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Developer's Corner / Re: Help with Delphi Console Keypress

« on: December 21, 2006, 06:05 AM »

I can't get past the 255 error.  Like I said, weird.  Frankly at this point I may have to punt and press on with my old VB5.  I know that pretty well, but I was hoping to get my feet into Delphi.  Well, maybe later I can try again.  I can't wait too long, though.  My trial license of Turbo Delphi is only good for 98 more years!   Thanks to All for the help.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Help with Delphi Console Keypress

« on: December 21, 2006, 01:12 AM »

Thank you.  I will give it a try and get back.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Help with Delphi Console Keypress

« on: December 19, 2006, 05:31 PM »

BTW - Can you tell me why any string def I use will not allow more then 255 chars?  This even happens when I declare the following...

var
      Longstring: AnsiString;

It's supposed to take 2GB, but I keep getting the error saying it can only have 255?  Weird.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Help with Delphi Console Keypress

« on: December 19, 2006, 02:35 PM »

Alright, no console.  Anyone else want to chime in?

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Developer's Corner / Help with Delphi Console Keypress

« on: December 19, 2006, 02:18 PM »

I was looking to test out an app idea with the Delphi Console Keypress (or whatever it is) and was interested in some opinions.  The reason I want to use the "console" is because it is a game for the blind.

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Official Announcements / Re: What changes would you like to see on DonationCoder.com in 2007?

« on: December 19, 2006, 04:56 AM »

Thank you, Ruffnekk.

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Cheat Sheeter / Re: New Program Idea: Cheat Sheeter

« on: December 18, 2006, 05:18 AM »

its actually still alive.. i have plans to finish it, but first must release some updates to my other programs..

-mouser (December 18, 2006, 05:00 AM)

Sounds good!

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Cheat Sheeter / Re: New Program Idea: Cheat Sheeter

« on: December 18, 2006, 04:56 AM »

@mouser - I wonder if this click-reveal idea could be used on the self-installed badges?  BTW - is this still something being worked on or is it out?

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Official Announcements / Re: DonationCoder.com has just reached 50 000 members!

« on: December 18, 2006, 04:47 AM »

Wow, Mouser, just imagine if you could get only a single dollar per year from each one!

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Official Announcements / Re: DECEMBER SOFTWARE DRAWING RESULTS - MOSTLY POSTED

« on: December 15, 2006, 08:57 PM »

Excellent!  Thank you Andrey and Cody!

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Official Announcements / Re: THE N.A.N.Y. CHALLENGE - New Apps For the New Year

« on: December 15, 2006, 12:52 AM »

I PM'd you... I'm good!

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Official Announcements / Re: What changes would you like to see on DonationCoder.com in 2007?

« on: December 14, 2006, 09:02 PM »

Oops, I forgot...  There might even be some form of tangible reward, via "Cody Credits" or something like that.  

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Official Announcements / Re: What changes would you like to see on DonationCoder.com in 2007?

« on: December 14, 2006, 07:55 PM »

I would like to see some form of "Kudos" we can click on in every post, both positive and negative.  They are completely anonymous and can only be entered once for each member.  Democracy in it's purest form.

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Official Announcements / Re: THE N.A.N.Y. CHALLENGE - New Apps For the New Year

« on: December 14, 2006, 05:48 PM »

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General Software Discussion / Re: Double Standards

« on: December 14, 2006, 01:18 PM »

The whole architecture causes one concern.  There is no way an entity that has this kind of tentacles can be good in the big picture.  This is why Scroogle was initiated.  I use the Scroogle Scraper as a search engine substitute.  Works great!  They keep an eye on Big "G" and reports on the unsavory activities.  Check 'em out.   

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Post New Requests Here / Re: DONE: Organize the Taskbar, organize the System Tray

« on: December 14, 2006, 12:14 PM »

Me too!

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Developer's Corner / Re: Just plain 'ol "Hard Work" or "MPS" ("Mental Paradigm Shift")

« on: December 14, 2006, 12:15 AM »

Being realistic, I don't believe I will ever be a good enough programmer to be employable by a company, but I can possibly be good enough in time to be a self employed shareware/donationware programmer and earn enough to cover the necessities of life.

Here's hoping... for both of us.

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Developer's Corner / Just plain 'ol "Hard Work" or "MPS" ("Mental Paradigm Shift")

« on: December 13, 2006, 10:42 PM »

So... which is it?  

Ha!  I wonder if I just coined a new buzz word for growing old.  Anyway, I am interested in getting back to coding, but I want to do it with my eyes wide open.  I can muster the discipline to work hard, but I don't want to kid myself *IF* something is out of reach.  

I liked coding and development years ago and maybe that would have been the best time to learn C or C++.  This would have been a simple thing to learn way back when. I am frustrated with myself for not being able to grasp things as quickly as I used to. It's frustrating to see kids that I inspire, pick up a book and 6 months later have more knowledge than it took me to learn in 2-3 years.  

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Developer's Corner / What non-programming tools do you use for programming?

« on: December 11, 2006, 04:17 PM »

I was wondering what non-programming tools different folks use for programming?  Anything you use to help that is not your IDE or actual coding software is game.
Thanks!

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Official Announcements / Re: Prize list posted for the Accessibility Game Coding Contest - WOW $15,000+

« on: December 09, 2006, 03:54 PM »

Thanky, Ma'am!

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Official Announcements / Re: Prize list posted for the Accessibility Game Coding Contest - WOW $15,000+

« on: December 08, 2006, 11:13 PM »

 Does anyone know where is a good site for royalty-free sounds and sound-effects?

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Official Announcements / Re: Winner of Veign's Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite Announced

« on: December 08, 2006, 06:57 PM »

A "D" language!  Who would have thought.  Thanks for the link.  I just wish I had the background you heavyweights have in order to make a intelligent evaluation.  In the meantime, I will press on with my TI99-4A. (Just kidding) 

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Official Announcements / Re: Winner of Veign's Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite Announced

« on: December 08, 2006, 06:57 PM »

What compiler are you using?

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Official Announcements / Re: Winner of Veign's Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite Announced

« on: December 08, 2006, 06:21 PM »

Thanks for the input.  It seems that you also take a great deal of care in coding "right."

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Official Announcements / Re: Winner of Veign's Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite Announced

« on: December 08, 2006, 05:00 PM »

I have heard some things about VC that I am interested in taking a look.  I have thought about using an older version since it can be had pretty cheap.