twinBASIC programming - Beta releases

[VB6 Programming]

The latest BETA releases of the twinBASIC programming language are available for download here...

https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

If you have difficulties finding the download try here https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/tags

To install,

• Click on "Assets" for the latest release
• Download and Extract the ZIP file into a local folder
• Then run the twinBASIC.exe from that local folder

IMPORTANT: You must extract the zip file cleanly into a new location. Do not extract the IDE zip file content over an old version of the IDE.

Further details 'How to install':
https://nolongerset.com/how-to-install-twinbasic/

See also:
https://twinbasic.com/
https://twinbasic.com/preview.html

[VB6 Programming]

BETA 729 of the twinBASIC programming IDE is now released...

Download from here... https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

• Click on "Assets" for the latest release
• Download and Extract the ZIP file into a local folder
• Then run the twinBASIC.exe from that local folder
• IMPORTANT: Extract the zip file cleanly into a new location. Do not extract the IDE zip file content over an old version of the IDE.

How to install https://nolongerset.com/how-to-install-twinbasic/

If you have difficulties finding the download try here https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/tags

Changelog

• IMPORTANT: This is an interim/experimental release. It includes significant changes, so some instability is to be expected.
• KNOWN ISSUE: Controls are not being destroyed properly by the form designer, causing big memory leaks (broken in this build)
• TIP: To download the release, expand the 'Assets' link below and download the 'twinBASIC_IDE_BETA_XYZ.zip' file
• WARNING: there are known memory leaks in this version, so memory usage will be higher than normal
• fixed: some further issues with embedding of AX control licences [ kimpos, discord ]

[VB6 Programming]

BETA 730 of the twinBASIC programming IDE is now released...

Download from here... https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

• Click on "Assets" for the latest release
• Download and Extract the ZIP file into a local folder
• Then run the twinBASIC.exe from that local folder
• IMPORTANT: Extract the zip file cleanly into a new location. Do not extract the IDE zip file content over an old version of the IDE.

How to install https://nolongerset.com/how-to-install-twinbasic/


If you have difficulties finding the download try here https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/tags

Changelog

• IMPORTANT: This is an interim/experimental release. It includes significant changes, so some instability is to be expected.
• KNOWN ISSUE: Controls are not being destroyed properly by the form designer, causing big memory leaks (broken in this build)
• TIP: To download the release, expand the 'Assets' link below and download the 'twinBASIC_IDE_BETA_XYZ.zip' file
• WARNING: there are known memory leaks in this version, so memory usage will be higher than normal
• fixed: form designer adding of new controls now supported via touchscreen [ commissioned work ]
• fixed: Form_Terminate not firing due to some circular references [ sokinkeso, discord ]
• fixed: an AddIn Host class WithEvents bug that could lead to a runtime crash in Addins
• fixed: spurious 'duplicate definition in the current scope' message from the compiler in some cases [ VanGoghGaming, discord ]

[VB6 Programming]

BETA 731 of the twinBASIC programming IDE is now released...

Download from here... https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

• Click on "Assets" for the latest release
• Download and Extract the ZIP file into a local folder
• Then run the twinBASIC.exe from that local folder
• IMPORTANT: Extract the zip file cleanly into a new location. Do not extract the IDE zip file content over an old version of the IDE.

How to install https://nolongerset.com/how-to-install-twinbasic/


If you have difficulties finding the download try here https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/tags

Changelog

• IMPORTANT: This is an interim/experimental release. It includes significant changes, so some instability is to be expected.
• KNOWN ISSUE: Controls are not being destroyed properly by the form designer, causing big memory leaks (broken in this build)
• TIP: To download the release, expand the 'Assets' link below and download the 'twinBASIC_IDE_BETA_XYZ.zip' file
• WARNING: there are known memory leaks in this version, so memory usage will be higher than normal
• added: 13 new values to the built-in enumeration tB VBRUN.MousePointerConstants (e.g. vbArrowCD, vbPen, vbScrollN, etc) [ https://github.com//issues/2081 ]
• fixed: Optional/Missing arguments in call to Array() are now supported [ https://github.com//issues/2071 ]
• fixed: DirListBox.List was not returning the full path [ https://github.com//issues/1618 ]
• fixed: OriginalFilename property was missing from built executables VERSION info block [ https://github.com//issues/1872 ]

[VB6 Programming]

BETA 732 of the twinBASIC programming IDE is now released...

