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[Thrawn]

Here we have a basic Longhorn-style tray clock.

Version 0.5 ---> New Release! Version .75 , see later post. Download links are updated
LonghornClock, download here



Important Points!!:

**Run clockConfig.exe to select a skin, before you run LonghornClock
**Right-click the clock to make it disappear for 3 seconds, so you can access the real system clock and any of its functions.
**Double-click the clock to make it exit.

There are a few more points in Release Notes.txt in the zip file. Please look at that before you ask any questions.

It's using VB.NET as I couldn't get ClearType with VB6. As a result, it's a memory hog but leak-free and easy on the processor.

VERSION .75 had an integer overflow, how stupid of me. Now .751

Questions? Comments? Feature-Requests? Bugs? This is meant to be really basic. I don't really like the windows API...

-Suneet U.

Attached Files

•  LonghornClock_R2.1.zip   28.36K   63499 downloads

Edited by Thrawn, 30 March 2004 - 03:47.

[John]

Looks like you need a few more pixels between the hour and the minutes... The 6 seems cut off to me, at least from the pics.

[Razorwing]

how come I get an error when pressing clock config?

[nomis_nehc]

whoa, this is really cool. i like it. hopefully we'll get more support from the community.

also, i tried to make a skin for it, but it doesn't show up... is it coded in the config exe?

[insanekiwi]

pretty cool. downloading right now.

[Chode]

Not bad, but not compatible with all skins.

Instead of building a database of skins in the config,

you should find a way to make it self-modify based on the

currently applied theme.

[Thrawn]

gameguy: I think you were right, I fixed that real quick

Razorwing: You probably don't have the .NET framework 1.1 or above, which this uses

Also, the skinning thing should work for all themes, but the image needs to be a Windows .bmp . The skins aren't hard-coded or anything. As for making it self-modify... Humn, bitmap.FromResource() exists, I'll see if I have time.

Thanks

[enigma-penguin]

nasty memory hole in there that keeps sucking up mem over time.. the larger the refresh the bigger the drain..

yeah the "bitmap.FromResource()" might be a good idea

[Medievil]

erm, it adds the clock in the above left corner of my screen

its funny to see, but it should be in the other corner next to my taskbar lol

[MikeCoz]

screenshots aren't showing... i'm curious what this looks like

[Isakowski]

server too busy???
i cant download...
please make someone an attachemant...
and screenies

[Thrawn]

Strange, that server is made of steel... We're on spring-break, mabey the network guy is home too.

Attached

As for the memory hole, the thing only uses like 9 variables, and they're set to "Nothing" most of the time. .NET just has a lot of overhead. But there's a bug when resuming the system from Standby or Hibernate, i'll fix that in ~48 as I have a stack of physics problems to solve.

Attached Files

•  LonghornClock.zip   19.41K   28541 downloads

[Isakowski]

let him his holidays
Thanks btw

[Raum]

MikeCoz, on Mar 24 2004, 19:18, said:

screenshots aren't showing... i'm curious what this looks like

mmhmm

[Hidea]

you are a huge nerd!!!!! YOU MAKE GOOD CLOCKS! YOUR CLOCK IS USEFUL!


hahahha, just kidding about the nerd thing, all that joking aside, do you think it's possible to create a skin for LunaVX?