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Started by drfloyd, September 22, 2019, 12:18:28 AM

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drfloyd

Hello,

Dr Floyd from France, sorry for my bad english, i will try to do my best.

I am the admin of a big french retrocomputing/gaming forum (GAMOPAT), and a big fan of basic langages since 8bit computers in then 80'... Then I used Dark basic, QB64, BLITZ 3D,to produce games like this ones :
http://gamopat.over-blog.com/page-8134772.html

Since several years I try to find a good basic (not easy!). I just discover IW basic... in sept 2019 !

First question :
Is your basic still commercial ? Or can i download the full version free ?

Second question :
In the doc there is nothing about .PNG images... Can we use .PNG images ?

Thank you !

Egil

Hi Dr Floyd,

IW Basic is a very powerful language. And with this package you can make your own special tools if needed, something which is not easily done, if not impossible, with most other basics I have tried. And USD 67 is a rather low price, compared with other, non BASIC, programming languages abling you to do the same.

Some years ago user LarryMc posted a taylor made graphical library for IW Basic: https://www.ionicwind.com/forums/index.php?topic=5510.msg45727#msg45727

And a year ago user fasecero posted his code for making a similar library: https://www.ionicwind.com/forums/index.php?topic=6210.msg45637#msg45637
The latter demonstrates clearly how easy it is to code your own "special" tools using IW Basic.

Regards,
Egil
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drfloyd

ok, thank you for this reply

Yes, it seems very fast, with short .EXE, and cool commands (near from BLITZ)

So there is no .PNG in native, I should use a library . Strange, as .PNG is the most popular format.

I will think about these USD 67...

LarryMc

IWBasic comes with built in 2D and 3D libraries if you want to go that route.

I also wrote an add-on library which allows you to create buttons of any shape http://ionicwind.com/lmutils.html#a1 
USD $17.95

Also, for ease of programming there is a IWBasic Visual Designer available
http://ionicwind.com/lmutils.html#a3
USD $39.95

LarryMc
Larry McCaughn :)
Author of IWB+, Custom Button Designer library, Custom Chart Designer library, Snippet Manager, IWGrid control library, LM_Image control library