QB64 Phoenix Edition v3.4.0 Released!

[DSMan195276]

QB64 Phoenix Edition v3.4.0!
https://github.com/QB64-Phoenix-Edition/...tag/v3.4.0

Enhancements

• #189, #216, #225, #227, #230 - Added several cross-platform dialogs - @a740g, @mkilgore
  • The commands make a best-effort of determining the way to show the dialog based on what is provided by the system.
    
  • The follow new commands were added:
    • _NOTIFYPOPUP [title$][, message$][, iconType$]
      
    • _MESSAGEBOX [title$][, message$][, iconType$]
      
    • result& = _MESSAGEBOX(title$, message$, dialogType$, iconType$[, defaultButton&])
      
    • result$ = _INPUTBOX$(title$, message$[, defaultInput$])
      
    • folder$ = _SELECTFOLDERDIALOG$(title$[, defaultPath$])
      
    • color32bpp~& = _COLORCHOOSERDIALOG(title$[, defaultRGB~&])
      
    • result& = _OPENFILEDIALOG$(title$, defaultPathAndFile$, filterPatterns$, singleFilterDescription$[, allowMultipleSelects&])
      
    • result& = _SAVEFILEDIALOG$(title$, defaultPathAndFile$, filterPatterns$, singleFilterDescription$)
      

Bug Fixes

• #218, #222 -

  setup_osx.command

  now works correctly when run from any directory - @mkilgore
  

Full Changelog: https://github.com/QB64-Phoenix-Edition/...0...v3.4.0

[bplus]

Wow that's gonna help! Long time needed dialogues a welcome sight!

[mnrvovrfc]

Thank you for this! I have finally updated from v3.1 unconditionally on Windows and Linux!

Goodby "xmessage" ROFLMAO well done! Although I find the MATE/XFCE notification window very annoying at times, it's cool to be able to come up with one of those too.

LOL actually tested with this code snippet:

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DIM x AS INTEGER
x = ASC("")

to create an error on purpose. In addition to the new statements and functions.

[SpriggsySpriggs]

Very cool stuff in this release, amigo!

[Pete]

What do you see these features being used for?

[SpriggsySpriggs]

What do you see these features being used for?

I could see people adding at least the open and save dialogs to their programs to enhance the user experience. Rather than having to create a dialog themselves, they can just use the native ones without all the guesswork.

[Pete]

That's probably what I used PCOPY and screens that appeared to create popup message boxes. Yeah, that's a bit of work, but at least it is fully customizable.

Pete

[Coolman]

compiled and testing under linux kde. so far, so good. great job.

[bplus]

What do you see these features being used for?

   
   
Default worked, 17 Enter worked, Cancel as seen worked as expected.

I have to note the first time I used _InputBox, it used a different title than the one I spec'd, something about TinyDialog...?

The second time and every time after it behaved as expected.

[Jack]

I am not C savvy but I get this warning when building QB64 with another toolchain

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internal\c/parts/gui/tinyfiledialogs.c: In function 'tinyfd_openFileDialog':
internal\c/parts/gui/tinyfiledialogs.c:3112:1: warning: function may return address of local variable [-Wreturn-local-addr]
3112 | }
      | ^
internal\c/parts/gui/tinyfiledialogs.c:3060:14: note: declared here
3060 |         char lBuff[MAX_PATH_OR_CMD];
      |              ^~~~~
internal\c/parts/gui/tinyfiledialogs.c:3060:14: note: declared here

the warning is eliminated if you add static to the lBuff declaration

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static char lBuff[MAX_PATH_OR_CMD];