jaPBe: Converting source to PB4

technicorn · Post by **technicorn** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:50 am

Hi,

I've just started to port the latest sourcecode from gnozal for jaPBe to PB4.
So far it looks promising.
The IDE is already running, there are only some problems with the
compiler, it's not running yet, I get "compiler terminated" and a permanent timeout in the info window.
Hopefully I'll solve this problem today.

BTW: BlitzTools PB-converter helps a lot, without it, it would have taken
days to convert all the sources.
edit: Converter link: http://blitztools.de.vu/
Greatings,
technicorn

netmaestro · Post by **netmaestro** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:54 am

BlitzTools PB-converter

What is that? Is it AL90's converter? I can't find anything called that here or on google.

gnozal · Post by **gnozal** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:25 pm

Please note the jaPBe uses undocumented PB3.9x features like EventwParam() and EventlParam(). I am not sure they work the same way in PB4.00 !

Flype · Post by **Flype** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:40 pm

EventwParam() and EventlParam() works OK in PB4.

thamarok · Post by **thamarok** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:48 pm

Flype wrote:EventwParam() and EventlParam() works OK in PB4.

That's good. I don't know why they are not documented, but they help much if you don't want to write a lot of API code to get things done.

Flype · Post by **Flype** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:50 pm

they are not documented because - at the contrary of the PureBasic philosophy - these ones are Windows specifics.

Tipperton · Post by **Tipperton** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:00 pm

Flype wrote:they are not documented because - at the contrary of the PureBasic philosophy - these ones are Windows specifics.

I think they should still be documented somewhere for the benefit of those like me who are only interested in Windows development.

Heathen · Post by **Heathen** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 9:36 am

Tipperton wrote:
Flype wrote:they are not documented because - at the contrary of the PureBasic philosophy - these ones are Windows specifics.
I think they should still be documented somewhere for the benefit of those like me who are only interested in Windows development.

I agree, could someone tell me what they functions do?

netmaestro · Post by **netmaestro** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 9:42 am

EventwParam() and EventlParam() are the equivalents to wParam and lParam in a Windows Callback, they allow you to access these values without setting up a callback, which is quite handy.

Flype · Post by **Flype** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:05 am

netmaestro wrote:EventwParam() and EventlParam() are the equivalents to wParam and lParam in a Windows Callback, they allow you to access these values without setting up a callback, which is quite handy.

Exactely.

to more precise, here is a small snippet :

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If OpenWindow(0,0,0,640,480,"test",#PB_Window_ScreenCentered)
  
  Repeat
    Select WaitWindowEvent()
      Case #WM_KEYUP
        Select EventwParam()
          Case #VK_RETURN: MessageRequester("", "Hello")
          Case #VK_ESCAPE: Break
        EndSelect
    EndSelect
  ForEver
  
  CloseWindow(0)
  
EndIf

which a simpler way to do this :

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Procedure MyCallback(WindowID, message, wParam, lParam)
  
  Protected result.l = #PB_ProcessPureBasicEvents
  
  Select message
    Case #WM_KEYDOWN
      Select wParam
        Case #VK_RETURN: MessageRequester("", "Hello")
        Case #VK_ESCAPE: SendMessage_(WindowID, #WM_CLOSE, 0, 0)
      EndSelect
  EndSelect
  
  ProcedureReturn result
  
EndProcedure

If OpenWindow(0,0,0,640,480,"test",#PB_Window_ScreenCentered)
  
  SetWindowCallback(@MyCallback())
  
  Repeat : Until WaitWindowEvent() = #PB_Event_CloseWindow
  
EndIf

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:55 pm

technicorn wrote:I've just started to port the latest sourcecode from gnozal for jaPBe to PB4.

Great initiative.

Can we help you in any way, with that ?

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:03 pm

Flype wrote:[...]
which a simpler way to do this :

Er.. Ahh...
It seems to me that your first code snippet was the simpler of the two examples.
No?

technicorn · Post by **technicorn** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:06 pm

Blue wrote:Great initiative.

Can we help you in any way, with that ?

Many thanks for the offer, but it's already finished, I hope

.
I'm already make last changes using the converted version!

Hopefully I haven't introduced to many bugs

@gnozal: If you want to, I can send you the modified sources, I marked all places where I messed with the code with my nick.
I think it will make enhancements you want to incorporate into jaPBe far more easyer.
And could you or someone else host the updated source,
as I don't have webspace to put the files up.

Although the PB-compiler is still somewhat buggy, I hadn't any trouble compiling and running jaPBe for PB-V4

Greatings,
technicorn

gnozal · Post by **gnozal** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:38 pm

technicorn wrote:@gnozal: If you want to, I can send you the modified sources, I marked all places where I messed with the code with my nick.
I think it will make enhancements you want to incorporate into jaPBe far more easyer.
And could you or someone else host the updated source, as I don't have webspace to put the files up.

Maybe you could find a place to upload your file so everybody could test your converted jaPBe and see if it's stable.
I suggest PureStorage http://purebasic.myftp.org ; there are also many free web providers.

technicorn · Post by **technicorn** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:21 pm

Ok, here are a short info text, the executable and the new sources:

Info text
Zipped executable
Zipped sources

The unpacked exe is about 1.4 Mb, compared to the about 550 kb of the
PB-V3 compiled exe, but it includes the on error linenumber support.
But even without it, it's still about 1 Mb.

Just download and test.

Edit: Sorry, got wrong links, corrected and tested. Please try again

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