TwinBasic

[VB6 Programming]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: September 30, 2024

Highlights include an updated 12-month roadmap, initial delegate support, improvements to AddressOf, and a facelift for twinbasic.com.

nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-september-30-2024/



The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

[good boy]

Where are the updates, will importing DSR files be supported in the future?

[Arnoutdv]

https://www.vbforums.com/showthread....Beta-releases/

[fafalone]

Where are the updates, will importing DSR files be supported in the future?

VB6 IDE addins will not be supported by tB, however it has its own powerful addin system.

While there's no converter yet, tB also currently has a reports designer with features comparable to vb6.

[VB6 Programming]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: October 7, 2024

Highlights include a SQLite COM wrapper twinPACK from Krool, tB documentation updates, a WinDevLib bug fix release, and Got/Lost Focus behavior fixes.

nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-october-7-2024/


The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

[VB6 Programming]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: October 14, 2024

Highlights include a 64-bit Quick Rename Shell Extension project from fafalone and perpetual licenses offered to longtime early subscribers.

nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-october-14-2024/


The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

[xiaoyao]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: October 7, 2024

Highlights include a SQLite COM wrapper twinPACK from Krool, tB documentation updates, a WinDevLib bug fix release, and Got/Lost Focus behavior fixes.

nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-october-7-2024/


The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

SQLite COM wrapper support X64? YOU NEED HAVE A 64bit sqlite3.dll and sqlite3.obj file?

[VB6 Programming]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: October 22, 2024

Highlights include a new tB-based Magnifier Windows utility from fafalone, a project status update from Wayne, and a metaphor involving rubber ducks, hippos, and oxpeckers.

nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-october-22-2024/


The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

[good boy]

VB6 IDE addins will not be supported by tB, however it has its own powerful addin system.

While there's no converter yet, tB also currently has a reports designer with features comparable to vb6.

[fafalone]

You can't save a .dsr data report as a .frm in VB6; there's no such option in the Save As dialog. If you *did* force the issue and save it as a .frm with the all files option; it would still be listed in the VBP as a Designer and not imported by twinBASIC. If you edited the VBP in Notepad to label it a Form, tB would produce a corrupt .twin file and the .tbform would crash the designer, also being corrupt.

ChatGPT often hallucinates functions that don't exist.

[VB6 Programming]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: October 29, 2024

Highlights include more info on Mike Wolfe's upcoming visit to Oxford University to present the latest twinBASIC developments, including twinBASIC for Applications (tBA).

nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-october-29-2024/


The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

[VB6 Programming]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: November 5, 2024

Highlights include a twinBASIC-built utility to strip the Mark of the Web (MOTW) from files and an upcoming feature to check packages for updates.

nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-november-5-2024/


The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

[VB6 Programming]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: November 12, 2024

Highlights include a video player sample project from fafalone, a trick for exporting .tlb files from tB builds, and a recap of twinBASIC highlights from 2024.

nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-november-12-2024/


The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

[good boy]

Today is November 15th will there be any update released today?

[WaynePhillipsEA]

Sorry, no. The big update has been rescheduled for a release at the end of the month. It was mentioned yesterday on discord, where all the latest up-to-date info is posted.

[VB6 Programming]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: November 18, 2024

Highlights include step-by-step instructions for building PhotoDemon with twinBASIC, a timeline update for the next BETA release, and the passing of a BASIC icon.

nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-november-18-2024/


The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

[good boy]

Please add this in updates :
1. Support vbg files (visual basic Group Project).
2. Support Hijri date.

[VB6 Programming]

UKAUG 2024: twinBASIC: Past, Present, and Future

Links and resources from Mike Wolfe's talk today at the UK Access User Group 2024 Autumn Conference at the historic University of Oxford.

https://nolongerset.com/ukaug-2024/

[fafalone]

Please add this in updates :
1. Support vbg files (visual basic Group Project).
2. Support Hijri date.

1 is definitely planned but unfortunately probably post-v1.

For 2 are you just talking about the currently unimplemented Calendar property and associated effects? That will almost certainly be implemented at some point since it's basic compatibility but I don't recall Wayne mentioning before or after v1; or did you want suggest additional support beyond VB6 compat?

As a temporary workaround, you can open all the vbps in separate tB instances; command line compilation will be part of v1.0 so when that comes you'd be able to add a [RunAfterBuild] function to auto compile all the other vbps.

For dates,
https://www.vbforums.com/showthread....-to-Hijri-date

https://www.daniweb.com/programming/...n-visual-basic

[VB6 Programming]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: November 26, 2024

Highlights include Mike Wolfe's presentation to the UK Access User Group and a .CAB file packaging utility built with twinBASIC by HackerVlad.

nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-november-26-2024/


The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

[VB6 Programming]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: December 2, 2024

Highlights include a sale on *perpetual* twinBASIC licenses, a tB OCR project, a no-cloud tB Chat LLM project, and a preview of the release notes for the next BETA.

nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-december-2-2024/


The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

[VB6 Programming]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: December 9, 2024

Highlights include a proof of concept Excel XLL add-in written in twinBASIC, the TBMAN toolkit twinPACK, and a successful port of the OrdoPdfReader OCX.

nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-december-9-2024/


The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

[VB6 Programming]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: December 17, 2024

Highlights include a new pending changelog, a more useful Excel XLL add-in proof of concept, and another major commercial VB6 project mulling a twinBASIC migration.

nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-december-17-2024/


The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

[VB6 Programming]

Beta release 623 is now available.....


www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?900178-twinBASIC-programming-Beta-releases&p=5666141&viewfull=1#post5666141

[jdelano]

A happy holiday indeed!

