Code PBLibs in PB

[RValois]

Hi El_Choni,
Thanks for the fix, the recursive procedure is now generated correctly.

Put "src.pack" in the TailBite folder and click on the "Extract TailBite sources" button

I already tried that, for some reason only the src dir is created but no sources. I'm using WinMe.

Thanks again,
RValois.

[El_Choni]

Thanks, I'll check that.

[Dare2]

El_Choni,

Thank you for this.

I know zero about building a PB library. I took a the code for dll I had written a while back, and "TailBit" it. Modded some program code to replace the callFunction xxx(n,args) with xxx(args). Ran it. And it worked.

I stand in awe.

Whilst I still know zero about building PB libraries, I now can build them. Or more accurately, I can give TailBite some code and it will build them.

Many, many thanks again.

[El_Choni]

Thanks for all the feedback, it helps a lot.

Regards,

[El_Choni]

Fixed, thanks again. Update from TBManager or download here:

http://inicia.es/de/elchoni/TailBite
http://www.terra.es/personal5/temporald/TailBite
http://perso.wanadoo.es/tailBite

[ricardo]

Hi El_Choni,

Im trying to make as small lib from a procedure i find here in the forums (cant remember who code it! )

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ProcedureDLL.s xxGetWebPage(URL.s) ; Get a web Page 
    OpenType = 1
    isLoop.b=1 
    INET_RELOAD.l = $80000000 
    hInet.l=0 
    hURL.l=0 
    Bytes.l=0 
    Buffer.s=Space(2048) 
    res.s="" 
    
    hInet = InternetOpen_("PB@INET", OpenType, #NULL, #NULL, 0) 
    hURL = InternetOpenUrl_(hInet, URL, #NULL, 0, INET_RELOAD, 0) 
    
    Repeat 
      Delay(0)
      InternetReadFile_(hURL,@Buffer, Len(Buffer), @Bytes) 
      If Bytes = 0 
        isLoop=0 
      Else 
        Delay(0)
        res = res + Left(Buffer, Bytes) 
      EndIf 
    Until isLoop=0 
    
    InternetCloseHandle_(hURL) 
    InternetCloseHandle_(hInet) 
    ProcedureReturn res 
  EndProcedure 

Now, when the lib is mades, if i try to call it from a code i get an error telling this:

TBTemp\Function .text: undefined reference to 'GetWebPage_S2'

GetWebPage is the name of the lib.

What im doing wrong?

[El_Choni]

You're doing fine, lol. It was a bug, TailBite took "PB@INET" for an API function. Fixed now, thanks a lot.

[einander]

@El_Choni:
Thanks for TailBite! I'm amazed!

To make PB libs with TB is a breeze.
Nice!

Einander
_______
TailBite is a very powerful tool; will be good some place to upload libraries, where PB gurus can evaluate and comment them, because for sure in a few days everybody and his dog will be making his own libs.

[Dare2]

.. because for sure in a few days everybody and his dog will be making his own libs

And we'll all calling our functions the same names. *Visualising 40,000 libraries with NOT() and SGN()*

Maybe we'll end up needing a standards committee because TailBite just made it all too easy.

[Paul]

That has already happened

Just convert the samples that come with TailBite and you will see they conflict with Danilo's TooBar lib.

With no set naming convention, there will be conflicting and broken libraries all over the place.

[El_Choni]

Oops! I'll change that, thanks, Paul.

EDIT: Paul, I don't find the conflicting function, could you tell me which is it to change its name?

About a naming convention, it would be good. But I don't have any idea myself on how it should be done (I think this has been discussed before with no result?).

[Dare2]

Bit of a tough one, that.

I think I'll make mine unique by starting with the letter "Y":

yNOT( )
yTRY( :roll: )
yFRONT( 8O )
yBOTHER(zzZZzz)

[EDIT]
El Choni, I think there is a conflict with myPaintBoxGadget and the PureTools.
[/EDIT]

lol @ Iria (below) - but yNOT?

[Iria]

First up, nice work on the old Tailbite

As for naming conventions, before you know it we'll be using namespace conventions

purebasic.tailbite.iria.libx.linux.say.hello.function



Seriously though it would be nice for some such explicit namespace definitions in PB

Ill keep watching this space until someone says Tailbite is good to go until then good luck everyone

[El_Choni]

Yep, something like you say, but with underscores (no kidding). For example:

El_Choni_SQLite_MyFunction()

It looks ugly, but it avoids conflicts, doesn't it?

As for TailBite, I want to change the TBManager IDE a bit and, apart from bugs that will, of course, appear, it's almost ready to upload to Paul's and Andre's sites.

EDIT: I've reinstalled Danilo's PureTools and TBPro and compiled the MyPaintBoxGadget example, no conflicts. Just in case, I've changed a structure name in TB_GadgetExtension.res and suffixed all sample functions with EC_. Can somebody else check if it's ok now?

[Paul]

The conflict is with your "myMDITest" example. You have a procedure called CreateTB(), which is also a command from the ToolbarPro library.

It's a good example of how easy it is to create libs and procedure that conflict