***** Guildlines for Posting Bug Reports *****

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marksibly(Posted 2006) [#1]
When posting bug reports, please:

1) Include some *runnable* source code in your post - not just the bit in your code that's failing, but something we can actually copy and paste into the IDE and run immediately.

2) If your example needs media, either link to it in the post or email the whole enchilada to support at blitzbasic.com

3) Be as descriptive as possible - 'it crashes' isn't good enough! Instead, something like 'it crashes with a memory access violation' or somesuch is much better.

4) Provide some information about your OS version, graphics card, etc. Many of the members on this site include such information in their user 'signature' - this is a great idea and we thoroughly recommend all site members do this.

5) Keep the noise to a minimum - unless you have something useful to contribute to the resolution of a problem, take it to 'General Discussion' instead!

6) If your bug report has disappeared, it has probably been dealt with and moved to the Bug Bin.

Last edited 2011