1 thing I wanna know before I start using FB

[KoVeNaNT]

I've heard that FreeBASIC has an amazing sound library... Does it work WITHOUT the VDM thingy? :roll:

[barok]

True. You have your choices of Bass.dll, FMOD.dll, directsound and OPENAL.dll. There might be a few more things i can't name off the top of my head.

[lillo]

VDM is soundblaster emulation subsystem for DOS windows under Win2K/XP. Basically it lets old DOS apps "see" your sound card as a soundblaster.
This is not needed by FB as FB is a 32bit compiler that produces 32bit native Win32 programs. An FB app can directly use DirectSound for example.
FMOD, BASS and OpenAL are modern libs usually used by C apps, that FB apps can use natively being 32bit Win32 apps.

[Rattrapmax6]

:lol: When I coded in QB I lacked a SoundBlaster card,.. Now that I code in FB, I lack all sound support,.. my luck, and a bad computer, doesn't mix well... :rotfl:

[KoVeNaNT]

...and one other thing. Is there a "Run" command in FBIDE as in Qbasic? It's a time saver to skip compiling to test your games or whatever I am coding..

[relsoft]

Yeah, FBide or context.

[KoVeNaNT]

Well then, bye bye QBasic!

[Antoni Gual]

No, FB has no interpreter. It's just a (great) compiler.

[red_Marvin]

But there are IDE's for fB like FBIDE where you can press F5 to
"fast run" your code (What it does is AFIK compiling it to a temp
exe and then running the exe)

[KoVeNaNT]

I downloaded FreeBASIC and FBide and installed it on my computer here at work and I noticed that the .DLL files aren't included? Where can I get 'em?