30th May 2008
PureBasic
v4.20 is out! 
"Good things come to those who wait" - with this slogan we could describe the long development time of the new PureBasic version. It is available now as final release for Windows, Linux & MacOS for all registered users in your download account. Fred has given us a very interesting look behind the scenes about all the many things (internally) changed and added for the new and great v4.20 in his (beta6) announcement on the PB forum.
According to this release I've updated the History and Update sites, and have also uploaded new online manual as well in .chm format in the download section. There was also added a combined "Reference manual & CodeArchiv" edition by Stefan Schnell.
I've updated the contact page and added new informations and pictures about the PB team. Also the Glossary, Links and SiteMap pages were updated.
Because
of the increasing number of presented DLL and developer tools I've
splitted the site into DLL and DevTools,
and have also added a new section about useful Include
files. I've added a lot of useful wrapper DLL made by Progi84 to
the DLL section, as well two new developer tool "highlights": PureGDK
& coffIT 
I always search for suggestion to present new tools, programs, dlls, etc. on PureArea.net - what you can tell me you find in my posting on english PB forum.
Another bad information: the PureWiki is down since several weeks, too much spam-robots flooded the database. Don't know until now, what will happen with it in the future...
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Next week the Uefa Euro 2008 soccer championships are starting in Autria + Switzerland. |
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And
I will have holidays for 2 weeks starting at 23th June,
visiting my scottish friend David 'tinman' McMinn! |
As usually my father will handle all orders for PureBasic & PureVisionXP during my holidays. Just be aware of the notes on the order site about complete data. Thanks!
22nd February 2008
PureBasic - new Upgrade prices & offer
As the "Topos" version is now already available for five years in the stores (and the prices were decreased during the time), the upgrade to the full version costs now 69 Euros.
Newly available: All buyers of "PureBasic 4 - 3D Developer" from DTP publisher (more -german- informations here) can now get the regular full version with unlimited free updates for 39 Euros. Just send me a e-mail with your full address as well dealer and date of purchase (if you have already, please also add the account data of the 1-year-limited download account).
Here you go the the order page.
13th February 2008
PureBasic v4.2 beta available + new Visual Designer alpha16!
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All
registered users can get their copy on their personal
download account. This new version brings again
many improvements, like in-built libraries for Mail,
FTP, RegularExpressions, SQLite, etc. as well a DirectX
9 subsystem and a new profiler tool for the PB IDE.
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Also on PureArea.net I made several updates:
In the ares UserLibs (Note: the table can be sorted by clicking on the column headers) and Dll/DeveloperTools there were added a wide collection of useful dll and tools around the programming with PureBasic. Included some real highlights like the PBBT userlib package, with Conductor Lite a professional music library or the CodeArchiv v4 in .chm format. Also the Tutorial section I've a bit reworked, some tutorials are online now in a PB v4 compatible version.
Especially for all german-speaking people (because there are different PureBasic versions in the shops) I've created a (german) information site about their differences. Get your regular full version here on my site!
On the english sites of PureArea.net we reach the 100,000 visitor within the next days (probably on 16./17. February). Many thanks for your interest!
19th November 2007
PureBasic v4.1 for Windows, Linux and MacOS released!
After
a long break because of several private reasons I can offer you
today a new update on PureArea.net 
You can expect news on PureArea more regularly from now on
again.
We are starting with the breaking news: a bit more than 1 week ago there was released the new PureBasic 4.10 version - for the first time on all three supported platforms at once. So also the MacOS has now it's first "final" v4 release.
You find new Drag & Drop, XML and Scintilla libraries in this release, also MS Vista compatibility was added. Read more in the History and Update sections.
So also the online manual was updated for PureBasic v4.1. For the first time the PureBasic documentation is now also available in PDF format (two versions: "full" with all libraries, "small" without library descriptions). See the download section.
As a little surprise I can show you today the first official pictures of all PureBasic team members! Read more about the PureBasic Team Meeting!
Then I've also updated the UserLibs section to their latest versions and I've also added several new libs.
I want to suggest you the PureArea ShowCase again - there you can show your PureBasic projects to the public!
Everyone interested to buy a PureBasic licence (with free life-time updates) can do it here. Donations by already registered users are possible in your personal download account.
16th June 2007
| It's holiday time! |
Here you see my holiday destination - Golden sand in Bulgaria |
In the meantime there is available PureBasic for Windows already in version v4.10 as Beta version with many useful additions like native Drag & Drop, XML and Scintilla support - like always in your personal download account. For this I have invested a lot of time in the (german) manual, so the CodeArchiv is not much further as the release from May 2007.
I'll
be away because of two weeks vacations in Bulgaria from
17th June till 1st July. Please be aware of this, when you don't
get a reply during this time. Thank you for your patience
But: in the usually way my father will handle all orders for PureBasic & PureVisionXP during this time. Just be aware of the notes on the order site about complete data. Thanks!
Yesterday we reached 80,000 visitors on the english sites of PureArea.net since the start on 29th August 2003. Thanks for your interest!
6th May 2007
CodeArchiv v4 as Beta version released!
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Hello dear PureBasic friends,
today
is the time: the CodeArchiv
in a compatible to PureBasic v4 version was released as beta version. But
that's not all - there are an improved version of the
C.A.V.
(Offline browser) as well more than 500 new codes. The CodeArchiv does include
now already 1894 codes...
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CAV with forum links |
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The release of the version v4 as "Beta" means the following:
Please also read the Readme file contained in the archive!
Soon there will be also other news on PureArea.net again!
