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PB wrote:Was doing a web search for a caps lock util and found this site:

http://www.georgejopling.co.uk/capslock/capslock.html

He says the apps are written in PureBasic!

Structure KBDLLHOOKSTRUCT 
  vkCode.l 
  scanCode.l 
  flags.l 
  time.l 
  dwExtraInfo.l 
EndStructure 

DataSection
  Beep:   IncludeBinary "beep.wav"
  redcross:   IncludeBinary "redcross.ico"
  greentick:  IncludeBinary "greentick.ico"
EndDataSection 

DataSection
  Beep: 
  IncludeBinary "beep.wav"
  redcross: 
  IncludeBinary "redcross.ico"
  greentick:
  IncludeBinary "greentick.ico"
EndDataSection 

Neil wrote: Also, has the required format for Data definitions changed ?

luis wrote:

Neil wrote: Also, has the required format for Data definitions changed ?

No, but labels must be followed by a ":" like any other statement when on a line with multiple statements, it was a bug before.

The change originated from here -> http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 28&t=55874

Neil wrote:
Any thoughts on the "Structure defined" bug ??

Cheers,

Neil

luis wrote:It's not a bug: it just means the structure is now predefined in the residents..

luis wrote:Open Tools -> Structure Viewer and look for "KBDLLHOOKSTRUCT".

luis wrote:You can just comment out the declaration in the source and it should work.

Neil wrote: Anyway, what are the "residents" ??

HELP wrote: Residents are precompiled files which are loaded when the compiler starts. They can be found in the 'residents' folder of the PureBasic installation path. A resident file must have the extension '.res' and can contain the following items: structures, interfaces, macros and constants. It can not contain dynamic code or procedures.

When a resident is loaded, all its content is available for the program being compiled. That's why all built-in constants like #PB_Event_CloseWindow are available, they are in the 'PureBasic.res' file. All the API structures and constants are also in a resident file. Using residents is a good way to store the common macros, structure and constants so they will be available for every programs. When distributing an user library, it's also a nice solution to provide the needed constants and structures, as PureBasic does.

To create a new resident, the command-line compiler needs to be used, as there is no option to do it from the IDE. It is often needed to use /IGNORERESIDENT and /CREATERESIDENT at the same time to avoid duplicate errors, as the previous version of the resident is loaded before creating the new one.

Residents greatly help to have a faster compilation and compiler start, as all the information is stored in binary format. It is much faster to load than parsing an include file at every compilation

Neil wrote: So why would he have included this definition in the code ??