<![CDATA[yab | yet another Basic for HAIKU - feature requests / bug fixes]]>

<![CDATA[yab | yet another Basic for HAIKU - feature requests / bug fixes]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:39:43 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[filepanel yab 1.8]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=140 Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:16:13 +0300 bbjimmy]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=140
Old implimentation:

select$ = filepanel "Load-File", "Example Filepanel", "/boot/home"

New implimentation:

select$ = FILEPANEL "Load-File", "Example Filepanel", "/boot/home",""

I have no clue what the aditional argument is/will be used for, but this is not documented in the help files for yab/yab-ide.]]>
Old implimentation:

select$ = filepanel "Load-File", "Example Filepanel", "/boot/home"

New implimentation:

select$ = FILEPANEL "Load-File", "Example Filepanel", "/boot/home",""

I have no clue what the aditional argument is/will be used for, but this is not documented in the help files for yab/yab-ide.]]> <![CDATA[Resolved 1.7.5.5 tabview bug]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=96 Sat, 24 Feb 2018 00:17:43 +0200 lelldorin]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=96
I create a test app to check a bug reported by bbjimmy and thaflo. Here the tabview crashed then you browsing over the view after removing the tabview with VIEW REMOVE.

I does not have this problem on my system, but i see another one. In my test app i create a tabview with two tabs. on the first one i place a button.

Then i remove the view and create the tabviews again. Here is the button not on the first, it is on the second tab.

https://codeshare.io/al9NJY]]>
I create a test app to check a bug reported by bbjimmy and thaflo. Here the tabview crashed then you browsing over the view after removing the tabview with VIEW REMOVE.

I does not have this problem on my system, but i see another one. In my test app i create a tabview with two tabs. on the first one i place a button.

Then i remove the view and create the tabviews again. Here is the button not on the first, it is on the second tab.

https://codeshare.io/al9NJY]]> <![CDATA[about arrays]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=94 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 16:34:16 +0200 clasqm]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=94
DIM a(10)
FOR f - 1 TO 11
a(f) = f
NEXT

You will get an "array out of bounds" error.

So, my question is this: Apparently, the code to have autogrowing arrays is already in there. Why should we not be able to use that in regular array operations? Is it just because way back when yabasic was running on 512K of RAM you might run out of memory? If so, is that thinking still relevant? I fed a GB of data into a string array once for testing purposes. Dog-slow, but yab didn't crash.]]>
DIM a(10)
FOR f - 1 TO 11
a(f) = f
NEXT

You will get an "array out of bounds" error.

So, my question is this: Apparently, the code to have autogrowing arrays is already in there. Why should we not be able to use that in regular array operations? Is it just because way back when yabasic was running on 512K of RAM you might run out of memory? If so, is that thinking still relevant? I fed a GB of data into a string array once for testing purposes. Dog-slow, but yab didn't crash.]]> <![CDATA[Feature request: CLOSE ALL]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=86 Sat, 15 Apr 2017 16:08:32 +0300 clasqm]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=86
In fact, leaving streams open indefinitely is a bad idea anyway. Occasionally you may want to read from one file and write to another, but even then, I prefer to read data into a variable or array, close the stream and then write it to a new one. CLOSE ALL woild make our programs a little more robust.

Yes, you could fake it with a for ... next loop. Having such a command in yab itself would be faster.]]>
In fact, leaving streams open indefinitely is a bad idea anyway. Occasionally you may want to read from one file and write to another, but even then, I prefer to read data into a variable or array, close the stream and then write it to a new one. CLOSE ALL woild make our programs a little more robust.

Yes, you could fake it with a for ... next loop. Having such a command in yab itself would be faster.]]> <![CDATA[Traslate help to Spanish]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=79 Mon, 26 Dec 2016 19:46:02 +0200 ZeroXp]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=79
How can I use a new help (e: Help_ES.dat) in yab-ide?

thk. Big Grin

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How can I use a new help (e: Help_ES.dat) in yab-ide?

thk. Big Grin

]]> <![CDATA[transparency error in yab]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=78 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 22:18:36 +0200 lelldorin]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=78 www.lelldorin.de/screens/yab_tranparency_error.png

If i use buttons with transparency pictures and change then the background color the image of the button does not any more transparent.]]> www.lelldorin.de/screens/yab_tranparency_error.png

If i use buttons with transparency pictures and change then the background color the image of the button does not any more transparent.]]> <![CDATA[refsreceived]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=63 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:57:21 +0300 clasqm]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=63 <![CDATA[library search path]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=58 Sat, 26 Mar 2016 17:57:02 +0200 clasqm]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=58
according to /boot/system/apps/yab-IDE/Programs/libs/readme it should be ~/config/settings/yab. Which sounds right to me.

