Transparent Forms in Visual FoxPro Revealed
how it is done my previous post was purposely vague as i wanted to stir some interest. just describing the method used to achieve the effect would have been easy but would have ended the interest...
View ArticleUsing the Alpha Channel in Visual Foxpro Images
using the alpha channel in png images can result in some very interesting and pleasing effects. i have been working on some pseudo forms using alpha channel masks in png images with some very pleasing...
View ArticleVisual Foxpro shows its Glass!
vista is almost upon us with its new api’s and aero glass theme. it has already been shown that vfp can run in vista and craig boyd has shown here how to achieve some of the glass effects of aero in a...
View ArticleAdd Glass XP Widgets to your Visual Foxpro Screens
google, yahoo, vista have all got them. now so has visual foxpro and you. i am talking about those little apps called widgets that you can use to clutter your screen with. using png graphics that are...
View ArticleEmbed Your Images
it has always been a problem for me to have to include images for each class as an external file. not only is file access slow, but vfp has an irritating way of displaying the hourglass cursor every...
View ArticleOzFox2007 – Get(Objx) more productive
i am back from an extremely intense ozfox 2007 and i must say it was very well organised by craig bailey of talman. it was great to meet other vfp users from australia and overseas and put faces to...
View ArticleEmbed II – The Smart VFP Treeview Class
in a previous post titled embed your images, i described how you can embed images into a class. well in this post i will show you a better way to embed those images as well as a configuration file...
View ArticleA Visual Foxpro Animated Zoombar Class
the zoombar class from the first time i saw this class here http://www.devcomponents.com/dotnetbar/bubblebar.html i liked it a lot. only problem was it was in .net and not vfp and i did not want all...
View ArticleZoombar with Reflections
adding reflections to the bbzoombar class. over the holidays, i have done some additional enhancements to the bbzoombar class. wouldn’t it be nice to have the icons reflected on the bar, with the...
View ArticleLightBox Class – More with embedded PNG’s
a lightbox dialog technique in vfp you may or may not have heard of the lightbox dialog ui effect. it is one of the current effects making the rounds, and has been described as the "interaction design...
View ArticleA Visual Foxpro DataRepeater Class
this is a control that will display your data in a repeated sequence. unlike a normal grid, this control can show multiple lines from the same record, thus giving you the ability to display data in a...
View ArticleVFP Lightbox Class – Now Activex Friendly
in my earlier post i showed a lightbox class done in vfp. mike s posed a problem: i've got one issue with it when placed on a vfp form that contains an activex control (ms webbrowser). the lightbox is...
View ArticleEmulating the XP Shutdown Effect in VFP9 forms with GDI+
everyone who has used xp would have seen the effect produced when a user opts to shutdown windows xp. to see it you click the "start" button and then select shutdown, which brings up the windows...
View ArticleAqua Buttons with GDI+x and VFP
class uppdated with builder preview 30/09/2008 the class in the attached zip, is an example of what you can do to spruce up your application. it contains an aquabutton class which uses the imgcanvas...
View ArticleImproving the VFP Image class with GDI+
the vfp image base class now has the rotateflip property where the image set as the picture property can be rotated and/or flipped. the different states for the vfp control are: 0 - rotate0flipnone 1 -...
View ArticleShiny Glass Buttons anyone?
in a previous post i showed a class to generate "aqua" buttons using gdi+x from codeplex. this post is all about some modifications i made to that class to enable me to produce shiny glass buttons....
View ArticleShiny Glass Buttons updated and a tutorial
there have been a number of requests for a tutorial on how to use the gdi+x classes and the shiny glass buttons. i am used to using these classes, so wrongly assumed that all users were up to speed....
View ArticleSee through your buttons with GDI+x
important note: gdiplusx uses the pictureval to load a png image into the imgcanvas object to get the transparent effect. vfp9sp1 does not support loading png images using the pictureval property. as...
View ArticleLets Reflect a bit on GDI+
one of the things i wanted was to be able to drop an image object on my form, set its picture property to an image and have the image "reflection" visible, which gives a very good effect. well now that...
View ArticleInteresting Animated Background Effect for Forms
most of you have seen the effect of the vista dialogs where the background of the form appears to move whe the form is moved. while difficult to describe, it is easy to see and even easier to implement...
View ArticleGlow-In-The-Dark Buttons with GDI+X
the gdi+x samples have a form that displays a "halo" for text. so taking that idea i adapted it for these glowing buttons. to use these buttons you will need the gdi+x classes on the vfpx site....
View ArticleTransparent Forms with VFP Revisited with GDI+x
more than 2 years ago i started blogging on getting vfp to have transparent windows. no, not the fully transparent ones, but the vista like ones, where the window is transparent but the contents,...
View ArticleDon’t let VFP’s CLEAR ALL command scare you
when developing, how many times have you had to issue a clear all in the command window only to find your objects and other settings also were cleared? for me i use foxtabs, as well as some additional...
View ArticleVFP Shape Tips & Techniques
here are a couple of tips for getting things done with your classes using the shape control. with a listbox control, you have to actually click on it before any row is selected. if, for any reason you...
View ArticleDecorating a Grid with GDI+
many times i have seen where there are grid controls that have an image as their background. now in vfp while it is not too difficult to display images in the grid, you just cannot get the effect as...
