1. C Bouzy Nexus Radio Visuals
Hi
The visuals - very nice!
What did you use to program them, euphoria, or an external library.
I've spent many minutes staring blankly at them - hypnotic!
I would be very interested to know more about them, assuming such knowledge
would not be commercially sensitive of course
Chris
2. Re: C Bouzy Nexus Radio Visuals
ChrisBurch2 wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> The visuals - very nice!
>
> What did you use to program them, euphoria, or an external library.
> I've spent many minutes staring blankly at them - hypnotic!
>
> I would be very interested to know more about them, assuming such knowledge
> would not be commercially sensitive of course
I've asked Mr Bouzy a few simple questions before about this, both by email and
in this forum.
I've never had the courtesy of a reply.
--
Craig
3. Re: C Bouzy Nexus Radio Visuals
Hello Chris,
I do not mind sharing code and/or information regarding Nexus and its libraries.
The visuals are actually Sonique visuals adapted to work with Nexus.(Thanks to
Elliott) Unfortunately Sonique development is non-existent, but there is a player
called XMPlay that also supports Sonique visuals.
http://support.xmplay.com/file.php?cat_id=6 They have a ton of visuals that works
with Nexus. In future versions of Nexus I am going to allow easy importing of
Visuals. We have gotten a lot of requests for more visuals.
Actually development of version 2.5 has already started (might just call it
version 3) :) Completely redesigned GUI and support for YouTube videos. You
will be able to watch and even download YouTube videos using the Nexus player.
~C. Bouzy
"If you do what you have always done, you will get what you always got."
4. Re: C Bouzy Nexus Radio Visuals
Craig Welch wrote:
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> I've asked Mr Bouzy a few simple questions before about this, both by email
> and in this forum.
>
> I've never had the courtesy of a reply.
>
> --
> Craig
Hello Craig,
I do not monitor this forum on a daily basis and sometimes I miss messages
intended for me. Putting my name in the subject line is probably your best bet to
get my attention. Another alternative would be to post your questions on the
Nexus Radio forum.
In regards to emails I reply back to every email I receive and your email might
have been blocked by our server spam filter. I have missed quite a few important
emails because of the spam filter and it can be frustrating.
~C. Bouzy
"If you do what you have always done, you will get what you always got."
5. Re: C Bouzy Nexus Radio Visuals
C Bouzy wrote:
> Hello Craig,
>
> I do not monitor this forum on a daily basis and sometimes I miss messages
> intended
> for me. Putting my name in the subject line is probably your best bet to get
> my attention. Another alternative would be to post your questions on the Nexus
> Radio forum.
>
> In regards to emails I reply back to every email I receive and your email
> might
> have been blocked by our server spam filter. I have missed quite a few
> important
> emails because of the spam filter and it can be frustrating.
Looking at the post to which you replied, I seem to have been rather curt. I
apologize for that.
Here's an email I sent about a year ago ...
==============================================================
Hi Christopher,
Now that I've gone on record as saying that I like your advertisement, and that
the naysayers have sort of lost it 
May I ask you a question about bitmaps?
Some time ago you said:
"In the past I just used normal bitmaps, for example if I needed a fancy button;
I just used a bitmap and made it clickable".
I notice in your Drink Mixer program your bitmap covers the entire window. I
can't figure how to do that ... I can only cause it to cover the area below the
title bar.
Can you give me a clue?
Thanks & Regards,
Craig
=================================================================
6. Re: C Bouzy Nexus Radio Visuals
Craig Welch wrote:
> I notice in your Drink Mixer program your bitmap covers the entire window. I
> can't figure how to do that ... I can only cause it to cover the area below
> the title bar.
>
Craig:
This maybe caused by using getClientSize() or GetCientRect()
instead of getWindowSize() or GetWindowRect().
Bernie
My files in archive:
WMOTOR, XMOTOR, W32ENGIN, MIXEDLIB, EU_ENGIN, WIN32ERU, WIN32API
Can be downloaded here:
http://www.rapideuphoria.com/cgi-bin/asearch.exu?dos=on&win=on&lnx=on&gen=on&keywords=bernie+ryan
7. Re: C Bouzy Nexus Radio Visuals
Hello Craig,
I cover the entire window by removing the title bar and creating my own. The
title bar is actually part of the bitmap. I make the entire window dragable so
the user can move the window around. The minimize and maximize buttons are
standard buttons placed in the position of where the fake title bar is located.
Step 1: Create a Window with no title bar.
Use this code: }}}
<eucode> MainWin = createEx( Window, "Drink Mixer Pro", 0,
Default, Default, 625, 500,
{WS_POPUP,WS_MINIMIZEBOX,WS_SYSMENU},{WS_EX_APPWINDOW} ), </eucode>
{{{
Step 2: Create a bitmap that looks exactly how you want your “fake” window to
look. That might include having a title bar.
Step 3: Place the bitmap over the entire Window. Remember the bitmap and the
window must have the exact same dimensions.
Step 4: Place all of your controls on top of your bitmap background.
I do not use bitmaps anymore because of memory issues. I now use a library
called SkinCrafter. Unfortunately it is not free and the price is a bit steep but
it works great. Even SkinCrafter uses quite a lot of memory. For example Nexus
Radio would use nearly 35% less memory without skinning. Over a year ago I wanted
to sponsor a SkinCrafter type lib for EU but no one took on the challenge.
I hope that helps.
~C. Bouzy
"If you do what you have always done, you will get what you always got."
8. Re: C Bouzy Nexus Radio Visuals
C Bouzy wrote:
>
> Hello Craig,
>
> I cover the entire window by removing the title bar and creating my own. The
> title bar is actually part of the bitmap. I make the entire window dragable
> so the user can move the window around. The minimize and maximize buttons are
> standard buttons placed in the position of where the fake title bar is
> located.
>
> Step 1: Create a Window with no title bar.
<snip>
> I hope that helps.
It sure does!
Many thanks,
--
Craig
