Qb64 Download For Windows 10 [UPDATED]

The new version of QB64 supports a console window, which should be able to do what you want. I'm not too used to console though, but if all else fails you could always save the text in a string array and examine that. There are some examples of creating lists in the community at qb64.net or you could make your own list with scrollbars, etc.

A: QB64 is a BASIC compatible language that creates working Executable files from QBasic BAS files that can be run on 32 or 64 bit PC's using Windows (Vista and newer), Linux or macOS. The goal is to be 100% compatible with QuickBASIC 4.5 plus add hundreds of new abilities such as program icons and custom sized windows and a great retro Editor with builtin help.

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This sounds so exciting. Let me ask a few questions. If I understand you I can get and install QB64 v1.5 on my windows 7 laptop? Now the big question, the code I had written using Quickbasic 4 will it run using QB64 or do I have to modify some of my coding to get it to run? That's important for me to know since I really don't feel like rewriting anything since it often leads to many headaches. If I remember when I developed this application all I would have to do if I remember correctly use a command something like QB\L and then some object modules. Anyway Cast thank you for your attention on this matter and I will anxiously wait for your response.

QB64 BASIC Compiler is a free software published in the Other list of programs, part of Development.

This program is available in English. It was last updated on 26 May, 2023. QB64 BASIC Compiler is compatible with the following operating systems: Other.

The company that develops QB64 BASIC Compiler is sf.net/projects/qb64/. The latest version released by its developer is 1.0. This version was rated by 155 users of our site and has an average rating of 3.0.

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How to install QB64 BASIC Compiler on your Windows device:Click on the Download button on our website. This will start the download from the website of the developer.Once the QB64 BASIC Compiler is downloaded click on it to start the setup process (assuming you are on a desktop computer).When the installation is finished you should be able to see and run the program.

My favorite language is FreeBASIC, anyway I'll try to be objective:

QB:

Good

-It is THE original language: many attempts to build an improved, more modern version of it haven't decrease it's popularity (softwares like TurboBasic, PowerBasic, RapidQ, Visual Basic never replaced it)

-It has been used to write FreeBASIC (OK, actually it was written in VBDOS) and QB64

-It is a standard: users know exactly what they can have, and don't comply about a missing feature they need.

-It has an IDE with a contextual help and debug features that isn't available on other languages

-It produced very small executables

Bad

-It is commercial: buying it is very difficult, and download a copy is against the law (maybe Microsoft doesn't really care about it, but you can't sell programs made with an illegal version).

-It is DOS-only: to run it, on many system an emulator is needed

-It can use only limited resources (can't use full memory, higher resolutions, sounds...)

Conclusion:

Although QB language is still full of life, the QB compiler is obsolete. Some systems (like Vista) are slowly dropping DOS support, and 16-bit applications are every day less supported, so a new compiler is needed.

Good

-Open source: if somebody needs a feature, he can add it (or at least try...). Also, it will be always supported as long as there is somebody interested in it

-It has an active support, so new features are constantly added, and bugs are promptly fixed

-It is multi platform: works under DOS, Windows and Linux, and many programs works with no changes.

-It allows the use of all system resources, because it can access the system API (or, under DOS, the interrupts)

-It can be used to write OS (see and _Barebones)

-It has partial OOP support

-It supports advanced programming features, like scope, pointers, function overloading...

-It supports a QB-compatible mode

-It produces very fast executables

-It has threads, allowing true multitasking apps (at least in windows and Linux)

-It isn't one, but actually three programming languages (four, if you consider the 'deprecated'), so you can choose the language which best fit your coding style.

Bad

-It isn't 100% compatible with QB (i.e., it doesn't allow scalar and array with the same name)

-The OOP support is still incomplete, because it lacks inheritance and polymorphism

-The default dialect is a bit too C++ like (all variables need to be declared, there is no GOSUB...). To have a more BASIC-like language, the switch -lang fblite is required.

-It's an evolving compiler, so you can't be sure that a feature you use will not be changed in a future version.

Conclusion:

If you can imagine QB with the power of C, you are thinking of FreeBASIC: it brings programming to the next step, allowing almost all the features that QB programmers missed. Definitely a good choice for anybody who needs to leave Basic and switch to C++, but doesn't want to learn from start a new, hostile language.

QB64

Good

-It offers good QB compatibility. It even emulates the PC-speaker and the screen modes, in a way similar to DosBox.

-It works under Windows and Linux (while I'm writing, the Linux version isn't yet downloadable)

-It supports advanced features, like new types, multimedia commands, 2d enhanced graphics while keeping backward compatibility with old QB sources

-An IDE very similar to the original QB one is being developed.

Bad

-It's still incomplete

-It's slower than FB, and produces bigger executables

-Compiled programs need a bunch of DLL to work, so they can't be stand-alone

-There is no real console: the text mode is actually a graphic window (so copy&paste won't work on it)

-the BAS file is converted to C++, then compiled with GCC: in that way, compiling is very slow, and finding an error could be very hard.

-It use a sort of hack to supports new commands without broking compatibility, because new commands have to use an underscore prefix: commands like DIM A AS _BYTE are very ugly to see.

Conclusion

Calling QB64 a compiler is reductive: in fact, it's not intended to be a compiler for windows, but to allow porting of old sources under newer system, so it's a sort of half-way between a compiler and an emulator; QB, too, was not only a compiler, but also a full programming environment, and QB64 goal is to recreate the same environment.

We must not forget that, while FB is on the road from 2004, QB64 is much younger, and it grew in a short time: if it can keep the same grow rate, it could become something really interesting; think about BlitzBasic, a compiler intended to be compatible with an Amiga version, that became a powerful 3D programming language

I think that FreeBASIC, QB64, and QBASIC all have their strengths.

QBASIC's advantage is its IDE and debugging support. It's disadvantage is being limited by MS-DOS [1].

FreeBASIC is useful for running QBASIC programs on Linux because Qb64 does not work on it yet, as well as on Windows if smaller exe sizes or greater speed is desired. I use FreeBASIC on Linux but on Windows I usually use QBASIC.

QB64 is more compatible than FreeBASIC for running QBASIC programs, but it produces large exes that are slower than FreeBASIC ones. It runs on windows or on Linux with wine [2] . Qb64 is not done yet, so in the future, it will probably improve and be able to access "modern" OS features like FreeBASIC can.

[1] But 640K is still enough for Bill Gates.

[2] QB64 at the time of writing this article has a non-public build running on Linux.

So it's about connecting a pic to windows to show data?

There was another basic mentioned in the forum..ms small basic? that did the same I think but I can't find it. It was a small program suggested by one of the gcb team.

Hey there - for GUI things etc. I had a look at Gambas - it's an interpreter with Syntax similar to visual basic. Sadly, it ist a linux thing. Didn't see a port to windows or mac. But i find it promising because it has an automatical approach for installation routines at least for debian based-distros. There is a binding for an editor component (qt I think) but don't know how capable this is and how the performance would be.

The use of InForm to create a windows app talking to the Xpress Board was just my attempt to show that it would be easy to interface any PIC or AVR device to a window display using GCBASIC, QB64 and Inform. ff782bc1db