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ucClock - Photorealistic Clock Control Update:March 28
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3/28/2007 5:44:42 PM |
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Master_Coder
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A usercontrol that allows the user to use 1 of the 8 supplied clock images or supply there own. The user has full control over all aspects of the graphics; Background, Hour/Minute/Second hands, Logo and highlighting overlay.
You can set the transparency level of each graphic element, position the logo anywhere on the clock background.
All images are provided in .PNG format for full transparency.
Special thanks go to LaVolpe for his 32bbpDIB class, without which this project would not have been possible. *** Note: For optimal performance you should have GDI+ (GDI Plus) installed. If you do not, then I recommend downloading it for FREE from Microsoft, it is available for systems with Windows 98 and later. Link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6a63ab9c-df12-4d41-933c-be590feaa05a&DisplayLang=en
[Update: Monday March 19, 2007]
Added the ability to make the clock to any size, reguardless of the size of the source image.
Added the ability to rotate the Highlight image from 0-359 degrees, you can also now adjust the Hue, Saturation and Luminosity of the highlights.
Added the ability to play a TICK sound for each tick of the second hand.
[Update: Monday March 21, 2007]
IMPROVED clock refresh rate.
ADDED the ability to adjust each hand Horz. and Vert. position.
ADDED TimeZoneOffset, adjust clock for any timezone.
[Update: Monday March 24, 2007]
ADDED ability to set unlimited alarms, each alarm triggers an event.
ADDED full suite of events, Mouse-Click, Mouse-Double-Click, Mouse-Down, Mouse-Up, etc...
[Update: Monday March 27, 2007]
FIXED a bug when updating hand positions.
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 3/17/2007 6:47:54 AM: Scorcel
Im simply amazed!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
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3/17/2007 9:22:57 AM: enmity
good effect! but:
1.slow;
2.cpu 100%
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3/17/2007 9:44:05 AM: TheBigB
@enmity: I'm not sure how slow your computer is but mine only goes 15% both compiled and IDE.
@Master_Coder: Looks very nice, 5 globes from me. Haven't looked in the code though.
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3/17/2007 11:56:08 AM: Master_Coder
Enimity,
Remember, in almost any application you would only have 1 instance of the control running at a time.
I am not sure about the specs of your system, but I have 16 instances running in a COMPILED application and only using 6% system resources. A single instance doesn't even register in Task-Manager in the IDE.
Try taking a single instance and compiling it, I am sure you will find it doesn't even register in Task-Manager as using system resources.
Let me know...
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3/18/2007 11:21:55 AM: Kenneth Foster
Really nice. 5 from me. Wished Miquel would have left a comment as to why he disliked it.
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3/18/2007 3:19:08 PM: Hajo Schlingensief
Looks very good and take not to mutch resources. 5 Globes from me.
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3/19/2007 12:54:00 AM: Apeiron
Really nice job, I love this kind of stuff.
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3/19/2007 2:51:59 AM: Mark
Super nice ocx! Great job MC! FYI: compiled, it hardly shows any cpu usage ...xp2800 512mb - Will it run on Win98?
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3/19/2007 5:42:19 AM: KeleBack
Five great and opaque CLOCKs from me. Looks perfect. I did not take a look to the code yet but PNG and LaVolpe are good refs. for me.
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3/19/2007 11:26:18 AM: Riccardo Cohen
Very very very good! 5 globes!
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3/20/2007 5:57:24 AM: enmity
celeron 1.7G, 512M ram, cpu 100% (first version showing 8 clocks!!!).
piv 2.8G(hyper thread), 1G ram, 6%(will be 12% in actual, mind the hyper thread), and only for the newest 1 clock test.
all in compiled mode.
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3/20/2007 10:17:46 AM: Carlos Alberto S.
Great! It'll be nice if you could place the clock on the desktop (like a widget). 5!
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3/21/2007 4:58:05 AM: Timo Böhme
Hi Master Coder. I really cant beleive it what I see. That was a lot of work, was it? I'm working on a project where I need to know the Bytestructure of pictures like you has to know it in your project. But what you did just to show a watch is really crazy lot of work :-)
Regards
Timo Boehme
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3/22/2007 4:07:16 AM: kennafella
Hi Master Coder, this is greate work, really appreciate the fact that you shared it. I would even be better if you made it be able to run on desktop i.e without the form borders, only the clock displayed.
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3/22/2007 6:48:59 AM: Option Explicit
Excellent control M_C... easily the best analog clock on PSC. Nice use of Keith's class.
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3/22/2007 8:01:36 PM: Spector
I concur with Option Explicit. Very feature rich control! Also glad to see more and more people taking advantage of LaVolpe's great 32-bit DIB library. Keep up the good work!
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3/23/2007 5:17:21 AM: Amol Tarte
Amazing!!!
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3/24/2007 6:25:32 AM: Fazeel Amjad Khan
nice work 5 starts from me.
it is better to keep the images as resources in res file. ocx still need the images directory and all files.
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3/25/2007 9:32:34 PM: enmity
how about draw to the desktop?
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3/26/2007 3:39:36 PM: Aric Holland
COOL! i hope this can goto the desktop and "lock its self there" for XP, i dont have complier at the moment, but its looks awesome!
Hope ya win, ill give ya 5 globes
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3/26/2007 8:35:53 PM: Paladin
Very nice tool, great presentation. Putting on the desktop though isn't really an option unless the control is added to a layered window. Otherwise, you are just drawing over desktop wallpaper and icons only to be replaced when desktop is redrawn/refreshed. My opinion anyway; no reply necessary.
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3/27/2007 7:10:32 AM: Paul Turcksin
Thank you!! Now I can throw the clock I worked on so hard in the garbage can!! Not very nice of you, but worth an admirable fiver.
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4/3/2007 5:59:11 AM: Josh L.
Good work but it eats my system resources (Windows 98SE, 128MB RAM)
It starts only using a few resources but ends up with all the resources.
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4/3/2007 11:45:12 AM: Master_Coder
Josh L.
Can you give me more information, I have run the DEMO with 8 clocks for more than 24-hours with no memory leaks or resource variance.
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4/16/2007 4:29:18 AM: Francis Arnold G. Balatico
Excellent UC. 5 Globes from me. Thanks. By the way, can you send me the compiled ocx of this control? crimson_zenith@yahoo.com that's my email. Again great work and thanks.
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10/16/2007 6:08:06 PM: Warren Goff
Hello Master...
I have found one little problem with the control. If you have a popupmenu popup over it, it temporarily (sometimes) distorts. Any ideas?
Thanks
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10/30/2007 9:44:36 AM: Clevvo
looks nice
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10/10/2008 8:52:52 PM: keikeishensei
good job.
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6/25/2009 9:16:35 AM: Dennis Johnson
Nice job!!
I have found a small bug: Changing the background opacity, also changes the hour hand opacity.
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10/19/2009 5:49:24 AM: Hikmet ÇAKMAK
cGIFparser.cls is missing
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12/21/2011 8:11:19 AM: Michel
Wow !
this, to my umble opinion is just
an amazing work of ART !
and I was working with png files
and your work is exacly what I was looking for.
I have transformed it and used it to dressed & sized characters & animate as well.
Have ad it to my work (FILMstoryMAKER prog.)
a BIG thank YOU !
and if I could vote 10 I would !
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