Why??????

[Sophtware]

I downloading some AOL.bas files....and in each one there is a message saying that "you can use these bas files to make your own programs but dont copy and paste cause that is lame".
I understand what he says by copy and paste being lame...but explain to me what other way is there too learn how to use .bas files? i guess you can type it into your program so you will get used to the idea of .bas files and all..but really what other way is there too learn how to use this stuff? am a newbie still and am really curios.

Bas files are a place to store functions and sub. That's all. All you do is call the subs or functions from your form.

Sub:
'Example Sub to send text to the aol chat room
Call SendChat "Hi! This is text coming from VB to the aol chat room."

Function:
'Function that finds the aol window
If aol() = 0 Then 
Msgbox "The AOL window was not found!", 16
Else
Msgbox "The AOL window has been found!", 64
End If

Just examples of how to use aol bas files. And what they mean is, that they wrote the bas files..or at least they say they do and they don't want you to make a bas file and copy their subs and functions into your bas file and call it yours.

Haven't had a look at the bas files....but....look at just about any vb site that posts code, (vb world included), and the copy and paste method is the preferred method for getting code snippets etc.

I can see what they are trying to say, don't include our bas routines in your projects develop them yourselve. What a pack of lamers, if they are giving away the bas routines then people are going to copy them.

Check out http://www.vbaccelerator.com for a site which allows download and use of vb stuff, you can even get the source code to their controls if you want. Their only proviso is that if you download code and change it, then remove their adverts etc from the code.

hehe, people who use/write AOL programs have NO RIGHT to call anybody lame... hehehehehe.....

Originally posted by denniswrenn
hehe, people who use/write AOL programs have NO RIGHT to call anybody lame... hehehehehe.....

AOL programming is not worth it anymore. What can you actually make? Some ****** punter or proggie? Where's that going to get you in life?

Programming for Windows is much better. There's more to Windows than AOL will ever have. With windows programming, you can do more, for example, a virus scanner or making your own chat program or something, that'd be REAL programming. AOL programming isn't really anything only because all you have is your good looking form finding windows in aol and using them .

Well, I had my say. Next week, we'll share some more of our feelings....lol, jk .