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Martins Skujenieks
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The version 1.03 is here! A total of 46 graphical routines, excellent speed and easy to use. All this and many, many more in this SDK. Also all 5000 lines of source-code now included for the taking. Check out the screen-shot! Don't wait, experience it!
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 6/3/2003 9:35:04 AM: Martins Skujenieks
Any comments, suggestions or questions? Don't wait, ask them right here!
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6/3/2003 10:29:38 AM: BattleStorm
Very nice. A definate improvement over the previous versions. Keep it coming. Ever thought of incorperating the anti-alias function into the Render and Rotate functions? Keep up the great work. 5 globes!
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6/3/2003 10:39:13 AM: Martins Skujenieks
You wish is my command, BattleStorm :P
I'll work on it! I have tons of ideas to implement, but there is only 24 hours per day... Anyway, thank you!
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6/3/2003 10:56:02 AM: BattleStorm
I have an example of Bilinear Anti-Alias pixel rotation if you need code to base the C++ dll on. Just do a search on BattleStorm. I thought about adding it myself to your source if I get a chance. If I get something working, I'll send you the updated code. You have a great dll coming along!
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6/3/2003 11:00:49 AM: Martin J. Brown
Excellent dll thank you for the "heads up" email greatly appreciated. Hope to see you get some more recognition than so far. Martin
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6/3/2003 11:03:32 AM:
Superb! Thanks for sharing.
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6/3/2003 11:27:45 AM: BestVBCoder.
Also, this is a great example on how to create a C++ Dll for use with VB. Your HTML driven SDK is awesome too.
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6/3/2003 12:15:27 PM: Haru Glory
cool!
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6/3/2003 12:28:28 PM: Triumph
This is probably stu-pid, but I can't get VB to create a reference to the DLL. I ran the Setup batch file, and it ran just fine, but then when I tried to add a reference in the project, it told me it could not create one. I tried copying the DLL into SYSTEM, then SYSTEM32, but no such luck. Sorry, what should I do?
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6/3/2003 1:29:04 PM: BattleStorm
You don't need to reference the DLL in VB. It is called like standard windows API.
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6/3/2003 2:10:10 PM:
i give you 5, think u deserve it. hope u win month contest !!
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6/3/2003 2:39:04 PM: Dream
Very Nice.
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6/3/2003 2:42:04 PM: Martins Skujenieks
Thank you, BattleStorm, the Bilinear Anti-Alias pixel rotation is great work! Why in the hack I didn't find it two weeks ago :) I hope I will be able to implement it into FX library! Once again, thank you, BattleStorm!
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6/3/2003 3:31:58 PM:
thanks for this nice code!! ***** globes
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6/3/2003 3:40:01 PM: Martins Skujenieks
Triumph, as BattleStorm already told the FX.DLL is library that you don't need to reference. It uses API standard calling instead.
To use the DLL in your VB project follow these steps (by the way, they are already described in SDK articles):
1) make a copy of FX.DLL and copy it to your project directory;
2) make a copy of FX.BAS (Visual Basic module) and also copy it to your project directory;
3) add the copied FX module to your vb project (menu Project > Add Module).
And thats it, now you have all APIs, constants and tags already defined for you!
-Martin
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6/3/2003 4:49:16 PM: MArio Flores G
Now that is open Source and better you deserve this Month 1st Place.. :) Good Luck!
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6/4/2003 9:09:55 AM: Triumph
VERY nice! Excellent work. Sorry about my misunderstanding. 5 globes from me. The open-source is nice, too. Overall, very good!
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6/4/2003 3:48:11 PM: Jim K
Excellent it is, and excellent you get.
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6/5/2003 5:38:50 AM: Will Barden
Very nice, although since it's been submitted in the VB section, I feel I should vote on the VB code, which is good, but not excellent. Call me pendantic if you wish.. :)
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6/5/2003 7:19:09 PM: MArio Flores G
How About Page Curl Effect?...I have the Code but is in ASM..if you added this that will be nicer.:)
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6/7/2003 10:27:26 PM: Dream
Hi Will, yes I returned for the same reason. This is a VB competiton not C++, looks like our prize for the month goes to a C++ Submission.
