Gambas ONE

I finaly got it installed and working with the help of tobs no the gambas irc site

it seams that LMDE4 is kinda a half breed

the compile went fine up till this point : https://pastebin.com/Au1Hrj9L

I installed lmde4 which is cinnamon and can't install gambas ,
apt install or software manager install 3.12 but it does not have gb.form.print
if I download 3.15 from the web it will not compile
what version is available that is complete ?

as you move through the program it will give the syntax for each function

perhaps a little reading will help : http://wordpress.gambas.one/ several good starter books If you have an ereader ... this is a good book https://www.amazon.com/Beginners-Guide-Gambas-Revised-Rittinghouse-ebook/dp/B006C75I66/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?dchild=1&keywords=A+Beginner%27s+Guide+to+Gambas+-+Revis...

I tried you program and the spinner did keep spinning while it was running, but it stopped after I got about 100 errors in the console and the text area. testSpinner:26163): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 14:33:22.484: gtk_text_buffer_emit_insert: assertion 'g_utf8_validate (text, len, NULL)' failed then it stopp...

I don't see where you expect keyboard entry??

Or are you saying that the program or computer locks up?

the program does not lock up on my Mint 19.3 which is also ubuntu

Post the program so others can try and see if it works on there machines

My takeaway from this thread is that Gambas is for personal use only.

thank You .... all I needed was .count -1 to get what i wanted
The proverbial off by one error.
I have been struggling with this for two day.