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From the Editors

The End of Visual Basic Era and the Promise of REALbasic is our first Talk Back article here at REALDev. A talk back article is like a discussion starter where you get to talk back. We hope you enjoy this new section.

REALbasic OOP for Visual Basic Programmers
This article is the first part of a series of articles for VB programmers looking to learn more about REALbasic. In this part we will cover Interfaces. Read

New name...
bOSL is now called BAXIC. BAXIC is a free BASIC scripting language 100% pure REALBasic code. Also we are almost done getting the source code ready for distribution. If you want to help with the development of BAXIC or if you want to get the code right-away send an email to jcuevas at mac dot com. Learn more about BAXIC at http://www.classicteck.com/bosl. NOV/05/06

Community News, Part Two
Community News was broken for quite a while. Well I finally manage to fix a few bugs on the code and is now working once again. Now our registered members can contribute with their own News. To add news, goto your profile and click on "My Announcements".

MacTronics
I added Mac-Tronics a place for electronic enthusiasts using Apple Computers.

REALbasic's Forums
REALbasic's Forums from REALSoftware are now available. REALbasic users finally have a place to gather for support and to discuss other issues (Actually we have the Cafe also). Realbasic's Forums are our official place to get support from peers and specially from the guys at REALSoftware. We encourage you to join us at forums.realbasic.com.

We have added a new article about handling the keyboard in REALbasic. View article here.

New directory for Macintosh Development. I'm starting a directory listing of macintosh programming languages and tools. If you have any suggestions or content for this page please email me at ctk at classicteck.com.

NEW txPixelMap allows users to store bitmap images inside REALbasic projects as string files or string constants. Users can load a txPixelMap without any plugins, regardless of the platform.

The latest issue of REALbasic Developer Magazine has a great article on adding spelling checking to your applications.

Featured Developer Product

Aaron Ballman's Windows Functionality Suite is now at version 2.2. This collection of classes and modules is quickly becoming a must have for every REALbasic programmer looking to develop professional applications for Windows. This suite is free. To download the suite goto: http://www.aaronballman.com/programming/REALbasic/Win32FunctionalitySuite.php

News for Developers

Kevin Wilson has update his REALbasic modules to help you on the transition from VB. Check these modules and more on his site rb.thevbzone.com.

Jonathan Johnson Releases RB-PHP Utils 1.0 a nice set of utilities to help you post REALbasic code in webpages.

Articles and Tutorials

Keyboard handling in REALbasic View

Coding for Mac & Windows: Part 1 Events View

How to bundle RB Applications. View

Creating a Dylib on Mac OS X and Declaring into it . View

Matthew Russell shows you how Protect Your Source Code: Obfuscation 101. You can protect your applications from attack by applying obfuscation techniques to convolute your source code. View

Targeting Windows (too) for Your REALbasic Apps by Aaron Ballman -- If you're using a multi-platform IDE such as REALbasic for your Mac applications, you might be interested in Aaron Ballman's tips for porting your software to Windows. My favorite reminder is, "Don't use terms like 'Windoze' or 'Wintel' in your product." View