Here are a list of FreeBasic resources for those who are learning and/or using FreeBasic. Please update if I missed any.
FreeBasic Compiler/Tools Websites
Main FreeBasic Website (http://www.freebasic.net/)
Official FreeBasic Forum (http://www.freebasic.net/forum/)
SourceForge Page (http://sourceforge.net/projects/fbc/)
FreshMeat Page (http://freshmeat.net/projects/freebasic/)
Daily CVS Build (http://ecowles.dyndns.org/fbdu/)
FBIde Homepage (http://fbide.freebasic.net/)
FBEdit Thread (http://www.freebasic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6715) Editor written in FB for FB.
FBEdit Forums (http://fbedit.freebasic.net/) Forum for FBEdit
PasPad (http://www.pspad.com/) The editor I use for FreeBasic.
Crimson Editor (http://www.crimsoneditor.com/) Another good freeware editor.
Magazines
PCopy (http://www.shnetworks2.net/~asciiwor/tiki-index.php?page=PCopy) Ascii World magazine with a lot of FB content.
QB Express Magazine (http://www.petesqbsite.com/sections/express/express.shtml) Has a number of FB tutorials.
Tutorials/Documentation
FreeBasic Wiki (http://www.freebasic.net/wiki/) Current documentation wiki.
DBF Tutorials (http://dbfinteractive.com/index.php?cat=127)
Relsoft's Tutorials (http://rel.betterwebber.com/index.php?action=contents&item=Tutorials) Written for QuickBasic, but the principles can be transferred to FB.
Virtual Ink (http://virtualink.wikidot.com/)
FreeBasic GPWiki (http://gpwiki.org/index.php/FREEBASIC)
Beginner's Guide to FreeBasic (http://freebasic.hmcsoft.org/) Preview of a Beginner's Guide book on FB.
FreeBasic Related
Ascii World (http://www.ascii-world.com/tiki-index.php) Site dedicated to Ascii development. Mostly FB users.
FreeBasic Report (http://report.freebasic.info/)
Game Design Novice Forum (http://www.gamedesignnovice.com/forum/index.php) Centered around building games using various languages, including FreeBasic.
FreeBasic Demo Central (http://dhost.hopto.org/aapproj/fbgfx/)
FB Games List (http://games.freebasic.info/)
That lots of resource here ....that is good things for everyone(including newbie like me)
cheers :updance:
Proper stuff RDC, and welldeserved Karma ++.
Nice one,
Clyde.
Added forum link for FBEdit.
PasPad does look and sound very interesting.
PsPad is my main editor. It has a ton of features and some you don't see in other editors (like recording macros), it is updated regularly and it is free. It works quite well with FB.
From the first fireup, it looks similar to FBIDE. But with alot more stuff! 8)
Here is a PsPad syntax file for FB. Put this in the syntax folder of the PsPad installation.
To set up for FB:
1. Select Settings->Highlighter settings from the main menu.
2. Select one of the Not Assigned entries.
3. Change the colors if you want.
4. Select the Specification tab.
4.1 Filter Name: Will be set when you select highlighter
4.2 Help File: Select chm file if you have it.
4.3 File Masks: *.bas, *.bi (and any others you want).
4.4 User Highlighters: Select FreeBasic from list.
5. Select the external applications tab.
5.1 Select an external app if you like. I have my Ascii Table prog selected here.
6. Select compiler tab.
6.1 Compiler: select fbc.exe file from your FB installation.
6.2 Parameters: Basic parm is %File%. You can then add any other parms as needed, such as -s gui -exx, etc. My basic parm list is: %File% -exx when building a prog and then %File% when creating a distro.
6.3 I also check Capture Program Output Window so I can see the compiler messages.
7. Click on OK and restart the program to load the syntax file.
I think I have all the current commands in he syntax file, but I may have missed any of the recent ones added to the CVS. You can add new items to the syntax file by selecting Settings->User Highlighter and load the FreeBasic.ini file. You can then add new keywords to the list and change the settings and then hit Save to update the file.
Cheers Dude :)