"The majority of bugs you have been posting could easily be cured if you stopped using Blitz Plus."
Uh huh... And then I'd be posting on the Visual Basic forums saying "How do I access Direct X? Visual Basic's graphics commands are so SLOOOOW!"
I programed in VB at one time. Blitzplus is much more fun to work with and easier to understand, even with the issues.
And these are minor issues. Even with all the bugs I've posted, my app is currently running exactly how I want it to run. I had to access a windows DLL for three or four different minor things, like changing the mouse cursor (hardly a neccessity considering I've only ended up using it for displaying a magnifying glass, and an hourglass) and removing highlights on tabs I didn't like.
The only really important thing was not being able to tell when the mouse was over a panel. In retrospect though I can't even think of a good reason I even needed to be able to do that.
Granted, I'm not writing a major application here. But I don't think Blitzplus was ever intended to compete with Visual Basic or Visual C. It was designed for making editors for games, and 2D games with windows interfaces, and fairly simple applications, like my own. And there is succeeds greatly.
I just post all these bugs because I am nitpicky and want my app to work in a very specific way because I am a control freak and want the highest level of quality. I mean I posted a bug about tabs getting hihglighted in blue for crying out loud. That's hardly important, except from an aesthetics point of view. :-)
Oh and your assertation that B2D is awesome but Blitz+ is terrible is a stupid one. Blitplus does everything B2D ever did. If Blitz2D is awesome, then Blitzplus must also be awesome by default. Just because Blitzplus doesn't have enough additional windows GUI stuff for your tastes doesn't mean anything.
Uh huh... And then I'd be posting on the Visual Basic forums saying "How do I access Direct X? Visual Basic's graphics commands are so SLOOOOW!"
I programed in VB at one time. Blitzplus is much more fun to work with and easier to understand, even with the issues.
And these are minor issues. Even with all the bugs I've posted, my app is currently running exactly how I want it to run. I had to access a windows DLL for three or four different minor things, like changing the mouse cursor (hardly a neccessity considering I've only ended up using it for displaying a magnifying glass, and an hourglass) and removing highlights on tabs I didn't like.
The only really important thing was not being able to tell when the mouse was over a panel. In retrospect though I can't even think of a good reason I even needed to be able to do that.
Granted, I'm not writing a major application here. But I don't think Blitzplus was ever intended to compete with Visual Basic or Visual C. It was designed for making editors for games, and 2D games with windows interfaces, and fairly simple applications, like my own. And there is succeeds greatly.
I just post all these bugs because I am nitpicky and want my app to work in a very specific way because I am a control freak and want the highest level of quality. I mean I posted a bug about tabs getting hihglighted in blue for crying out loud. That's hardly important, except from an aesthetics point of view. :-)
Oh and your assertation that B2D is awesome but Blitz+ is terrible is a stupid one. Blitplus does everything B2D ever did. If Blitz2D is awesome, then Blitzplus must also be awesome by default. Just because Blitzplus doesn't have enough additional windows GUI stuff for your tastes doesn't mean anything.