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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Any BlueGui v2 info available?

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Kevin Cross
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Posted: 9th Dec 2004 16:38
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Hi

I've made a few programs in VBasic.NET, but never really liked it because of the distribution methods, i.e. needing the NET Framework on the users PC before they can use it.

I've recently bought DarkBasic Pro and noticed that there's the BlueGui plugin to make window applications. Is this like VBasic.Net in anyway, as in do you design the forms on screen then add the code to each button and the likes? And is it easy to get into?

I'll probably buy it as it's only a tenner, but is there any more information on it. Screenshots of the program etc. before I do?

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Kevin Cross
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Posted: 9th Dec 2004 16:46
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Bought it anyway. So I'll find out later
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http://www.robertknight.me.uk/blue2/site/

It's not like VB. You program like you do anything else in DB Pro. But dealing with responses is a halfway solution. You use DB Pro commands to take messages from a stack. So instead of the user interaction being forced on your program, you pick them off and deal with them one at a time.

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And when you make a program with hundreds of the gadgets the executable gets huge since you have to write each gadget and response separately, but the plugin is good for just basic Winodows interface.


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Posted: 9th Dec 2004 21:20 Edited at: 9th Dec 2004 21:25
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Quote: "And when you make a program with hundreds of the gadgets the executable gets huge since you have to write each gadget and response separately"


The executable doesn't become larger, I think you mean the source code gets longer. Setting up a gadget in BlueGUI generally requires one line of code, and then two or three lines to call a function in response to a mouse click, a keyboard press or some other interaction.

If you use Rainbow to design the interface then it is normally a fairly quick process.

BlueGUI is designed to add a windows UI to DBPro applications. It is not the best programming language / library combination for very large ,complex applications - I would look into C# or Delphi for something like that.


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Posted: 10th Dec 2004 04:18 Edited at: 10th Dec 2004 04:19
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Well with my DBP version of DarkBASIC Network it is an executable of last time I checked (and if I can remember) was around 14 meg and I didn't have pictures, or 3D models or whatever.

All I basically have is BlueGUI commands and how to interpret the button clicks and whatever.


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Quote: "Well with my DBP version of DarkBASIC Network it is an executable of last time I checked (and if I can remember) was around 14 meg and I didn't have pictures, or 3D models or whatever."


There must be some media included or something, there is absolutely no way that using BlueGUI commands could possibly result in an exe increase of anything like that size.

Alternatively, maybe it said 1.4MB instead of 14MB? Look at the Rainbow application - that is less than 2MB if I remember correctly.


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Posted: 10th Dec 2004 08:39
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Recently got V2 and it looks like the ticket.

Is this forum the proper place to post V2 questions (to Rob & minus the startblue info of course)? I know your site has a bug report page but I don't think you want general questions there.

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Post General Qs in the Blue 2 thread in the Program Announcements forum, or alternatively, email me - [email protected].


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