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| Submitted on: 6/3/2003 9:20:59 AM
By: Martins Skujenieks
Level: Advanced
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By 49 Users
Compatibility:VB 4.0 (32-bit), VB 5.0, VB 6.0, VB Script, VBA MS Access, VBA MS Excel
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6/3/2003 9:35:04 AM:Martins Skujenieks
Any comments, suggestions or questions?
Don't wait, ask them right here!
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6/3/2003 10:29:38 AM:BattleStorm
Very nice. A definate improvement over
the previous versions. Keep it coming.
Ever thought of incorperating the
anti-alias function into the Render and
Rotate functions? Keep up the great
work. 5 globes!
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6/3/2003 10:39:13 AM:Martins Skujenieks
You wish is my command, BattleStorm
:P
I'll work on it! I have tons of
ideas to implement, but there is only
24 hours per day... Anyway, thank you!
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6/3/2003 10:56:02 AM:BattleStorm
I have an example of Bilinear
Anti-Alias pixel rotation if you need
code to base the C++ dll on. Just do a
search on BattleStorm. I thought about
adding it myself to your source if I
get a chance. If I get something
working, I'll send you the updated
code. You have a great dll coming along!
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6/3/2003 11:00:49 AM:Martin J. Brown
Excellent dll thank you for the "heads
up" email greatly appreciated. Hope to
see you get some more recognition than
so far. Martin
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6/3/2003 11:03:32 AM:
Superb! Thanks for sharing.
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6/3/2003 11:27:45 AM:BestVBCoder.
Also, this is a great example on how to
create a C++ Dll for use with VB. Your
HTML driven SDK is awesome too.
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6/3/2003 12:15:27 PM:Haru Glory
cool!
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6/3/2003 12:28:28 PM:Triumph
This is probably stu-pid, but I can't
get VB to create a reference to the
DLL. I ran the Setup batch file, and
it ran just fine, but then when I tried
to add a reference in the project, it
told me it could not create one. I
tried copying the DLL into SYSTEM, then
SYSTEM32, but no such luck. Sorry,
what should I do?
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6/3/2003 1:29:04 PM:BattleStorm
You don't need to reference the DLL in
VB. It is called like standard windows
API.
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6/3/2003 2:10:10 PM:
i give you 5, think u deserve it. hope
u win month contest !!
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6/3/2003 2:39:04 PM:Dream
Very Nice.
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6/3/2003 2:42:04 PM:Martins Skujenieks
Thank you, BattleStorm, the Bilinear
Anti-Alias pixel rotation is great
work! Why in the hack I didn't find it
two weeks ago :) I hope I will be able
to implement it into FX library! Once
again, thank you, BattleStorm!
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6/3/2003 3:31:58 PM:
thanks for this nice code!! ***** globes
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6/3/2003 3:40:01 PM:Martins Skujenieks
Triumph, as BattleStorm already told
the FX.DLL is library that you don't
need to reference. It uses API standard
calling instead.
To use the DLL in
your VB project follow these steps (by
the way, they are already described in
SDK articles):
1) make a copy of
FX.DLL and copy it to your project
directory;
2) make a copy of FX.BAS
(Visual Basic module) and also copy it
to your project directory;
3) add the
copied FX module to your vb project
(menu Project > Add Module).
And thats
it, now you have all APIs, constants
and tags already defined for
you!
-Martin
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6/3/2003 4:49:16 PM:MArio Flores G
Now that is open Source and better you
deserve this Month 1st Place.. :) Good
Luck!
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6/4/2003 9:09:55 AM:Triumph
VERY nice! Excellent work. Sorry
about my misunderstanding. 5 globes
from me. The open-source is nice, too.
Overall, very good!
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6/4/2003 3:48:11 PM:Jim K
Excellent it is, and excellent you get.
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6/5/2003 5:38:50 AM:Will Barden
Very nice, although since it's been
submitted in the VB section, I feel I
should vote on the VB code, which is
good, but not excellent. Call me
pendantic if you wish.. :)
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6/5/2003 7:19:09 PM:MArio Flores G
How About Page Curl Effect?...I have
the Code but is in ASM..if you added
this that will be nicer.:)
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6/7/2003 10:27:26 PM:Dream
Hi Will, yes I returned for the same
reason. This is a VB competiton not
C++, looks like our prize for the month
goes to a C++ Submission.
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6/8/2003 4:08:29 AM:Martins Skujenieks
Will Barden and Dream, I respect your
opinions, but in the same time I don't
agree with them. Even more - it is
insanity if my submission receives Good
instead of Excellent only because the
library is written in C++. Your voting
seems to me more groundless because the
library is developed for use within
Visual Basic and all the source-code is
included.
Also some day you will
understand that you can't make an
outstanding application or game using
only one programmming language (may be
exception is if you use C++ :D).
Professional developers use the
language that best suits for the
project part they want to
complete.
