Thinking about it I find any ptr more intuitive than void *. :)

LOL just found "any ptr" browsing the c stdlib headers:)

Just looked through the data types section of the documentation but I didn't find anything of void pointers so I guess fb doesn't support it. So what's the best workaround?

Thanks chm is much more convenient. :)

Are you a completely new to just freeBASIC or to programming in general? If you know another language like C, there are tutorials you can learn windows programming from but I am not aware of any windows programming tutorials for freeBASIC. There are windows programming examples in the freeBASIC pack...

And so on. The Windows API looks ugly, and it really is.

Not meant for human consumption maybe. :)

I don't mean to whine, but if you want to spread the word about this wonderful new version of an old computer language PLEASE don't just preach to the choir; there should be an explanation of how to actually use it. otherwise, people will see a blank DOS screen and go do something else. I understan...

I think currently freeBASIC uses the same include file names as microsoft's platform SDK so kernel32.bi really is winbase.bi and user32.bi is winuser.bi. However i think these are included by default when you include windows.bi. So for a basic windows app all you need to include is windows.bi and yo...

Will that move only one byte? (if so, I assume that it's placed in AL). Well the byte would be in al but the code actually copies an entire double word. More efficient that way. The stack is a LAST IN FIRST OUT (LIFO) structure which means the last value stored(pushed) is the first value retrieved(...

The gtk headers are included in the linux version. I am not sure if they would work for windows but I guess its worth a try. You already have the gtk for windows dlls right? If that doesn't work you could try the c header to bi tool, a link to it should be posted somewhere in the forum.

Read the other replies and I thought I had to check it out myself and I must agree its an impressive start. This is exactly what I hoped to find when I was trying to learn FreeBASIC. I look forward to its completion. :)

C is a magnicent Language, and for people who love obtuseness and like to spend more time figuring out the language instead of coding a useful program I think you mean C++. :) In comparision C isn't so bad. The main reason I am interested in fb is the promise of OOP with a language that compiles to...

The C feel about FreeBASIC is good because it makes C simpler. That is to say the power that C allows without the cryptic syntax.

Would we be getting gcc like compile times as well or that won't be a problem since the freebasic compiler would be doing most of the work?

Ah I was wondering about that but then i remember seeing print statements in the code so i thought there must be something to print to.