Add module Localization in REALbasic

First thing go to your project tab and add a new module called Localization. Now double click on it and add new constant from menu. In Constant Name type Exit_app, in Default Value type Exit, in Type choose String and finally make Dynamic option checked. Now click on + button and in Platform select Any, in Language select Polish and in Value enter Zakoncz. This way when the user have a Polish language operating system he will get Polish language of Exit text. Of course you can also specify any platform (Windows, Mac, Linux) for translation. Any gives the same value for each platform. The same method can be used to add more translation of this type of string.

Connect Constant Name to Menu Item

Now we will connect our Constant Name (Exit_app) to our MenuBar Item text. Go to Project Tab and click on Add Menu Bar button. Now click on Add Menu and then click on Add Menu Item. Change the Menu name from Untitled to File and select first Menu Item from File menu. Now in it Appearance Text type our Constant Name – #Exit_app. If you have problems with creating a Menu in REAlbasic you can always go back to my other tutorial like Preferences menu on Mac in REALbasic to see how can this be done.

Startup Mode Selector features:

• - it shows whether you have a 32-bit or a 64-bit processor
• - it shows whether you have a 32-bit or a 64-bit EFI
• - it shows whether the MacOS X Kernel is set to boot in 32-bit or in 64-bit mode
• - it shows whether the MacOS X Kernel is running in 32-bit or in 64-bit mode
• - it shows whether Apple officially supports booting a 64-bit kernel on your Mac
• - it allows you to select whether you want to start the MacOS X Kernel in 32-bit or in 64-bit mode (the setting might be ignored on MacBooks, depending on how Apple implements the restriction)
• - accompanying webpage explains what the whole commotion about 32-bit and 64-bit in MacOS X Snow Leopard is about

More informations

Startup Mode Selector home page
Download Startup Mode Selector for Mac

Usage of REALbasic gtCalendar

To use the calendar control simply drag the gtCalendar control object and supporting graphics directory into your project. In the window editor drag the gtCalendar control onto your window. The control was designed at a size of 224 (width) and 180 (height). It will scale to fit any canvas size although the font size will not adjust – about 80% (180 x 144) is the smallest practical size.

The arrows at the left and right top corners of the calendar, when clicked on with the mouse, moves to the previous and next months. Holding the SHIFT key while clicking on the arrows moves to the previous and next year while the month remains constant.

More informations

gtCalendar home page
Download gtCalendar for REALbasic

Coding autocomplete function

First add to Window1 Class a TextFiled Control. OK, before coding we must add New Property Del As Boolean. This will give us a option to control if users is clicking delete button on keyboard. Our next step is checking if users is trying to delete some character from the string. Add to TextField1 Function KeyDown this code: Del = (Chr(8) = Key). Now we are ready to make everything work nice. OK, add some code to REALbasic code editor in TextField1 Sub () TextChange like in this example.

Creating the GUI for TextArea Syntax highlighting

Add to Window1 one TextField Control. Now go to TextField Sub () TextChange and enter some code… Before we start there are some things to clarify. First – this is only a starting point for creating inline text checking and it works only after typing. So I mean by this that there is no option to get for example to first line (after typing 10) and add some change to code (at least as expected). But as I mentioned earlier this is a good start tutorial, so you can create own REALbasic TextArea Syntax highlighting Class. Hope you will enjoy it!

ImagePlay screenshot:

ImagePlay is a nondestructive image editor based around “chaining” effects together. No more mucking with pixels and brushes. Simply apply the effect you want and see the results. You can even save your favorite effect groups for repeated use. It use ImagePlay Effects Library for REALbasic.

More informations

ImagePlay Effects Library home page
Download ImagePlay Effects Library for REALbasic

WrongRoom screenshot:

More informations

WrongRoom home page
Download WrongRoom for Mac

Amazon Web Services in REALbasic applications

This FREE OPEN SOURCE class library also comes with the project source code for a fully-functional Amazon-powered application, which you can reuse in your own REALbasic projects!

