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DarkBASIC Discussion / Running code in a text file

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Code eater
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Posted: 28th Jun 2008 14:07
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Hey,,,

Is it possible to write DBC code in a text file and then write a program using DBC to read the text file and run the code in it?

Any response would be appreciated,,

thanks,

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Posted: 28th Jun 2008 15:32 Edited at: 28th Jun 2008 15:33
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Yes, it`s possible.

The code you wan`t to run in the text file has to be in a function.

Then use #include "mycode.txt" in DBC and call the function.

When you build an executable, it will include the code with it, but you can`t add any code later after building it.

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Posted: 28th Jun 2008 15:59
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I think I didn`t understand your concept at the start. If you wan`t an exe to run code you write in a txt file, it`s not possible, unless you have something like this in your DBC code:



So you would have to write all the functions in dark basic again.

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Posted: 29th Jun 2008 09:23
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So why couldn't you still use the #include command for this?

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Posted: 29th Jun 2008 09:53 Edited at: 29th Jun 2008 09:54
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if you use #include, the text file gets compiled with the rest of the program, and cannot be changed at all making it no more useful than other functions that are included in other files.

@Code eater
It seems like what you want is a darkbasic compiler. As far as I know, it doesn't exist in a standalone format.

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Posted: 29th Jun 2008 11:43
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Ok thanks,,, I dont really need it I was just wandering so i could add things to programs really easily.

Thanks

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Posted: 30th Jun 2008 00:56
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Quote: "if you use #include, the text file gets compiled with the rest of the program, and cannot be changed at all making it no more useful than other functions that are included in other files"


It has become impossible to change the contents of a text file? All you would have to have is a function at the start of the text file that is called some place in the DBC program and whatever is written in the text file would be executed.

Based on what he is asking you can write DBC code into a text file making sure that it has the function and endfunction commands surrounding it. Then, that function is called in DBC. I don't really see how this wouldn't work.

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Posted: 30th Jun 2008 02:30
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The text file is compiled INTO the .exe file. So yes, it would run the function in it, but no, it cannot be changed, since the text file no longer exists once you compile it. I thought it would work too, so I tried it and found that TheComet was right:
Quote: "When you build an executable, it will include the code with it, but you can`t add any code later after building it."


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Posted: 30th Jun 2008 05:58
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What you need to do is put info in the text file that the main compiled exe loads and uses to create something - using a generic function as already stated.

That way, as you are not using #Include, the text file will not be compiled with the rest of the program and will remain external.

You can then change the data in the file to affect what the main program generates - without having to compile another exe every time something changes.

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