Correction: Use this link to download the file:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4s3fm0rm84mxfn7/QBase.zip?dl= <https://www.dropbox.com/s/4s3fm0rm84mxfn7/QBase.zip?dl=0>1 D. On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 9:40 PM, Daniel Baum <dmb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Here is the new version of QBase. > > Changes: > > - Loads in 512x256 resolution, and is resizable. > - May be called with a command-line parameter, e.g. ex > flp1_Qbase_obj;'flp1_data_dbs' > - Lots of refactoring. The eagle-eyed among you may notice that it's a lot > smaller than it was. > > Tested on QPC2 with SMSQ/E 3.31, Q-Emulator with SMSQ/E 3.31 > > Unlike the previous version, this one also works on Q-Emulator with > Minerva. I couldn't get it to work on a JS ROM. It reported "Channel not > open", and I've no idea why. > > Is it important to anyone to run QBase on original QL hardware? Testing > with Q_Emulator and Minerva at "QL speed" it appears to be extremely slow, > especially when switching to tabular mode. I could try to get it to run a > bit faster if anyone is interested. I hadn't remembered just how much > faster QPC is than a real QL until I started using Q-Emulator. > > Download the new QBase here: > https://www.dropbox.com/s/4s3fm0rm84mxfn7/QBase.zip?dl=0 > > Currently I have numbered this version 0.99. It will become version 1.0 > one it's been tested and bugfixed > > Finally, I'd like to give an honourable mention to MasterBasic by Ergon > Development (Davide Santachiara). It made 80s-style program editing > bearable (almost...). The more massive refactoring was done with Notepad++ > on Windows. > > Regards to all, > > D. > > > On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Darren Branagh via Ql-Users < > ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > >> Hi Daniel, >> >> Have you released any of your updates yet? >> >> Just wondering if they can be tested. >> >> Darren Branagh >> >> Sent from My Android Phone. >> >> On 10 Sep 2017 23:18, "Bob Spelten via Ql-Users" < >> ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Op Sun, 10 Sep 2017 20:19:22 +0200 schreef Daniel Baum via Ql-Users < >> > ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com>: >> > >> > One more thing: >> >> >> >> I should add that limiting the number of displayed records to 1000 >> works >> >> fine, so I could fix the problem by using a paging arrangement. >> >> >> >> The test _dbs has 3111 records by 6 fields making 18666 menu items. >> > That is well within the limit of items (<32K) WMAN2 can handle in the >> AW. >> > Records times Fields must be less. >> > But there is also a limit in S*Basic of 65K for indexing second and >> third >> > dimensions, in this case Fields x Field_length (including length word). >> > As you used Fields as the first dimension instead, 2nd (Records: 3111) >> > times 3rd (length: 20 +2) would be just too much. >> > As records will in most cases be the highest number, making it the first >> > dimension is the best choice. >> > So checking these limits and using paging is the only option for a large >> > database that exceed these limits. >> > >> > Bob >> > >> > -- >> > The BSJR QL software site at: "http://members.upc.nl/b.spelten/ql/"; >> > _______________________________________________ >> > QL-Users Mailing List >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> QL-Users Mailing List >> > > _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List
