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The upgrade to AppStudio 6 is priced at $49.95, just as with our previous upgrades.

There are two ways to order the upgrade:

1. From the AppStudio 6 splash screen, click on the “Get It Now” button. The order form will open with your serial number filled in.
2. Go directly to the order form. Enter your serial number for a special upgrade offer. If you don’t have it, contact us. We’ll send it to you.

With the change to Subscription Billing, we want to provide a smooth transition to our existing users. We’re including 4 months of Essential Monthly support on Volt with the upgrade (a $60.00 value). After the 4 months are done, you will continue to get Essential Monthly for a reduced price of $9.95/month.

If you are not making use of the new Volt features, you can downgrade your Volt plan to a free account, which is more or less the same as the current AppStudio Server. AppStudio 6 will continue to work.

We will be sending free upgrades to AppStudio 6 for all recent purchasers of AppStudio.

We’re pleased to announce the results of our 2016 programming contest.

We had three categories: Business, Fun and Education. All registered NSB/AppStudio users were welcome to participate in the contest. Prizes were $100 USD in each category.

Judging was by NSB’s experts. All judging was arbitrary and final. We looked for quality, performance, ease of use, sophistication and overall coolness. Apps could be anything: Enterprise, business, commercial, education, games or even something whimsical.

All programs had to be created using NSB/AppStudio. Entries could be commercial, shareware or freeware, and for iPhone, iPad, Android or multiple platforms. Code could be written in JavaScript or Basic, HTML5 and css.

Without further ado, here are our winners: (full results are here)

Continue reading “2016 Contest Results!”

Our fifth NSB/AppStudio Programming Contest is underway! We’re looking forward to cool entries which take advantage of the capabilities of mobile devices and AppStudio.

We have three categories:

• Business – apps for business, government or non profit organizations
• Fun – Games, hobbies, entertainment or whimsical creations.
• Education – Apps written by students or teachers (or for them to use)

All registered AppStudio users are welcome to participate. Prizes are $100 USD in each category.
You may enter more than one program. Judging will be by our experts. All judging is arbitrary and final. We will be looking for quality, performance, ease of use, sophistication and overall coolness. Apps can be whatever you like: Enterprise, business, commercial, education, games or even something whimsical.

All programs must be written using NSB/AppStudio. Entries may be commercial, shareware or freeware, and for iPhone, iPad, Android or multiple platforms. Please indicate with your entry whether we can share your program or screenshots with the public.

NSB/AppStudio is an easy to use tool for creating iOS and Android apps. Use the Design Screen to layout your app, then add code in JavaScript or BASIC. AppStudio runs on Mac and Windows computers. Apps can be distributed directly or through app stores.

Send your questions and entries to support@nsbasic.com.

The deadline for entries has been updated to Monday, June 20, 2016 at 12:00 midnite EST.

Have fun!

Apple announced iOS 9.3 yesterday. Almost 80% of iOS devices are on iOS 9, so you can expect most of your users to be on it in the near future. What’s new for AppStudio developers?

Probably the biggest change is that the 300ms delay on tapping the screen is gone. We have been including FastClick as a workaround. Android Chrome got rid of the need for FastClick a while ago. Unless you have lots of users with old devices, you can probably set FastClick in Project Properties to ‘No’. Your app will be a little smaller and load more quickly.

There is no sign that the outstanding bugs we have reported were fixed.

Here’s a pretty good description of more which is new in iOS 9.3:
http://www.mobilexweb.com/blog/safari-on-ios-9-3-picture-shrink-fit-iphone-se

Let us know if you spot anything else!

