[Gambas-user] User Digest, Vol 28, Issue 20

Jussi Lahtinen jussi.lahtinen at gmail.com
Fri Jan 10 22:44:35 CET 2020 

Dim a as string = File.Load(sFilename)
or
Dim a as string[] = Split(File.Load(sFilename), "something")

Embedded arrays are good only for external libraries. They don't enable
anything else, they only bring restrictions. Don't use them, if you don't
need them.


Jussi

On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 10:43 PM Steve G <simonlebon54 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> That's exactly what I had to do. However the other method was working up
> until the update. The premise was that I read a file in stored it and then
> performed various acts on that file. Using different subroutines. This way
> there was only one read one write
>
> Sent from TypeApp <http://www.typeapp.com/r?b=15723>
> On Jan 10, 2020, at 11:05, Jussi Lahtinen <jussi.lahtinen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> For what reason you are using embedded arrays?
>> Maybe you want;
>> Private a as new string[300]
>>
>> They are faster and don't have restrictions.
>>
>>
>> Jussi
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 9:53 PM Steve G via User <
>> user at lists.gambas-basic.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I used to use.
>>>
>>> Private a[300] as string
>>>
>>> Declared in top of module
>>>
>>> That now becomes read only.
>>> As for fonts it is in the paint.font.size while printing to paper. The
>>> 18 point becomes 22 when printed and a 8 becomes 4 when printed. It's just
>>> all over the place
>>>
>>> Sent from TypeApp <http://www.typeapp.com/r?b=15723>
>>> On Jan 10, 2020, at 09:02, user-request at lists.gambas-basic.org wrote:
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>>>>    1. Re: How to Align.Justify (Gianluigi)
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>>>>    3. Re: New update has screwed everything up. (Jussi Lahtinen)
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>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 16:24:57 +0100
>>>> From: Gianluigi <bagonergi at gmail.com>
>>>> To: Gambas Mailing List <user at lists.gambas-basic.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Gambas-user] How to Align.Justify
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>>>> Il giorno ven 10 gen 2020 alle ore 16:20 Gianluigi <bagonergi at gmail.com> ha
>>>> scritto:
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>>>>>  In .local/share/gambas3/gianluigi of your home folder.
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>>>> Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 12:38:17 -0400
>>>> From: PICCORO McKAY Lenz <mckaygerhard at gmail.com>
>>>> To: Gambas Mailing List <user at lists.gambas-basic.org>
>>>> Subject: [Gambas-user] exec also working as shell why?
>>>> Message-ID:
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>>>> i have a code where i want to pass content to main.. but i never raised the
>>>> content:
>>>> cadena only are filled with content after main raises end, why .. if i not
>>>> use shell?
>>>> i attached the project
>>>>
>>>> i have a class and a module main, class are:
>>>>
>>>> Public cadena As String = "ver"
>>>> Public linea As Collection
>>>> Private lineas As String[]
>>>>
>>>> Public Sub Main()
>>>> Exec ["cat", "/etc/courier/authdaemonrc"] For Read As "Processo"
>>>> End
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Public Sub Processo_Read()
>>>> Dim sLine As String
>>>>  Dim llavevalor As String[]
>>>>   Dim a As Integer
>>>>   sLine = Read #Last, -256
>>>>   cadena = cadena & sLine
>>>>   lineas = Split(sLine, gb.NewLine, "", True)
>>>>   For a = 0 To lineas.max
>>>>       If RInStr(lineas[a], "=") > 0 And RInStr(lineas[a], "#") < 1 Then
>>>>         llavevalor = Split(lineas[a], "=", "\"", False, False)
>>>>         linea.Add(llavevalor[1], llavevalor[0])
>>>>       Endif
>>>>   Next
>>>> End
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> SO in my Main modulo i have:
>>>>
>>>> Public Sub Main()
>>>> Dim ver As New CourierConfigDetector
>>>> ver.Main
>>>> Print ver.cadena
>>>> End
>>>>
>>>> cadena only are filled with content after main raises end, why .. if i not
>>>> use shell?
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>>>> Message: 3
>>>> Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 19:59:07 +0200
>>>> From: Jussi Lahtinen <jussi.lahtinen at gmail.com>
>>>> To: Gambas Mailing List <user at lists.gambas-basic.org>
>>>> Cc: Beno?t Minisini <g4mba5 at gmail.com>, Steve G
>>>>  <simonlebon54 at yahoo.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Gambas-user] New update has screwed everything up.
>>>> Message-ID:
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>>>>
>>>> There are no global variables in Gambas. Do you mean public variables? Can
>>>> you give example code of what has changed?
>>>> I don't see any changes in font sizes on Linux Mint.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jussi
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 4:11 AM Steve G via User <
>>>> user at lists.gambas-basic.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>         I don't have the version available right now but I will get that for you.
>>>>>
>>>>>  The global variables the way they were being declared became read only so
>>>>>
>>>>>  they had to be declared differently. As far as the print I have multiple
>>>>>
>>>>>  problems with that. Font sizes have changed their either miniscule or huge.
>>>>>
>>>>>  I am currently going through every single program that prints and adjusting
>>>>>
>>>>>  the font size is down two to four points each. I also occasionally get
>>>>>
>>>>>  blank prints. I do not recall what version I was using but I did a update
>>>>>
>>>>>  for all software and this is when all these problems kicked in. I also
>>>>>
>>>>>  recall seeing something about other people having problems with various
>>>>>
>>>>>  aspects of the new updates. I'm very upset about this because it looks like
>>>>>
>>>>>  nobody bothered testing it. Even though I know that could not be the case.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Bottom line I'm having massive problems in print. Problems that were not
>>>>>
>>>>>  there until after the update. Perhaps you thought you were cleaning
>>>>>
>>>>>  something up not thinking that people might be using it that way.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  Sent from TypeApp <
>>>>>        http://www.typeapp.com/r?b=15723>
>>>>>
>>>>>  On Jan 9, 2020, at 16:46, "Beno?t Minisini" <
>>>>>        g4mba5 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Le 10/01/2020 ? 02:33, Steve G via User a ?crit :
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>           Using Fedora 30 and 31. Whatever the new runtime update is that came in,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  it changed how Global variables are declared which is caused me a lot of
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  grief. It is also changed printing Styles. Seems as though the font size
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  is no longer accepted. So my printing of things like receipts for
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  people, is horribly screwed up. Is there an easy fix to this so that it
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  works like it did before? Or am I going to have to spend months
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  rewriting print so that it works right again?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Which version of Gambas do you have?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Which version did you use before?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  What are you talking about?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  There is no change in "how Global variables are declared". No idea what
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  you mean.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Same thing for "the font size is no longer accepted". What does it mean?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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