Current Notes 13

Lucky number 13! See you next year.

Software

• AppleListBox – An open source clone of an iTunes-like list.
• SmartSQL – A port of some VB code to prepare SQL statements
• TreeView 4.0 – More end-of-year updates to the excellent Einhugur controls
• MBS Plugins 7.8 – Another update to the premier plug-in library for REALbasic

Community

• OS X Style Preferences 3 – Bob Keeney updated a RexExcellence article for RBDevZone
• Retrieve the Reply Error from an AppleEvent – Useful information from Charles Yeomans
• Enhancing the Language Reference – Some good ideas about how to make this important feature more useful
• Making RB impersonate Visual FoxPro – From FoxPro guru Kevin Cully
• Forward Referencing – Aaron asks how you think this should be handled

Current Notes 12

A few tidbits of information before Christmas.

Software

• WindowSplitter 7.1 – Einhugur is updating their excellent controls again after a brief hiatus
• CoreClasses 4.6 – High-speed arrays, stacks , queues and more
• PictureEffects 6.1 – For all your image manipulation needs

Information

• REAL Software site uses REAL SQL Server – A good example of “dogfooding”

Community

• Holiday Teasers – Some interesting things are brewing at Alacatia Labs
• REALbasic and ActiveX – Some tips for using these Windows controls with REALbasic
• Are you a toolbar faker? – A toolbar class from Charles
• RB and Excel – Some sample code that shows how to use Excel from REALbasic
• RBTutorials – A new REALbasic site
• Community-Driven Content – Some editorial from Aaron

Current Notes 11

It’s late. Time for bed.

Software

• Open Source HelpRunner Module – A way to use native Windows and OS X help files
• ZigVersion – A Subversion client for OS X
• e-CryptIt Engine 9.3 – An update to powerful encryption plug-in from Einhugur
• PictureEffects 6.0 – A plugin to manipulate your images, also from Einhugur
• Valentina 3.5 – An update to the fast database from Paradigma Software
• AnimationKit – Open source, from ZAZ Studios

Community

• So what can we do for REALbasic? – by Bob Keeney 

NumberField Control

NumberField is a subclass of EditField that allows the user to only type numbers. To use it, import the NumberField.rbo control into your project and then drag it to a window (you’ll find it in the Project Controls section of the control list). There is only one property, which you can modify in the IDE Property Editor or in code:

AllowDecimals As Boolean: Set to True (or check in the IDE) to allow decimal numbers to be entered.  Otherwise only integers can be entered.

This is a simple control, but I’ve found it useful from time-to-time.

Download NumberField Control

Convert Microsoft BASIC Format Real Numbers to IEEE Format

A fellow REALbasic developer, Roger Oren, was kind enough to share this code to the REALbasic community. This code is a REALbasic module that converts the Microsoft BASIC Format real numbers into IEEE format real numbers (and back). It runs on all platforms.

Download Convert MS BASIC Format REAL Numbers to IEEE Format