We’re pleased to announce AppStudio 5.2.1 is ready. New and improved stuff includes:

1. All: Copyright date is now 2016.
2. Chrome Icon: Home Screen icon updated for Chrome 47.
3. Chrome SplashScreen: Add Description property.
4. Chrome SplashScreen: If orientation is “natural”, set value to default (blank).
5. Chrome SplashScreen: Use splashscreenTitle if set up.
6. Controls: Twitter Follow now follows ‘user’.
7. Installer: Fix version number
8. Libraries: jQuery updated to 2.2.0
9. Localization: Language files updated. Thanks, translators!
10. PhoneGap: Sound files get deployed with project.
11. Preferences: Fix item graying out.
12. Project Properties: Fix StopOnError so it can be turned off.
13. Runtime: Fix errors in older devices without Audio support.
14. Runtime: Fix problem with PlaySound filenames.
15. Runtime: PlaySound refactored for consistency with PlayTone.
16. Samples: New PhoneGapMedia sample.
17. Samples: PhoneGap samples now have icons.
18. Toolbox files: new !i conversion.
19. ToolBox: Add new files to jqxColorPicker

Download the latest version from ‘Check for Updates’ under then AppStudio Help menu. It is a free upgrade for AppStudio 5 users.

We’re pleased to announce AppStudio 5.2 is ready. Some of the major new features are:

• New PlayTone function
• Splash Screens for Android Home Screen apps
• Full screen scrolling
• Design your own controls

There are too many minor improvements and fixes to list here. You can see the entire list in the Wiki.

Download the latest version from ‘Check for Updates’ under then AppStudio Help menu. It is a free upgrade for AppStudio 5 users.

We’re pleased to announce AppStudio 5.1.3 is ready. New and improved stuff includes:

1. Code Windows: “new Object” no longer flagged as syntax error.
2. Controls: Label align can be set in styleheaders
3. Controls: HeaderBar is now responsive.
4. Controls: HeaderBar can handle both ChangeForm properties and onclick code. (Thanks, Buck!)
5. Controls: Panel improvements. (Thanks, Buck!)
6. Controls: Google Maps modified to handle being offline gracefully.
7. IDE: No longer crashes when styleheaders window is open. (Mac OS)
8. Project Properties: New “enableBrowserArrows” property.
9. Runtime: Browser back (and forward) buttons work with ChangeForm.
10. Runtime: Form.onshow() runs without delay if no visual effect.
11. Runtime: Page is sized properly if jQuery Mobile not used.
12. Samples: New ReadAsText sample shows FileReader object.

Download the latest version from ‘Check for Updates’ under then AppStudio Help menu. It is a free upgrade for AppStudio 5 users.

We’re pleased to announce AppStudio 5.1.2 is ready. New and improved stuff includes:

1. Code Window: fix a false negative syntax message
2. Controls: FlipToggle fixed on Windows 7 + IE11.
3. Controls: Fix problem with Panels overlapping. (Thanks, Buck!)
4. Design Screen: Add some retry/delays to deal with IE refresh issues.
5. Design Screen: Fix problem with RTL languages.
6. Libraries: revert jQuery-modal. Newer version has issues.
7. PhoneGap: Add new SplashScreen commands to configxml.
8. Runtime: ChangeForm now calls onShow after transition completes.
9. Runtime: Updates to speech support
10. Runtime: Use system fonts where possible.
11. Samples: New Breakout game sample using CodeHS library.

    Download the latest version from ‘Check for Updates’ under then AppStudio Help menu. It is a free upgrade for AppStudio 5 users.

We’re pleased to announce AppStudio 5.1.1 is ready. New stuff includes:

• Language: new Speak(text, voice) function.
• MacOS: IDE language defaults to the local language.
• Education: New Kesbath Computer Games course.
• Controls: HTMLView – contentEditable fixed.
• IDE: Fix some spelling errors.
• Libraries: jQuery-modal bumped to 0.5.9
• MakeEXE: Python version bumped to 2.7.10
• Open Sample: Search results now much easier to see.
• Runtime: Python version bumped to 2.7.10
• Samples: New Speak sample.
• Samples: new SpeechSynthesis samples.
• Translations: Many of the translations are now caught up to Version 5.
• Projects: backgroundImages for Projects and Forms cleaned up.
• Forms: backgroundImage added to manifest automatically.
• MakeEXE: problem with window style attributes fixed.
• Forms, Projects: Gradient images work consistently in backgroundImage.
• Forms: If designHeight and designWidth are 0, they default to Form’s height and width.

Download the latest version from ‘Check for Updates’ under then AppStudio Help menu. It is a free upgrade for AppStudio 5 users.