Ecere SDK/eC Forums

The short answer to 'Where is the eC string class?' is 'Somewhere in the future'. We just haven't gotten there yet. eC having been developed to provide a better framework to organize the Ecere SDK API, which originally was in C, it was not a part of the original goals. However we do realize how impo...

Sadly (if exception handling is your thing), no :( You can use the C mechanism of longjmp() ('throw') and setjmp() ('catch') if you really need it. However I like to code without exception handling, by writing in a way some describe as the staircase effect... Here is an example of loading something ...

You need to setup the paths in File / Global Settings, Compilers Libraries should contain: C:\Program Files (x86)\ECERE SDK\bin And executable files should contain: C:\Program Files (x86)\ECERE SDK\bin C:\Program Files (x86)\ECERE SDK\mingw\bin Ecere is spreading from computer to computer :shock: Ch...

To resize a window, just do size = { 300, 400 } if you want to specify the size of the entire window including decorations, or clientSize = { 300, 400 } if you want to specify the size excluding the decorations. I have no idea about that mouse hot-box issue, might be something to do with other windo...

Quick answers: Checking if a file exists: FileExists Loading a text file's contents in a char *: File f = FileOpen(...);, f.Read() (works just like fread in C) You can also use other functions in the File class, such as GetLine(), etc. Saving a char *'s contents in a text file: File f = FileOpen(......

Hi fedor, The idea of a 'thread' is that each thread has its own stack. That's how you can be in different functions in each thread, all function local variables are allocated on that stack. My suggestion is that if you just follow the guidelines I just outlined, you should find things to go smoothl...

Dear fedor, eC provides some tools to simplify memory management. However it doesn't take care of it all for you, so you can't be careless. First, it is important to understand exactly what memory eC manages for you... Instances of classes (Either those declared as 'class MyClass { }', and those dec...

Hi Lou, If you do at that same command prompt 'gcc --version', what do you get? The version that the Ecere SDK 0.43 installer installs should read 'gcc (GCC) 4.3.0 20080305 (alpha-testing) mingw-20080502' I suspect you already had a MinGW installation that has precedence in the path and that is why ...

Hi fedor. Yes the renew allocator either reuses, or frees then allocates a new block of memory. It works similarly to the C function 'realloc'. Typical usage: byte * mem = new byte[10]; mem = renew mem byte[20]; Use with complete peace of mind. No memory leaks. Also note the zeroing versions: byte *...

Hey guys, Here is some sample code showing how to define a custom data type for use in data controls. http://www.ecere.com/forums/download/file.php?id=21 It overrides the data type's OnDisplay() and OnGetString() methods to show the little flags next to each country. I had to do a little patch for t...