InForm-PE

[TempodiBasic]

@Kernelpanic
WOW how do you active that tutorial mode???
Is it a particular version of Inform_pe that you have downloaded?

[a740g]

@TempodiBasic, there isn't a tutorial mode. The message boxes you see were added to the code shared by @Kernelpanic in here: https://qb64phoenix.com/forum/showthread...3#pid23253

These messages are useful for understanding when events are triggered. If you prefer not to see the popups, you can remove or comment out the MessageBox lines in the code. 

@Kernelpanic, I highly recommend using the latest versions of InForm-PE (from the first post) and QB64-PE 4.1.0+ for the best experience.

[Kernelpanic]

Okay, I've reinstalled. I install InForm independently of the QB64 folder; I prefer it that way. For this to work, however, the QB64pe folder needs to be copied into the directory containing InForm.

Everything works. Great work!

[TempodiBasic]

@kernelpanic
The Inform-pe has chained .BI files so when you compile (or compile and run a project ) you need all the .BI files pack.
They are the same needed when I want shared a my app and the user want compile it on his machine without installing Inform-pe on it.
I dunno how huge or useful is the use of a generic path to add to the absolute path used into .BI files for example
in the project file there is for default these $include:

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': External modules: ---------------------------------------------------------------

'$Include:'InForm/InForm.bi'

'$Include:'InForm/xp.uitheme'

'$Include:'Myproject.frm'

while in Inform.Bi there is 

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'$include:'InformCommon.bi'

that is in the same folder of Inform.BI so IDE can find it easily
and in this last there are

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'$Include:'InFormVersion.bi'

'$Include:'extensions/HashTable.bi'

the first is in the same folder of InformCommon.bi and the second in the relative path "extensions/" starting from the folder of InformCommon.bi

a way to mantain this hierarchy and to make flexible the path of Inform is to add at the start of each relative path an absolute path taken from a file dialog box SetInformLibraryPath ...and SHARED it as a Global shared variable in the main module
for example  in Inform.BI

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': External modules: ---------------------------------------------------------------

'$Include: AbsolutePath$ + 'InForm/InForm.bi'

'$Include: AbsolutePath$ + 'InForm/xp.uitheme'

'$Include: AbsolutePath$ + 'Myproject.frm'

and in InformCommon.BI

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'$Include: AbsolutePath$ + 'InFormVersion.bi'

'$Include: AbsolutePath$ + 'extensions/HashTable.bi'

[Kernelpanic]

@TempodiBasic - Yes, it's a bit complicated, but I want to keep it separate from the QB64 program. The screenshot shows how the folder should be structured. The InForm folder must be copied into the folder where one store your projects. 
As I said, it's a bit complicated, but it works. All the necessary files are found.

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': This program uses

': InForm GUI engine for QB64-PE - v1.5.7

': Fellippe Heitor, (2016 - 2022) - @FellippeHeitor

': Samuel Gomes, (2023 - 2025) - @a740g

': https://github.com/a740g/InForm-PE

'-----------------------------------------------------------



': Controls' IDs: ------------------------------------------------------------------

Dim Shared txtErgebnis As Long

Dim Shared BerechnenBT As Long

Dim Shared numKolbenhub As Long

Dim Shared numDrehzahl As Long

Dim Shared DieKolbengeschwindigkeitBetraegtLB As Long

Dim Shared KolbenhLB As Long

Dim Shared MotordrehzahlBeiHoechstleistungLB As Long

Dim Shared Form1 As Long

Dim Shared BerechnungDerKolbengeschwindigkeitLB As Long



': External modules: ---------------------------------------------------------------

'$Include:'InForm/InForm.bi'

'$Include:'InForm/xp.uitheme'

'$Include:'Kolbengeschwindigkeit.frm'



': Event procedures: ---------------------------------------------------------------

Sub __UI_BeforeInit



End Sub



Sub __UI_OnLoad



End Sub



Sub __UI_BeforeUpdateDisplay

  'This event occurs at approximately 60 frames per second.

  'You can change the update frequency by calling SetFrameRate DesiredRate%



End Sub



Sub __UI_BeforeUnload

  'If you set __UI_UnloadSignal = False here you can

  'cancel the user's request to close.



End Sub



Sub __UI_Click (id As Long)

  Select Case id

    Case txtErgebnis



    Case BerechnenBT

[TempodiBasic]

yeah maybe it is simpler a copy of Inform into folder of work than an absolute path to add to that relative path into includes files...

[a740g]

I agree with @TempodiBasic - it's a cleaner approach and makes zipping and sharing much easier.

While I can't promise an ETA, I'm actively working on a solution where the UIEditor can optionally copy all required InForm runtime files to the form's location whenever the form is edited.

[TempodiBasic]

Hi
a new program in Informpe
Speed Bible

it shows how to 
  1. emulate a text editor in a Picturebox
  2. run external programs (Qb64pe compiler, .EXE compiled)
  3. link to a webpage 
  4. make responsive to specific event a control that natively is not responsive to that specific event.