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FireSTARTer (Animate The START Button)
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10/31/1999 |
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bluenile
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VB 4.0 (32-bit), VB 5.0, VB 6.0 |
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FireStarter is a app to set your START button on fire.
If you simply hate the start button then try animating it
with this short and very simple code. Please send comments
ans sugesstion.
CODE BY - NILESH P KURHADE
EMAIL - bluenile5@hotmail.com
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 10/31/1999 12:38:00 PM: Doggie Style
The only problem with it that i see, is if you close the program, they start button is blank untill you reboot
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10/31/1999 1:24:00 PM: as
then u just have to refresh the start button
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10/31/1999 1:28:00 PM: as
no it still runs when i exit out of the prog...it works
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10/31/1999 10:09:00 PM: Steve
Looks cool, great effect, and nice code. Thanks for the upload
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11/1/1999 7:43:00 AM: Keith Flint
ooooh twisted
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11/1/1999 1:03:00 PM: OP
Doesn't work on NT. Any ideas? Thanks
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11/1/1999 5:01:00 PM: Brian G.
NT has a start button?
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11/1/1999 5:35:00 PM: LP-S
Duuhhhhh!!!!!!!!
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11/1/1999 10:48:00 PM: Tanner
Nice code, but it does screw up your start button until you restart the machine.
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11/2/1999 8:07:00 AM: Author
NT users please try sendmessage although I am not sure about it. To replace the start button just change the system colors .
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11/3/1999 12:45:00 AM: Zac Gery
How do you update the Start Button so it goes back to the standard?
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11/3/1999 9:22:00 AM: Author
Zac Gery use the bm_getimage option to get the original button image.
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11/3/1999 2:59:00 PM: Tim Talma
What an awsome piece of code: a couple of questions.
1. what is the value of BM_GETIMAGE (you set BM_SETIMAGE = &HF7)?
2. How do you know what handler is for what, like the Shell_TrayWnd? (I'd like to recreate this effect on the running apps buttons on the start bar and the bar it's self if possible)
3. Where can you find the bitmap of the MS start button?
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11/3/1999 10:06:00 PM: Zac Gery
And how would you do that?
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11/4/1999 12:12:00 PM: Author
Zac Gery please do the following
in general decl dim anylong as long
then just before we enable the timer
anylong=postmessage(hwnda,&hf6,0,0)
anylong means the handle to the original start button in the form_unload
you can set message anylong so that the original bitmap is restored. The value of bm_getimage is &hf6.
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11/4/1999 12:17:00 PM: Author
Tim Talma the ans to 1 is given above,
Ans 2) Shell_TrayWnd is the class name you can find using Spy++, which is included with the tools in Visual Studio.
3) Which MS Start button are u talking abt. I think the ans is above
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11/4/1999 3:11:00 PM: Zac Gery
Author, Sorry for all the questions but how do make it go back when it unloades? I'm not sure what you are saying. Also you might when your done want to add this into your zip file.
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11/5/1999 8:58:00 AM: Author
Zac Gery in your form_unload
postmessage hwnda,&hf7,0,anylong
find the any long as given above. I am send you the ffrm file in u,r mailbox
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11/7/1999 9:07:00 AM: Ace315
SWEEET!! thanx!
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11/7/1999 3:32:00 PM: _MiKe_
Hi!!!
i have to questions.
1)how can u put your name instead of NILESH?
2)how can i put like it use to be?(the widows type)
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11/7/1999 3:34:00 PM: _MiKe_
oops
lol
i mean i have two questions not to questions
:):)
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11/8/1999 4:56:00 AM: Zac Gery
Author I still need you to email me the frm and I'm reading some of the other comments and it seems like alot of people are wondering.
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11/8/1999 10:09:00 PM: Java19
Dude,
All I got to say is that this is pretty f*cking sweet, but there is a few things you should at, instead of making people press Ctrl+Alt+Del to close the program while don't you just make a fuction to add a menu to the right clicker on the screen, and then to solve the Start button thing just use a screen capture to get the pic of the start button and then make the image load on unload...
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11/9/1999 7:26:00 AM: Flaperman
Does anyone know how to make thin work on Windows NT/2000... Plz. mail me!!!
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11/10/1999 3:14:00 AM: Bazfink
I've made an update to this prog, you can send the picture path and number of pictures in animation as Command$ then it works the rest out for you, I'll post it when I can...
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11/16/1999 2:33:00 PM: Luke
This is an ok program... could be fixed up... what is that NILESH thing?? I thought this would be the original start menu picure except with fire on it. Also, after you close the program, how in the world do you get the regular picture back without rebooting?? Other than that, it is cool :)
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11/17/1999 12:22:00 AM: coco
tight program but the start don't come back. that kinda suxs cuz i didn't under stand wut u were saying and my dad saw it and got mad
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12/18/1999 8:53:58 PM: Daniel Sitnik
Well NILESH, please send me a form the restores the original start button when it is unloaded.
I've tried everything you mentioned here but I couldn't get it to work... I get an error that 'hwnds is not definide', so please send me a form in my mail box that works.
ThankS, great piece of code!!
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1/7/2000 4:20:03 AM: Alex
This is so cool, but I've a problem. When I exit the program the startbutton is blank.
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2/20/2000 1:12:03 AM: BJ
Any ideas on how to add Animated Icons to the Desktop and/or Menus if possable?
Anybody!!!
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5/28/2000 9:54:23 AM: ProgramDude
i want the form too.
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11/3/2001 11:13:43 AM: Posthuman441
CAN YOU EMAIL THE UPDATE THAT RESTORES THE ORIGINAL bITMAP TO THE START MENU?
JITEDSKICE@AOL.COM
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8/29/2002 8:47:04 AM: Leprechaun
I have the zip file, so now what do I do? Do I need VB to run this?
Help!!
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9/1/2002 11:59:29 AM: *JJ*
LOL Of course you need vb to run this!!!!!!! HAHAHA
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9/1/2002 12:00:06 PM: *JJ*
First you extract it, then open it with VB
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3/24/2004 5:28:34 AM:
Still doesnt work on win 2000
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1/30/2005 6:21:02 PM: Andrew Vos
hmm, can this work on XP, and :) can u port it to vb.net. im too lazy
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5/26/2005 9:30:33 AM: ELY M.
this program do not work on windows xp at all..... I would like a MFC or CPP based code.
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1/28/2006 11:14:58 AM: Matt DeKok
Wont work 1 globe from me
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