Beginner's question

[rolstra]

I am an absolute beginner with Visual Designer and do not have much experience with PB so far. I started my first project:

I created a blank new window with two text gadgets ("The hostname is:" and "The IP-Adress is: ") and two string gadgets (containing hostname and IP-adress). After that the code is displayed in the PB editor: 'GeneratedMainFile.pb' and 'GeneratedIncludeFile.pb'. The project itself is stored as 'Test.pbv'.

GeneratedMainFile.pb:

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; PureBasic Visual Designer v3.95 build 1485 (PB4Code)

IncludeFile "GeneratedIncludeFile.pb"

GeneratedIncludeFile.pb:

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; PureBasic Visual Designer v3.95 build 1485 (PB4Code)


;- Window Constants
;
Enumeration
  #Window_0
EndEnumeration

;- Gadget Constants
;
Enumeration
  #Text_0
  #String_0
  #Text_1
  #String_1
EndEnumeration

Global Dim Language$(1)


Procedure BalloonTip(WindowID, Gadget, Text$ , Title$, Icon)
  
  ToolTip=CreateWindowEx_(0,"ToolTips_Class32","",#WS_POPUP | #TTS_NOPREFIX | #TTS_BALLOON,0,0,0,0,WindowID,0,GetModuleHandle_(0),0)
  SendMessage_(ToolTip,#TTM_SETTIPTEXTCOLOR,GetSysColor_(#COLOR_INFOTEXT),0)
  SendMessage_(ToolTip,#TTM_SETTIPBKCOLOR,GetSysColor_(#COLOR_INFOBK),0)
  SendMessage_(ToolTip,#TTM_SETMAXTIPWIDTH,0,180)
  Balloon.TOOLINFO\cbSize=SizeOf(TOOLINFO)
  Balloon\uFlags=#TTF_IDISHWND | #TTF_SUBCLASS
  Balloon\hWnd=GadgetID(Gadget)
  Balloon\uId=GadgetID(Gadget)
  Balloon\lpszText=@Text$
  SendMessage_(ToolTip, #TTM_ADDTOOL, 0, Balloon)
  If Title$ > ""
    SendMessage_(ToolTip, #TTM_SETTITLE, Icon, @Title$)
  EndIf
  
EndProcedure

Procedure Open_Window_0()
  If OpenWindow(#Window_0, 216, 0, 600, 300, "New window ( 0 )",  #PB_Window_SystemMenu | #PB_Window_SizeGadget | #PB_Window_TitleBar )
    If CreateGadgetList(WindowID(#Window_0))
      TextGadget(#Text_0, 20, 30, 90, 20, Language$(0))
      StringGadget(#String_0, 140, 30, 190, 20, "")
      TextGadget(#Text_1, 20, 70, 80, 20, Language$(1))
      StringGadget(#String_1, 140, 70, 190, 20, "")
      
    EndIf
  EndIf
EndProcedure

Procedure ReadCatalog(Filename$)
  
  If ReadFile(0, Filename$)
    If ReadString(0) = "Catalog"
      For k=0 To 1
        Language$(k) = ReadString(0)
      Next
    EndIf
    CloseFile(0)
  EndIf
  
EndProcedure

Restore BaseLanguage
For k=0 To 1
  Read Language$(k)
Next

DataSection
BaseLanguage:
  Data$ "The hostname is:"
  Data$ "The IP-Adress is:"
EndDataSection

My question is: How can I display hostname and IP-Adress (two strings coming from another pb-program).

Thanks for your answer
Roland

[Rook Zimbabwe]

Look in the Network Section of the CHM.

I can show you a real simple way to show what IP you have:

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InitNetwork() 
If ExamineIPAddresses() 
  IP.l = NextIPAddress() 
EndIf 

SetGadgetText(#Text_SERVADDRESS, ""+IPString(IP))

The IPString(###) decodes it for you.

So every time you et a network connection you simply decode it with the IPString(#connectionID#) and you are set.

To understand the network connection ideas... look at the Client/Server programs in examples.

I would suggest starting with a simpler project to learn to do what you want.

[rolstra]

Thank you,

where do I have to place this code - in whicht section of what file? I can see that VD creates 2 files, but how can I make an EXE of those files?
Bye,
Roland

[bembulak]

Hi,

just some good advices:
first of all learn coding purely in PureBasic. Avoid Visual Designer in first place. You need to know, where and how to write code. I know, it's comfortable to use GUI-Creation-Tools, but you need to learn the basics first. You need to know, what and where the eventloop is, and so on...

You'd better go and search for some tutorials:
http://www.purebasic-lounge.com/
http://www.purearea.net/pb/german/index.htm
http://www.purearea.net/pb/german/tutorials.htm

All in german.

Greetings from Austria.

[Rook Zimbabwe]

Yes... bembulak has the right idea. Look at the example programs and see where things go.

Even if you are familiar with programming, using the code output by the VD is a bit difficult to wrap your head around. It is structured well and once you get it. It is blindly easy.

But you have to know how to program first.

Forget most of everything your school computer teacher / hack taught you. (I was one for 10 years!)

Start with something simple. Open a window and make a button do something.

Read other code and the forums... most (not all) are commented well.

Don't try to ask for power hacks if you don't know what to do with them.

Have fun, be patient, read, ask questions.

If you read some code you may be able to figure out where my code is supposed to be paced.