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Okay, while I didn't really manage to fix the speed issue I did fix a few other bugs. Final version (for now): https://github.com/PeterSwinkels/GWBlocks.

Okay, I changed the code so the most frequently occurring jumps are now forward jumps and got rid of a few rep.

https://github.com/PeterSwinkels/GWBlocks/blob/main/GWBLOCKS.BAS

There appears to...

Yes, I always run the game from the Qb45 IDE.

Aha, I see so the way the Qb45 IDE interprets code is more efficient, that explains a lot.

So I need to move frequently used procedures to the...

Hi guyak89,

Welcome to the forum. Could you post the relevant code and files so others can look at it?

yours,
Peter Swinkels

Okay, I can find Bascom 2.20 from 1986... which does not even support low resolution EGA... :mad: - Does anyone know whether there was a more recent version that did support EGA? Yes, I could...

Hello xiaoyao,

If I understand you correctly:

1. You're trying to load an *.ocx file into vb.net which depends on two *.dll files.
2. But you don't want those two *.dlls to be loaded as well?...

Hello Willie McClure,

1. Okay, you're looking for someone to take over a document management system with only a few remaining clients, and this system was made in vb6? If correct, then what is...

Hi fafalone,

It is unclear from your post what kind of project you're working on. Could you summarize what you're trying to do and post some more code?

yours,
Peter Swinkels

Hi fafalone,

Questions:
1. What code?
2. Switch what views?
3. Could you post the relevant coce?

yours,
Peter Swinkels

Hi,

1. Could you post the relevant code?
2. What is ytplayer?
3. What settings exactly are you hoping to find?
4. What exactly is INTERNET_FEATURE_CONTROLS?

If you can answer these...

1. Yes, Passel is probably right.
2. Indeed, unwarrented assumptions can make you overlook something obvious.
3. Apparently one official GWBasic compiler has been released by Microsoft during the...

Passel,

Thank you for your answer. I haven't tried compiling my program with Quick Basic although I suspect it would run even faster as an *.exe file. I am going to try compiling the code with the...

I put a request on the DOSBox forums asking for people who own 80's/90's hardware to test my code. I am curious what the result will be.

1. No, I haven't.
2. Yes, it is possible that my expectation are unrealistic for GWBasic on an actual 80486 DX 66 MHz. If they are however, then I have trouble understanding how much requiring any...

Okay, feeling like playing with really old BASIC dialects I converted a program I wrote in Quick Basic 4.5 to GWBasic 2.23. In DOSBox it runs at an acceptable speed in Quick Basic, in GWBasic however...

@niya: me or Porter?

My, I didn't expect anyone to reply. :-) VB6 wasn't available. And yes, it could have been done with one of those scripting languages too. Vb.net just felt the easiest for me personally at that...

A quick something I wanted to share about vb.net vs other languages:

The few times I need to get something done at work using a script, I can choose from VBA/VBScript/Batch/possibly Javascript or...

Hmmm, if I ever still do write computer programs it's only when I'm bored. Last thing I remember doing was trying to downgrade a Tetris clone I wrote in Qbasic to work in GwBasic and I found myself...

I have noticed that when it's personal people, especially older people are more stuck in the past and resistant to change. Yes, having to learn something new and being confronted with how hard it is...

Those are good points. Now what would cause people to refuse to evolve? Fear of letting go of the familiar?

@niya:
I am for the most part all for progress, but it is a good thing there people who won't blindly follow every new trend I guess. I think whether or not a discussion turns into a disaster as...

@delaney: school, then it becomes a mandatory chore with a teacher judgeing the result.

@niya:
Yes, I have worked with the CreateWindow API. Sounds like unless you need low level control or want to learn how it works RAD is the most practical. Given how more modern generally seems to...

@niya: RAD?

About that fun bit: I have noticed programming in a language that is tedious can be fun challenge, until you have to do it for a course or work. It can quickly begin to feel like a burden. Anyone...

It doesn't just depend on the country (The Netherlands in my case), it also depends on the organization involved. One place where I worked could afford to buy tons of new hardware some of which never...

@niya:
Yeah, it does sound like baka is responsible for older systems. I have seen it before, crummy outdated pc’s because new ones could not be afforded or at the very least not invested in.

@wes4dbt: okay, actually 3.11 ran fine on my 80386 SX 25mhz with 4mb of ram. It was 9x that required a Pentium or at least a decent 486 to run decently.

@wes4dbt: the first two versions of Windows were useless novelties and Windows 3.0 was buggy and unstable. Win 3.1x was decent for its time.

niya wrote:


Those versions of Windows were also capable of crashing a lot and being gaping security holes. Something you do not want in these days where you practically need an active internet...

@baka:
I thought the .NET framework was installed by default these days. Did you remove it from those computers? Also I have had experience of not being able to run vb6 stuff because of...

@baka:

.NET exes are typically small.
.NET exes can work without a setup.
.NET exes can work on those OS's but unless you have a very good reason to use an unsupported obsolete OS you shouldn't...

@szlamany - I think it's impressive anyone can write code like that... It must take a lot skill and knowledge to pull off.

@niya:

Now that you mention it I have heard about Peter Norton. I don't think assembly is hard to understand because it is advanced, but rather because it is so abstract relative to higher level...

@niya:

I know what you mean, when you think about it it is kind of odd. I never knew what to do with machine code and interrupt calls until I found proper documentation on the internet during the...

@niya:
While impractical, especially by today's standards the functionality in old BASIC's could be extended by inserting bits of machine code or calling interrupts in Quick Basic. And API calls...

@Arnoutdv:
True enough, I usually copy-paste procedures I wrote earlier specifically for those tasks and variable initialization is a godsend.

One of the thing I have to say in vb6's defense is...

I could post a ton of examples of stuff you can do with Linq, vb.net's collection types, and .NET file I/O class. I suppose vb6 is still okay for writing 32-bit applications, but try reading a text...

Duh, somehow I thought you were asking about printing stuff on labels. My mistake. I am afraid I can't help you with your question sorry.