Working with WinRT, well, I'm just going to say it... sucks!  I'm past the "who moved my cheese" phase; so that's not why I'm making that statement.  It sucks because it is not completely thought out, requires that you have to jump through hoops that were solved by many other API stacks many years ago, and ...

The following is a list of samples that I've found helpful as I continue to work on my first WinRT application: XAML AppBar control sample Demonstrates how to use the AppBar control to present navigation, commands and tools to users.  Of interest is the information on using Page.TopBar and Page.BottomBar (versus doing it as a ...

Disclaimer: Let me be clear in that I am ***not recommending*** doing what I'm about to discuss except for the specific scenarios where it is ***needed***.  With that said... When working with platforms that do not have full support for the Visual Basic .NET runtime; it can sometimes be difficult to get things working and you may ...

Thanks for bringing this to my attention.  I've managed to modify 0.1.5 so that it "forces" en-US so that, at the very least, the results are going to be what is expected given that the interpreter is being written by an english speaking American. ;-) I can say that I would like to find a better answer, however, for the time being I ...

I've made a few enhancements to the interpreter..There is now a branding/navigation bar across the top.  This provides the ability to visit this website and access to additional functionality.The files button (in the navigation bar) provides for a more modern UI over the 1980's era GW-BASIC commands FILES, CHDIR, RMDIR, LOAD, RUN and ...

Clumpco, thanks for the feedback.  I've published v0.01.3 that includes a modification to the SYSTEM keyword so that it will display system information that might be able to be utilized to handle different regional configurations, specifically with regards to the keyboard layout.  Unfortunately, Silverlight does not do this ...

azuckerman, thanks for the feedback.  Right now the focus is on getting the interpreter a compatible as possible with regards to the original GW-BASIC; once that is done, I have a lot of ideas what might come next and your suggestion is on the possibles list.

I've been working hard since I got back from England on all aspects of the interpreter. Language For the most part, I think I have most of the language covered.  I've added a few extra keywords; however, the primary purpose is the have as much compatibility with the original as possible.  Most of these have been ...

Next Monday, I'll be headed to the UK (Cambridge) for a "vacation".  As it turns out, this is also the home of Red Gate software, makers of SQL Toolbelt, ANTS Profiler and .NET Reflector. I'll be spending some time with them while there; so if you have any questions / comments you'd like me to pass along, feel free to ...

BLOG I'm currently in the planning stages to rebuild this site.  I've delayed doing this for a long time since I didn't want to "break links"; however, one reason why I don't contribute as much as I used to is the fact that I enjoy the comment interaction.  Thanks to blog spam, I had to disable anonymous ...