Help With Programming
Welcome to the Technical Support and Help page! This helps you with the following:
- Overview.
- Downloading and installing Ubercode.
- Help getting started.
- Example programs that show common programming tasks.
- Technical documents on many aspects of programming.
If your questions are not answered here, use the links at the bottom of the page for asking new
questions. Your suggestions are also welcome.
About Ubercode
- What Ubercode packages are available?
- What versions have been released?
- What is the latest version?
- What version do I have?
- How much does Ubercode cost?
- Can I upgrade to a more powerful Ubercode package?
- What kind of computer do I need?
- How is Ubercode tested?
- What are the Technical Specifications of Ubercode?
- What's different about Ubercode?
- Is there a Linux version?
Downloading Ubercode
- How do I download
Ubercode?
- How long does the download
take?
- What happens when the Trial Pack
expires?
- What are the benefits of a
Licenced copy?
Installing Ubercode
- How do I begin installation of Ubercode
programming software?
- How do I remove Ubercode programming
software?
- How do I change the Ubercode folder after
installation?
- How do I copy the Ubercode folder to
another computer?
- How do I check Ubercode has been installed
correctly?
- How do I put a short cut to the Developer
Environment on the desktop?
- Installation Error: File is not a
Windows help file or the file is corrupted
- Installation Error: S32EVNT1.DLL An
installable Virtual Device Driver failed Dll initialization.
- Installation Error: The system file is not
suitable for running MS-DOS and Windows applications.
Getting Started with Programming
- How do I write a starter program?
- How does Ubercode work?
- What help is available when writing a program?
- Where can I find more starter programs?
- How do I run an example program?
Programming - Common Tasks
Applications and Classes
- How do I automatically display a window
when a program starts?
- How do I automatically run code when a
program starts?
- How do I change the icon used by an
application?
- How do I prevent an application being
closed?
- I want to add my own functions to the run
time library. Is this possible?
Arrays, Collections, Lists and Tables
- How do I write a program using an
array?
- How do I sort an array or a list?
Common Dialogs
- What are the Windows Common Dialogs and
how do I use them?
- What other Common Dialogs are
available?
- How do I use the Windows
MessageBox function?
- How do I tell if the user pressed Cancel
in a common dialog?
- How do I select more than one file using
the OpenFileDialog?
- How do I choose a directory or a
folder?
Control Objects
- What control objects are available to a
Windows program?
- How do I make control objects run
code?
- How do I enable or disable a group of
controls at run time?
- How do I make a multiline push
button?
- How do I set and test radio
buttons?
- How do I set up a timer?
- How much text can fit in a Label
object?
- Can the individual controls in a dialog
have different fonts and colours?
Databases
- How do I create a simple database?
- How do I loop through the rows in a table?
Date and Time
- How do I find the date and time in a
Windows Program?
- How do I make a program pause for a set
period?
Error Handling
- How do I modify my programs to
handle errors?
- Is exception handling
supported?
- How do I check for memory leaks in a
program?
Files and Disk Drives
- How do I tell whether a file exists or
not?
- How do I delete a file?
- How do I delete a folder and all its
files?
- How do I copy a file?
- How do I copy multiple files?
- How do I edit the lines in a text
file?
- How do I loop through a file containing
binary data?
Graphics and Multimedia
- How do I write graphics
programs?
- How do I display a picture?
- How do I do graphics using Cartesian
coordinates instead of Windows coordinates?
- How do I find the size of the desktop
screen?
- How do I draw into a window with
OpenGL?
Help Files
- How do I call up Help for my programs?
- How do I create help using HTML?
- How do I integrate Help into a program?
- How do I create a Windows Help File?
Menus and Toolbars
- How do I add a menu to a Windows
Program?
- How do I add a tool bar to a Windows
Program?
Multi Threading and Background Processes
- How do I do background processing?
- How do I avoid locking up the user interface during a lengthy
operation?
Numeric types
- How do I make programs show numbers using
different formats?
- How do I get the Hi/Lo bytes or words from
integers?