[VB6 Programming]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: December 24, 2024

Highlights include the long-awaited release of BETA 623 (with major improvements to VB6 compatibility) and the announcement of a new twinBASIC Gold Sponsor: XYplorer.

nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-december-24-2024/


The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

[VB6 Programming]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: December 30, 2024

Highlights include the 2024 Year in Review for twinBASIC along with several minor bug fix releases to address regressions introduced in last week's major BETA release.

nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-december-30-2024/


Mike Wolfe has also provided a useful summary of the progress made with the twinBASIC programming language in 2024 nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-december-30-2024/#2024-year-in-review


The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

[VB6 Programming]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: January 7, 2025

Highlights include an experimental tab control, a New Year's sale on perpetual tB licenses, and a tB package with a Timer object and an INI config file reader object.

nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-january-7-2025/




The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

[VB6 Programming]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: January 14, 2025

Highlights include official support for tB IDE themes, new UserControl events (PreKeyUp/PreKeyDown), and a big announcement from the XYplorer software team.


nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-january-14-2025/



The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

[VB6 Programming]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: January 21, 2025

Highlights include new localization support (with 10 languages already!), expanded theming capabilities, and a whopping 19 new beta releases.


nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-january-21-2025/



The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

[VB6 Programming]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: January 27, 2025

Highlights include a dedicated folder for managing user customizations to the twinBASIC IDE and an update on the status of the Rubberduck v3 project.


nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-january-27-2025/


The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

[VB6 Programming]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: February 4, 2025

Highlights include support for creating enterprise-level Windows services in twinBASIC (with working samples) and a tB IDE Add-in for copying VB6 controls to tB.


nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-february-4-2025/


The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

[xiaoyao]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: January 14, 2025

Highlights include official support for tB IDE themes, new UserControl events (PreKeyUp/PreKeyDown), and a big announcement from the XYplorer software team.


nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-january-14-2025/



The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

If tab switching in the design environment is supported. Container function.
This will be more convenient.

It would be better if you could open up a macro action recording tool like VBA.
80% of our code can be implemented automatically. You just need to operate it once on the ID, and we can make a few changes.

If the extender plug-in project is developed. You can control the entire IDE, hide all menus, or add menus.
Click on each element on the IDE. Just like DDE technology, VBA controls excel technology.VB. Net, C , I never dare to use his plug-in development, because his learning cost may be 1000 times.

If he also has a red tool on the ID, you click on some menus or add a control to the form. Set various properties.

If they can be automatically converted and saved as code. Then the difficulty of our plug-in development can be reduced by 10,000 times.

Turn vs2022 plugin development into adding images or changing cell colors with VBA. Switch between different tables or different tab functions. Click on a different menu or toolbar button.

If anyone who has not studied plug-in development can implement such a function in less than 5 minutes, it is very convenient.

But to develop plug-ins in C , you may need to learn at least a month to two years to develop better plug-ins.

[VB6 Programming]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: February 10, 2025

Highlights include a new WebView2 sample implementing the Markdown-it project, a new release of the tBLoader project, and the discovery of some long-hidden VBA bugs.


nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-february-10-2025/


The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

[VB6 Programming]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: February 18, 2025

Highlights include an advanced tB ribbon demo from fafalone, an IDE option to prevent code tab stacking, and a simple tB updater from jdelano0310.


nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-february-18-2025/


The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

[jdelano]

twinBASIC status update:

twinBASIC Update: February 18, 2025

Highlights include an advanced tB ribbon demo from fafalone, an IDE option to prevent code tab stacking, and a simple tB updater from jdelano0310.


nolongerset.com/twinbasic-update-february-18-2025/


The latest releases of the twinBASIC programming IDE are available at https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

Thanks for highlighting my tiny project.

[AAraya]

Thanks for highlighting my tiny project.

Thanks for this helpful utility! Works great and saves me a few manual steps. Very useful.

I'd like to propose a small and simple change... Load the default Download folder path on first run as it's easy enough to get programmatically.

[AAraya]

@jdelano

Some small issues to be aware of with your download app...

1. If the user's selected install location is one that requires the app to run with elevated permissions, the TwinBasic folder is deleted but the new version is not installed.
For example, my folder location is "C:\Program Files\TwinBasic" and it was deleted but nothing was installed. With some experimentation I discovered that if I launch using "Run as Administrator", it works fine.

2. The app seems to delete the current TwinBasic folder all the time when the "Install TwinBasic" option is selected, even when it doesn't need to because the installed version is already most recent available.
I would suggest that before deleting the current TwinBasic folder, you check the current installed version against the latest release version and only delete if a newer version is available.

BTW - I am seeing a message on the UI that says "Version File Missing" above the TwinBasic Location field. Not sure if that's related to the second issue.

Preference suggestion: It would be great if your app's icon was not the tB app icon itself. The tB icon with a download icon overlay (downward facing blue arrow) would be nice and clear that this was the download app versus tB itself. Something like this...

[jdelano]

If you had a version that didn't use build.js for the version information, you'll see that message.
Thanks for the update on the run after. I'll check it out.

EDIT: If the most recent version is installed then the download button won't be enabled.
I added code to ask if the download should be allowed and updated GitHub

I'll work on the permissions item

[AAraya]

If you had a version that didn't use build.js for the version information, you'll see that message.

Can you tell me more about this? I'm not familiar with what you're referring to.