GAMBAS is under rapid development, and the help system lags behind the development version fairly often.
Slainte Gordon ---------------------------- Gordon Findlay, Academic IT Manager, Avonmore Tertiary Academy, Christchurch. ph: 03 977 2692 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The cares of tomorrow can wait until this day is done. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Kerry Mayes > Sent: Thursday, 5 October 2006 2:18 p.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Grossly [OT] > > To answer the original Question: > > Yes, I've used VB (well, mainly VBA) - contact me off list. > > On the subject of Linux / open source alternatives, I would like to > find an alternative to VB that has a development environment with a > context sensitive help / reference system. I want to be able to get > help on the objects available and language elements. I've learned too > many languages and am often needing to find the correct form of the > case/ select statement for example! > > Suggestions so far include: > wxPython > ironPython > Gambas > > how would these rate? > > Kerry. > > > On 05/10/06, Andrew Errington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <snip> > > > > Apologies in advance. Any body used VB or knows a forum like > > > > this about? > > > > > > How about Gambas? > > > > > > http://gambas.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > > Then you would not need to apologise. > > > I believe at least one other list member is playing with it. > > > > > > <quote> > > > What is that new animal ? Well, Gambas is a free > development environment > > > based on a Basic interpreter with object extensions, > like Visual Basic. > > > (but it is NOT a clone!). > > > </quote> > > > > I'd second Carl's recommendation for Python. Gambas is not > cross-platform. > > Python itself (script-level) *is* cross-platform, and with > the addition of > > wxPython allows you to make cross-platfrom GUI applications. > > > > In fact, familiarity with VB will help with the event-style > programming of > > a wxPython GUI app. You should probably start off with a > few simple Python > > scripts (no GUI)- there are plenty of resources on the web > including the > > downloadable-for-free "Dive into Python" by Mark Pilgrim. > If you want to > > leap directly into the wxPython GUI world I recommend Boa > Constructor as an > > IDE, and "wxPython in Action" by Noel Rappin and Robin Dunn as a > > reference/tutorial text. If you download the wxPython > package and run the > > wxPython demo you will see just what wxPython can do, and > of course you get > > all that and all the yummy goodness of Python itself. > > > > IMHO, > > > > Andrew > > > > PS I know I have reinforced the classic rabid Open-Source knee jerk > > response stereotype in answering a question like "I want to > know about > > this" with a statement "You don't want to know about that, > you want this". > > But of course it doesn't matter as I am right. > > > >