Download from here... https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

• Click on "Assets" for the latest release
• Download and Extract the ZIP file into a local folder
• Then run the twinBASIC.exe from that local folder
• IMPORTANT: Extract the zip file cleanly into a new location. Do not extract the IDE zip file content over an old version of the IDE.

How to install https://nolongerset.com/how-to-install-twinbasic/


If you have difficulties finding the download try here https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/tags

Changelog

• IMPORTANT: This is an interim/experimental release. It includes significant changes, so some instability is to be expected.
• KNOWN ISSUE: Controls are not being destroyed properly by the form designer, causing big memory leaks (broken in this build)
• TIP: To download the release, expand the 'Assets' link below and download the 'twinBASIC_IDE_BETA_XYZ.zip' file
• WARNING: there are known memory leaks in this version, so memory usage will be higher than normal
• fixed: UserControl.GetClientSite implementation could return nullptr without a failure HRESULT during form instantiation, leading to a nullptr deref in some AX controls [ robwubs, discord ]

[VB6 Programming]

BETA 733 of the twinBASIC programming IDE is now released...

Download from here... https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

• Click on "Assets" for the latest release
• Download and Extract the ZIP file into a local folder
• Then run the twinBASIC.exe from that local folder
• IMPORTANT: Extract the zip file cleanly into a new location. Do not extract the IDE zip file content over an old version of the IDE.

How to install https://nolongerset.com/how-to-install-twinbasic/

If you have difficulties finding the download try here https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/tags

Changelog

• IMPORTANT: This is an interim/experimental release. It includes significant changes, so some instability is to be expected.
• KNOWN ISSUE: Controls are not being destroyed properly by the form designer, causing big memory leaks (broken in this build)
• TIP: To download the release, expand the 'Assets' link below and download the 'twinBASIC_IDE_BETA_XYZ.zip' file
• WARNING: there are known memory leaks in this version, so memory usage will be higher than normal
• fixed: MSComCtl ListView column widths set at designer time (via property page) not imported correctly from VBP [ Joe Philli, discord ]
• fixed: edge case of GetSetting implementation [ sokinkeso, discord ]

[VB6 Programming]

BETA 734 of the twinBASIC programming IDE is now released...

Download from here... https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

• Click on "Assets" for the latest release
• Download and Extract the ZIP file into a local folder
• Then run the twinBASIC.exe from that local folder
• IMPORTANT: Extract the zip file cleanly into a new location. Do not extract the IDE zip file content over an old version of the IDE.

How to install https://nolongerset.com/how-to-install-twinbasic/

If you have difficulties finding the download try here https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/tags

Changelog

• IMPORTANT: This is an interim/experimental release. It includes significant changes, so some instability is to be expected.
• KNOWN ISSUE: Controls are not being destroyed properly by the form designer, causing big memory leaks (broken in this build)
• TIP: To download the release, expand the 'Assets' link below and download the 'twinBASIC_IDE_BETA_XYZ.zip' file
• WARNING: there are known memory leaks in this version, so memory usage will be higher than normal
• fixed: FileListBox.Path property trailing "", and some edge cases [ fafalone, discord ]
• added: FileListBox.PathWithBackslash property-get for returning Path with a consistent trailing backslash [ fafalone, discord ]
• improved: project options project.startupObject and project.iconForm dropdown lists are now sorted alphabetically [ Joe Philli, discord ]
• fixed: Variant-Redim was not checking for locks and/or FADF_FIXEDSIZE before actioning [ https://github.com//issues/1969 ]

[VB6 Programming]

BETA 735 of the twinBASIC programming IDE is now released...

Download from here... https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

• Click on "Assets" for the latest release
• Download and Extract the ZIP file into a local folder
• Then run the twinBASIC.exe from that local folder
• IMPORTANT: Extract the zip file cleanly into a new location. Do not extract the IDE zip file content over an old version of the IDE.