WSL-Amazon key features:

• Search by Keyword, ASIN, UPC, Author, Artist/Musician, Actor/Actress, Film Director, Manufacturer, Similar Products, Listmania ID, Wishlist ID, or special Text Stream Phrases.
• Search All of Amazon or choose from specific Category filters such as Books, Music, DVD, Software, and many others.
• Retrieves extensive product details, including product images.
• Supports the US, UK, German, French, Canadian, and Japanese Amazon stores.
• Display Customer Reviews.
• Get Ratings as either an Integer (Number) or Picture (Stars).
• Show related Accessories, Listmania Lists and Similar Products.
• Display Third-Party Marketplace Offers for a selected product.
• Unicode-savvy: receives Amazon data in UTF-8 format.
• Includes project source code for a fully-functional Amazon-powered application.

More informations

WSL-Amazon home page
WSL-Amazon for REALbasic

Creating the GUI for text suggestion during typing

Add to Window1 one TextField Control and two Static Text Controls. Change the StaticText1 Text Property to value “Suggestion:”. Now we will put some code to make everything work

Coding a text suggestion function during typing

Go to REALbasic code editor and in TextField1 Sub TextChange enter the code below. If you like you can also add to StaticText2 Function MouseDown code TextField1.Text = me.Text that will after clicking on StaticText2 change the TextField1.Text to StaticText2.Text.

StyledText Class in REALbasic

Because the TextArea already has selection style attributes, the StyledText class honors that information. This means that you can set the style information using the selection methods that are available within the TextArea class, and they will be reflected when getting StyleRun information (and vice versa). Not all of the style attributes for selections in the TextArea class are available in the StyleRun class, such as Outline, Condense, Shadow, and Extend. These were supported only on Mac OS “classic”.

StyledText Class example in REALbasic

The following example uses the methods of the StyledText class to mark up and align text and display it in a TextArea. In order for the styled text to display, you must turn on the Multiline and Styled properties of the TextArea.

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Dim Text As String  // text to be displayed in TextArea
Dim st,ln As Integer  // start and length values of a paragraph
 
//define four paragraphs in Text
Text = "This is the text that we are going to save " _
+"into our file from the TextArea."+EndofLine _
+"Isn't that interesting?"+EndofLine _
+"Man, I sure do love using RB to take care of my projects."+EndofLine _
+"That's because the RS Engineering staff is just so awesome!"
 
TextArea1.StyledText.Text = text //four paragraphs in Text
TextArea1.StyledText.Bold(5, 2) = True
TextArea1.StyledText.TextColor(5, 2) = &cFF0000 //bold and red
TextArea1.StyledText.Size( 7, 10) = 16
TextArea1.StyledText.Underline(12, 4) = True //16 pt underline
TextArea1.StyledText.Size(100, 4) = 18
TextArea1.StyledText.TextColor(100, 4) = &cFF00FF //18 pt and Magenta
TextArea1.StyledText.Font(0, Len(text) ) = "Comic Sans MS"
 
//center aliign second paragraph
TextArea1.StyledText.ParagraphAlignment(1)=Paragraph.AlignCenter 
//set this paragraph in Helveticta, 18 pt bold, red
//first get the start and length values for this paragraph...
st=TextArea1.StyledText.Paragraph(1).StartPos
ln=TextArea1.StyledText.Paragraph(1).Length+1
 
//next apply attributes...
TextArea1.StyledText.Bold(st,ln)=True
TextArea1.StyledText.Font(st,ln)="Helvetica"
TextArea1.StyledText.Size(st,ln)=18
TextArea1.StyledText.TextColor(st,ln)=&cFF0000

Save StyledText to file in REALbasic

The following code, appended to the end of the previous method, saves the styled text to disk in RTF format. It assumes that the File Type Set, “TextTypes” has one item, TextRTF, that defines the RTF file type

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Dim s As TextOutputStream
Dim f As Folderitem
 
f=GetSaveFolderItem(TextTypes.TextRtf,"TestSaveRTF")
s=TextOutputStream.Create(f)
s.Write TextArea1.StyledText.RTFData
s.Close