booteable purebasic console apps?
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:16 pm
can I create booteable console apps in purebasic or I should go to moonrock instead? and how would I do the boot part? with an autoexec bat or something?
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booteable purebasic console apps?
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 6:00 pm
you mean a dos app?
Re: booteable purebasic console apps?
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:56 pm
> can I create booteable console apps in purebasic?
No. All PureBasic apps are Win32-based and can't be called from DOS.
If you try, you'll just get this familiar error message at the DOS prompt:
This program cannot be run in DOS mode.
> should I go to moonrock instead?
That's one nice freeware Basic alternative that works, yes. Don't expect it
to be anywhere as good as PureBasic though, but it can do a lot of things.
> how would I do the boot part? with an autoexec bat or something?
Yep, just call the MoonRock *.com file from AutoExec.bat and it'll run. I've
done this in the past with no problems -- that's why it's in the FAQ.
No. All PureBasic apps are Win32-based and can't be called from DOS.
If you try, you'll just get this familiar error message at the DOS prompt:
This program cannot be run in DOS mode.
> should I go to moonrock instead?
That's one nice freeware Basic alternative that works, yes. Don't expect it
to be anywhere as good as PureBasic though, but it can do a lot of things.
> how would I do the boot part? with an autoexec bat or something?
Yep, just call the MoonRock *.com file from AutoExec.bat and it'll run. I've
done this in the past with no problems -- that's why it's in the FAQ.
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:02 am
If you want something more up to date go for FreeBASIC - there is also a 32 bit DOS version.
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 9:59 am
I'll check FreeBASIC thanks!