In my function, a wide string is returned by calculating the parameter. but
```
Function routine(array() As Integer) As WString
do something
End Function
```
says
```
a.bas(1) error 28: Expected pointer in 'Function routine(array() As Integer) As WString'
```

so how to fix it? Thanks

not to be offensive, just be curious a cross-platform GUI lib is a hark work. as far as I know, MyFbFramework is the infrastructure of VisualFBEditor IDE which is yet another hard work. what is MyFbFramework's unique feature, or in other word, why MyFbFramework is used for VisualFBEditor? There are ...

Avata wrote: ↑Mar 23, 2022 2:33 How to use the Grid Control? Is there any examples of Grid Control?

the author has answered this question, which is asked by me, above

I, a lazybone, hope that someday we can use little code, for example ``` Grid1.Rows.Item(0)->Text(1) = "Row 1 Column 2" ``` becomes ``` Grid1[0, 1] = "Row 1 Column 2" ``` or ``` Grid1[0, 1].text = "Row 1 Column 2" Grid1[0, 1].font = Font(fontname, fontsize, fontcolor, ....

Thanks 2 questions 1. is it possible to set x or y range for chart by code or in the VisualFBEditor. For example, a chart always sets 0<= y <200 kg even if the current plotting is for rabbits' weight, on the same time, other charts involves in human/horse's weight. A same y-axis range is useful for ...

or add a table to reveal the corresponding version of VisualFBEditor/MyFbFramework/fbc

is there latest pre-compiled binary of VisualFBEditor for windows?
Thanks

I really HATE BASIC's MID$/LEFT$/RIGHT$ which are too clumsy, hard to perform some operations Pascal has a similar function Copy(). With the definitions of strings and how they are represented by variables in these languages, how do you propose string manipulation should be done? There is a saying ...

In one word, FB is only used to remind me of my youth. TLDR, and it may have words let someone feel be impolited and insulted, but this is not my intention, I just write my thought. I learned BASIC in my highschool, then I used QBasic and QB 4.5, yes DOS is the mainstream at that time, in my univers...

off-topic: PascalABC.NET is really a langauge which needs less typing but with tons of .NET libraries supporting I found a simple document in English https://www.garychike.com/images2/PascalABCNet%20en-US.pdf It turns out he did give the needed information in comment. I ignored it since first sight ...

you can write DLL and call the functions in DLL via, for example, ctypes

``` $ gfortran.exe -c m66inv.f90 m66inv.f90:33:23: 33 | LOGICAL :: M66INV | 1 ...... 54 | CALL M66INV (MAT, MATINV, OK_FLAG) | 2 Error: 'm66inv' at (1) has a type, which is not consistent with the CALL at (2) ```

JohnK_RQ wrote:
TwinBasic, which is 100% compatible with VB6, should be out in February, so I don't think about it.

I have met many so-called VB6-compatible xxBASIC. But all turns out to be a liar.

I am still puzzled. A step by step tutorial could be better

win10 reports it as Trojan: Win32/Mamson.A!rfn