Thinking about buying PureBasic, a few questions

[techjunkie]

2. An extremely clever programer is making a RAD type IDE and project tool but even he says he has bitten off a lot and has no delivery date but have a look at what we can look forward to anyway.

http://www.woken.com

Didn't know about that! Very impressive!!

[ToastEater]

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hey.s = "hey"
*hm = @hey
MOV Ebx,*hm
MOV byte [Ebx],108
MOV byte [Ebx + 4],32
MOV byte [Ebx + 1],111
MOV byte [Ebx + 5],112
MOV byte [Ebx + 6],98
MOV byte [Ebx + 2],118
MOV byte [Ebx + 3],101
Debug Ebx ; buuuuuhuu only pointer :-)
Debug hey ; This what we really want :)

nobody even comment my code is it to harsh with ya or you just think im a nut ? :roll:

[blueznl]

well, it's asm, and only a select few know what it is all about...

(i certainly don't, although i'd love to, sigh)

[ToastEater]

Well you can try run it and see what happens not harming anything

[Henrik]

Toast You should zero terminate it, or a nasty guy would do this

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hey.s = "hey you? Not really"
*hm = @hey
MOV Ebx,*hm
MOV byte [Ebx],108
MOV byte [Ebx + 4],32
MOV byte [Ebx + 1],111
MOV byte [Ebx + 5],112
MOV byte [Ebx + 6],98
MOV byte [Ebx + 2],118
MOV byte [Ebx + 3],101
;MOV byte [Ebx + 7],0
Debug Ebx ; buuuuuhuu only pointer :-)
Debug hey ; This what we really want :) 

Henrik

[ToastEater]

Toast You should zero terminate it, or a nasty guy would do this

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hey.s = "hey you? Not really"
*hm = @hey
MOV Ebx,*hm
MOV byte [Ebx],108
MOV byte [Ebx + 4],32
MOV byte [Ebx + 1],111
MOV byte [Ebx + 5],112
MOV byte [Ebx + 6],98
MOV byte [Ebx + 2],118
MOV byte [Ebx + 3],101
;MOV byte [Ebx + 7],0
Debug Ebx ; buuuuuhuu only pointer :-)
Debug hey ; This what we really want :) 

Henrik

Sorry i forgot just wrote it fast :S
Between is there other ways get pointer with asm ? seems for me wierd to make a long as pointer first :S

[Henrik]

Hi Toast, i forgot to say: You were storeing bytes in unallocated space
hey.s = "hey" is 4 bytes - [ h, e, y and 0 ]
but you were storeing 3 bytes beyond your allocation, thats not "healthy" you could be overwriting something.

Well i really don't know anything about asm, but..

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 ; hey.s = Space(8)

hey.s = "hey you?"

 MOV Ebx, hey.s
 MOV byte [Ebx],108
 MOV byte [Ebx + 4],32
 MOV byte [Ebx + 1],111
 MOV byte [Ebx + 5],112
 MOV byte [Ebx + 6],98
 MOV byte [Ebx + 2],118
 MOV byte [Ebx + 3],101
 MOV byte [Ebx + 7],0

Debug hey ; This what we really want :)

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*hey = AllocateMemory(10)

MOV Ebx, *hey
MOV byte [Ebx],73
MOV byte [Ebx +1],32
MOV byte [Ebx +2],108
MOV byte [Ebx + 6],32
MOV byte [Ebx + 3],111
MOV byte [Ebx + 7],112
MOV byte [Ebx + 8],98
MOV byte [Ebx + 4],118
MOV byte [Ebx + 5],101
MOV byte [Ebx + 9],0

Debug PeekS(*hey,10) ; This what we really want :) 

Best Henrik.

[ToastEater]

Hi Toast, i forgot to say: You were storeing bytes in unallocated space
hey.s = "hey" is 4 bytes - [ h, e, y and 0 ]
but you were storeing 3 bytes beyond your allocation, thats not "healthy" you could be overwriting something.

Well i really don't know anything about asm, but..

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 ; hey.s = Space(8)

hey.s = "hey you?"

 MOV Ebx, hey.s
 MOV byte [Ebx],108
 MOV byte [Ebx + 4],32
 MOV byte [Ebx + 1],111
 MOV byte [Ebx + 5],112
 MOV byte [Ebx + 6],98
 MOV byte [Ebx + 2],118
 MOV byte [Ebx + 3],101
 MOV byte [Ebx + 7],0

Debug hey ; This what we really want :)

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*hey = AllocateMemory(10)

MOV Ebx, *hey
MOV byte [Ebx],73
MOV byte [Ebx +1],32
MOV byte [Ebx +2],108
MOV byte [Ebx + 6],32
MOV byte [Ebx + 3],111
MOV byte [Ebx + 7],112
MOV byte [Ebx + 8],98
MOV byte [Ebx + 4],118
MOV byte [Ebx + 5],101
MOV byte [Ebx + 9],0

Debug PeekS(*hey,10) ; This what we really want :) 

Best Henrik.

Yea I know i also did last time i wrote the code looks so much more nicer.
But aren't it a fixed string so i should automatic allocate the string longer or im completly wrong ?

[mskuma]

MoleBox - I use this mostly just for packaging... anyone have experience with MoleBox and PB?

Just offering some feedback since I was just trying MoleBox for the first time, and so far very impressed - almost a no-brainer (simple) to use and it works (at least for my test project with dozens of images and a sound file). It operates on the finished EXE so it's totally independent of PB. I guess the price is worth it(?) especially if you want to bundle your DLL(s) with the EXE as well (which seems to be its selling point..).

[PB]

>> One of the things y'all forgot to mention is that we have a fantastic support community
>
> Probably the best feature IMO

Yep. And the community is pretty much mature and friendly, too. There's
been a few times when flame wars break out, and people have insulted
and abused each other, but everyone always forgives in the end. I know
from personal experience. It's a great place to be part of.

[Fangbeast]

Pssst, PB...*me whispers..) You are replying to a post from 2006!! Run now, I won't tell anyone!!!

[PB]

Damn, I am too! But this thread showed up from the "Show new posts from
last visit" link, so there must be a bug in the forum somewhere. Interesting!

[Fluid Byte]

Pssst, PB...*me whispers..) You are replying to a post from 2006!! Run now, I won't tell anyone!!!

[idle]

must be a glitch the thread was just of the same title.

[Fangbeast]

Damn, I am too! But this thread showed up from the "Show new posts from
last visit" link, so there must be a bug in the forum somewhere. Interesting!

Couldn't help myself. Needed something to lighten the mood around here.