PureBasic 3.94 Beta 4 for Windows released

[freak]

Hello everybody.

We did it again... here is the next beta version for 3.94 for Windows.

We hope that this can be the last beta before the final release, so please
give this a final good round of testing to have it as stable as possible.

It is as usual on http://www.purebasic.com/

Also to everyone who does the language files:
There will (hopefully) be no more changes to the language file (only if fixing a bug makes it neccesary)
So if you have finished your translation, email it to me so i can include it in the final package.
(translations@freak1.de)

Another note:
You may notice in the Preferences (color settings) a disabled combobox named "Default Color schemes"
The reason why it is disabled is because we do not have any yet
So if you think your colors are good and unique, feel free to export them
(with the new import/export option) and send them to me too.. maybe it will be included.
(we will only add a small number there though)

Here is a list of commandline parameters that the IDE now accepts:

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/P <Preferences file>  - load/save preferences from/to the specified file
/T <Templates file> - load/save templates from/to this file
/A <Tools dile> - load/save external tools settings from/to this file
/S <Source path> - change the "SourcePath" settings (default path to open files)
/E <Explorer path> - change the path displayed in the explorer tool
/B <PureBasic path> - use given path as purebasic basepath. (this is really only usefull for us to debug)
/L <line> - changes the currentline in the source that is active (last on the commandline) to the given line
/NOEXT    - prevents the writing of the .pb extension to the registry. very usefully if you have several different
            PB copies installed but want one to remain the default for clicking on files.

You can also specify wildcards for filenames on the commandline now.
So by giving <path>\*.pb you can make it load a whole directory

For linux/mac there are of course the according parameters: (they are actually also accepted on windows)
-p or --preferences
-t or --templates
-a or --tools
-s or --sourcepath
-e or --explorerpath
-b or --basepath
-l or --line 

That's it, have fun...

The PureBasic Team

[Dreglor]

Very Nice

but enough beta's on with the final!

[Fangbeast]

Somebody beat me. THat teaches me to post first and test later!!

[Gansta93]

OK, I'm going to test it and check again the french translation.

[Blade]

Preferences are "Tree driven"! Wonderful!
(everything seems working well)

[thefool]

great works much better now!

small small thing: the watchlist when first time opened is just the titlebar then you have to manually resize it.

[Gansta93]

Oh... great the news of autocompletion... Now the window won't open when I am in a comment or typing a text.

[freak]

Just a quick note on a bug i just discovered myself:
In the "Config Tools" dialog when editing a tool, the checkboxes cannot be unchecked.
It is fixed now for the final, so no need to report it again.

Sorry for that one.

[Gansta93]

I have a question.
Why resources are ignored when compiling a dll? For example, XP skin or verssion informations are not in the dll when compiling it. I have to include some resources in a dll, and I cannot. Will it be possible?
Oops, two questions.

Thanks in advance for the answer.

[MrMat]

Really impressive work guys, really great stuff *finally switches from PSPad*

[Truth_Seeker]

I dont know if this is just me or not. When you have a procedure (that is part of the Purebasic functions) when you have the cursor (the blinking thing) inside the "()" it does not show the function's description and the required arguments.

I can get it to work if I have my cursor inside the "()" of the function and then restart the compiler but it wont work after that. It only does it once.

[freak]

it shows them only when you are typing something.

[Truth_Seeker]

I see, I guess I am just used to Japbe. I am going to be using the new IDE instead of JaPBe, I even created a color scheme.

The PureBasic Team is doing great, keep it up .

EDIT: By the way I have been using the editor and since I used to use JaPBe, I am missing a source formating feature.

[blueznl]

source reformat, yes please

[PB]

About autocomplete: it only seems to work on the third character typed; is
this something that can be user-specified in future? I'd like it to offer some
suggestions after the first character I type.