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4/19/2000 9:32:45 PM:Mr Tofu
Looks good, but I get all sorts of load
errors and a "license not correct"
error... maybe it's because I'm using
VB6 Learning Edition? Maybe someone
could compile this for me so I could
see what it looks like... looks like a
nice upgrade!
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4/19/2000 9:39:38 PM:Brian
Try www.pokecenter2000.com/bos.zip
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4/19/2000 9:41:53 PM:Brian
You probably are missing some ActiveX
Controls. This project requires the
winsock control, the internet transfer
control, and the webBrowser control. If
you buy VB6 Proffessional, or Visual
C++, the controls are included.
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4/19/2000 10:02:20 PM:Marcelo
Brian, you should really, look at my
submission... might teach you a cool
new trick.
"FAST Capture Screen,
Using BitBlt. "
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4/19/2000 10:27:51 PM:Brian
I noticed no speed difference using
your code; in fact, it looked
stunninglly like the code in BoS - only
a couple of lines different. I'll
explain how the desktop capture works
in BoS: 1) When the form loads, the
area of the screen directlly under the
form is copied to picDesktopCapture 2)
All objects that must be translucent
use transpearentBlt to copy the desktop
picture (which is stored in
PicDesktopCapture) onto themselves. 3)
When a button is pushed, it simply
updates it's image and does step 2
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4/19/2000 10:29:39 PM:Brian
Oh, and BoS uses BitBlt to capture the
screen, and it allways has.
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4/19/2000 11:03:06 PM:okaria
I think the code might have some
positioning incompatibility issues with
Windows 2000 Advanced Server (and thus
Pro and Server editions, I would
assume). The taskbar replacement
appears to be positioned incorrectly --
loading up in the center of the screen
for me.
Just thought you'd like to
know. Very nice code though!
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4/20/2000 12:26:07 AM:Marcelo
By the way Brian, i meant no harm by
saying "That guy", i just didn't
remember your name... No personal
offences here. Just thought i was
actually helping you, after all, you DO
use the printscreen trick to capture
the desktop, and it is SO much that way
that performance was really bad on ur
app. I see it as a nice effort, but you
need some skinners, i mean,
professional graphics, i would be glad
to help there if u wanted, and also got
a few good tricks for the button
resizing... send me an email, lets get
over this and just show'em the right
way :)
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4/20/2000 1:04:14 AM:Brian
No harm done with the "that guy" thing,
but BoS DOES use the BitBlt method -
look at the code. Thanks for the
skinner offer, if you would like to
make some skins for BoS, look at the
skin readme. If you want your skin
posted online, email it, zipped, to me
- ceo@pokecenter2000.com! I'll look at
your skin, and if it's good I'll upload
it to the skin database.
About the
print screen code - look at this
tidbit:
DeskHdc = GetDC(0)
Look
Here -> ret =
BitBlt(picDesktopCapture.hdc, 0, 0,
Me.ScaleWidth, Me.ScaleHeight, DeskHdc,
0, 0, vbSrcCopy)
Blend Me,
picDesktopCapture, 95, 0, 0,
Me.ScaleWidth - 5, Me.ScaleHeight
ret
= ReleaseDC(0&, DeskHdc)
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4/20/2000 6:27:50 AM:Adam
Great code,
this is just getting
better and better,
Im glad you could
have the full Start menu.
Keep working
on it, it is really something
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4/20/2000 6:31:13 AM:Bryan
This released version rocks!
Keep it
up Brain!
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4/20/2000 7:16:20 AM:lock
i get en error in this bit of code
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4/20/2000 7:18:30 AM:lock
Sub UpdateDesktop()
'For i =
imgIcon.Count - 1 To
fleDesktop.ListCount + Dir1.ListCount
Step -1
' Unload imgIcon(i)
'
Unload lblIcon(i)
'Next
cant
unload controls created at design
time
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4/20/2000 9:49:04 AM:XPS
Hey nice code but i cant run the
programI get a run time error362 can
not unload contorl at run timecould u
please help me thanks-=XPS=-
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4/20/2000 12:43:59 PM:SteSoft Software
VERY NICE CODE.....BUT I CAN'T GET IT
TO WORK....I'M RUNNING WINDOWS 2000
PRO.
PLEASE. HELP ME.....
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4/20/2000 2:45:14 PM:Oet
The final release is even better then
the beta's! bOS is just better than
explorer.
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4/21/2000 3:43:45 AM:Fatal3rr0r
This Program(source) Rockz... Keep it
up...
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4/21/2000 8:57:17 AM:tsi
Nice program!
I noticed that you had
started to write an
installer. I am
working on an installation
system
similar to what Microsoft used
for
MSIE 5.0, and it is MUCH easier to
use
that WMI 1.1.
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4/21/2000 9:12:02 AM:Sugien
I am using VB5 Pro with SP3, I used a
utility to convert BoS from vb6 to 5;
but It still has lots of problems
running most of the errors are in the
menus
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4/21/2000 9:44:45 AM:Paul M. Bryant Sr.
