xbasic for everyone Dr Wayne

[Jeff@Listbrokers]

Re: xbasic for everyone Dr Wayne

There are two chapter 17's. :) pg. 65, 70 (just incase you decide to do a reprint later.

[Marcel Kollenaar]

Re: xbasic for everyone Dr Wayne

Ehhh, I was at the store but didn't bought it. The shipping and handling cost are $30,- and the book $39,-.:)

Is there a password protected PDF version of this book available for downlod?

[MoGrace]

Re: xbasic for everyone Dr Wayne

Dr. Wayne,
I had never heard that Xbasic scripts automatically close the tables opened in the script. Is that documented somewhere?

[Peter.Greulich]

Re: xbasic for everyone Dr Wayne

I had never heard that Xbasic scripts automatically close the tables opened in the script. Is that documented somewhere?

Yeah, it is documented somewhere....

This is true for v7 & v8 at least. Not sure about earlier versions.

[CALocklin]

Re: xbasic for everyone Dr Wayne

Yes. I believe it is documented and I know I've heard it many times.

BUT, I believe there was also a disclaimer of sorts if you read it carefully. I think it went something like "Alpha5 tries to close...." I can tell you that I have run into situations where it doesn't happen. Play it safe and always try to close the tables yourself. Even if Alpha tries to protect you from bad programming practices, that doesn't mean that bad programming practices should suddenly become the norm.

[CALocklin]

Re: xbasic for everyone Dr Wayne

As for the capitalizations, I'm not very consistent in my scripts. I tend to use lower case but the code editor, when you ask it to DIM unDIMmed variables, uses upper case, so many of my scripts use a mix of cases for variable types and names.

Try my Script Formatter. It's free and it allows you to set many formatting preferences to the way YOU like them - including capitalization of DIM, IF, SELECT, etc. (your choice of lower, upper, or mixed); spacing around commas, parenthesis, etc.; indenting method for IF, SELECT, WHILE, and even .Change_begin()/end() sections; it can add a comment line of dashes above and below any label so that it is easier to find; it adds a single quote after END statements so you can search on END' without finding every END IF, END WHILE, etc.; and it solves the problem that Alpha's format command still has with nested SELECT statements.

It's free, it's fast, and it makes the final result very consistent. The consistency makes it look better and it makes it easier to run searches because you will know exactly where spaces should be. I even use it sometimes on long scripts when I get an error message that indicates a missing statement to complete a loop and can't quickly figure out which loop wasn't completed - by looking at the resulting indents I can quickly find out which statement I forgot to include.

[MoGrace]

Re: xbasic for everyone Dr Wayne

Hi Cal,
I just recently started using your Script Formatter regularly on an app I am converting. It gives a quick visual for which scripts I have edited already and which I have not. Great little tool.

tokencheerleaderfortheday,

[daz_racing]

Re: xbasic for everyone Dr Wayne

Hi All,

I think I'm ready for this book now...but I, like Marcel, was wondering if there's a way of getting a copy to the UK without having to pay the $30 UPS charge - wonder if Alpha would consider using USPS so it's a bit more cost effective?!

Marcel, Did you get any answers to your question about a PDP protected version?