1. Stuff...
- Posted by Michael Sabal <mjs at OSA.ATT.NE.JP>
Aug 18, 1998
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Last edited Aug 19, 1998
[The new mailing lists]
IMHO, not a good idea. Please read the archives for the countless =
reasons why. I shan't waste space by repeating them all. I think it's =
good you have the means and desire to practice managing such a beast, =
but a different topic might be a better idea!
[Gnuphoria]
Sayonara, and may your journey to the great software beyond be pleasant
=
8-P
[Dave]
Now that you have so much free time <G>, any hope for improvements to =
Win32Lib?
[Win32Help]
I haven't had a chance to fill in any of the suggestion to MS Help, but
=
they look good. Anyone have the filespecs for .HLP?
[Bitblt]
When doing graphics/animation, I've found myself nostalgic for the =
PutPixel and DisplayImage routines of Pascal, which allowed relatively =
fast access to logical operators on bitmaps. Maybe I'm not looking in =
the right places, but are there any FAST routines out there that allow =
me to display an image XOR'd with the current screen. I could program =
it myself, but only in a slow version -- not good for my needs.
[A dilemna]
I've tried separating my dialogs into different include files. I want =
all similar operators together so I can reuse these pieces. However, =
doing this brings me to a C-type dilemna. I have 2 files that call each =
other interdependantly. Regardless of which order I include them, I get =
a "variable not declared" error. All variables are declared as global =
and there are no conflicting names. I can pull out all these errant =
variables into a "header" file (yew, I smell 'C'), or I can leave =
everything in one huge monster file. Does anyone have a third solution?
Michael J. Sabal
mjs at osa.att.ne.jp
http://home.att.ne.jp/gold/mjs/index.html
2. Re: Stuff...
Michael Sabal wrote:
> [Win32Help]
>
> I haven't had a chance to fill in any of the suggestion to MS Help,
> but they look good. Anyone have the filespecs for .HLP?
>
Everything I have found on the Web seems to say that Micro$oft wants to
keep
the .HLP format a secret. Nevertheless, there is a shareware .HLP editor
which works well. (HelpScribble). You'll also need to download
Micro$oft's
Help Workshop (free, can you believe it?) Be prepared to wade thru a ton
of
inscrutable help files on .HLP. What language do they speak on Planet
Micro$oft, anyway? It looks like English, but it's not.
Irv
