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You have forgot to put the () at the end of the Select EventGadget, PB thinks it is a variable.
It should be Select EventGadget().

Wow. Sat morning, family is asleep, I can concentrate on this and have finally had the opportunity to revisit this. Thank you, ElectroChrisso... everything is working ...

I'm pretty sure most of you already know about this site, but I just wanted to share: NightLive. It's an interesting, engaging read.

Thank you again for all your pointers: I'm starting to get a bit of a grip on this thing. Slightly. Long way yet to go, though...

I would like to say that I realise my initial tone - when I first started posting here - was fractious and unfriendly... this was pointed out to me by several members of the forum early on. I do apologise for those early outbursts. My efforts will be concentrated on learning this excellent program ...

Remember to always use EnableExplicit :wink:
[23:44:13] [COMPILER] Line 24: With 'EnableExplicit', variables have to be declared: EventGadget.

Thank you, will do so. Need to alert Willoughby... his tutorial fails to mention this, and the syntax is ever-so slightly different.

I've always done ...

I use Linux because of the features, just like with Blender. And I contribute to both causes. Whilst I'm a huge supporter of FOSS, I feel people definitely have the right to make money from their creations, and support proprietary software when I feel it is worth it. Which PureBasic definitely is ...

Oh, I should mention that I'm running PureBasic 5 32-bit in XP in VirtualBox. It all apears to be running fine... just no output from the "Debug" thingie... or response to the Close button being clicked.

Just a quick question. I'm writing these example programs from the PureBasic Book (admittedly for PB 4)... when I F5 this code:


Enumeration
#WIN_MAIN
#TEXT_INPUT
#STRING_INPUT
#BUTTON_INTERACT
#BUTTON_CLOSE
EndEnumeration

Global Quit.b = #False
#FLAGS = #PB_Window_SystemMenu | #PB_Window ...

Just going through the manual... *Sheesh*, the PureBasic IDE makes VBE look like the difference between Microsoft Office and Works (where Works is the Excel VBE). This is one incredibly sophisticated program! Kudos to the developers: this is amazing. Really looking forward to getting my head around ...

As others have said, VBA = VB6, so absolutely do not waste time converting to VB6.
Instead, with pen and paper, or in a notepad document, write down your data structures and procedures you need to convert to PB.
Some new ones will need to be added for sure, since you may have been using ADO or Jet ...

You might have a point, SkyWalk.

In any event, I really think I'm putting the cart before the horse: in wanting to convert a VBA thing into a stand-alone Linux-based app, perhaps a more deliberate, small-steps-first approach might make sense.

So, I'm thinking perhaps I should first port this to ...

Thank you, IdeasVacuum: I'll watch the tutorial and see if I can't get my head around it. To be honest, it might be worth my while to just use the Windows version in VirtualBox for a while until I get the main ideas nailed down before attempting the Linux version.

I do LIKE VirtualBox: yes, you can ...

Kukulkan wrote:Windows:
RunProgram(uri.s)

Linux:
RunProgram("xdg-open", uri.s, "")

Mac:
RunProgram("open", uri.s, "")

Way excellent... I'll give that a go. Thank you, Kukulkan!

You example will not give any results when run normally, but create a executable and run that from console and it will give the expected results.

That beeing said RunProgram("url") will not work either, it will possibly work on Windows but on linux you must use something like this:
RunProgram ...

That's hardly surprising... http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp

However it does not mean there is no support for the Linux version.

I'm kind-of looking more in this direction:
http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-04-27/tech/31419233_1_market-share-android-apps
...with the ...

Yes, I am using VirtualBox to run WindowsXP in... but Mint13 is host. Thanks for the advice: I'll go have a look at that mouse setting thing. I SO am still learning about Linux... and have been with it since Edgy-Eft (Ubuntu).