Max/Esoito likes to use JustBASIC for some of his projects,

Now I've been trying to develop a connector yet I need to be told what's the preferred method for program distribution for JustBASIC users.

I've read this:

http://web.archive.org/web/20051024010735/http://www.jbasicnews.com/1/createEXE.html

Do you JustBASIC folks package files this way as a general rule? Do you simply pass source code?

Hooking into a fixed distributed/exported packaged exe is a different game than hooking to simply a running script, so it is paramount I know what you guys use.


Thank you.

OK.  Let me throw some light...

EXE FOR MY USE
When I want to create an EXE file for a BAS program I've written I follow exactly Steps 1, 2 and 3 as outlined in the link above.

EXE FOR OTHERS
1  I do all of the above first.

2  Then I create a zip file of all the files listed in the image for Step 3.

NB:  All the SLL and LL files listed + the relevant TKN file MUST be included otherwise the EXE simply won't run!



Hope that's helpful.

Victor, I'm grappling to fully understand this 'ere connector thing.

Does it mean this:

1  I write code in JustBASIC.

2  Then the connector sort of 'inserts' my code into your framework (with a suitable name, of course)...

3  ...so it then becomes another optional, loadable module that will work within your framework?


And if 'yes', then will your framework eventually let my JB program work in 'bot mode' ? (once the appropriate bot settings are specified, of course)

If any of above are a 'no' then I -- and probably others as well -- would greatly appreciate correction and clarification.

Thanks, mate.

Yes, the whole idea of the connector module is to "fake" it as being just another native framework module, loading equally, doing the same input/output routines so it becomes part of it.


This way disparate technologies can work seamlessly.

I have a very straightforward input-only connector ready. The output part is actually more cumbersome to work with (but we'll get there).

When you have time please make a GUI program with a TextBox with the word "input" in it.

You receive the last number from the framework in the TextBox and make as you wish with it.

OK, thanks. Seems I have got hold of the right end of the stick.

And what of 'bot mode'?

I have idea how to write such code in JB.

But moving to my unanswered question:  Will your framework be able to use my code in framework's own 'bot mode' ?  Will it will have such an in-built mode than can be turned on and off?

Quote from: VLS on January 15, 2014, 04:13:08 AM
I have a very straightforward input-only connector ready. The output part is actually more cumbersome to work with (but we'll get there).

When you have time please make a GUI program with a TextBox with the word "input" in it.

There's a problem right away.  No idea how to do that.

I simply write the code and then run it:

If num = 24 then
RB$ = "B"
doz = 2
end if
print RB$, doz

That sort of thing. So I never use (or need) a GUI at all!

[As an aside, all my VB6 stuff uses a GUI, of course, in the Forms. But I don't need in JB the way I use it.]


You receive the last number from the framework in the TextBox and make as you wish with it.

Quote from: esoito on January 15, 2014, 04:15:35 AMAnd what of 'bot mode'?

Yes, it's supported. The connector itself is NATIVE to the framework, which means it allows the foreign program to work as a tracker, tester, clicker and bot 

Quote from: esoito on January 15, 2014, 04:23:15 AM
There's a problem right away.  No idea how to do that.

Reading from here:

http://justbasic.conforums.com/index.cgi?board=novice&action=display&num=1175250727

It seems that justbasic isn't too easy when dealing with GUI. I find the code a somewhat messy. Guess I'll have to make the GUI code myself first to try.

Hooking into console mode can prove a long winding road. Internally, a Textbox is just a window which can be referred to by handle and "messed with" more easily via standard windows messages.

Well, hang on.  I'm probably the only one that uses JB.  So no need to write a connector just for me, especially as it's not straight forward. You've better ways to spend your time. 

Maybe a connector for VB6 would be more useful -- others likely use VB6 as well as me.

"When you have time please make a GUI program with a TextBox with the word "input" in it."

So would you like me to do that in VB6, so you can, instead, work on a VB6 connector?

By all means let's move to VB6!

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Can you please replicate this itsy-bitsy form in VB6?

Just a textbox with the word "input" in it.

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This is a most-generic connector, works in every programming language capable of using a Textbox (99.9% of all GUI-capable languages! )

Yep. OK.

I'll get on to that right away and send you a download link from my dropbox.

Stand by....

Sure, I'm currently compiling it under VB.NET for Pockets and Stef.

File must be named:

TextBox_Connector.exe

OK. Done.

Here's the link:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6890283/Visual%20Basic%206%20Input%20Test.zip


[Our posts crossed.  Just read the above naming request.   I'll send it again in a moment]