How to install https://nolongerset.com/how-to-install-twinbasic/

If you have difficulties finding the download try here https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/tags

Changelog

• IMPORTANT: This is an interim/experimental release. It includes significant changes, so some instability is to be expected.
• KNOWN ISSUE: Controls are not being destroyed properly by the form designer, causing big memory leaks (broken in this build)
• TIP: To download the release, expand the 'Assets' link below and download the 'twinBASIC_IDE_BETA_XYZ.zip' file
• WARNING: there are known memory leaks in this version, so memory usage will be higher than normal
• fixed: (regression) Stop statement would cause 32-bit builds to fail with an access violation in the IDE [ FreedomFalcon12, discord ]
• fixed: graphics Line method would not render anything if box/box-fill was specified for a 1x1 rect [ https://github.com//issues/1700 ]

[VB6 Programming]

BETA 736 of the twinBASIC programming IDE is now released...

Download from here... https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

• Click on "Assets" for the latest release
• Download and Extract the ZIP file into a local folder
• Then run the twinBASIC.exe from that local folder
• IMPORTANT: Extract the zip file cleanly into a new location. Do not extract the IDE zip file content over an old version of the IDE.

How to install https://nolongerset.com/how-to-install-twinbasic/

If you have difficulties finding the download try here https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/tags

Changelog

• IMPORTANT: This is an interim/experimental release. It includes significant changes, so some instability is to be expected.
• KNOWN ISSUE: Controls are not being destroyed properly by the form designer, causing big memory leaks (broken in this build)
• TIP: To download the release, expand the 'Assets' link below and download the 'twinBASIC_IDE_BETA_XYZ.zip' file
• WARNING: there are known memory leaks in this version, so memory usage will be higher than normal
• fixed: package deletion from the twinproj after unselecting a package in the References list would fail if non-English language is set for the IDE [ forliny, discord ]
• fixed: PropertyBag.ReadProperty could crash if an empty array was stored inside of it upon retrieval [ fafalone, discord ]

[VB6 Programming]

BETA 737 of the twinBASIC programming IDE is now released...

Download from here... https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

• Click on "Assets" for the latest release
• Download and Extract the ZIP file into a local folder
• Then run the twinBASIC.exe from that local folder
• IMPORTANT: Extract the zip file cleanly into a new location. Do not extract the IDE zip file content over an old version of the IDE.

How to install https://nolongerset.com/how-to-install-twinbasic/

If you have difficulties finding the download try here https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/tags

Changelog

• IMPORTANT: This is an interim/experimental release. It includes significant changes, so some instability is to be expected.
• KNOWN ISSUE: Controls are not being destroyed properly by the form designer, causing big memory leaks (broken in this build)
• TIP: To download the release, expand the 'Assets' link below and download the 'twinBASIC_IDE_BETA_XYZ.zip' file
• WARNING: there are known memory leaks in this version, so memory usage will be higher than normal
• fixed: UserControl Show and Hide events not firing for Windowless controls [ fafalone, discord ]
• fixed: typo in some window class names, e.g. ThunderRT6HSrollBar instead of ThunderRT6HScrollBar [ klownboy, xyplorer forum ]
• fixed: LBS_USETABSTOPS style was missing on ListBox HWNDs [ XYplorer, private ]
• fixed: DirListBox/DriveListBox/FileListBox were being created with their generic window class names 'ThunderRT6ListBox'/'ThunderRT6ComboBox'
• fixed: FileListBox was missing LBS_SORT window flag
• fixed: DriveListBox had CBS_AUTOHSCROLL window flag set, unlike VB6

[VB6 Programming]

BETA 738 of the twinBASIC programming IDE is now released...

Download from here... https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

• Click on "Assets" for the latest release
• Download and Extract the ZIP file into a local folder
• Then run the twinBASIC.exe from that local folder
• IMPORTANT: Extract the zip file cleanly into a new location. Do not extract the IDE zip file content over an old version of the IDE.

