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And I figured out which tyro mistake I was making -- -1 * A + B <> -1 * (A + B)

This is a demonstration of the "Coat Rack" effect. The process of describing the problem to others forces one to think clearly about the problem in order to articulate it. I doesn't matter if the "others" understand the ...

Did some more poking around and the issue is multiplication by -1
The same code snippet multiplying by 1 gives correct results across the board.

I've got a really odd numerical result that I can't explain. Look at the following code snippet -- you can copy and run and you will get the MesageRequester message to see the results.
f1.d = 325.0
f2.d = 0.125
f3.d = f1 + f2
f4.d = f1 + 1.0 / 8.0
f5.d = -1 * f1 + 1.0 / 8.0
f6.d = -1.0 * f1 + (1.0 ...

Thanks for the catch on Temp vs iTemp. This code fragment was extracted from a larger unit and then simplified to show the structure of the problem.

Also thanks for your snippet. I'm in the process of figuring out how this works.

-Glenn

I'm working on a program which displays a quilting block part by part. I think the code below should create a window, project a black background,
and display 6 squares on the diagonal with a one-second delay between squares. What I get is a grey window with banner and nothing else.

I copied the ...

Thanks all for the help. I got the gadgets into the order I wanted and life is good.

On a more philosophical note -- I use the Form Designer tool when I'm starting a new language or using new project tools to get a feel for the mechanical requirements. This get me to "something that works". I ...

OK - I have a new burning question.

I used the IDE to create a simple form with 6 fields and two buttons. The fields 1-5 run down the left margin, field 6 is to the right of 5 and the buttons are on the bottom.

I expected the progression to be F1 - F2 - ... F5 - F6 - B1 -B2 and back to F1

i Get ...

Thanks mk-soft, a much more involved response than expected!

I've just gotten onto GitHub to get the SQLite tools. I agree this is the best long-term solution.

If the quilting utilities actually become ready for prime time I will post them there.

Until/unless I migrate you get credit for the ...

Thank you Bitblazer for the invite.

I've downloaded Discord but it looks like I need an invite to the PB community server.

Glennj.0158 is my Discord handle

Regards
Glenn

Thank you both (and others who may follow) for the assist. I did find and am already reading the survival guide and will pick up and read the other references. I will have to look at the JSON as this looks like a workable short-term solution but I agree that using a DBMS to pick up the slack is a ...

Hi all -- I''m an embarrassed old fart. Began programming in the '60s and worked with linear languages like Fortran and COBOL with a little C and several more obscure languages thrown in. While I understand the conceptual basis for event-driven programming I have zero experience.

I'm looking for a ...

Remember, you can return a structure or modify the called parameters using @x,@y,@z.

I tried passing an address as an argument and it didn't work as I expected. I posted the question and the overall answer was that PureBasic does not support indirect reference and you would need to use the Poke ...

Hi all

What I'm trying for is Call-By-Reference, where the address of an external variable is passed into the procedure and the procedure acts directly on the external variable.

What I was expecting to happen was that by defining *c.Point I would pass the address of the external variable into the ...

There were two problems:

Missing call to StopPrinting() -- This causes the print queue to be improperly closed causes some print problems.

Call to VectorSourceColor (#Black) -- I assumed this would give black text. I have no idea what it actually does
but when I removed it the printing magically ...