SpiderBasic

Thank you! ... Much appreciated!

Hello ...
Where can I download the folder with the example programs (.sb) inside? I thought this would be included with a fresh install of version 3.02 but mine is missing.

Thank you for the help!
Bruce

Check out the "2dDrawing" section from within the "help" menu selection. Look at the "StartDrawing" - "StopDrawing" - "DrawImage" commands. You can draw an image to a canvas but you can't draw a sprite to the canvas (I don't believe) You can only draw a sprite to a screen or a windowed screen. Hope ...

Hi MrTAToad ... When you export your program with the "Copy SpiderBasic" libraries checked, it will create a folder for you called "spiderbasic". Inside that folder you will see another folder called "media". Inside there is an image "background.png". Just need to change that image to what you want ...

Howdy ... Does the resizing of gadgets work for image gadgets as well? Here is a short example and thanks for the help!


EnableExplicit

Enumeration
#WINDOW_ID
#IMAGE_ID
#GADGET_IMAGE_1
#GADGET_IMAGE_2
EndEnumeration

ExamineDesktops()
If OpenWindow(#WINDOW_ID,0,0,DesktopWidth(0),DesktopHeight ...

Thank you Fred. I did copy an older version of sbmongoose.exe to the newer folder and now things are working. It looks like there are two different sized versions of sbmongoose.exe. The older one that comes with SpiderBasic 1.02 is 158k as opposed to the newer version one which is 174k.

Thanks ...

Thank you Peter for your suggestions but still not working on Windows XP. Tried downloading from Firefox browser as well as the Chrome browser but it's the same problem. I did download onto a Windows 7 computer and it is working there. So I guess it's just one of those things ... :D

Thanks Fred ...

Here is an update following your suggestions. Temporarily disabled my antivirus (Avast) and tried compiling one of the example files again. According to the task manager, "sbcompiler.exe" is running but the "sbmongoose.exe" is not shown. I navigated to the "compilers" folder and tried manually ...

System Specs: Windows XP Service Pack 3 x86 (I know, I know it's very outdated)
Default Browser: Firefox 43.0.1 (Most recent)

Hello ... Just recently downloaded and extracted the 1.10 version. When I try to compile any of the examples, I get the following message in my browser window:

"Can't ...

Hi Fred ... Curious as to why you don't think Spider Basic should be used to create websites? Is there a disadvantage in doing so? Thanks!