Bug in PB IDE

[Torte Torsten]

I have found a "for me very nasty" bug in the PB IDE.

To reproduce it open a new PB File and leave the name as
NoName1.Bas

Add the following code

<code>
#COMPILE EXE '''"p.exe"

FUNCTION WINMAIN (BYVAL hInstance AS LONG, _
BYVAL hPrevInstance AS LONG, _
lpCmdLine AS ASCIIZ PTR, _
BYVAL iCmdShow AS LONG) AS LONG
MSGBOX "Hello NoName1"

END FUNCTION ' WinMain
</code>

Click on Build and Execute and the Messagebox appears.
Now remove the comment in the #Compile directive
and change the MsgBox Statement to
MSGBOX "Hello p".
Click on Build and Execute again.

Regards,

Torsten Rienow



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[Guest]

So where is the bug? What behavior do you consider an anomally?

This works perfectly for me. I get the two message boxes.

Why are you naming a program Nonamex.bas? That's not a safe thing to do. You could screw around and overwrite some work.

[Torte Torsten]

Ron,

the first Msgbox should display "Hello NoName1",
the second Msgbox should display "Hello P",
but the second Msgbox displayed "Hello NoName1",
that means, that "P.EXE" wich has been created after
removing the comments from the #COMPILE directive, was
not executed. Instead the IDE has executed the
NoName1.exe wich is obsolete after i have forced the
compiler to create the "P.EXE".
This is proofed by examining the process list.
If i delete the NoName1.Exe from the HD nothing is executed
from HD.

Regards,

Torsten Rienow


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[Guest]

I'll bet 5 Baht that the IDE is by design going to attempt to execute the filename which matched the source file - in this case Noname1.bas - and not the specified output filename (if any).
I reckon the official verdict will be forthcoming. It is likely a "design decision" rather than an oversight (b.u.g).

Thanks for clarifying the execution from the IDE. I was executing from the command line.

[Edwin Knoppert]

Try to make an Error.bas...



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[Tom Hanlin]

Righto, Ron. We aim to revise this in the future.

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Tom Hanlin
PowerBASIC Staff