Actually from the PureBasic developers: PureBasic for Linux was released in the final version v4.01, furthermore there is already available the Alpha version of PureBasic v4 for MacOS in your personal download account! |
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... I would also be happy about positive votes in the 
11th March 2007
Yesterday we reached 80,000 visitors on the english sites of PureArea.net since the start on 29th August 2003. Thanks for your interest!
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PureBasic Version 4 now also in the stores!
According to informations by developer Frederic Laboureur this version has a free update right included - limited to one year from purchase. This means that costumers of this version can contact the german publisher MasterCreating (support@purebasic.de) for registering and getting access to the personal download area. I want to inform, that I don't be the support for this version.
The unlimited full version including all updates can of course be ordered from me - beside the download access there is additionally availabe a CDROM (details on request via e-mail). |
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Because of the lack of time and a stroke of fate (my grandfather died on 19th February) there was unfortunately nothing to hear from me on the forums and here on PureArea.net for a longer time, so I can't announce big news or updates on PureArea.net today.
One of the most hardworking authors of UserLibs and deverloper tools around PureBasic has released his own download tool for his programs - so I present the Gnozals Tools Updater in the Developer Tools today. |
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But I wasn't inactive last weeks/months. The CodeArchiv is (except very few codes) now fully converted to PureBasic v4, there are already added more than 500 new codes. On the left side you see a screenshot of the actual version.
From time to time I have problems with converting codes. They will be put online here. If you can help with converting them to PB v4, you're welcome! Please send successfully converted codes via e-mail to me or post them in the related thread on german forum. Thank you! |
7th January 2007
Welcome 2007 - Happy New Year to all PureBasic users!
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PureBasic got two new versions last weeks: For Windows was released a bug-fix as PureBasic v4.02 and for Linux the Beta 2 of the forthcoming v4 were released. Both can be downloaded in your personal account on PureBasic.com. |
PureBasic Linux users can't await the final PB v4 for their OS.... |
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PureBasic users understand fun. Look what they created with Freds face ;) |
On PureArea.net I've updated UserLibs again - this section contain now 245 (!!) libraries for extending your PureBasic and making your (programming) life easier. |
17th December 2006
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Happy Xmas to all PureBasic users! I wish you also all the best for the coming year 2007! |
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PureBasic for AmigaOS will not be developed further anymore. Because of this, Frederic Laboureur has decided to release it as OpenSource (except the compiler) - you can get it on PureBasic.com! PureBasic v4 Linux is still in beta stage and there are also done several bug-fixes to PureBasic v4 for Windows - so there is also a small update (PureBasic v4.01) available in your personal download account on PureBasic.com.
Today I've extended the section of the Developer Tools with several cool new tools: DirectX 9c and OpenGL includes for PureBasic, a new (unofficial) TailBite version and more tools by gnozal. Because of the often missed Midas11.dll (needed for PB/Windows Module Library) I've also included the HouseMarque Audiosystem in the DLL section. There is also shown the new Etna (stands for "Easy daTabase Network Access") DLL.
Furthermore I've updated the UserLibs with latest versions and also new ones, e.g. the Irrlicht 3D engine wrapper. And also the Links were updated - e.g. the first russian PB sites are present now.
And
finally I've put online the nearly fully to PB v4 converted CodeArchive
(the older PB3.93 codes are still available) - a download package
will be released, when it's done...
30th October 2006
PureBasic v4 for Linux - first public beta is out!
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No news on PureArea.net today, but there are news about PureBasic itself: After several months of work the first public beta version was released. And from what can be heard on the forums it already runs quite well, it even supports Japanese (unicode modus). |
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8th October 2006
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First PureBasic PDF magazine near to release!
Only
some days left - then the first PureBasic magazine can
be downloaded: PB.CM
is its name. Currently its german only - but if there
is enough interest the authors will think about an english
version for sure... |
There are several more updates on PureArea.net available:
PureBasic Reference Manual is available in its latest version (newer than original PB v4 package) and still also for PB v3.94 - both online and for download. As well the download section in general was updated and the WinAPI32 help guide included.
With the K-NetLib a very powerful dll network package (inluding needed PureBasic include files as well the source) was released as freeware.
You can also get new tutorials about programing with PureBasic.
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As well a lot of new and updated UserLibs were released - one highlight of them is the eGrid lib providing a powerful grid control for PureBasic. |
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Also the Links section was updated (not working links changed/deleted) and also extended with some new links. If you want to be added - just drop me a mail! The Sitemap of PureArea.net is now also up-to-date.
We are making good progress with converting the CodeArchiv to PB v4 - current status report and also a "Help needed!" call (for converting last missing codes) is regularly posted on german forum. Any help is welcome!
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PureBasic gets also noticed by the demoscene. Three chapters about "Demo coding with PureBasic" were released lately in the Hugi Scene Mag #32. |
17th September 2006
Back from wonderful holidays on my South America trip through
Peru - Bolivia - Chile in July/August 2006!
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Here are some pics for you... |
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Of course I'm back in Germany already since middle of August, but I was very busy until now. Especially I'm investing a lot of my spare time into converting the CodeArchiv to PB v4, so a new version should be out in .... weeks. Anyway we can need help, a list of unconverted codes can be read on german forum.
There is a new book about PureBasic available:
"PureBasic - A Beginner's Guide to Computer Programming" got already a lot of positive feedback from PB beginners and advanced coders. With the release of this second (commercial) book about PureBasic I extended the Tutorials section on PureArea.net also with a small book chapter.
In the Developer tools section I present today three new tools: EasySetup, ProgiToDo and PureForm. More updates on PureArea.net should follow soon...
