A long long time ago (in the eighties, but it seems like in the Middle Ages
) I used to work in PBDos 2.x. After that, with the arrival of Windows, I switched to Visual Basic and I've been using this till now (in version 2008 .net).
The last couple of weeks I have been trying desperately
to fend off Bob Zale's mails regarding PBwin and I finaly caved in (mostly based on the advertised speed of apps created in PBWin compared to VB) end of last week
.
So I purchased both PBWin, PBForms and Graphic Tools Pro edition.
I am very eager to start but I am noticing that I can find very little newbie stuff on the web that could get me going (when I worked with PBDos I could find several excelent books on it over here in Belgium, but not so for PBWin).
Could anyone point me in correct directions that can get me started
?
I am particularly in need of info on how to write multiple form applications that could (if possible) connect to a database (such as MS Access) and that could display and manipulate graphics. I also need to be able to work (input-output) with Unicode characters (i.e. Chinese) because I would like my first app to be a learning tool for my little daughter who is raised bi-lingual (Dutch and Chinese).
The samples that came with all three packages can't help me very much and neither do the stuff I could find on this website.
Anyone out there in PowerBasic land that could help me out?
- websites with could learning code
- books available in other countries (can be English, French, German or Dutch).
Many thanks from Belgium to whoerver can help me
.

The last couple of weeks I have been trying desperately


So I purchased both PBWin, PBForms and Graphic Tools Pro edition.
I am very eager to start but I am noticing that I can find very little newbie stuff on the web that could get me going (when I worked with PBDos I could find several excelent books on it over here in Belgium, but not so for PBWin).
Could anyone point me in correct directions that can get me started

I am particularly in need of info on how to write multiple form applications that could (if possible) connect to a database (such as MS Access) and that could display and manipulate graphics. I also need to be able to work (input-output) with Unicode characters (i.e. Chinese) because I would like my first app to be a learning tool for my little daughter who is raised bi-lingual (Dutch and Chinese).
The samples that came with all three packages can't help me very much and neither do the stuff I could find on this website.
Anyone out there in PowerBasic land that could help me out?
- websites with could learning code
- books available in other countries (can be English, French, German or Dutch).
Many thanks from Belgium to whoerver can help me

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