And final thing to add -
when you work with Visual Basic, you
use many controls, like Common Dialog,
Winsock etc. And how do you think, in
which language are they written? So,
when you rate my code below it deserves
only because it uses in C++ written FX
library, don't for get to rate below
other projects who use in C++ written
Common Dialog, Winsock and other
controls!
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6/8/2003 8:22:29 AM:Will Barden
Martins - This is a VB competition. We
are voting on code written in VB. Since
the majority of your application is
written in C++, I will not vote on that
part of it. I am fully aware that most
VB programs are not completely VB as
most if not all third party controls
commonly used are written using C++.
However, the difference is clear - I
have not seen a submission that is just
a front end for a listview control, or
a command button. Your submission is
just a front end for a DLL you've
written. Without the DLL, your
submission is nothing. Without a
listview control, most other VB apps
would still have some VB code worth
voting on. Do you see what I mean? If
you re-submit your DLL to the C++
section, I would happily vote on it and
give you the 5 it deserves.
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6/8/2003 1:52:09 PM:Martins Skujenieks
Will Barden, thank you for dealing your
opinion with me, but I still don't
agree with it! Yes, you are right -
this is Visual Basic competition and
better place for my code would be C++
world. But I would still post it in VB
worls because this library is for use
within Visual Basic. So why I can not
post it in VB world?
Once again, thank
you for your opinion and I will keep it
in mind! Also I thank you for your
vote, though it wasn't the one I were
hoping for...
Regards
- Martins
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6/8/2003 4:48:00 PM:Will Barden
You do agree with me - the place for
this code would be the C++ section.
It's great code! Posting a demo for a
library is fine, but I guess I'm really
just a little annoyed that you're only
winning a VB competition because of
some C++ code. Still, that's obviously
what the VB world here wants to see.
Perhaps that says something about the
state of VB as a serious development
language... maybe it's being shadowed
by C++ more and more. What do others
think on this matter?
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6/8/2003 4:50:01 PM:Will Barden
Oh, and thanks for understanding my
opinion. Not all coders who submit here
would have allowed discussion without
some serious flaming. Nice to see some
people are upholding the standards that
PSC used to have. :)
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6/9/2003 2:51:10 PM:Anas S. A.
Very Good!! u deserve 5 stars and u
should get 1st place this month. thank
u for sharing such a wonderful peace of
work. Keep it up, and keep'um coming !!
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6/10/2003 2:36:37 PM:LaVolpe
Haven't played with it yet; therefore
withholding vote til then. Question
begs to be asked... Thought of
converting DLL to VB?
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6/10/2003 2:53:16 PM:LaVolpe
Looking at your source code,
fxAlphaBlend, fxAmbientLight & others
use the SetStretchBltMode API with the
HalfTone parameter. Unless I'm mistaken
& don't think I am, this is not
compatible with Win98 & maybe others.
Thought of using CopyImage vs the
StretchBltxxx APIs?
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6/11/2003 2:34:47 AM:Martins Skujenieks
LaVolpe, nice there is someone who
atlast asks me about the code
:)
Actually you are mistaken. When I
coded this library one of my goals was
to make it compatible with all Windows
platforms (except the very, very old
Windows 3.x).
The StretchBltMode is
compatible with all Windows versions,
it was implemented starting with
Windows 95 and NT 3.1, the same as
HALFTONE constant. This constant stayed
the same even when Me/2000/XP were
released. Later Microsoft implemented
newer StretchBlt constants and they can
be also used (their only difference is
in the names, e.g. STRETCH_HALFTONE is
the same as HALFTONE). Open WINGDI.H
file and find StretchBlt constants
(file comes along with MS Visual C++
6.0). You will see that I am right
:P
CopyImage API works slower than
StretchBlt, this is why I choosed
StrecthBlt instead.
- Martins
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6/14/2003 7:33:23 AM:CodeFester
Listen, this guy deserves the high
votes and this S
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6/14/2003 7:41:08 AM:CodeFester
I was saying: this S&%t about "should
of been in C++ world" well I for one am
glad it wasn't or I might not of run
across it. I suspect I am not alone in
this opinion. Martins- 5 dangling
ballz from codefester.
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6/14/2003 2:33:04 PM:Martins Skujenieks
CodeFester -- you're talking my
language :) Thank you!
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6/15/2003 4:06:23 AM:Dream
Sorry I disagree, recently I posted a
winsock dll written in c++ by Trevor
Herselman(forgive me if my spelling is
off Trevor) It contains two vb code
examples to use it, no c++ example, but
still it is leading the c++ competition
where it belongs. Your code is not
Visual Basic, it is c++ and should be
IN THE C++ SECTION. Yes I agree it is
marvelous code but you submitted it in
the wrong category.
