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2/3/2003 5:56:38 AM:Paul Caton
Sorry about the text formatting, I
supose I should figure out how to html
it. Enjoy!!
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2/3/2003 11:43:29 AM:Phantom Man
Out Standing!
5 *****
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2/3/2003 12:13:36 PM:
just as i expected, excellent work
:)
5 globes from me :)
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2/3/2003 2:29:32 PM:Brian Battles WS1O
Fine job! 5 globes
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2/3/2003 4:15:26 PM:
A long wait since your last submision,
but it was worth it :D.
Thanks.
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2/3/2003 6:50:13 PM:Thushan Fernando
great work... i see this will be this
months code of the month! we'll 5gz to
get you there!
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2/3/2003 7:14:48 PM:sherif rofael
Really great work ,
But let me Say
that Your code complicated me ,
how
long have u been doing it ?
months
man ?
In Addition , How long Have u
been Doing VB ?
BTW , 5 Globes from
Me.
Regards,
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2/4/2003 3:42:08 AM:Ozan Yasin Dogan
Thank you Paul for your super
performance tools. I would like you to
write some MASM articles too. My 5G is
allways for you ! :)
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2/4/2003 2:01:57 PM:CodeFester
Cool submission. Thanks for doing so.
5 ballz w/o hesitation.
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2/5/2003 6:06:37 PM:Brio Networks
I was blown away, awesome code! 5
globes from me.
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2/6/2003 9:31:26 AM:ORSHEE
I can notice that PSC is becoming a
comunity gathering coders with great
ideas and skills.
You're surely one of
them.
Greetz and respect.
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2/6/2003 12:36:29 PM:Donathan Hutchings
Great Code! 5 globes from me. Keep up
the good work!!!
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2/8/2003 2:28:13 AM:
Hey pual, it would be nice if the
cWindow class could have an events
owner each window in a single class.
this would save me having many
instances of the same class just to set
the .owner for differnt windows.
(i am
useing this for a winsock api project
so events need to be trigerd in
differnt client classes)
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2/8/2003 4:44:20 PM:Paul Caton
Re the winsock api dude/dudette... Why
don't you email and explain how this
would work. Can't you just Select Case
hWnd in iWindow_WndProc ?
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2/8/2003 4:50:17 PM:Paul Caton
Orzan, believe it or not I'm rubbish at
assembler, I used to be pretty good on
the Motorola 68000 cpu but when Intel
started to dominate I learnt C rather
than deal with the bizarre architecture
that X86 was, it's better now with the
flat memory model.
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2/8/2003 4:54:21 PM:Paul Caton
Sherif, I've worked for Microsoft
(manufacturing) quite a bit over the
years so I had a copy of VB 1 when it
was still in beta (1991??), but just
for fun, I didn't start to use it
seriously until VB5 was released, up
till then C/C++
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2/8/2003 5:02:23 PM:Paul Caton
Thanks to all that voted, you'll be
notified when I do an update. The alpha
blended AND layered shadow is coming
along nicely and is looking sweet, also
performance using UpdateLayeredWindow
for the shadow windows is that much
better that i'm considering HideMove
and HideSize defaulting to False.
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2/8/2003 8:59:52 PM:
Useing one window for all the sockets
was a much better idea. lol, Thanks for
making me feel foolish. hehe
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2/14/2003 1:07:33 AM:joyprakash saikia
Hi paul,
Thank u for illustrating
astounding power of VB inherited from
legendy x86 instructions. It is really
an awesome submission in PSC. It really
deserves more than 5 globes.
I've
faced one small unhandled exception in
SHADOW control in Windows NT 4.0 with
SP 6.0a. The Control was unable to
locate "SetLayeredWindowAttributes"
API in user32.dll. so It halts the
application containing the Shadow
Control.
So my suggestion is, If u
handle the entry point of the
unsupported APIs with OS version, then
an application having shadow control
can run on machines having win NT 4.0,
Windows 95, windows 98 (1st edition)
etc.
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2/15/2003 5:23:00 AM:Praveen Menon
Dus all hav Win2000?
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2/15/2003 5:57:59 AM:Praveen Menon
Great code Paul.. nice work.. we should
always try to do work like these...
but i dont have a Win2000 Machine to
check the SetLayeredWindowAttributes
API in action....
Sad for that.. 5
Globes
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2/15/2003 7:39:53 AM:Paul Caton
Joyprakesh, the issue is the use of a
type lib. I shouldn't have used one for
a function that may not exist on the PC
because linked this way the windows
program loader tries to resolve the
call, fails to find it (Win9x, NT4) and
bails the app. One of the few
advantages of VB's Declare mechanism is
that the link to the function is
performed dynamically on call and thus
you have the opportunity to skip making
calls to functions that don't exist.
