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by Serban
Sunday 29th March 2020 2:01pm
Forum: General
Topic: Forum sections required
Replies: 6
Views: 7385

Re: Forum sections required

cogier wrote: Sunday 29th March 2020 12:55pm
An .odt would do the trick?
That's fine. I can convert it to PDF.
Oooops! :D
I can sent you both! :D
by Serban
Sunday 29th March 2020 1:36pm
Forum: General
Topic: [Solved] Read last line from Process
Replies: 5
Views: 7162

Re: Read last line from Process

Maybe I got it wrong... In my view, what you need is to perform a dynamycal analyisis on the output of the console. That is more difficult, since you need to know precisely if the output is something formatted as lines. Otherwise, you end up with an endless string which has only one line, which is ...
by Serban
Sunday 29th March 2020 12:49pm
Forum: General
Topic: Forum sections required
Replies: 6
Views: 7385

Re: Forum sections required

Due to the relatively small amount of posts made I am reluctant to complicate issues by adding more 'sections'. I feel that the 'Lounge' will suffice for any announcements. Got that! :) Regarding topics books etc. I am happy to add then to Gambas.One part of the site. [...] Perhaps you could write ...
by Serban
Sunday 29th March 2020 12:35pm
Forum: General
Topic: How to find if a path contains a valid file name
Replies: 6
Views: 7389

Re: How to find if a path contains a valid file name

I need to know if sVar is just a directory or if it contains a file name Are you SURE YOU need to know? Why would you need? In my view, THE COMPUTER needs to know. Your approach is from the human perspective. It has nothing to do with what the computer needs to know. Try the sample code I put befor...
by Serban
Sunday 29th March 2020 12:27pm
Forum: General
Topic: How to find if a path contains a valid file name
Replies: 6
Views: 7389

Re: How to find if a path contains a valid file name

That's easy: :) Dim strFilePath As String '--- It's either you get the path building it in a procedure, OR, just build the string, according to a specific situation '--- strFilePath= Application.Path & "/App.conf" '--- it's just an example, can be more ellaborate than that. If Exist(st...
by Serban
Sunday 29th March 2020 10:11am
Forum: Project showcase
Topic: The DirLister Project
Replies: 4
Views: 6355

The DirLister Project

I'm going to say a few things about a project that has a long story: DirLister . The project is available on Gambas Farm: https://gambas.one/gambasfarm/?id=755&action=search You can read the detailed story in "DirLister User's Guide", which is available in Apps directory, either throug...
by Serban
Sunday 29th March 2020 9:43am
Forum: Project showcase
Topic: The GaP-BG Project
Replies: 4
Views: 7995

The GaP-BG Project

I'm going to say a few words about a project I started on the subject of documenting Gambas. GaP-BG , stands for " Gambas Programming Beginner's Guide " and is intended to be a series of short books on this subject. Since this is a long run shot, I'm very much aware that it might well beco...
by Serban
Sunday 29th March 2020 8:36am
Forum: Project showcase
Topic: Multimedia File Conversion
Replies: 6
Views: 8934

Re: Multimedia File Conversion

[...] The initial folder is set to User.Home { this can be changed manually in the code} Please, look at the code of DirLister. You can use the mechanism I used there, to make this more user friendly. The "Preferences" tab, has a setting that does exactly what you said: sets up a User's D...
by Serban
Sunday 29th March 2020 8:23am
Forum: General
Topic: Forum sections required
Replies: 6
Views: 7385

Forum sections required

Hi! I assume that Charlie is the "Director" of the show so this I guess goes to him. I want two sections added to "Board Index": Forum management and user requests Designed for Admin announcements, various requests from users, news on various topics on Gambas, either development ...
by Serban
Saturday 28th March 2020 7:09pm
Forum: General
Topic: Settings
Replies: 5
Views: 6956

Re: Settings

Changing file location is pie simple: http://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb.settings/settings/_new Sorry to bother: Have you tested? It does nothing and if you try to write the file, gets you to "Access Violation" or "NULL value error". I gave up using this component. I found my wa...