IBasic Version 1.83
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Installation:
After unzipping into a temporary directory just double click
on the 'setup' icon and follow the instructions
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Revision History:
03/04/2002 V1.83
Added JPEG and GIF support to LOADIMAGE, SHOWIMAGE and FREEIMAGE. Added scaling
capability to SHOWIMAGE. Fixed bug in writing TYPE variables containing arrays
to binary files. Fixed bug in VAL function.
02/28/2002 V1.82A
Fixed array index bug
02/27/2002 V1.82
Added REPLACE$, FINDOPEN, FINDNEXT and FINDCLOSE. Added array initializing with
parameter list. Added recovery file. Added @IDCREATE to window constants. Fixed
bugs in SPACE$ and nested TYPE variables. Added more sample programs.
02/19/2002 V1.81
Added FREELIB command. Added array passing by reference to subroutines and
DLL's. Fixed bugs in CHR$, SETID and CLOSEWINDOW. Changed OPENFILE to work
with read-only files. PSET optimized for DirectX. Optimized math functions.
Updated user's guide.
02/14/2002 V1.8b
Fixed bug in FOR-NEXT loops
02/13/2002 V1.8
Optimized code generator resulting in an 150% increase in speed. New functions
SETLBCOLWIDTH, CONTROLEXISTS, COPYFILE, DELETEFILE, CREATEDIR and REMOVEDIR.
Added right click context menu to editor. Fixed problem with file open dialog.
removed all strange quote characters from the user's guide.
02/07/2002 V1.73
Changed PRTDIALOG and OPENPRINTER to work properly on Win9x systems. Fixed bug
in code generator. Added status bar display of button sizes and position in
dialog editor. Added status bar display of cursor position in editor.
02/02/2002 V1.72
Added bitmap and multi-line styles to buttons and static controls. Added
printing support. Menus can now be displayed in dialogs. SETFONT changed to
allow setting control fonts. Bug in SHOWIMAGE fixed. Fixed @HITWINDOW not
working with certain functions. Sample programs updated.
01/27/2002 V1.71
Added CONTEXTMENU command. Fixed memory leaks. Changes in FILEREQUEST
allowing multiple selection. Changes to READ function allowing large strings be
read. Fixed array usage when using a variable as an index would sometimes cause
an error. Changed OPENCONSOLE so the window would pop to front on XP and 2000.
Added syntax coloring for system ID's and constants.
01/23/2002 V1.7
Added colored control capability with SETCONTROLCOLOR. Added executable options
and ability to create executables that do not require DirectX. Changes to
FILEREQUEST, STARTTIMER and STOPTIMER statments. Added 'Close Console' to the
build menu. Added flat button style attribute to the dialog editor. Fixed bug in
dialog source generation. Increased line length in editor. Added control bar
buttons for commonly used tasks. Changed stack usage allowing faster code.
01/18/2002 V1.64b
Corrected double precision variable problem with intrinsic functions. Added
standard keyboard shortcuts for selecting text in the editor.
01/16/2002 V1.64
New functions ENABLECONTROL and WAITUNTIL. More sample programs added.
01/13/2002 V1.63
New functions CHECKMENUITEM, ENABLEMENUITEM, DXGETMAPTILE. Arrays can now be
defined dynamically using variables to specify index size. Fixed bug in map
drawing always scroll wrapping. @IDMENUINIT added to message types. Fixed bug in
DLL calling when a function was declared without parameters. Debugging section
added to manual.
01/09/2002 V1.62
New functions DXGETMAPCOUNT, DXGETMAPWIDTH, DXGETMAPHEIGHT and DXSAVEMAP.
Changes in DXFLIP command. Fixed bug in dialog editor not generating the correct
variable name for controls. Fixed bug dealing with vertical and horizontal
scrollbars contained within a window. Multiple directx windows can now be
created simultaneously. When in the editor and an error occurs IBasic now cleans
up open windows, closes the console and restores the screen if the error
occurred while in full screen directx mode. Executables now report any errors
instead of quietly exiting without warning.
