For some time now I have been using the following for dialog box calls from the .DLL MSDN library:

You guys may have noticed that we haven't had any Keyword's of the Day for ages now.  The reason for this is really rather simple -- we basically covered the vast majority of keywords and ran out of topics to cover! 

Fortunately, as QB64PE progresses, new commands and functionality gets added over time, and now that we're up to version 3.13, it's probably about time to take a few moments and start going into better detail about what these new functions are, why they were added, and what a person might use them for.  To facilitate this, I'm just going to start at version 3.13 and work my way backwards, down to version 3.0 or so, and try and highlight one function per day, until I've basically covered them all for us.

For today's entry, let's talk about the newest LOGICAL OPERATOR -- _ANDALSO.

First, a little code to discuss:

a = 1

b = 2

If a And b Then Print "A AND B are TRUE" Else Print "A AND B are FALSE"

If a _Andalso b Then Print "A _ANDALSO B are TRUE" Else Print "A _ANDALSO B are FALSE"

If 1 <> 0 And 2 <> 0 Then Print "It's TRUE"

I'm currently finishing up a rather large side lesson in the tutorial on getting the most from the QB64 IDE.

Would someone like to explain to me the various compiler settings options found in the options menu?

I have a general idea of what they are used for but I would appreciate if a developer could chime and and give a detailed description of each option and how using that option would be beneficial along with a use case scenario.

I want to make sure that the information in the tutorial is accurate.

May the forth be with you.

Happy will you be, yes...

so guys im making a text adventure of a boy who wanna be no 1 pimp
i added the option for him to study, get a job or go to fitness system
now all 3 of these option i wanna add a value 
Job = money value
Study = Inteligence value
Gym = Strength value

how can i add those stuff

What is "Quick Navigation" in the IDE Search menu and how do you use it?

I'm surprised at how many of the IDE features I never use even though they have been there for years.

so let's say i wanna make a gw_basic dungeon crawler does anyone has a template for the codes?

I have found a probable bug using AS.

Writing, for example:

DIM A%

it's the same then writing

DIM A AS INTEGER

But it is possible to write:

DIM A%
DIM A$

but we incur into a "Name already in use" error if we write:

DIM A AS INTEGER
DIM A AS STRING

Example:

OPTION _EXPLICIT

DIM A$

DIM A% '--------------------------> working



'DIM A AS STRING

'DIM A AS INTEGER'  ---------------------> not working



A$ = "hello"

A% = 2



PRINT A$, A%

At some time in the past, I was going to have fun and write a program that created a Jeopardy type game to play around with.  Towards that goal, I surfed the net and collected various trivia questions from all over the place.   Since I never got around to making that game, I thought I'd go ahead and share these lists here in case anyone else would be interested in them.

5 lists in the 7z archive here
  Trivia.7z (Size: 1.24 MB / Downloads: 47)

All in CSV format.   Feel free to use them as you wish; as far as I know, these are all common facts and public domain.  You might need to sort through them a bit to find exactly what you're looking for, but at least it's a place to start looking from, to perhaps get someone started on a nice triva app/game. 

When you select find in the search menu an input box dialog appears. One of the options you can select is:

[   ] Whole Word

What exactly does this option do? I've been playing around with having it checked and unchecked but I see no difference. What am I missing?