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Registration, a couple of Newby questions and Introduction
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 5:00 pm
by Songdog
Let me start with an introduction. I am a senior that started with Fortran back in the early seventies (my advisor in junior college convinced the powers that be that Fortran was a foreign language
) . Later (in the early eighties) did quite a bit of coding to control electronic test equipment and thermo-vacuum systems using HP Rocky Mountain Basic then later using Mirosloth's Visual Basic. Been retired for over 20 years now and just discovered PB. I can see I'm a little rusty, and will need to relearn some things. Tried the free version of PB for a couple of days now and just registered and got license for full version.
Now for the questions:
1. Does my license allow me to install PB on more than one computer or only a single one?
2. I use the "Help" section a lot but every time I need to close then reopen PB the help page also closes. Is there a way to open and keep open the help section when I close PB?
3. When I install the full version do I need to first remove the trial version or will the full version installion just overwrite the trial version?
-- Songdog
Re: Registration, a couple of Newby questions and Introduction
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 5:36 pm
by jacdelad
1. You can install it on all your computers, as long as only you use it.
2. You have to call the helpfile separately, not from within PureBasic. Like, putting an icon on the desktop or something.
3. No need to, just install it over your trial. But it would also not be wrong to uninstall it before. You can also install updates right onto your installation, though I would advise you to install alpha/beta updates separately (to keep a working version).
Oh, and welcome aboard. As long as you aren't a bot and are kind you're always welcome here!
Re: Registration, a couple of Newby questions and Introduction
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 5:53 pm
by mk-soft
Welcome
an over-installation can lead to problems. It is better to rename the old folder before the new installation.
The IDE settings are stored under %appdata% -> PureBasic
Re: Registration, a couple of Newby questions and Introduction
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 5:56 pm
by jacdelad
mk-soft wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 5:53 pm
an over-installation can lead to problems. It is better to rename the old folder before the new installation.
The IDE settings are stored under %appdata% -> PureBasic
I never had problems. What problems did you encounter?
Re: Registration, a couple of Newby questions and Introduction
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 6:00 pm
by mk-soft
jacdelad wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 5:56 pm
mk-soft wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 5:53 pm
an over-installation can lead to problems. It is better to rename the old folder before the new installation.
The IDE settings are stored under %appdata% -> PureBasic
I never had problems. What problems did you encounter?
Sometimes user libraries from third parties were installed manually and these were then no longer compatible with the current version. Or files that are no longer needed remain.
Re: Registration, a couple of Newby questions and Introduction
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 10:03 pm
by AZJIO
Songdog wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 5:00 pm
Is there a way to open and keep open the help section when I close PB?
https://disk.yandex.ru/d/gvszveMt0JzjGw (no longer needed, see link below)
You need to add this as a tool and add the F1 key. Change the previous way to Alt+F1 or something else.
Help.exe %WORD 1
When using, you do not need to select a keyword, but simply put the cursor on the keyword, then you will get a more reliable result.
Find line 166 in the source and change the Russian text on the button. I need to make it more versatile. I did it a long time ago and my knowledge was less.
Code: Select all
If classText = "Button" And MainText = "&
I tried to rewrite to PureBasic (updated)
viewtopic.php?t=81335
Help.exe %WORD pb
But I got a stable plugin for AkelPad
https://disk.yandex.ru/d/4dafFXgh0xn4xw