PowerBASIC adds Unicode support

PowerBASIC Console Compiler for Windows 6.0 now lets you mix Unicode and ANSI in the same program.

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Create Text-Mode programs with PowerBASIC Console Compiler for Windows.

PowerBASIC Console Compiler for Windows PowerBASIC Console Compiler creates highly efficient EXEs with Regular Expressions, multi-threading, a built-in assembler, a full macro facility, and much more. PowerBASIC Console Compiler is a native code compiler for 32-bit Windows, suitable for Internet CGI applications. The .EXEs PowerBASIC Console Compiler creates are single standalone executables which require no run-time libraries, no DLLs, no support files of any kind unless you choose that approach. Complete access to the Windows API is provided. The PowerBASIC Console Compiler 6 is particularly valuable for conversion of DOS programs. With the advent of 64-bit Vista and Win7, all support for DOS code has been removed. You simply can't run a DOS program in 64-bit Win7. That's where the Console Compiler shines. It is 95% compatible with most versions of DOS Basic, so conversion is a snap.

Updates in V6.0

• Unicode Support - Mix Unicode and ANSI in the same program. Convert strings to and from OEM, Unicode, ANSI, and UTF-8. Display Unicode characters. Print Unicode characters. Read and write to Unicode files
• Resources - You can add resource data inline, right in your BASIC source code. There is no need to create a resource file, compile it, and then link it into your source, this is done automatically
• Static Link Libraries - SLL is the perfect vehicle for third-party code, because it creates a single final module that does not require source code to be distributed
• Graphics - The built in graphics engine has been expanded to support virtual graphic windows and controls, clipping regions, scrolling text, text wrapping, and much more
• Threads - Creating multi-threaded applications is now easier than ever
• Optimization - #OPTIMIZE has been expanded with #OPTIMIZE CODE. Any unreferenced code will be removed from the compiled program to minimize the executable file size
• Printing - The built in GDI printer engine has been expanded
• IDE - Numerous improvements in the IDE have been made such as improved undo handling and the Open File dialog for source files now allows selecting multiple files at a time. The IDE is now based on tabs rather than MDI children

About PowerBASIC

PowerBASIC offer compilers for DOS and Windows. The history of PowerBASIC compilers goes back over 25 years. That's when Bob Zale, PowerBASIC's founder, created BASIC/Z, the first interactive compiler for CP/M and MDOS. It was extended to MS-DOS, and in 1987 Borland published it as the now legendary Turbo BASIC. The compiler became officially known as PowerBASIC in 1990 when Bob Zale founded PowerBASIC Inc.