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6/8/2003 4:08:29 AM: Martins Skujenieks
Will Barden and Dream, I respect your opinions, but in the same time I don't agree with them. Even more - it is insanity if my submission receives Good instead of Excellent only because the library is written in C++. Your voting seems to me more groundless because the library is developed for use within Visual Basic and all the source-code is included.
Also some day you will understand that you can't make an outstanding application or game using only one programmming language (may be exception is if you use C++ :D). Professional developers use the language that best suits for the project part they want to complete.
And final thing to add - when you work with Visual Basic, you use many controls, like Common Dialog, Winsock etc. And how do you think, in which language are they written? So, when you rate my code below it deserves only because it uses in C++ written FX library, don't for get to rate below other projects who use in C++ written Common Dialog, Winsock and other controls!
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6/8/2003 8:22:29 AM: Will Barden
Martins - This is a VB competition. We are voting on code written in VB. Since the majority of your application is written in C++, I will not vote on that part of it. I am fully aware that most VB programs are not completely VB as most if not all third party controls commonly used are written using C++. However, the difference is clear - I have not seen a submission that is just a front end for a listview control, or a command button. Your submission is just a front end for a DLL you've written. Without the DLL, your submission is nothing. Without a listview control, most other VB apps would still have some VB code worth voting on. Do you see what I mean? If you re-submit your DLL to the C++ section, I would happily vote on it and give you the 5 it deserves.
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6/8/2003 1:52:09 PM: Martins Skujenieks
Will Barden, thank you for dealing your opinion with me, but I still don't agree with it! Yes, you are right - this is Visual Basic competition and better place for my code would be C++ world. But I would still post it in VB worls because this library is for use within Visual Basic. So why I can not post it in VB world?
Once again, thank you for your opinion and I will keep it in mind! Also I thank you for your vote, though it wasn't the one I were hoping for...
Regards
- Martins
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6/8/2003 4:48:00 PM: Will Barden
You do agree with me - the place for this code would be the C++ section. It's great code! Posting a demo for a library is fine, but I guess I'm really just a little annoyed that you're only winning a VB competition because of some C++ code. Still, that's obviously what the VB world here wants to see. Perhaps that says something about the state of VB as a serious development language... maybe it's being shadowed by C++ more and more. What do others think on this matter?
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6/8/2003 4:50:01 PM: Will Barden
Oh, and thanks for understanding my opinion. Not all coders who submit here would have allowed discussion without some serious flaming. Nice to see some people are upholding the standards that PSC used to have. :)
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6/9/2003 2:51:10 PM: Anas S. A.
Very Good!! u deserve 5 stars and u should get 1st place this month. thank u for sharing such a wonderful peace of work. Keep it up, and keep'um coming !!
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6/10/2003 2:36:37 PM: LaVolpe
Haven't played with it yet; therefore withholding vote til then. Question begs to be asked... Thought of converting DLL to VB?
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6/10/2003 2:53:16 PM: LaVolpe
Looking at your source code, fxAlphaBlend, fxAmbientLight & others use the SetStretchBltMode API with the HalfTone parameter. Unless I'm mistaken & don't think I am, this is not compatible with Win98 & maybe others. Thought of using CopyImage vs the StretchBltxxx APIs?
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6/11/2003 2:34:47 AM: Martins Skujenieks
LaVolpe, nice there is someone who atlast asks me about the code :)
Actually you are mistaken. When I coded this library one of my goals was to make it compatible with all Windows platforms (except the very, very old Windows 3.x).
The StretchBltMode is compatible with all Windows versions, it was implemented starting with Windows 95 and NT 3.1, the same as HALFTONE constant. This constant stayed the same even when Me/2000/XP were released. Later Microsoft implemented newer StretchBlt constants and they can be also used (their only difference is in the names, e.g. STRETCH_HALFTONE is the same as HALFTONE). Open WINGDI.H file and find StretchBlt constants (file comes along with MS Visual C++ 6.0). You will see that I am right :P
CopyImage API works slower than StretchBlt, this is why I choosed StrecthBlt instead.
- Martins
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6/14/2003 7:33:23 AM: CodeFester
Listen, this guy deserves the high votes and this S
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6/14/2003 7:41:08 AM: CodeFester
I was saying: this S&%t about "should of been in C++ world" well I for one am glad it wasn't or I might not of run across it. I suspect I am not alone in this opinion. Martins- 5 dangling ballz from codefester.
