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[Asmodeus]

Hi Everyone,

I am new to Emergence BASIC, and wanted to test some code I wrote but it will not let me run it. I am able to make an exe and run it, but that is not a practical way to test. The execute icon (f4) is greyed out. Any help would be appreciated.

-Asmodeus

[billhsln]

Have you tried compiling it in DEBUG mode and the running it?  In DEBUG mode you can put stop points and there is a way to send messages to the screen with values.  I don't use it much, but there is more documentation on it in the Help screens.

Bill

[Asmodeus]

Well the only options I have are single build or make exe, the debug feature is greyed out also. Creative Basic is working ok though.

Asmodeus

[TonyMUK]

You need to tick the Debug Build box in the project options. This will build the EXE in debug mode which will then include any debug statements you have in your program. The ones I use are DEBUG PRINT and STOP. Haven't looked to see if there are any others.

[LarryMc]

CBasic and EBasic are different.

CBasic allows you to run a program before you compile it.

EBasic does not.  You have to compile it in some fashion before it will run.

Larry

[Asmodeus]

Hi Larry,

Thanks for the info.

So I assume that you would need to compile before you debug also then?

-Asmodeus

[Ionic Wind Support Team]

That is why it is called a "compiler" and not an "interpreter".  Once creates fast executables and the other runs the code using a runtime, much slower.