Build 350 is ready for Windows, Mac, Linux and Raspberry Pi!

[Carl Gundel]

Sorry for the very long wait.  I will do my best to shorten the release cycles.

Download at www.libertybasic.com/lb5-350.zip

Liberty BASIC 5.0 alpha build 350
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www.libertybasic.com

Build 350 Notes
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For Windows use the lb5alpha.exe file.
For Linux 32-bit use the lin32-350 file: ./lin32-350 lb5alpha.im
For Raspberry Pi use the rpi-alpha file: ./rpi-alpha lb5alpha.im
For MacOS double click on the lb5-350 app. You may need to press and hold
right click to popup a menu and use Ctrl+Open to overcome permissions.

- Added the SpecialKey$ global variable for capturing special keys in the
graphics window. If keys such as Page Up, F1, Home, etc. are pressed when
the "when characterInput" feature is specified, the value of the keypress
will be assigned to SpecialKey$ in the form of "PAGEUP", "F1", "HOME", etc.

- Fixed the setfocus feature of the graphicbox and graphics windows. It wasn't
doing anything for #handle "setfocus" and it wasn't implemented at all for
#handle setfocus().

- Implemented upto$() function from LB4.

- Implemented replstr$() function from LB4.

- Implemented remchar$() function from LB4.

- Implemented endswith() function from LB4.

- Implemented after$() function from LB4.

- Implemented afterlast$() function from LB4.

- Added HTTPS support for httpget$() function.

- Fixed #graphics set(x, y) to use the pen size to draw larger pixels.

- Enabled the BASIC Source Code Path option in the preferences dialog.

- Optimized some graphics drawing to make things a little faster.

- Fixed #text selectall(). Note that the window must be active for the
selection to be visible. This will be fixed later.

- Fixed the not understood error using LOF() on Linux, MacOS, and Raspian.

- Tweaked the BASIC code editor font to make it slightly smaller. Later the
font will be user specifiable.

- Fixed the Tab key handling in the BASIC code editor that it will insert
spaces when the tab key is used to make it work like earlier versions of
Liberty BASIC.

- Added support for ODBC database connectivity. See example callerODBC.bas.

- Added LPRINT and DUMP commands.

- Renamed the RUN command to LIBRARY and made a new RUN command that works
similar to the RUN from Liberty BASIC v4.x, but RUN doesn't yet run .BAS
programs. You can use LIBRARY for that.

- Added a #handle "print" command for graphics printing. Only partly functional
at this time.

- The confirm statement was not properly returning 0 or 1 and "no" and "yes"
depending on whether a numeric or string variable was used for the return value.

- BASIC Source Code Path is now supported in the Liberty BASIC preferences.

- Reactivated the Main window columns: rows: fields in the Liberty BASIC 
preferences.

[metro]

Great news Carl
Thanks for all the hard work
Shame about the timing, it's 1.30 am here so no chance of playing till sunrise

[tenochtitlanuk]

The test_randomize program uses invalid values >1 and gives unhandled exception. Otherwise looking good...
But good to have a new version to kick around! Thanks Carl.

[Carl Gundel]

Aug 10, 2019 14:46:02 GMT -5 tenochtitlanuk said:

The test_randomize program uses invalid values >1 and gives unhandled exception. Otherwise looking good...
But good to have a new version to kick around! Thanks Carl.

Fixed for the next build.  Thanks. 

[alincon]

When I try to run any of my own LB4 programs in LB5-350 I get this message:
Unhandled exception: Message not understood; #initialSelectionRange

r.m.

[Carl Gundel]

Aug 10, 2019 19:06:34 GMT -5 alincon said:

When I try to run any of my own LB4 programs in LB5-350 I get this message:
Unhandled exception: Message not understood; #initialSelectionRange

r.m.

Hmmm. Error.log file?

You mean that you open the files, or you copy and paste them in?

[tenochtitlanuk]

[quit] missing in contact database example..

[alincon]

Carl said:
Hmmm. Error.log file? You mean that you open the files, or you copy and paste them in?

Me:
Hmmm. I'm not getting that error msg today. Possible operator error?

But I am getting an error on stylebits. Is that not implemented yet?

r.m.

[Chris Iverson]

No, there are no stylebits yet, and it's possible there won't be, due to the fact that STYLEBITS is tied to a Windows implementation detail that isn't available on other platforms.

Carl has stated previously that he intends to expand the options available with widgets to cover most of what STYLEBITS was used for, I believe, but I'm not certain.

[Carl Gundel]

Aug 11, 2019 13:46:21 GMT -5 Chris Iverson said:

No, there are no stylebits yet, and it's possible there won't be, due to the fact that STYLEBITS is tied to a Windows implementation detail that isn't available on other platforms.

Carl has stated previously that he intends to expand the options available with widgets to cover most of what STYLEBITS was used for, I believe, but I'm not certain.

Yeah, I maybe be able to shoehorn some sort of support for some of the stylebits, but this will come later in the development cycle.

[Mark Dunham]

Great update Carl it's starting to feel really stable. Part of what I do for my job is software testing and I always like it when things start stabilizing it makes me excited to use it in release I am pumped I know there is a lot more to do but what you have done is greatly appreciated. Cannot wait to purchase the released version 5 in the future.

[Carl Gundel]

Aug 27, 2019 15:39:38 GMT -5 Mark Dunham said:

Great update Carl it's starting to feel really stable. Part of what I do for my job is software testing and I always like it when things start stabilizing it makes me excited to use it in release I am pumped I know there is a lot more to do but what you have done is greatly appreciated. Cannot wait to purchase the released version 5 in the future.

Thanks Mark.  There's still a bunch of stuff to do, but it's already useful for a lot of things as it is.

[Chris Iverson]

It's certainly fun to tinker with. I'm currently working on a demonstration of controlling an SSD1306 OLED screen from LB5 on a Pi.

It did bring up a question, however - do graphicboxes always have scrollbars in LB5? I built most of the code in LB4, and when moving it over to LB5, it starts showing scrollbars that aren't there in LB4.

[Carl Gundel]

Aug 27, 2019 17:09:51 GMT -5 Chris Iverson said:

It's certainly fun to tinker with. I'm currently working on a demonstration of controlling an SSD1306 OLED screen from LB5 on a Pi.

It did bring up a question, however - do graphicboxes always have scrollbars in LB5? I built most of the code in LB4, and when moving it over to LB5, it starts showing scrollbars that aren't there in LB4.

Don't worry.  Those sorts of details will get ironed out as we go.

[kaylab]

Carl, I just installed Raspian OS on a Raspberry Pi 2,but can't figure out how to install Liberty BASIC or get it to run.
I'm new to the Raspberry Pi and have no clue. Can you post easy step by step instructions ? If it makes a difference,
I'm trying to do so over a VNC connection from my phone.Thank you