Hi,
There are tutorials out there, including Youtube, that explain how to building and code forms. They all seem to be relevant to the previous incarnation of PB, which had a separate form designer. But I'm starting Purebasic, when they have already integrated their form designer, into the IDE.
I can't seem to locate some beginning instructions, after searching through the Help, about how to add Event Code to a button, or an EditorGadget.
Are there any Getting Started (aside from the section in the Help file), which explains clearly how to start adding code to Form Components? I just need one single tutorial, relevant to the new IDE, to avoid hours of trying to make sense of it.
Can't believe PB has a Node object readily available, and a 3D Engine. I can't wait to get started.
What are starting instructions for using the new designer?
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Re: What are starting instructions for using the new designe
Hi PBExplorer12,
I think the link below might help:
http://www.purebasic.com/documentation/ ... _form.html
I think the link below might help:
http://www.purebasic.com/documentation/ ... _form.html
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Re: What are starting instructions for using the new designe
davido wrote:Hi PBExplorer12,
I think the link below might help:
http://www.purebasic.com/documentation/ ... _form.html
It might help later, but I'm still as to how it all pieces together. I just figured out how to add a Form to a project (already knew how to compile a basic .pb code file). And creating the .pb code which will contain the event handlers for the .pbf file seems to be clear, now.
But there doesn't seem to be any intellisense, when typing in form or component names, in the event handler .pb code. I mean, if you want to set the value of a textbox/EditorGadget, with SetGadgetItemText, how do we know the gadget or item #?
I know this is obvious to 99 percent of the PB readers, but it's not clear to me at all. The IDE shown in the Youtube tutorial, is different from my Windows version. It looks like it might be referring to a Mac version.
Confused. They need to have a step-by-step tutorial, just to show how to make a button, then add some code that displays a MessageBox, and maybe how to work with a couple of other components.
Re: What are starting instructions for using the new designe
Hi PBExplorer12,
Unfortunately I do not use the Form Designer. I probably should as many far better coders than I, do.
I've done a search but cannot find any tutorial, although there have been requests.
This is a very helpful forum and I am sure someone will be able to assist you.
Unfortunately I do not use the Form Designer. I probably should as many far better coders than I, do.
I've done a search but cannot find any tutorial, although there have been requests.
This is a very helpful forum and I am sure someone will be able to assist you.
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Re: What are starting instructions for using the new designe
davido wrote:Hi PBExplorer12,
Unfortunately I do not use the Form Designer. I probably should as many far better coders than I, do.
I've done a search but cannot find any tutorial, although there have been requests.
This is a very helpful forum and I am sure someone will be able to assist you.
Yep, the forum does have that going for them. Will proceed, and come up with more specific questions.
It is kind of strange, though, that the Help file doesn't have at least one tutorial.
Re: What are starting instructions for using the new designe
It's not strange at all. I work on this when I have some free time, and tutorials take a long time to makePBExplorer12 wrote:It is kind of strange, though, that the Help file doesn't have at least one tutorial.
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Well, maybe strange is a subjective thing. But compared to some of the other programming IDEs that I've worked with, most of which do have tutorials in their Getting Started section, it seems unusual to me.Polo wrote:It's not strange at all. I work on this when I have some free time, and tutorials take a long time to makePBExplorer12 wrote:It is kind of strange, though, that the Help file doesn't have at least one tutorial.