SmartBar XP

**Illspirit** · Oct 8th, 2002, 05:52 PM

hey, i made this for win xp:

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

)

Illspirit

**Buy2easy.com** · Oct 8th, 2002, 08:41 PM

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!

**alex_read** · Oct 9th, 2002, 05:03 AM

Try & do a search for setwindowpos() in the api forumn, I reckon he used that one

**MidgetsBro** · Oct 13th, 2002, 12:36 AM

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.

**Illspirit** · Oct 13th, 2002, 06:05 AM

yea it only works on XP at the moment, but am workin on gettin it goin in 2000

**Illspirit** · Nov 2nd, 2002, 01:22 PM

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:

Longhorn skin

smartsoft-design.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

**Sastraxi** · Nov 3rd, 2002, 07:36 PM

That IS pretty cool. Is it your own code to skin the bar, or is it one of the classes floating around the 'net?

**Illspirit** · Nov 4th, 2002, 06:26 AM

my own code, i used BitBlt and StretchBlt

**TheSarlacc** · Nov 6th, 2002, 06:14 AM

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!

**Illspirit** · Nov 6th, 2002, 06:06 PM

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

**TheSarlacc** · Nov 6th, 2002, 07:52 PM

thats ok

im patient enough

**Slaine** · Nov 14th, 2002, 07:58 AM

Looks interesting but I can't get you link to work

**Illspirit** · Nov 14th, 2002, 01:06 PM

Originally posted by Slaine
Looks interesting but I can't get you link to work

sorry, zdos have just stopped with the uk-homepage redirecting it seems

nice of them not to tell us.. anyway go here for the site

btw, the 2000 version is back on the site again.

**Slaine** · Nov 14th, 2002, 01:13 PM

Cheers about to check it out now

**aafuss** · Nov 15th, 2002, 12:35 AM

How about a version for Windows 98/98SE and ME?

**Illspirit** · Nov 15th, 2002, 06:02 PM

i'm rewriting a big chunk of it for a BETA4 release, and all being well it should work on windows 9x

**aafuss** · Nov 15th, 2002, 08:46 PM

Will the 9x be similar to the Windows 2000? How long will take to make smartbarxp compatible with non Win 2000/XP systems?

**Illspirit** · Nov 16th, 2002, 08:55 AM

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.

**duc** · Nov 16th, 2002, 09:59 AM

hmmmm....the link is dead....someone email it to me

[email protected]

**Illspirit** · Nov 16th, 2002, 12:19 PM

oops.. forgot to change the link at the top too... sorted now

**aafuss** · Nov 16th, 2002, 03:57 PM

I'd say the gfade/trasparancy is for 2000/xp system only-so a slide effect will be awesome!

**Sastraxi** · Nov 16th, 2002, 04:20 PM

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.

**Illspirit** · Nov 16th, 2002, 04:22 PM

yea, ive heard of this function but i never actually used it... i'll look in2 it.. need 2 install 98 on vmware 1st

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