Making an IDE

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AJ00200

(Posted 2009) [#1]

How could I make an IDE like IDEal for BB3D?
AJ00200

Warner

(Posted 2009) [#2]

Maybe you could start off with Schnok?
http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=62516

AJ00200

(Posted 2009) [#3]

I kind of ment hand-coded in BB3D

_PJ_	(Posted 2009) [#4]

B3D is probably not a good choice for coding a B3D IDE, considering youu'd really need something to work on a level lower than the compiler itself I imagine.

Warner

(Posted 2009) [#5]

I think an IDE is basically a text editor that is able to call blitzcc to compile/run the program. However, any debug features make it more complex.
You can write a texteditor natively in B3D, however, I think that an official Windows GUI element is more reliable.
Still, if you're determined, maybe this can help:
http://www.blitzbasic.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?code=2022

AJ00200

(Posted 2009) [#6]

How do I pass a file to the BB3D compiler?

Warner

(Posted 2009) [#7]

Try this:

ff = WriteFile("test.bb")
WriteLine ff, "cls"
WriteLine ff, "print " + Chr$(34) + "hello world" + Chr$(34)
WriteLine ff, "waitkey"
WriteLine ff, "end"
CloseFile ff

ExecFile Chr$(34) + "c:\program files\blitz3d\bin\blitzcc" + Chr$(34) + " " + Chr$(34) + CurrentDir$() + "test.bb" + Chr$(34)

For blitzcc commandline parameters, see this page:
http://www.bettiesart.com/tc/ultrablitz/

AJ00200

(Posted 2009) [#8]

Sorry, been gone for a while.
Ill try that out.

AJ00200

(Posted 2009) [#9]

is Chr$(34) a new line?

Ked	(Posted 2009) [#10]

No, Chr$(13) is. Chr$(34) is a double quote.