01/06/2002 V1.61
Minor changes in message processing resulting in about a 20% improvement in
speed. Maps were not displaying if the bitmap only contained one tile. fixed.
01/02/2002 V1.6
Now DirectX capable with screens, sprites and scrolling maps. 30 new commands
and statements added. Fixed bugs in IF, BACKPEN and console usage. Added
GETSTARTPATH, NOT, SETID, GETKEYSTATE and MESSAGEBOX functions. ADDED @NOCAPTION
and @BORDER flags for window creation. Relaxed syntax when using parenthesis
around statement parameters.
12/14/2001 V1.5
Added POINTER data type. DLL functions can now be called with user TYPE
variables (structures). TYPE variables now accept a pack parameter that controls
byte packing when passed to DLL functions. Enhanced SYSTEM command. All variable
types now available as subroutine parameters. Complex variables now passed by
reference to subroutines. TAB/DETAB added to editor. Debugging enhancements to
variable display dialog.
12/08/2001 V1.42
Added support for more comparison operators when using strings: <, >,
<=, >= . Added support for one line IF statements using the THEN keyword.
Fixed small bug in master.iba sample program. Editor now uses advanced file open
dialog when run in Windows 2000/XP.
12/03/2001 V1.4
IBasic now creates stand alone EXE's (registered version only). Fixed bug in
loading saved dialogs. Bug fixed in nested subroutines not allocating local
variables correctly. Bug fixed in array variables using a local index in a
subroutine would fail sometimes. String variables can now be defined with
embedded quotes without a syntax error. A$ = "this is a "test"
string" for example. Manual converted to HTMLhelp.
11/14/2001 V1.3
Integrated dialog editor added! PlayWave command added. Bug fixed in 'Addstring/Insertstring'
not working when controls were in a dialog. Floating point numbers can now be
specified without a leading 0. Large hex numbers now supported directly using
the form 0xffffffff. Changes in Read/Write allowing for directly reading/writing
the contents of a file from memory allocated with Allocmem. The 'End' statment
now reports a syntax error if you try to use it incorrectly.
10/24/2001 V 1.2
Many new commands for manipulating BITMAPS, ICONS and CURSORS. Add filter string
to FILEREQUEST. Bug fixes in GETSTATE. Fully implemented @NOAUTODRAW for those
that wish to process IDPAINT messages directly. Added commands to get/release
handle of an IBasic windows DC (Device Context) to better facilitate calling
WIN32 (WINAPI) routines directly.
9/24/2001 V 1.14
Fixed bug in math evaluator dealing with multi-dim array's
9/03/2001 V 1.13
Added FLOODFILL command.Fixed bug in show variable dialog not displaying local
variables when STOP was used inside of a subroutine.
8/25/2001 V 1.12
Crash if IDE was closed when a program was running - fixed.
8/24/2001 V 1.11
Fixed resource leak. SETLINESTYLE bug fixed.
8/18/2001 V 1.1
New commands: ALLOCMEM, FREEMEM, READMEM, WRITEMEM, SETPRECISION,SETLINESTYLE. 6
new system constants for line styles added. Fixed bug in editor dealing with
Undo.
08/10/2001 V 1.05
New commands: COLORREQUEST, GETSTATE and SETSTATE. @SFITALIC and @SFUNDERLINE
added to SETFONT statement. F4 now runs program in editor. Backspace in editor
deletes any selected text. Error messages didn't match in console and IDE -
fixed. Window tabs didn't properly update after a save-as - fixed. Radio button
controls are now automatically mutually exclusive. Added WORD variable type for
DLL calls.
08/01/2001 V 1.04
Small bug in windows messaging code caused background to repaint multiple times.
07/31/2001 V 1.03
Syntax highlighting now properly colors variable types. When using REM or ' on a
line containing DEF caused an error - fixed A mistake in the user guide
pertaining to string assignments - corrected
07/25/2001 V 1.02 Undo now works properly in the editor. Menus can now be specified using either variables or string literals. Added operator precedence to math parser.
07/23/2001 V 1.01
Fixed bug in editor that didn't clear highlighted text when pasting.