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I want to display several powerpoint (.ppt) files (one after another with each new .ppt file not starting until the old .ppt file has finished).

Can I do this in PB?

If so, how?

Jason

Is there a way to install Pure Basic on linux using the Synaptic Package Manager?

Jason

I am thinking that having the application store the information on an internet database might be the best way to go.

I agree and it's also very easy to do if you know PHP and SQL. Then all you need is to to make your program contact that webscript each time it is run. Your program will not need ...

Unfortunately I am not very familiar with PHP or MYSQL. Do you know of any good online tutorials that could walk me through it?

Jason

I read the other post and I am talking about something different. The program is going to be given away free to all who want it but I want to keep track of such things as how many times the application is used each day by all users, how many different users are using it, etc... For example if user 1 ...

I am looking for a way to track software usage. For example, the total number of times a particular program is used each day.

Any ideas on how I would go about doing that?

Jason

Can anyone provide a simple example?

Jason

Is there a way to have a procedure return an entire array?

Jason

Actually, I was thinking more alone the lines of adding a new command that did something the current version of the language does not do. For example, a moviePlaying command that can be used with an .mp3 audio file that returns true if the movie is playing or false otherwise. Or a command that can ...

If I were interested in adding some new commands to the PB language how would I go about doing it?

Jason

Does that mean that I have to physically install PB on each type of computer, manually move the code to each installation and build it three seperate times?

Isn't there some setting in the compiler that I can set that will tell it to compile for each of the different operating systems?

Jason

How do I get PB to compile programs for linux and mac computers? The .exe files it creates work great on windows but I cannot get them to work on linux or mac computers.

Jason

My point exactly. There is no way to tell if an audio file has finished playing. It would be nice to have a command which detects when an audio file has finished playing.

It would also be nice to have another command that gives the length of an audio file (in milliseconds).

Just two ideas that ...

How do I change the user's screen resolution in PB?

Jason

I currently use LoadMovie() but I am need a way to put a list of songs in an array and play each song in the array one after another one at a time. I am having trouble starting subsequent songs after the first because I can find no way of knowing when the first song has finished.

If these new ...