The 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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