Examples of popular commercial apps with b4ppc

[RGS]

I think most Windows Mobile applications are probably written in C++C# but
are there examples of succesfull commercial applications written with Basic4PPC?

[Ariel_Z]

Which ones do you mean (that are written with c++ I mean)?

You can take a look here:

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[FURY]

I've released a couple of card games. The latest one is Royal 21. I have it listed at several mobile gaming websites, and it's done pretty well at a couple of those sites.

[RichardW]

The Roman Empire strategy game is now on sale thru my e-commerce provider. You can get more info and download a demo from this link:
The Roman Empire

[glook]

I'm not sure I would go as far as to say "popular", but I have an application for gardeners that has been available for about a year now. It has a number of active users, mostly in the UK and Canada.

It is quite ordinary to look at - only standard controls, though it's a substantial program at about 3,000 lines of B4ppc code. It has a supplied database of over 10,000 records and 5,000 pictures and provides similar functions to a mature VB6 desktop app. More info at Plant Base Mobile or this mobile friendly page.

[SarahWard]

I have released a number of apps for ppc with b4ppc under the banner Aviasoft Pocketware.

Pocket Minerals Lite
Pocket Minerals Pro
Pocket Gems (in Farsi/Persian only) Iran only
Pocket Prescription Drugs (in Farsi/Persian only)
Pocket Birds Europe
Pocket Butterflies Europe
Pocket Fungi Europe
Pocket Herbs Europe
Pocket Wild Flowers Europe
Pocket Trees Europe


They are all written to commercial standard and released as freeware.

They can be found on several freeware sites but the latest versions are always found at ppcwarez.org.

I believe the Pocket Minerals Professional is used by 'rock doctors' around the world and it is the only program of this type on the ppc device.

I am happy to give download links to these softwares on this site if anyone is interested.

I am even happy to share the source code for these programs on this website. I write for relaxation and to keep my mind active so I am happy to share these programs freely.

[mjcoon]

Hi Sarah, I'm "into" natural history and bought RSPB Birds for PC/PDA very soon after getting my PDA.

I've just tried to download your Butterflies program and found it frustrating after going through the download shananigans to get told by WinZip that it is an invalid RAR archive.

So I would welcome any more direct links to these programs (also trees).

BTW Where did you get your raw data?

Regards, Mike.

[klaus]

Hi Mike,

I use 7z.exe to unzip files. It works also for Sarah's zip files.
It's an OpenSource program : Download

Best regards.

[klaus]

Hi Sarah,

I had a look at your program list and downloaded 3 of them Birds, Flowers and Butterflies (to test the unzip for Mike).

Unfortunately there were some trouble:
- at PPCWarez in the Bird thread, all 'rapidshare.de/files....' links point to an upload window and not to a download window ?
- in the Butterflies thread there is no Data folder only an update.
- in Wildflowers there is no data folder

I looked at the Bird program, very nice !
On my htc Touch HD, when displaying the big image, it is not alighend on top, needs to be moved upwards.
When displaying a big image an clicking on the next button the single image of the same bird is displayed. Clicking once again on the next butoon nothing change any more. One must go back to either the single bird or habitat image to see the next birds.
On the WVGA screen the buttons are not at the bottom. One suggestion, move the buttons on top of the screen, then all the space below is available for the pictures.

I have the same question as Mike, where do you get all the datat from ?

I'm shure that there will be quite some users interested in the source codes too.

Best regards.

[mjcoon]

@Klaus: thank you for that un-zipper; I look forward to learning all its features!

@Sarah: I now am installing Pocket Butterflies and note that there is a minor copy-and-paste problem: it is suggesting that I need the "Pocket-Birds data folder 'PBEdata'"... easily ignored!

Mike.