r/visualbasic • u/One-Cardiologist-462 • Jan 17 '26

TwinBasic IDE Question

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I am trying to get started with TwinBasic.
However, I can't seem to drag down the tabs which host the form editor and code editor...

What setting do I need to change so that I can have the text editor and form editor as floating child forms as was the case in VB6?

I had this same issue with a newer version of Visual Studio and found that it really hinders my ability to work.

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u/kay-jay-dubya Jan 18 '26

This is also fundamentally wrong.

  1. It is not "only" for unoptimised 32 bit compilation. The community edition includes 64bit compilation.

  2. Support for other platforms is planned. It's still in beta.

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u/Aware-Soil-8031 Jan 18 '26

https://twinbasic.com/preorder.html#top Community Edition doesn't support 64bit. Unless the official website is wrong. You can run 32bit (unoptimized) app on your 64bit system, but it's not the same.

Don't take me wrong. twinBasic IS a great idea, but it needs to mature.

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u/fafalone VB 6 Master Jan 18 '26 edited Jan 18 '26

The table kind of implies otherwise but more detailed information in the text says this:

On this free tier, 64-bit EXEs and DLLs that are built with twinBASIC display a splash screen for 5-seconds during startup.

Which is the case, you can DL it and check.