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6/14/2003 2:33:04 PM: Martins Skujenieks
CodeFester -- you're talking my language :) Thank you!
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6/15/2003 4:06:23 AM: Dream
Sorry I disagree, recently I posted a winsock dll written in c++ by Trevor Herselman(forgive me if my spelling is off Trevor) It contains two vb code examples to use it, no c++ example, but still it is leading the c++ competition where it belongs. Your code is not Visual Basic, it is c++ and should be IN THE C++ SECTION. Yes I agree it is marvelous code but you submitted it in the wrong category.
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6/15/2003 4:26:20 AM: Dream
What I meant was I posted a link to Trevors submission, which is on c++
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6/17/2003 6:17:52 AM:
I bend in the name of programming :D
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6/17/2003 5:05:58 PM:
Dude you're a total stud for making this! It totally owns! My vote is "excellent"!
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6/19/2003 11:51:22 AM: Jason Allen
Excellent work, This is really great, but I am going to hold off voting for it in the VB section based on what was written above.
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6/19/2003 12:47:16 PM: Martins Skujenieks
Jason, I am always polite to everyone, but this is insanity, this is just too much! I understand why Will Barden gave me just four globes and I had conversation with him, and we both found a compromise. I already told that in future I will post C++ code in C world. But you gave me average, just because of your personal ambitions. I think Planet-Source-Code.Com is the place where you rate the code, even if it is posted in VB world, instead of C. If you don't like this, don't vote at all, but why to give me average! If you just added feedback, I would keep your opinion in my mind, but now I am just angry... May be this is wrong, but I just can't keep my mouth shut!
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6/20/2003 3:26:35 PM: BattleStorm
Make sure you let me know when you post the next version whether it is in th VB or C++ section. I love this code and am curently using the .dll if a VB game developement suite I am making. Don;t worry, you will get full credit in my credits for the C++ .dll ;) I want to make sure I am using the most current .dll throughout my development.
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6/21/2003 11:16:11 AM: Martins Skujenieks
BattleStorm, don't worry! You will receive e-mail notification once there will be new versions released!
Also, in September or October I'm planning to release FX2 library. The new library will be completely rewritten from null. It will handle memory buffers, file loading/saving, sprites, multiple graphical effects, all those already supported features and many more. It will be more faster and more stable.
FX.DLL 1.04 or higher version, will be released in August or September.
-Martins Skujenieks
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6/26/2003 8:05:08 AM:
Congratulations Martins !
Keep your excellent job.
Doesn't matter if is C++ or VB. This code is very useful for me.
One question :
Can I use any C++ dll in my VB programs ?
5 globes to you
Heilan Percio Aka Joe Kaisaka
Brasil.
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6/26/2003 11:56:51 AM: Martins Skujenieks
Thank you, Heilan! Thank you very much!
Actually you can't use any in C++ written DLL within Visual Basic (VB). This is because C++ compiler has two compiler flags that specifies for what type of calling the DLL functions should be exported.
The first type is standard calling (defined with "__stdcall") type which is supported by Visual Basic and other languages. The second type is C declaration ("__cdecl") which is supported only by C, C++ itself and is not suppoerted by VB.
If the functions in the DLL are decalred for standard calling (like, for example, in my FX library), you can access the DLL from VB.
If the functions are declared for C language, you will not be able to call them from VB. You will receive "Bad DLL calling!" error message.
If you have more questions, you can e-mail me and I will try to answer them!
Martins
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6/27/2003 12:40:00 PM: Haru Glory
It's really excellent. The code is very useful, why don't you convert this in VB so that we can understand this more clearly. Can u please notify me if you have an update version of this. To tell you the truth "I LUV YOUR CODE".
BTW, If you did not post this in VB Section bec. some of the codes are made in C++ i will never know this. I'm glad that you post this in VB.
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6/27/2003 3:01:01 PM: Martins Skujenieks
Don't worry -- I'll send e-mail notification to everyone who voted or left feedback once the new version(s) will be released.
Latest information about release of my projects can be also found on my website -- http://www.exe.times.lv!
I apologize that the new release(s) won't be available until September or October, but my schedule is very tight and I really don't have time for programming!
I'm planning to start/continue working on my projects in September.