But in the IDE Help, under "import" it says /boot/home/config/lib/yab which means trying to create a folder in a write-protected parent folder. Perhaps the documentation is a little outdated ?]]>
according to /boot/system/apps/yab-IDE/Programs/libs/readme it should be ~/config/settings/yab. Which sounds right to me.

But in the IDE Help, under "import" it says /boot/home/config/lib/yab which means trying to create a folder in a write-protected parent folder. Perhaps the documentation is a little outdated ?]]> <![CDATA[Peek requests]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=57 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:18:58 +0200 clasqm]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=57
var = PEEK "PackageStatus"
0 running from a non-packaged location
1 running from /boot/system
2 running from /boot/home/config

var = PEEK "FileExists" Filename$
0 File does not exist
1 File exists

var = PEEK "DirectoryExists" Pathname$
0 Directory does not exist
1 Directory exists]]>
var = PEEK "PackageStatus"
0 running from a non-packaged location
1 running from /boot/system
2 running from /boot/home/config

var = PEEK "FileExists" Filename$
0 File does not exist
1 File exists

var = PEEK "DirectoryExists" Pathname$
0 Directory does not exist
1 Directory exists]]> <![CDATA[Let's switch out that colon!]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=55 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 09:56:59 +0200 clasqm]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=55

Code:
        switch(msg$(everyCommand))

            case "_QuitRequested":

            case "MainWindow:_QuitRequested":

                leavingLoop = true

                break

            default:

                break

        end switch

Every case and default statement is terminated by a colon ":" That colon has been there as long as I remember

Now I've done a lot of switch loops and sometimes I've left off the colon at the end of a case statement by mistake. Those programs ran flawlessly. Also, yab does not throw up an error if they are missing So, why is it there and what is it supposed to do? the help in the IDE shows that you can do this

Code:
input a 

switch(a) 

    case 1:print "one":break 

    case 2:print "two":break 

    default:print "more" 

end switch

but that can be done with any set of commands. It is just another way of writing

Code:
input a 

switch(a) 

    case 1

        print "one"

        break 

    case 2

        print "two"

        break 

    default

        print "more" 

end switch

Code:
        switch(msg$(everyCommand))

            case "_QuitRequested":

            case "MainWindow:_QuitRequested":

                leavingLoop = true

                break

            default:

                break

        end switch

Code:
input a 

switch(a) 

    case 1:print "one":break 

    case 2:print "two":break 

    default:print "more" 

end switch

but that can be done with any set of commands. It is just another way of writing

Code:
input a 

switch(a) 

    case 1

        print "one"

        break 

    case 2

        print "two"

        break 

    default

        print "more" 

end switch

(BTW shouldn't there be a "break" after "default")

It's a small thing, but every small thing helps make yab a little easier for beginners. If that colon is not actually doing anything, then let's get it out of the templates.]]> <![CDATA[Request: Option to add menupoint into TEXTEDIT Right-Click Menu]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=21 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 22:53:46 +0300 lelldorin]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=21
At the moment there are points like "cut, copy, paste, undo..."]]>
At the moment there are points like "cut, copy, paste, undo..."]]> <![CDATA[bugfixes]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=20 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:25:04 +0300 bbjimmy]]> https://yab.orgfree.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=20
ran() now works as expected.

BuildFactory no-longer hangs if the file, or one of the yab library files is missing a final newline ,"\n"

These changes are NOT included in yab 1.7.5 and yab-IDE 2.2.5, but will be included in the next release, and can be built with this script ... http://yab.orgfree.com/GetLatest-yab.zip]]>
ran() now works as expected.

BuildFactory no-longer hangs if the file, or one of the yab library files is missing a final newline ,"\n"

These changes are NOT included in yab 1.7.5 and yab-IDE 2.2.5, but will be included in the next release, and can be built with this script ... http://yab.orgfree.com/GetLatest-yab.zip]]>