One othe thing, Why won't it run
without your being on line? My firewall
allerts me to a out going tcp
connection request each time it is run,
my firewall says it is trying to
connect to
"www.planet-source-code.com", I guess I
will have to give the code a going over
and see why that is. In the compiled
b.exe you have posted to pokeymon2000
site, it wont run at all if I tell my
firewall to block the tcp connection
request, what is going on with that?
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4/21/2000 9:47:03 AM:Paul M. Bryant Sr.
Sorry I ment the b.exe you have posted
to pokecenter2000.com
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4/21/2000 11:28:01 AM:Wicked_Willy
All right Brian you took my advise and
got the programs thing I haven't
downloaded this yet but when I do if I
find something that needs to be fixed
or I have another great Idea i will
tell ya. I have 1 question is there
going to be anymore versions of BoS¿
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4/21/2000 1:28:07 PM:Brian
Yes, there will be versions 1.1, 1.2,
1.3, etc., until BoS is perfect and bug
free! Release just means that BoS is
ready to be used by non-developer types
as an actual replacement shell, not a
demo or sample replacement shell. In
fact, I already have new features
planned for the next BoS!
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4/27/2000 7:00:05 PM:Richard
Hi, Nice work !I have download the code
yesterday and ist cool !i have full
idee to put bos to the top !So can you
do a website to do a open source a will
give you my idee !One of this idee is
that bos go to have a french version
soon (i will do it !)this is very good
!maybe a code to change the gray of the
rest of the other programm !?!ok so you
can contact me by
mailkeny10@hotmail.com
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4/30/2000 12:05:35 PM:Brian
Changing the other programs can be
accomplished with a program called
WindowBlinds (www.windowblinds.net).
It's shareware, and costs about $30 to
register.
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5/4/2000 5:04:05 PM:Hasenmann
Sorry but it did not work. It says
that
Alphablending.dll is missing but
the
file is there so i couldn't test
ist ..
What a pity :-(
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5/4/2000 7:48:02 PM:Brian
Put the file in C:\windows\system\
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5/5/2000 7:21:28 PM:Scanman
Well... I'd like to try your OS out but
why did you hardcoded the windows path
while you have plenty of ways to
automatically get that info from
Windows itself ???
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5/5/2000 7:22:43 PM:Scanman
Apparently, everyone has Windows
installed in C:\WINDOWS...mine is in
C:\Win98.... so replaced about 17
instances of hardcoded Windows path in
the VBSources... But must admit, you
Shell has a nice look!!
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5/7/2000 9:36:33 AM:ProgramDude
code is great!
one little thing i
noticed...
i compiled and fixed all
errors, although it ended up crashing
because i had to remove some lines
because vb5 wouldn't understand vb6
coding. can you make it 100%
compatible with vb5?
thank you!
heh
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5/7/2000 5:53:36 PM:Alex Ionescu
Hmm. Nice code... A little bit too
ressource cossuming though. The start
menu for example isn't a REAL menu,
like the one I've posted on PSC (New
Version, that is MUCH better coming
soon) and it takes a lot of
time.
Also, the desktop icon thing
isn't very convenient... I only see a
4th of my icons on 1280x1024. Maybe
make your own desktop? I have some icon
importing routines if you want... No
REAL My Computer functionality, no
network support. I think it's mostly a
taskbar with code from
www.thescarms.com with a long-to-load
startmenu. Not really a shell. The
interface is very nice though... but
should you sacrifice usage for looks?
Just some thoughts, I still think the
code is great.
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5/10/2000 3:37:21 PM:Chris
Sorry but it did not work. It says
thatAlphablending.dll is missing but I
did copy it to c:\windows and c:\ and
c:\windows\system, but it still did not
work... Does this file only work on
win98 computers? Because I am using
win95 sp2. Also Where did you get the
Alphablending.dll file form? Did you
program it or where is the guys web
page... Thanks!Email me at
ChrisJLarocque@hotmail.com
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5/10/2000 5:06:36 PM:Brian
BoS is for windows 98 and 2000 only.
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5/11/2000 2:52:00 PM:Jacob Allred
i only have vb5 so i can't compile
this. can somebody compile it and post
it?
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5/15/2000 1:25:40 PM:Richard Thomas
This looks great! However, I could not
get it to run. Keeps complaining about
not being able to find
AlphaBlending.dll, although I see that
file. I tried a couple of things that
didn't work. Help, please?
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5/18/2000 12:28:36 AM:Brian
Are you using windows 98 or 2000?
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5/18/2000 5:20:03 AM:Bryan
Hmm .. i found a bug here ..
If the
BOS is run on a system that were
installed with alot of programs
..
The start menu program folder
dosen't show every shortcut and some of
the shortcut will be covered up
.
Hmm .. anyway to repair this bug
?
Hope to hear from you soon.
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5/18/2000 7:21:28 AM:N Ramsbottom
If you require any additional coding
please let me know.
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5/20/2000 4:25:06 PM:Daniel Jr.
I compiled the code and installed it.
But it shows Path not found when i load
it. Any ideas?
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5/21/2000 12:13:27 PM:clate
Hey! When I unzip I get this error....
