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The application failed to initialize properly

I have installed the trial (b4a-trial.exe 3215KB) on WinXP and get error :
"The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135)"
Can somebody help?
thks
 

byref mimic and performances

Hi all,
I've found and interesting article posted by Erel inside the "bugs & wishlist" section that deserves to be post in this section (and maybe as evidence article inside tutorials"). It deals...
 

Implode - Converting String Array to String

Needed this for my program, maybe it will be of some use to others, too:

B4X:
Sub Implode(glue As String, pieces() As String)
   Dim result As StringBuilder

   If pieces.Length = 0 Then Return ""...
 

Finding random RGB colors

In building apps, content and appearance are both important, as it is in the design of most everything.

Unique colors make your apps pop and look different from the run of the mill stuff out...
 

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How do I read the content of a basic web page into a text variable?

Super-fast alternative to emulator -> x86 Android

Hi all

*EDIT3*

For a much easier to set up and faster Android emulation please now look at this thread:

GeanyMotion...
 
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B4A: Getting Started for Delphi Developers

B4A: Getting Started for Delphi Developers

Borland introduced the Delphi programming environment in 1995. At the time Delphi was a revolutionary new tool for Microsoft Windows-based application...
 

List folder content and show selected image.

Attached is a little program shows how to read a directory content, show the filenames in a listview, and showing an example of the selected image file in imageview.

Duplicated from the...
 

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Voice Recognition Example

Here's a quick example of voice recognition.
It just displays the results to the log window.
This example shows all the different recognized patterns that are returned by the Voice Module...
 
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Core Documentation [UNOFFICIAL]

As a Development Team Leader, I like my code to be "just so". I also like my documentation to be "just so".
I am humble enough to know that I don't know everything, but I do know what I like...
 
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Quick & Dirty Google V3 Reverse Gecoder

Send the following to HttpUtils or whatever:

B4X:
http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?latlng=40.714224,-73.961452&sensor=false

Substituting the lat/lon as required...
 

Basic4android works on linux!

Hi everyone not sure where to post this but Basic4Android works on LinuxMint 11 :icon_clap: using VirtualBox (non opensource version) with XP SP2 installed (DotNet 2.0).

No problems at all...
 

B4A-Bridge and VirtualBox (Linux-host)

My OS of choice is Linux (Mint-11) so having to dual-boot out to Windows any time I wanted to run B4A was a pain. I tried running B4A via VBox, but when bridging to my android device I got a list...
 

Android - Virtualbox

Hi to all,

I´m not sure if this information is useful...
I was not satisfied with the emulator and started looking for something different.
At Redirection you can find readymade images...
 

Sorting algorithms - Teaching with Basic4android

Implementations of sorting algorithms are useful for teaching fundamental concepts such as algorithms analysis, complexity and data structures.

The following code includes implementations of the...
 
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Using torrents to distribute your free apps

I think this might be a good way to get that .apk out there.

Firstly you need to create a torrent. You can use uTorrent to do this.
www.uTorrent.com

Goto File > Create New Torrent

Click...
 

Drawing lines problem

Attached you find a small test program that shows a known problem in Android when drawing lines with a small slope and with a StrokeWidth of 1.

In some cases the entire line or parts of it are...
 

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Now,Push is easy for B4A(with androidpn)

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My emulator runs fast and smoots as a phone

I never saw any references here to the X86 AVD's with GPU support. Is this common knowledge? Or maybe not everyone DOES know? It took a while to set up, but the result is extremely cool.

The...
 

B4A-HelpViewer - View and search the documentation offline

This tool is no longer available. Please use the online search instead.

I'm happy to release the second version of B4A HelpViewer.
This utility allows you to browse and search...
 
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