SpiderBasic 3.30 beta 2 is out !

[Fred]

It's a regression, will be fixed in beta 2. Thanks !

[hoerbie]

Thanks, now the Beta 1 is downloadable. Will have a look in the next days.

[Fred]

- 2026-05-27: beta 2 is out, with some bug fixes, and a new DateUTC() function.

[bembulak]

- 2026-05-27: beta 2 is out, with some bug fixes, and a new DateUTC() function.

Great news, thank you!

[Danilo]

It's a regression, will be fixed in beta 2. Thanks !

Thank you very much for beta2 - that was fast!

Here the 2 examples for OpenFileRequester from the help file, modified for SB 3.30:

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Procedure ButtonEvent()
  Filename$ = OpenFileRequester("", #PB_Requester_MultiSelection)
  	
  ; Process all the selected filename
  ;
  While Filename$
    Debug "Filename: " + Filename$
    Filename$ = NextSelectedFilename()
  Wend
EndProcedure
    
OpenWindow(0, 100, 100, 200, 55, "File")
ButtonGadget(0, 10, 10, 170, 25, "Open local file...")
BindGadgetEvent(0, @ButtonEvent())

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Procedure ButtonEvent()
  Filename$ = OpenFileRequester("")
  If Filename$
    Image = LoadImage(#PB_Any, Filename$, #PB_LocalFile)
    If Image
      ; Display the image in a new window
      OpenWindow(#PB_Any, 10, 10, 300, 300, "Image", #PB_Window_SizeGadget)
      ImageGadget(#PB_Any, 0, 0, ImageWidth(Image), ImageHeight(Image), ImageID(Image))
    EndIf
  EndIf
EndProcedure

OpenWindow(0, 100, 100, 200, 55, "File")
ButtonGadget(0, 10, 10, 170, 25, "Open local file...")
BindGadgetEvent(0, @ButtonEvent())

SB 3.30 beta is incompatible to SB 3.20. Maybe it‘s better to go to version number SB 4.0?
For example, old:

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OpenFileRequester(Pattern$, Callback)

Still runs, but means now

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OpenFileRequester(Pattern$, #PB_Requester_MultiSelection)

and fails silently.

Many codes need to be changed, so a new version number would be reasonable/justified. It‘s a major change.

[Fred]

Makes sense, once all is up and running it will be 4.0.

[Fred]

I'm just wondering, what's your Android (or IOS) app build time (from compile to full deploy on device) ? I got a very old PC and want to see what's the improvement with new.

Here (timed the second build, as the first one does some cache, launch gradle and adb etc):
- with 3.20: 3m20
- with 3.30: 1m15

[RBart]

Hi Fred,

I appreciate the work. I love SpiderBasic. It's a great project.
But, I find it very difficult to work with images in Spiderbasic.
It's a lot of code to get just one image on the screen.
In modules it's nearly impossible, I didn't succeed until now. I have a topic open for this problem in coding questions;

I am trying it with this now:

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PictureButton = TextGadget(#PB_Any,20,650,100,100, "'<button type='button'onclick='f_klik()'><img src='512x512.png' alt='Button Image' style='width: 100px; height: 100px;'></button>")

But when I call the procedure klik() it doesn't work, inside a module.

To get an image on the screen this works in modules:

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Picture = TextGadget(#PB_Any,20,650,100,100, "<img src='512x512.png' width='100' height='100'>") 

But this is drawing a thin line around the image.

Greetings,
Rudi

[RBart]

I'm just wondering, what's your Android (or IOS) app build time (from compile to full deploy on device) ? I got a very old PC and want to see what's the improvement with new.

Here (timed the second build, as the first one does some cache, launch gradle and adb etc):
- with 3.20: 3m20
- with 3.30: 1m15

On Ubuntu 22.04 spiderbasic 3.20 complile took 40 seconds. I use my phone to test so I can't mesure that. Installing the APK doesn't take long neither.
Didn't try 3.30 yet.

Grts, Rudi

[Danilo]

But, I find it very difficult to work with images in Spiderbasic.
It's a lot of code to get just one image on the screen.

Did you try the latest SB 3.30 beta? The image loading functions have been changed,
to make usage much easier:

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Procedure klik()
  Debug "klik!"
EndProcedure

OpenWindow(1, 10, 10, 532, 532, "Window 1")

If Not LoadImage(1,"512x512.png")
  CreateImage(1,512,512,24)
EndIf

ButtonImageGadget(1,10,10,512,512,ImageID(1))

BindGadgetEvent(1,@klik(),#PB_EventType_LeftClick)

The SB help is not updated, yet. It‘s a beta.

But when I call the procedure klik() it doesn't work, inside a module.

Procedure names inside modules are different, it is not ‚f_klik()‘.
Check the JS output, iirc it‘s something with ‚modulename$‘ or ‚$modulename‘ inside. Search for ‚klik‘ inside the generated JavaScript.