Suggestion: Always create same executable name

[Edwin Knoppert]

@Kale
hmm... whats the name of your firewall??

c ya,
nco2k

ZoneAlarmPro, just right click the app in the program control and select 'changes frequently'.

Hmmm, must indeed be a pro feature.
Gosh.... i'm cheap!

[Dare2]

Gosh.... i'm cheap!

[PB]

As a side-note to all this, I am running Kerio Personal Firewall 4, and if I use
the Standalone GUI Debugger, then Kerio prompts me ON EVERY COMPILE
that the app has changed; but if I use the Integrated IDE Debugger, then it
doesn't prompt me with each compile... does this mean the Integrated IDE
Debugger is using the same exe name with each compile? Interesting!

(Off-topic: Kerio is discontinuing their firewall at the end of 2005. ).

[Froggerprogger]

Hi.
I see a problem there when using a fixed filename:
what is, if a PB-program is compiled to PBTempFile.exe and started, and then another PB-program should be compiled.
The other one couldn't compile then because it cannot overwrite the other running program's exe-file.

[Jellybean]

New app: PureBasic0.exe
New app: PureBasic1.exe
New app: PureBasic2.exe
Closed app: PureBasic1.exe
New app: PureBasic1.exe
New app: PureBasic3.exe
Closed app: PureBasic2.exe
New app: PureBasic2.exe

And so on.

[dagcrack]

Then you should have PB project files.. which states a compile name for the exes thats the tidy way of doing it. that'd be my way of doing it.

[Kale]

Then you should have PB project files.. which states a compile name for the exes thats the tidy way of doing it. that'd be my way of doing it.

Yes, just specify a compile name per program then compile away to that named exe. Simple.

[Froggerprogger]

As an alternative PB could simply compile by default a file named
c:\Directory\myProgram.pb
to an exe with same name and in same directory:
c:\Directory\myProgram.exe

[Dare2]

Then you should have PB project files.. which states a compile name for the exes thats the tidy way of doing it. that'd be my way of doing it.

Yes, just specify a compile name per program then compile away to that named exe. Simple.

Yes.

[okasvi]

why not just use somekind of compiler directive?

eg.

CompilerEXENAME = use_this_exename_always

and use it top of your source... ?

[ricardo]

why not just use somekind of compiler directive?

eg.

CompilerEXENAME = use_this_exename_always

and use it top of your source... ?

Good idea!

[techjunkie]

As a side-note to all this, I am running Kerio Personal Firewall 4, and if I use
the Standalone GUI Debugger, then Kerio prompts me ON EVERY COMPILE
that the app has changed; but if I use the Integrated IDE Debugger, then it
doesn't prompt me with each compile... does this mean the Integrated IDE
Debugger is using the same exe name with each compile? Interesting!

(Off-topic: Kerio is discontinuing their firewall at the end of 2005. ).

?!?! Doesn't Kerio use application checksum verification?

Sygate Personal Firewall does, so it doesn't matter if you keep the same name of the exe, it going to ask every time you recompile. Hmmm - I don't now if it is possible to set a rule for a specific filename only. Have to take a look!

[blueznl]

either an option or a compiler directive would do nicely

yes, za checks if the app has changed, and yes you can tell it that it shouldn't check that, and yes i do some network programming, so yes i'd like such an option

[blueznl]

is there a chance we'd ge this?