WRITE: One more PBP 2.60 Surprise ...

[Ioannis]

Ioannis,

The PBP 2.5 manual in pdf or html format can be downloaded for free from the website melabs.com. So, I thought they probably posted the new manual so people can take a look at the new goodies before buying it.
Robert

There is a reason that people of Melabs do not publish the New Manual immediatly, as the hackers are ready to distribute the software. Without manual the new version is a little useless to most.

Ioannis

[Charles_Leo]

The WRITE issue will always cause a compile error. There are no "silent" bugs in PBP 2.60 as far as I know. If you get a successful compile, you should be ok.

I felt the same pain as Joe, at first. All of our sample programs had to be edited to change the "loop" label. I remember questioning the wisdom of making LOOP a reserved word, given that our published examples had used the word as a label for so many years. In the end, after much consideration, it was decided that the utility of the DO..LOOP structure would be worth the effort for the majority of users.

The fact that 2.50C could easily be maintained alongside 2.60 was a factor in the decision. It seems that this capability should be made more apparent. I'll try to remedy this. Our policy has always been to never force users to upgrade and to always allow versions to coexist.

This seems like a good spot to point out that users should always run the latest patch for their version of PBP. We release patches when we feel that the number of fixes warrants it. The reason there were A, B, and C patches for 2.50 is because we found issues that we felt obligated to fix. Version 2.50 was a major change in PBP and it took a while for the fallout to settle. If you continue to use version 2.50, I highly recommend that you go to our site and download the 2.50C patch.

http://melabs.com/support/patches.htm

Ioannis is correct about the manual. Sometimes it seems like the thieves have our latest version before I do. We have resisted license keys and registration servers for a long time, but I don't know if we can hold out much longer. It may be that the inconvenience of a required registration would be offset by other conveniences that it would allow, like a downloadable manual. I would like to thank all of you who have resisted the temptation to share illegally and encouraged others to purchase a legal copy. PBP would not exist if it weren't for so many honorable users.

[Acetronics2]

Ioannis is correct about the manual. Sometimes it seems like the thieves have our latest version before I do. We have resisted license keys and registration servers for a long time, but I don't know if we can hold out much longer. It may be that the inconvenience of a required registration would be offset by other conveniences that it would allow, like a downloadable manual. I would like to thank all of you who have resisted the temptation to share illegally and encouraged others to purchase a legal copy. PBP would not exist if it weren't for so many honorable users.

Hi,

Licence Keys ...

Yesss, looks fine ... but ...

The only thing I saw really working is the " DONGLES " ...

Knowing a society can sell you a " soft dongle " ( they are honest ... Dongles are for old " out of the market " progs - ; the Ultimate technology Scheme Capture / PCB / Routing suite i.e. ).
Those " soft dongles " also have a cost ... !!!

TO ME, this is the best protective device easily usable ... at low cost.

The miracle protecting device or key ??? I'd like to see !!!

Alain

[rsocor01]

Quote:
There is a reason that people of Melabs do not publish the New Manual immediatly, as the hackers are ready to distribute the software. Without manual the new version is a little useless to most. Ioannis.


Yes, that makes sense.

Robert

[Archangel]

Sometimes it seems like the thieves have our latest version before I do. We have resisted license keys and registration servers for a long time, but I don't know if we can hold out much longer. It may be that the inconvenience of a required registration would be offset by other conveniences that it would allow, like a downloadable manual. I would like to thank all of you who have resisted the temptation to share illegally and encouraged others to purchase a legal copy. PBP would not exist if it weren't for so many honorable users.

Hi Leo,
To address this issue:License keys are a reality, like them or not. I would like to see instead a serial numbered executable registered with MeLabs, so when the pirates sell their purloined product it becomes actionable by you in court. 1000 copies @ $250 + court costs and punitive damages = 1 million +

[Charles Linquis]

I was thinking that the WRITE bug was "silent".

I'm in favor of a key, but I don't like dongles.

[Archangel]

I was thinking that the WRITE bug was "silent".

I'm in favor of a key, but I don't like dongles.

Charles Linquis, Amen Bro.!

[Ioannis]

May be dongle is the absolute protection device, but I usually work on 2 pc's. I, for sure, will forget the dongle one day or the other. This is making me nervous...

Any other method is more than welcome.

Maybe a web based compiler?

Ioannis

[mackrackit]

A dongle would cause me to look for another compiler. So would a web based setup.

I use one machine in the shop and another in the field. Most times there is not Internet available in the field and even if I had two dongles the laptop has a limited amount of ports. Take a hub along? I do not think so.

I vote for the software key.