I also want to thank you all for your votes and feedbacks! For your appreciation and for giving me chance to be one of the Planet-Source-Code monthly contest leaders!
I'll keep working on FX technology as well as on other projects that will see daylight after few months.
Martins Skujenieks
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8/1/2003 2:40:00 PM: xWorks
This is a great dll that you have, and i have to say that it works wonderfully, but i am upset that a VB award went to a C++ project, from what i understand C++ is made for doing DLL's and such, and so is VB, albiet in a limited way, So here comes the final and total question: Who Cares? do what I am doing and Learn C++, then you have two languages beneith your belt! EXCELLENT CODING!
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8/1/2003 5:02:00 PM: Ole Chrisitian Spro
One thing Martin...
quote "If you don't like this, don't vote at
all, but why to give me average!" end quote... thats exactly what the voting system is for... to give the general opinion of the project... you just come out sounding like a spoiled brat, sry to say...
Dont think I'll have any use for this project, but I'm looking forward with interesst to your FX2 library... add me to the mail list for that one, plz ;)
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8/6/2003 1:57:02 AM:
5 stars nice job
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8/6/2003 3:46:34 PM: Martins Skujenieks
Thanks everyone! I am realy surprised to see some more feedbacks -- even when the contest is already months away. This is nice.
I have started work on FX2 but currently it is not going as good as I was expecting. I am having some difficulties with core of the DLL -- the memory allocation for graphical buffer. Anyway, I am 99% sure that the first version of FX2 will be out in autumn 2003. Visit http://www.exe.times.lv!
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8/7/2003 8:04:43 PM:
Excellent code - definitely 5 globes! I had problems getting the demo to run when I placed the fx.dll in the project directory (VB6.0/Win95).
I placed a copy of the fx.dll in the Windows\System directory - everything works great! I can't wait for your next version. I am going to throw out LeadTools!
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8/18/2003 1:55:46 PM:
very nice
add Page Curl and other filters
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8/18/2003 2:45:59 PM:
Wow that looks really cool!
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8/23/2003 7:40:20 PM:
If it had not been posted here then most people would not have seen it.
I for one would like more DLLs posted here.
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8/31/2003 5:42:44 AM:
I dont speeck English, i speeck Italian .
Tutto bene devo solo provare il file che ho scaricato poi, daro il voto.
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9/3/2003 3:01:59 PM:
Great code! 5 globes from me. Commercial quality SDK for free. =)
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9/5/2003 9:28:58 AM: Martins Skujenieks
FX 2 library is under development!
If everything will go smooth -- it will be out late autumn!
Be ready to handle more power than you can imagine from GDI!
Keep an eye on FX 2 libary development:
http://www.exe.times.lv!
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9/8/2003 8:00:24 AM: TheRaven
Excellent
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9/8/2003 4:02:05 PM: Pietro ing. Cecchi
Great!
Thanks for sharing... :)
***** from me
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9/8/2003 5:32:31 PM: Timothy OConnor
man this is really nice. Hey i have a question for you how much flexable is c++/c to vb, on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is really really really flexable(eg. asm) and 10 is not flexable. Please e-mail me at visual314@aol.com. Please!!!! Thank you.
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9/9/2003 5:49:27 AM: Thushan Fernando
awesome stuff... very eye candy:D
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9/27/2003 10:03:49 AM: devmakwana
i am not yet seen this module
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12/7/2003 7:48:46 PM: Developer 2105
The only purpose of having separate VB and C++ sections is to organize this site. Only vote on the quality of the code, not which section the author chose to put the code in.
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1/11/2004 1:12:56 PM: Martins Skujenieks
I told this before and will say once again:) Thank you all for your support, this is nice to see that there is someone out there that appreciate my work! Thank you very much!
During past 6 months I have been working on FX.DLL 2 - the next generation graphics library. Today I have finally completed 2/3 of the project and can proudly announce that if all the things will go smooth, the realease of the FX.DLL 2.00 SDK will be out there - on Planet-Source-Code - on February 1, 2004.
Please, visit for details:
http://www.exe.times.lv
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3/8/2004 12:22:46 PM:
F A N T A S T I C !
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4/1/2004 8:05:32 PM:
Awesome code. Makes life faster!!
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5/21/2010 3:47:46 AM: Achmad Junus
Totally Useful.
This is Awesome!
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