minor additions to the FTP section
- the downloadable version is now in sync with the online version again

I've added some information on the Windows ftp.exe client, as I used it to upload the Survival Guide as well as trying to understand FTP. Which, as it turned out, was pretty simple

You'll find the guide here:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~bluez/purebasic/index.htm

The section on FTP:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~bluez/purebasic/p ... .htm#6_ftp

The downloadable version:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~bluez/purebasic/s ... _guide.zip

Edit: I noticed a few typos / mistakes and a bit of 'dinglish'. I'll fix that in the next update.

Update.

- new page on regular expressions

You'll find the guide here:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~bluez/purebasic/index.htm

The section on regular expressions:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~bluez/purebasic/p ... 26.htm#top

The downloadable version:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~bluez/purebasic/s ... _guide.zip