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5/21/2000 8:43:02 PM:AiPimP
think of your own name instead of
copying Be. "B" creative and come up
with your own title, instead of
stealing.
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5/22/2000 1:57:19 AM:Brian
Hey... my name starts with the letter
"B", doesn't it? "B"esides, BoS is a
lot different from Be... in fact, the
only similarity is that the first
letter of BoS ("B") sounds the same as
the name of "Be"!
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5/23/2000 4:45:03 AM:Neil Ramsbottom
I have written substitute for the
StrReverse() function that you use in
this to make it run/compile under
VB5.
Shall I post the code?
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5/23/2000 7:32:32 PM:Brian
Actually, would you just email me the
replacement StrReverse function? I can
implement it in BoS 1.1!
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5/24/2000 7:20:53 PM:Seth
On your website, the link to download
the compiled version of BoS isn't
working... do you think you could fix
them? :P
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5/26/2000 5:04:15 PM:Brian
I know... I'll get it fixed soon
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5/29/2000 6:15:47 AM:Bryan
Brian, When will the improved version
of BOS coming out ?
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5/29/2000 5:54:22 PM:WÏ©kÊÐ_WΣ£ÿ
Ya I am with Bryan When will the next
improved better version of BoS will
come out. Could you give us a ruff
estamate of a date. I found a few
problems with BoS to that needs to be
fixed before you let the next version
come out. 1. When I told you to add the
Programs when you click the start
button but if you run BoS it would be
the BoS button it needs to be able to
scroll down and up because some people
like me have alot more program in the
menu than what is aloud to show up, If
you want I can make a screen shot and
show you what I mean. 2. The same
problem with the desktop icons it need
to be able to scroll up and down or
side to side cuz I have like 25 or 26
icons on my desktop and they all don't
show up on your desktop.
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5/29/2000 5:55:52 PM:WÏ©kÊÐ_WΣ£ÿ
3. You have to make this Win95
compattable for those people who don't
have money to upgrade or don't want to.
4. Where the PSC source code ticker is
you have to have a button that shuts it
off and turns it on cuz when I am not
on I get that message to connect
because something is running online but
your not online I can give you a screen
shot of that to if you don't know what
I am talkin about. That is all I can
think of. but if you want BoS to go to
the top then you should work on those.
Oh ya the Ticker needs to be updated
cuz it gives me and error or something
like that on my computer and I can give
you a screen shot of that to if you
have no Idea what I am talking about.
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5/29/2000 5:57:01 PM:WÏ©kÊÐ_WΣ£ÿ
But that is good you know Microsoft
started out some where with Windows bet
they had alot more errors than that. I
can't wait till this is a full
Operating System like Linux or Windows
not a shell then maybe you won't have
to use the "BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH" and
all Microsoft Windows users know what I
am talking about. Talk to you l8er
WÏ©kÊÐ_WΣ£ÿ.
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5/29/2000 5:59:04 PM:WÏ©kÊÐ_WΣ£ÿ
If I have anymore errors I will email
them to ya because that is to much room
to put on here this page is going to
crash. But I should find nothing else
it all looks good. Nice
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7/3/2000 9:54:36 PM:DragonFire
Hi there, figured out the bug with
downloading the pre-compiled copy of
BoS, the link points to 'bexe.exe',
just change to 'bexe.zip'.
An onest
mistake. ;)
--DragonFire
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7/15/2000 6:13:35 AM:help
i am also creating a shell replacement
which also promises to be as good as
BoS. my question is, how is it you can
capture the ENTIRE desktop and not just
the first 5 like BoS does on the side
of the screen.
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8/4/2000 7:03:08 AM:KayHan
I have changed your program and named
it as TMOS. sooon will be on PSC. I
will added many cool functions that you
wont believe it can be done. If you
want to help mail me. we will name it
together. I will send you an improved
version soon.
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8/9/2000 11:45:39 PM:SESoftware
The PROGRAMS popup menus are slow and
sometimes uninteractive with the
movement of the mouse. You might want
to fix this. Either it's the speed,
design, or maybe it's just doing this
project in VB.
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12/9/2000 2:22:12 PM:Pedro
HEEEELLLPPP - Help i downloaded your
prog and when i tried unziiping it, it
says no file to unzip or somthin like
that.. so i tried downloading it from
www.pokecenter2000.com/bos.zip
and
the same error occured! i use WIN RRAR
under winME but i never got this problem
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6/21/2001 11:02:46 PM:PCphrek
This code is the best iv'e seen! You
should start making BoS to load like
Windows and not rely on windows and you
could have your own operating system
goin'!
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11/9/2002 6:46:43 PM:The Unknown Coder
i get an error message saying
somethings about a dll is missing(
somerthing about font shading etc.)
could someone email me the fix or
sumthing thanx ( my email addy is
seven__dust@hotmail.com ) ps:i use win
98
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4/5/2003 1:44:19 PM:
Seems to be impossible to download your
code to the Boss program.
Downloadpage
not awailable.
Is there another
possibility to download?
Best regards
Henning.
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4/27/2003 8:58:30 PM:
I don't have Alphablending.dll!! Where
can I get it?
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