Anyway, the UpdateLayeredWindow call is
now out of the type lib. Upshot being
that the control won't display a
shadow/fade on 9x/NT 4 - but it won't
cause a problem running the app. Sorry
about the issue, but it was initialy
only written as a demo of the cSubclass
and cWindow classes. Seeing as people
want to use it I'll endevour to ensure
that it's up to production standard.
Check the update and let me know.
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2/15/2003 1:48:47 PM:Vlad Vissoultchev
paul, shadow is looking much better
here now. i'm considering
re-implementing my office xp menu
shadows.
bugreport: shadow depths of
4 and below
HTH,
</wqw>
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2/17/2003 12:34:17 AM:joyprakash saikia
Thanx for your updates for win9x and
WintNT 4.0 as well as the introduction
of
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2/17/2003 12:35:44 AM:joyprakash saikia
"pLayered" Function for Accurate
verification of the shadow effect.
Now It is running Properly with WinNT
4.0 , Win2K and Higher.
Cheers!
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2/17/2003 9:51:00 AM:
5 from me! This is awesome.
I only
have 1 problem though: If I compile and
execute the Shadow program, the form
fades on exit but the program stays in
memory. Both on Win 2K and XP Pro. Any
idea what I might be doing wrong?
phred@qti.net
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2/17/2003 11:48:52 AM:Paul Caton
It's not your fault, there seems to be
an aliasing issue that I haven't yet
tracked down. Go to compile options,
click advanced and uncheck the aliasing
checkbox - the problem will go away.
Hopefully I'll find it soon and do an
update.
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2/17/2003 11:51:22 AM:Paul Caton
Thanks Vlad, i've found the issue
you're refering to. It would've helped
if I had access to XP then I'd have
seen it straight away. Update coming,
but I'd like to try and find the alias
compile optimization that's causing
problems.
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2/17/2003 1:35:06 PM:
Thanks a ton. I've been using Vlad's
subclasser and menus like nuts. Some
more subclasser updates and a cool
shadow effect will make my apps even
cooler. BTW 5 globes.
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2/17/2003 1:41:33 PM:Paul Caton
Update 2/17 - Fixed isssue with depth <
5 on XP. Fixed issue with 'No Aliasing'
compiler optimization. Detects Luna
theme rather than just assuming if XP.
Added IsLuna property. Detects and
responds to display and theme changes
on the fly.
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3/6/2003 12:06:11 AM:
Could you make a tutorial on how to
make our own? personaly i would like to
know how to edit the cWindow class. i
have masm and know some basic asm. but
i dont know where togo from
there.
also useing typelibs for
implemented interfaces? this is so
awsome. but tutorial would be great
too. i know your really busy so i wont
hold my breath :P
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3/6/2003 12:56:41 PM:Paul Caton
Not that busy... I'm currently looking
for some work to keep me amused. I'll
look into doing a tutorial soon.
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3/7/2003 2:59:16 AM:
awsome, thanks alot! :D
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3/19/2003 6:20:15 AM:
any updates? *impatiant*
lol
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3/31/2003 8:40:56 AM:Alpha Binary
o_0 AWESOME!!
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4/4/2003 1:12:46 AM:TJ Rode
Paul, I need a hand if you don't
mind...
I'm trying to hook system
messages globally, such as the WD_MOUSE
events, MOVE events, etc. With the
"Hooking" project, it seems only to
accept messages related to the
Thunder/VB project. Any clues as to
where I'm going wrong? Thanks. (*****)
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4/15/2003 8:50:38 AM:Defcon2
great!!! 5 globes from me.
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5/2/2003 4:12:21 AM:Bram Pelgrom
YEAAAAH! Does this mean that I can
*FINALLY* experiment with subclassing,
without having to worry about VB
crashing? :D 5 Globies from me my
friend! :P
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5/12/2003 9:31:26 AM:
This is a nice control. Only one
disadvantage I found: When using this
control in a MDI form the shadow
coordinates will not fix to the MDI
coordinates, instead it will follow the
screen coordinates. I will try to
study the code and do the neccessary,
but in case any one updated please send
to my mail: abdullahosman@yahoo.com
THANX ALL
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5/14/2003 4:11:22 AM:Paul Caton
Re MDI - I probably shouldn't say this
is impossible but I think it is. It's
easy enoung to correct the coordinates
but the problem is that for proper
behaviour the shadow windows would need
to be MDI children themselves and as
far as I can tell the transparent
extended style won't work on an MDI
child. Feel free to prove me wrong.
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