View ArticleWhite Butttons are not that bad looking after all
been working off and on, on a set of, believe it or not, white buttons using gdi+x so far they have come out pretty good looking. may complete them one day and post them. what do you think?...
View ArticleCreating the VFP Base Classes with GDI+x – The Checkbox
a reader on my blog posted - why don't i create other base controls with gdi+x so i thought i'd give it a shot. this post is about recreating the vfp base classes using pure gdi+ and the gdi+x classes...
View ArticleCreating the VFP Base Classes with GDI+x – The 3D Option Buttons
following on from my previous post about creating check boxes completely with gdi+x i decided to try something a bit different and create a 3d option button set with colour schemes. what follows is...
View ArticleIntroducing the GDI+X Pad
many times when trying out the gdi+x classes i have had to create a form and then type out the code and run the form to see the results. another problem i have had is looking up sample code to see how...
View ArticleUpdate to GDI+X Pad
just a note to whoever reads this blog and downloaded the gdi+x pad. that the post has been updated. the download has also been updated to v 1.12. please check this link for the update and new...
View ArticleGDI+X Pad gets an update with added functionality and tutorial
after some testing and additional functionality programmed in, i have decided to release this new version of the gdi+x pad - v1.35. there are a number of enhancements to it, to enable it to be easier...
View ArticleBeautify your Application Desktop
been a while since i posted anything. came across a desktop image when browsing the other day and saw this application desktop. it looked doable in vfp so i got stuck in and this is the result. the...
View ArticleThe Fastest Lightbox Ever
in one of my previous posts i described a lightbox class that was activex friendly. the old post is here: vfp lightbox class - now activex friendly unfortunately because of the logic used in the class,...
View ArticleUltra Simple Buttons with GDI+X
not another set of buttons you might say. actually i developed these buttons for a pos app a while back and finally got round to posting them. the buttons are simple to use with all properties you need...
View ArticleUltra Simple Buttons with GDI+X + Icons
i published some ultra simple buttons a while back that were quite lightweight these had only text and the text was centrally aligned. since then i have had requests to include the ability to add an...
View ArticleUsing a Video as an Active Desktop
I came across this cool code recently and after investigating it further, decided to throw together a vfp frontend for generating the file needed for this. Basically in windows xp you can have an...
View ArticleSouthwest Fox 2010 – Oh I am so priviledged.
i was really surprised to receive a communication a while back frm the organisers of this conference, rick , doug and tamar. for those reading this post, they need no further introduction. if you work...
View ArticleSWFOX 2010 Opening Session and Keynote Speech
i have finally got around to posting the videos i took of the swfox 2010 opening session and the keynote speech by craig boyd. he is unique in his delivery and his passion is evident. here are the...
View ArticleInteresting GDI+X Clock
I came across this interesting html5 clock done using the canvas element and since the canvas is quite similar to the gdi+x imgcanvas, i decided to create it using gdi+x. To change certain properties,...
View ArticleHTML5 with the Web Browser Control in VFP
As many of you may have read, HTML5 is the new rage on the web. Although it is not yet fully approved, most modern browsers have already implemented a version that supports HTML5 including IE9. HTML5...
View ArticleSetting up marketplace.mozilla.org on your desktop
Guys, its been a while since I last posted. Anyway this is not about VFP but about webapps and HTML5. Mozilla have been working on "Open Web Apps" - an open app store platform - throughout this year,...
View ArticleInteresting tool to argument your disk space – Junction
Ever since it was first introduced, I have hated the fact that most applications insisted on installing stuff in my c:\Program Files folder. Some gave me the option of choosing another location but...
View ArticleWindows 8 Live Tiles
I quite like the idea of "Live Tiles" on an application desktop a-la-Windows 8 (Metro). It gives your user up-to-date feedback in an animated tile of whatever information you choose to display. For...
View ArticleWindows 8 Live Tiles Update1
Hi Guys I have just updated the Windows8 Live tiles with 2 new tiles. The new tiles consist of an user defined image that slides left/right to reveal some user defined text. This is what the tile could...
View ArticleEase into VFP Controls
I have always looked at other programming languages, especially .Net WPF forms and admired the Easing that was available for those controls. In VFP that seemed impossible. Not any more. Enter the...
View ArticleWindows 8 Live Tiles Get Easing
Earlier I had published 2 articles that described Windows 8 Live tiles The original Article and the Update1 I had also published an Easing Library for VFP which used Robert Penner's Easing Functions...
View ArticleHow to Preserve your shares on an external drive
If you are like me, over the years you would have accumulated a large number of files. I had run out of disk space on my desktop long ago and rather than install an internal drive, I opted for an...
View ArticleDisplaying your webcam in a VFP window using HTML5 and GCF
Recently someone posted on foxite about how to control your webcam using vfp. That is a topic in itself but that got me thinking as to how to DISPLAY the output of your webcam easily in VFP using the...
View ArticleHow to add a Builder to your Class
You may have seen in a number of my classes that they come with a built in builder which makes it easy to set the correct properties and gives you a correct view of how the object will look with the...
View ArticleWindows 8 Easing Tiles can now be Disabled
There was a query from a user on Foxite as to whether it was possible to set a tile as disabled. It certainly is, but "Disabled" is not needed for all tiles, because of their usage. Among the 5...
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