Printing
- How do I write a program that prints some
text?
- How do I print some text from a
file?
- How do I print different fonts on a
line?
Running other Programs
- How do I run another program?
- How do I pass a command line argument to another
program?
- How do I get the task list (list of running
programs)?
- How do I run an MS-DOS program?
- How do I capture the output of an MS-DOS
program?
- How do I run code in other languages (C, C++, Delphi
etc)?
String Questions
- How do I program with
strings?
- How long is a string?
- How do I delete from
strings?
- How do I copy sections of a
string?
Syntax Questions
- For Each and Iterate
loops - Programming syntax
- How often does Ubercode language
syntax change?
- What is the difference between "its"
and "it's"?
System Information
- How do I get system information
such as the disk size etc?
- Is there a list of system
information functions?
- How do I get the Windows
version?
- How do I read environment
variables?
Web and Internet
- How do I write a program that calls up a
Website?
- How do I run an EXE file from a web browser?
Windows and Dialog boxes
- How do I write a basic program with a
window?
- What are dialogs, forms, modal and modeless
windows?
- How do I create a dialog?
- How do I create a modeless dialog?
- How do I create a modal dialog?
- How do I set the title (caption) in a
window?
- How do I center a dialog box on the
screen?
- How do I make a dialog window store its
settings?
Programming - Compiling and Distributing Programs
Compiling and Debugging
- How do I fix compiler errors? or
run time errors?
- How do I use the
debugger?
- Why is the debugger putting
breakpoints in the wrong places?
Distributing programs
- How do I distribute my EXE files
(programs)?
- How do I know what files to include in my
programs?
- How do I put a link to an EXE file on my
desktop?
- How do I use an installer to copy my EXE files to
another computer?
- Where is the run time library installed?
Other Computer Languages and Documentation
International Developer Article
- Reason for a new language
- Parallels with existing languages
- Key new features
- Introductory program
- Difficulties encountered
- Future improvements
Printing with the Windows API
- How do I write a Windows program that
prints using the API?
Programming with C#
- How do I write a program that runs
another EXE file?
- How do I read in a text file?
- How do I write out a text
file?
Programming with C/C++
- How does the Stringizing operator work in
C/C++?
- How do I write DLLs in C/C++ and call them
from different languages?
Programming with SQL Server
- How do I find the SQL Server
download?
- How do I use SQLCMD to connect to SQL
Server?
- How do I list all databases known to SQL
Server?
- How do I list all tables in one
database?
- How do I use variables with SQLCMD?
- What other useful SQLCMD options are
there?
Programming with the Basic Language
- What constants and types are used in Basic
Programming?
- What keywords are used?
- What functions are used?
- What statements are used?
Programming with the Windows API
- How do I use the Default Push Button in a
dialog?
- Is there an LB_SETTEXT message?
- How do I create file associations?
- How do I create a single instance program
using the Windows API?
- How do I handle missing DLLs after installing
software (missing MSVCIRT.DLL file)?
- What is the Command Line Length Limit under
Windows?
Technical Documentation
- What information is there for learning how to
program Ubercode?
- What are the Technical Specifications of
Ubercode?
- Is there a Language Report available for
Ubercode?
- Is there a list of commands available in
Ubercode?
- How to create short-cuts (link files)
Troubleshooting Windows (help for new programmers)
- Where does Windows look for the
programs it runs on startup?
- How do I remove programs that don't
want to be uninstalled?
- How do I stop Windows from hiding my
menus?
- How do I make Windows use the
correct date/time format in an MS-DOS window?
- Microsoft Word Annoyances
- How does CD-ROM Autorun
work?
Questions about the Website
- Are there more programming
examples besides the ones on the website?
- Does the website use VBscript
programming? or JavaScript programming?
- What browser do I need?
- What speed modem do I
need?
- Does the website have adverts or
pop-ups?
- I want to host my own website. Can
you suggest a reliable web host?
Getting more help
- What are the accessibility options?
- How do I get more help?
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