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Krylar

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Posts: 502
From: MD, USA
Registered: 03-05-2001
 		Hiya,

Updating the Articles section today, so expect there to be some major weirdness going on

-Krylar

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Krylar

Administrator

Posts: 502
From: MD, USA
Registered: 03-05-2001
 		Okay, so I've updated the tables and code pieces to be much more streamlined. This will make it easier to setup a self-publishing system. That's still going to take some time, but at least step one is out of the way.

-Krylar

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Briant

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Posts: 742
From: Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada
Registered: 01-20-2001
 		Awesome, looking forward to having it ready. I'm working on a series of articles for creating screen savers. Here's what I have planned:

Part 1: Setting up a very basic MFC screen saver (from scratch) in Visual C++ 6.0.
Part 2: Adding goodies: preview window, keeping settings in the registry, supporting multiple resolutions, frame counter, run-time interaction, shareware registration, etc.
Part 3: Creating a DirectDraw (2D) screen saver, based on Part 2.
Part 4: Creating an OpenGL screen saver, based on Part 2.
Part 5: Creating Direct3D screen saver, based on Part 2.

I will also supply source code for each part. Part 1 will assume the reader is an absolute beginner, yet will deal with some things that even experienced developers may overlook, so there should be something for everyone.

I have quite a few other articles in mind that I'd like to do, on a variety of subjects, but I'll tackle these ones first.

Krylar, will I be able to upload graphics (screen shots of the IDE, etc.) for the articles? Also, do you think by writing these articles based on MFC and Visual C++ 6.0, I'm leaving out developers who use other compilers/IDEs? Should I instead drop the MFC aspect of it (although it makes it easier to develop the project itself, and I would explain everything that I'm using from MFC along the way)?

Brian


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Krylar

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Posts: 502
From: MD, USA
Registered: 03-05-2001
quote:

Krylar, will I be able to upload graphics (screen shots of the IDE, etc.) for the articles?

I'm working on making it so you can upload graphics and files, yep. However, I do ask that everyone be careful with this because of bandwidth issues.

quote:

Also, do you think by writing these articles based on MFC and Visual C++ 6.0, I'm leaving out developers who use other compilers/IDEs? Should I instead drop the MFC aspect of it (although it makes it easier to develop the project itself, and I would explain everything that I'm using from MFC along the way)?

I think you should write what you feel most comfortable with, personally. Unless you're writing Visual Cobol articles, everything should be of decent use to people

Thanks...looking forward to your articles!

-Krylar


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[This message has been edited by krylar (edited May 05, 2003).]