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mr_d
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Posted: 28th Mar 2007 10:58
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Hello,

I seem to remember when DarkBASIC first appeared on the scene many years ago, that it had a cool feature whereby the user could enter commands in a sort of immediate window and the result would be reflected in the main graphical window in real-time; allowing for easy pre-viz, or prototyping on functionality.

Looking at all the screenshots, feature lists, etc. on DarkBASIC (and DarkBASIC Pro), I cannot see anything that remotely looks like this functionality.

Has this been removed from the later versions of the product?

any information regarding this would be appreciated.
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Torq
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Posted: 28th Mar 2007 11:15
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You cannot do this in DBP. You have to stop the program if you wish to edit the code. I believe DBC is the same but I am not sure.

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wildbill
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Posted: 28th Mar 2007 18:32
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One way you could do something like this would be to have your code scripted. You code then update variables in a file and re-initialize the code, say with a update button.
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RUCCUS
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Posted: 29th Mar 2007 02:28
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Which would involve scripting all of dark basic's commands along with common programming principles.

Enter Zotoaster.


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tha_rami
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Posted: 29th Mar 2007 14:14
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mr_d, the CLI, as it is called, is still available in DBC, as far as I know. DBP I've got no idea about.

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mr_d
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Posted: 29th Mar 2007 17:54
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thanks everyone who responded, and the_rami for the info on DBC, I was hoping for this functionality in DBP. the closest i can find is to break into the debugger while in the main game loop; this isn't very pretty and is very limited.
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TDK
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2007 06:48
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It's not available in DB Pro because it creates compiled exe's - unlike DBC which is sort of interpreted, allowing you to break in and use the CLI mid-flight.

TDK_Man

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Benjamin
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2007 08:38 Edited at: 2nd Apr 2007 08:39
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Quote: "Enter Zotoaster"

I didn't hear him knock... ?

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