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hey, i made this for win xp:
http://msbetas.stormhosts.net/smartbar/t001.jpg
http://msbetas.stormhosts.net/smartbar/t002.jpg
if you wanna d/l it then go here. I, and a few other people have tested it, but i need more people to check it before I finish it off and release the final thing.
(btw, i have seen sideshow b4 any1 says:p)
Illspirit
how did you get the form to stick to the side of the desktop like that? Does it stak docked or is it just a form on the side of the window? Where can i find out how to do this? Thanks for your Help!
Try & do a search for setwindowpos() in the api forumn, I reckon he used that one ;)
That looks like a really cool program, but does it work on good operating systems as well, or is it only available for Windoze XP? It would be cool if it worked on Win2K.
yea it only works on XP at the moment, but am workin on gettin it goin in 2000
ok, BETA3 is finished and theres a 2000 version. Theres now a POP3 mail pane among many other things, and u can skin the bar:
http://msbetas.net/smartbar/004.jpg
Longhorn skin
smartsoft-design.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
That IS pretty cool. Is it your own code to skin the bar, or is it one of the classes floating around the 'net?
my own code, i used BitBlt and StretchBlt
looks like a really cool program! too bad i cant try it tho (running Win98). dont like XP; dont have enuf control over ur pc (DOS and the likes). if u make it for Win98, ill try it out for u!
i was hoping the windows 2000 version (that will be available again soon, i'm having trouble getting it uploaded:() would work on 9x, but it doesnt seem to.
I will look into the cause of the 9x problems and try and sort it ASAP http://www.vbforums.com/images/icons/icon14.gif
thats ok :) im patient enough
Looks interesting but I can't get you link to work :(
sorry, zdos have just stopped with the uk-homepage redirecting it seems:rolleyes: nice of them not to tell us.. anyway go here for the site:)Quote:
Originally posted by Slaine
Looks interesting but I can't get you link to work :(
btw, the 2000 version is back on the site again.
Cheers about to check it out now
How about a version for Windows 98/98SE and ME?
i'm rewriting a big chunk of it for a BETA4 release, and all being well it should work on windows 9x
Will the 9x be similar to the Windows 2000? How long will take to make smartbarxp compatible with non Win 2000/XP systems?
yea, well its gonna have a slightly new look for BETA4... when i get it working on 9X it should do everything the 2000 version does apart from the fade effects.. but you will be able to have a slide effect instead;)
as for the amount of time, i dunno... ive almost finished the functionality of the new appbar, and when ive done that i need 2 sort a new themed look out for it and mod all the panes so they resize with the bar.
hmmmm....the link is dead....someone email it to me
[email protected]
oops.. forgot to change the link at the top too... sorted now;)
I'd say the gfade/trasparancy is for 2000/xp system only-so a slide effect will be awesome!
Actually there is a windows function - the AlphaBlend API - available on Win98, ME, 2k, and XP. If you eliminate NT4 and 95 from the supported list, you can have it fade on every OS.
yea, ive heard of this function but i never actually used it... i'll look in2 it.. need 2 install 98 on vmware 1st