Does anyone have experience with this compiler?
http://www.xblite.com/ (http://www.xblite.com/)
No.
But both your screenshot and the "News" section suggest it's outdated, if not discontinued:
- The screenshot mentions that it runs on XP as the latest Windows version.
- The last entry of http://www.xblite.com/news.html (http://www.xblite.com/news.html) dates back to 2010.
There are some entries in their forum and Google Newsgroup that suggests that the author is still creating updates for the software. Not sure I'd invest a lot of time and effort into learning it.
I received the author's answer about compiling in 64 bits. This is what he answered:
"No, not at his time. The assembler, goasm, can generate 64-bit output, but
The underlying libraries for xblite are all 32-bit x86.
David"
I have been looking for and I also found other compiler with CLIPPER flavor, it looks good and it is updated. It is 32 and 64 bits and manages DBF databases, reporter and some good things. It is not BASIC but I see it understandable and easy to code. Only the documentation can be a bit poor:
http://www.c3compiler.com/En/Index.htm (http://www.c3compiler.com/En/Index.htm)
If you are checking out xBase language compilers you might be interested in Harbour.
Home Page...
https://harbour.github.io/
About Harbour...
Harbour is a compiler for the xBase superset language often referred to as Clipper (the language that is implemented by the compiler CA-Clipper). Harbour is a cross-platform compiler and is known to compile and run on:
GNU/Linux
Windows (32/64-bit, CE)
macOS
iOS
Android
*BSD
*nix
OS/2
MS-DOS
Harbour is a free and open-source project. It can be used to make open source applications, free or commercial products.
Found the entry to Android. RFO basic has lots of tools and commands for Android.
Command line much like old Qbasic with the dot syntax.
Even a "garbage generator" for us gadget dependents... lol :P
Hopefully i can learn enough to allow it to read my Powerbasic program's data files.
Seems worth looking into for Android.
Quote from: David Warner on February 22, 2017, 11:45:55 AM
If you are checking out xBase language compilers you might be interested in Harbour.
Talking about xBASE/Clipper, I once worked for a company which had its code base in Clipper (back in the DOS days), which then attempted to move to Windows by using Visual Objects (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Objects).
Petrus,
I have been using RFO-Basic for Android for some time. It is an excellent open-source product. It is an interpreter, but there are free packages to create an APK from your RFO-Basic source. There is also a compatible compiler that one of the developers is selling for $2.99.
RFO-Basic is well documented and supported. I have developed really nice apps for my own use. You can use its HTML capability to make any GUI just like making a web page. If you are a web developer, you can think of RFO-Basic as a high level replacement for PHP, and you get total control of all Android features.
Robert