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Porting program from Windows 10 to Linux Mint 22.3. OpenFileRequester shows the file I want to open but it is displayed in grey meaning it is not available. Why? I have set the users permissions to Read and Write for all folders in its path as well as the file itself.

I am porting a PB program from Windows to Linux and have most of it working. However, there are two features from Windows I have not been successful at implementing:
1) how to force a gadget to be always on top or bottom
2) how to dynamically justify text in an Editor or Text gadget.

I solved it by ...

Hi mk_soft,

I got it working. My issue had to do with upper/lower case entries. I am used to using Windows which does not care about case while Linux does.

Hi Nic,
The main reason I put it in the MyInstalls folder is to be compatible with what I have done in Windows. I wanted to keep all my manually installed applications in one place to make them easier to find. Now with Linux, I would like to keep the same arrangement. I did not know about the /opt ...

Hi mk-soft,
Thank you for the very quick reply. Your program compiled, ran and created the file. How does Linux know where to find it?

I do not understand your sentences: "But better place in the menu. Then add to the start bar with Context (right mouse)." Right-clicking on the compiler does not ...

I am very new to Linux Mint and have just installed Mint 22.3. I have downloaded PB for Ubunto 24. I can get PB to run if navigate to /compilers and double click on purebasic. However, if I add it to my Favorites and select it from there I get a pop up error message: This file is no longer available ...

My PC is currently running Windows 10 Pro. I have Klite CODEC Pack 19.0.1 Standard installed. When I attempt to install MediaFoundation on my W10 Pro machine I get an error message that the update is not applicable.

Hello Piero,

That worked. Thank you.

However, why should I have to do that since 6.20 worked with any video? Is there something else that needs to be done inside PB to make it work like 6.20?

How can I "install" ffmpeg so that Windows knows where to find it and its libraries?

I have a program which plays videos using v6.20. They do not play using v6.21. I am using Windows 10 pro. The video files I use are mostly .mp4. I have version 19.0.1 of KLight installed and version 12 of Direct X.

Using the example program that comes with PB (movie.pb) slightly modified so I can ...

Does PB have a way to access a file via a shortcut? FileSize (ShortcutName$) returns -1.
I tried searching the forum and did not find anything helpful.

Is there a way to get the x and y coordinates of individual lines of text within a gadget?

Just 2D in Windows. I want to determine on which entry within a list box the user did a right-click without having to select it first with a left-click.

I have successfully used DesktopResolutionX and other Desktop functions to scale the gadgets on my primary desktop. I have three desktop monitors of differing resolutions. Two of the monitors are projectors. When I project on one of them, the image fills the screen. The same image on the other ...

Is it possible to change the justification of a TextGadget dynamically? The only forum entries I found say no, but they are 10 yrs old.

Thank you Shardik, that works. I did shrink the code for Windows only:

Procedure Justify ( WhichGadget, Justification )
Define i

WhichGadget = GadgetID ...

Thank you Bisonte and HeXOR. I was not aware of the scaling functions - so many features to read about!

Hi Bisonte,
Thank you for the reply. How do I scale it and how do I detect that it needs scaling?