eVB - NS Basic/CE Comparison
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eVB |
NS Basic/CE |
| Version |
3.0 |
6.5 |
| Last Updated |
March, 2000 |
May, 2006 |
| Next version |
None planned. No further development is being done by Microsoft. |
Actively being developed. |
| Development Environment |
Develop on desktop and download to Windows CE device or emulator. |
Develop directly on device or the desktop. Uses the latest Microsoft Device Emulator. |
| Prerequisites |
Windows NT (or later) required for emulator |
Windows 98SE (or later) required |
| Price |
Free (300 meg download) |
$149.95 (min 10 meg download) |
| Distribution of apps |
royalty free |
royalty free |
| Runtime Requirements |
VBScript.dll, pvbhost2.dll, pvbform2.dll, vbsen.dll, pvbdecl.dll |
VBScript.dll, Runtime.exe, MFC, OLE |
| Performance (Loops/sec, Ipaq 1910 Pocket PC 2003) |
1850 |
29785 (faster is better) |
| Minimal Installation (WM 2003) |
945K |
278K (smaller is better) |
| Windows CE devices supported |
All Pocket PC, HPC/2000, HPC/Pro Palm-size PC using Windows CE 2.11.
Windows Mobile 2003 only supported with special download. Windows Mobile 5 not supported. |
Same, plus Pocket PC Phone Edition and HPC. Windows Mobile 2003 and Windows Mobile 5 are supported. Many Windows CE 4.2 devices supported. |
| Visual Editor for controls? |
Yes |
Yes |
| Create exe file? |
No |
Yes |
| Custom app icon? |
No |
Yes |
| Statements |
On Error, Call, Do...Loop, Exit,For...Next, For Each...Next, If...Then...Else, Select Case, While...Wend, End, Randomize, Function, Sub, Const, Dim, ReDim, Erase, Option, Explicit, Private, Public, ReDim, Rem, Set |
Same |
| Additional NS Basic/CE Statements |
No direct equivalent.
Waitcursor can be done using API functions. |
AddObject: Add visual and non visual controls
Print: simple print of data to screen
Bye: end program
SetMenu: create multi level menu
UpdateScreen: refresh contents of screen
WaitCursor: start and stop display of waitcursor
Chain: start a new NS Basic/CE program
ShellExecute: execute a program
SetFocus: Set focus to specified object
KillFocus: Don't have any object have focus
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| Functions |
Abs, Asc, Atn, Cos, Exp, Fix, Int, Log, Rnd, Round, Sgn, Sin, Sqr, Tan, Cbool, Cbyte, Ccur, Cdate, CDbl, Chr, Cint, CLng, CSng, CStr, Hex, Oct, Date, DateAdd, DateDiff, DateSerial, Date,Value, Day, Hour, Minute, Month, MonthName, Now, Second, Space, Time, TimeSerial Time,Value, Weekday, WeekdayName, Year, FormatCurrency, FormatDateTime, FormatNumber, FormatPercent, InputBox, MsgBox, DatePart, Filter, InStr, InStrRev, Join, Lcase, Left, Len, Ltrim, Mid, Replace, Right, Rtrim, Split, StrComp, StrReverse, String, Trim, UCase, Array, IsArray, IsDate, IsEmpty, IsNull, IsNumeric, IsObject, Lbound, TypeName, Ubound, VarType, CreateObject, ScriptEngine, ScriptEngineBuildVersion, ScriptEngineMajorVersion, ScriptEngineMinorVersion |
Same |
| Additional eVB Functions |
CreateObjectWithEvents: add non-visual control
DisconnectEvents: stop recognising events
LoadResString:get data from resource file
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Use AddObject for objects.
No direct equivalent to LoadResString. |
| Additional NS Basic/CE Functions |
No direct equivalent |
Eval: execute a string as a function
Execute: execute a string as part of the program
PlaySound: play a wav file
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| Controls |
Checkbox, ComboBox, CommandButton, Err, Label, ListBox, OptionButton, PictureBox, TextBox, MSCECommDlg, MSCEComm, MSCEFinance, MSCEFile, MSCEGrid, MSCEImage, MSCEImageList, MSCEListView, MSCEPicture, MSCETabStrip, MSCETreeView, MSCEWinsock, POOM, ADOCE, PrinterCE, eVBUtil, IP*Works, S309PictureBox, S309Timer, S309UserNotification |
Same |
| Additional eVB Controls |
Line, Shape, Timer, MSCECommandBar |
The equivalents of these controls are contained in other NS Basic/CE controls. |
| Additional NS Basic/CE Controls |
No equivalents. |
Date, Time, DialogX, MGCE Scrollbars, MGCE Trackbars, MGCE VU Meter, MGCE Progress Bar, MGCE Popup Menu, MGCE Status Bar, MGCEListView, MGCEMail, MGCENet, MGCERichEdit, MGCERickInk, MGCE Treeview, MGCE Tray Image, MGCE Registry, MGCE API, MGCE Timer, MGCE RAS |
| Create Objects at runtime? |
No |
Yes |
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