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6/15/2003 4:26:20 AM:Dream
What I meant was I posted a link to
Trevors submission, which is on c++
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6/17/2003 6:17:52 AM:
I bend in the name of programming :D
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6/17/2003 5:05:58 PM:
Dude you're a total stud for making
this! It totally owns! My vote is
"excellent"!
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6/19/2003 11:51:22 AM:Jason Allen
Excellent work, This is really great,
but I am going to hold off voting for
it in the VB section based on what was
written above.
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6/19/2003 12:47:16 PM:Martins Skujenieks
Jason, I am always polite to everyone,
but this is insanity, this is just too
much! I understand why Will Barden gave
me just four globes and I had
conversation with him, and we both
found a compromise. I already told that
in future I will post C++ code in C
world. But you gave me average, just
because of your personal ambitions. I
think Planet-Source-Code.Com is the
place where you rate the code, even if
it is posted in VB world, instead of C.
If you don't like this, don't vote at
all, but why to give me average! If you
just added feedback, I would keep your
opinion in my mind, but now I am just
angry... May be this is wrong, but I
just can't keep my mouth shut!
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6/20/2003 3:26:35 PM:BattleStorm
Make sure you let me know when you post
the next version whether it is in th VB
or C++ section. I love this code and am
curently using the .dll if a VB game
developement suite I am making. Don;t
worry, you will get full credit in my
credits for the C++ .dll ;) I want to
make sure I am using the most current
.dll throughout my development.
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6/21/2003 11:16:11 AM:Martins Skujenieks
BattleStorm, don't worry! You will
receive e-mail notification once there
will be new versions released!
Also,
in September or October I'm planning to
release FX2 library. The new library
will be completely rewritten from null.
It will handle memory buffers, file
loading/saving, sprites, multiple
graphical effects, all those already
supported features and many more. It
will be more faster and more
stable.
FX.DLL 1.04 or higher version,
will be released in August or
September.
-Martins Skujenieks
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6/26/2003 8:05:08 AM:
Congratulations Martins !
Keep your
excellent job.
Doesn't matter if is
C++ or VB. This code is very useful for
me.
One question :
Can I use any C++
dll in my VB programs ?
5 globes to
you
Heilan Percio Aka Joe
Kaisaka
Brasil.
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6/26/2003 11:56:51 AM:Martins Skujenieks
Thank you, Heilan! Thank you very
much!
Actually you can't use any in
C++ written DLL within Visual Basic
(VB). This is because C++ compiler has
two compiler flags that specifies for
what type of calling the DLL functions
should be exported.
The first type is
standard calling (defined with
"__stdcall") type which is supported by
Visual Basic and other languages. The
second type is C declaration
("__cdecl") which is supported only by
C, C++ itself and is not suppoerted by
VB.
If the functions in the DLL are
decalred for standard calling (like,
for example, in my FX library), you can
access the DLL from VB.
If the
functions are declared for C language,
you will not be able to call them from
VB. You will receive "Bad DLL calling!"
error message.
If you have more
questions, you can e-mail me and I will
try to answer them!
Martins
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6/27/2003 12:40:00 PM:Haru Glory
It's really excellent. The code is very
useful, why don't you convert this in
VB so that we can understand this more
clearly. Can u please notify me if you
have an update version of this. To tell
you the truth "I LUV YOUR CODE".
BTW,
If you did not post this in VB Section
bec. some of the codes are made in C++
i will never know this. I'm glad that
you post this in VB.
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6/27/2003 3:01:01 PM:Martins Skujenieks
Don't worry -- I'll send e-mail
notification to everyone who voted or
left feedback once the new version(s)
will be released.
Latest information
about release of my projects can be
also found on my website --
http://www.exe.times.lv!
I apologize
that the new release(s) won't be
available until September or October,
but my schedule is very tight and I
really don't have time for
programming!
I'm planning to
start/continue working on my projects
in September.
I also want to thank
you all for your votes and feedbacks!
For your appreciation and for giving me
chance to be one of the
Planet-Source-Code monthly contest
leaders!
I'll keep working on FX
technology as well as on other projects
that will see daylight after few
months.
Martins Skujenieks
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8/1/2003 2:40:00 PM:xWorks
This is a great dll that you have, and
i have to say that it works
wonderfully, but i am upset that a VB
award went to a C++ project, from what
i understand C++ is made for doing
DLL's and such, and so is VB, albiet in
a limited way, So here comes the final
and total question: Who Cares? do
what I am doing and Learn C++, then you
have two languages beneith your belt!
EXCELLENT CODING!
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8/1/2003 5:02:00 PM:Ole Chrisitian Spro
One thing Martin...
quote "If you
don't like this, don't vote at
all,
but why to give me average!" end
quote... thats exactly what the voting
system is for... to give the general
opinion of the project... you just come
out sounding like a spoiled brat, sry
to say...
Dont think I'll have any
use for this project, but I'm looking
forward with interesst to your FX2
library... add me to the mail list for
that one, plz ;)
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