Visual DarkBasic is my Main project, and has currently been about 2 year in the making, Its basicly a Visual Basic Style Editor for the DarkBasic Programming language, Its designed to use the BlueGui Plugin, but also includes many additional Gadgets that I have Created from Media Players, File Explorers, Scrolling Text Gadgets, CodeMax Syntax Highlighter and many more.

 

This programme will also include Import Scripts so you can import your Projects from Other Languages and have them converted to DarkBasic which will allow much more customisation for use in your DarkBasic projects, One of the Import Scripts is also for the well known RezHack, which can be used to import Ripped Windows from Windows and pritty much any other Programme.

 

This project is still a W.I.P, Mainly because I have made 90% of the Programe Scripted meaning you can customize everythink from the Code Editor to the Color Picker, I have also added so many features which you will be able to try once released, One such feature which you can see in the picture on the Right is call "Create AxtiveX Gadget", This is not compatable with All ActiveX Gadget, but it is with many which means you will be able to create your own gadgets.

 

There will also be a built in Update Feature as well as a DarkBasic DLL Archive to allow you to easiley search a list of all main DarkBasic DLL's, and this system will also Automatically install them for you, along with any help documents that are provided.

 

As people tend to say that DarkBasic is Purley a games programming Language, Mainly due to it being based on DirectX, I have made a point by Making all of Visual DarkBasic derect from DarkBasic itself, and not from any other languages, so i beleave this shows that although not easy, it is possable to make Applications In DarkBasic, and Visual DarkBasic once completed will make it much more easier to do so.

 

In order to use this Programme you would need several other DLL's, they will all be automatically installed, Hovever, as BlueGui is a Commersal product, you would need to purchase this if you intend to export your project to DarKBasic, but BlueGui only costs around £20 so its not too expensive.

 

One Import Feature which also deserves a mension in a BlueGui Import Script i've done, this will allow to to select a DarkBasic Source File, And Automatically Import your UI direct into Visual DarkBasic, This is a Little fussy this one, But still, A nice option.

 

Another Feature in VDB will be a Built In Code Editor, which will be very useful as VDB is built to be Event Based, which makes it easier for Editing, IE: If you have a Button call Cancel, then the OnClick Event will be one word, END, Once VDB Exports this either to code, or to compile it will be as so

 

 

This means you can simply Simulate pressing this butten by calling either Cancel_ONCLICK() or PostEvent Cancel,MOUSE_CLICK,0,0

Names of All gadgets will Automatically be created as Globals, Any other Globals you want you would have to create in the Event Labeled ONSTART: Which is Associated with the DarkBasic Window.

 

VDB will Also come with with a Built In Menu Editor capable of Creating MenuBars, Or Popup Menus for ANY Gadget as you can see in the Picture.