How to install https://nolongerset.com/how-to-install-twinbasic/

If you have difficulties finding the download try here https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/tags

Changelog

• IMPORTANT: This is an interim/experimental release. It includes significant changes, so some instability is to be expected.
• KNOWN ISSUE: Controls are not being destroyed properly by the form designer, causing big memory leaks (broken in this build)
• TIP: To download the release, expand the 'Assets' link below and download the 'twinBASIC_IDE_BETA_XYZ.zip' file
• WARNING: there are known memory leaks in this version, so memory usage will be higher than normal
• fixed: checkbox style ListBox did not render tab stops [ https://github.com//issues/2088 ]
• added: ListBox.UseTabStops Boolean property, default TRUE [ https://github.com//issues/2088 ]
• fixed: changing UC/AX StdPicture property from a form property sheet could fail silently [ https://github.com//issues/2086 ]

[VB6 Programming]

BETA 739 of the twinBASIC programming IDE is now released...

Download from here... https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

• Click on "Assets" for the latest release
• Download and Extract the ZIP file into a local folder
• Then run the twinBASIC.exe from that local folder
• IMPORTANT: Extract the zip file cleanly into a new location. Do not extract the IDE zip file content over an old version of the IDE.

How to install https://nolongerset.com/how-to-install-twinbasic/

If you have difficulties finding the download try here https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/tags

Changelog

• IMPORTANT: This is an interim/experimental release. It includes significant changes, so some instability is to be expected.
• KNOWN ISSUE: Controls are not being destroyed properly by the form designer, causing big memory leaks (broken in this build)
• TIP: To download the release, expand the 'Assets' link below and download the 'twinBASIC_IDE_BETA_XYZ.zip' file
• WARNING: there are known memory leaks in this version, so memory usage will be higher than normal
• fixed: AX extender did not handle the case where AX does not implement IOleContainer in implementation for IOleClientSite::GetContainer [ https://github.com//issues/2078 ]
• fixed: the implicit internal error that gets propagated as a result of the 'End' instruction would sometimes be catchable [ https://github.com//issues/2041 ]

[VB6 Programming]

BETA 740 of the twinBASIC programming IDE is now released...

Download from here... https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

• Click on "Assets" for the latest release
• Download and Extract the ZIP file into a local folder
• Then run the twinBASIC.exe from that local folder
• IMPORTANT: Extract the zip file cleanly into a new location. Do not extract the IDE zip file content over an old version of the IDE.

How to install https://nolongerset.com/how-to-install-twinbasic/

If you have difficulties finding the download try here https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/tags

Changelog

• IMPORTANT: This is an interim/experimental release. It includes significant changes, so some instability is to be expected.
• KNOWN ISSUE: Controls are not being destroyed properly by the form designer, causing big memory leaks (broken in this build)
• TIP: To download the release, expand the 'Assets' link below and download the 'twinBASIC_IDE_BETA_XYZ.zip' file
• WARNING: there are known memory leaks in this version, so memory usage will be higher than normal
• fixed: Frame control no longer allows focus [ XYplorer, private ]

[VB6 Programming]

BETA 741 of the twinBASIC programming IDE is now released...

Download from here... https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

• Click on "Assets" for the latest release
• Download and Extract the ZIP file into a local folder
• Then run the twinBASIC.exe from that local folder
• IMPORTANT: Extract the zip file cleanly into a new location. Do not extract the IDE zip file content over an old version of the IDE.

How to install https://nolongerset.com/how-to-install-twinbasic/

If you have difficulties finding the download try here https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/tags

Changelog

• IMPORTANT: This is an interim/experimental release. It includes significant changes, so some instability is to be expected.
• KNOWN ISSUE: Controls are not being destroyed properly by the form designer, causing big memory leaks (broken in this build)
• TIP: To download the release, expand the 'Assets' link below and download the 'twinBASIC_IDE_BETA_XYZ.zip' file
• WARNING: there are known memory leaks in this version, so memory usage will be higher than normal
• fixed: some Windowless AX controls (e.g. Unisuite) could resize the container inappropriately when placed/resized on a form designer [ bradPeg, discord ]
• improved: added some IDE tracing for AX control licence requests made by the compiler, when IDE tracing is active [ bradPeg, discord ]