RF Easy Menu Creator Project Thread

steven8 · Post by **steven8** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:05 pm

This is the thread where I will keep you apprised of the RF Easy Menu Creator. As I state in the update at my website:

http://www.freewebs.com/stevenrf/

This ain't the old GUI Menu Creator. It's already better and will not disappoint!! Go read my newest message. *Warning* - No pics just yet. . .I'll post some tomorrow evening.

steven8 · Post by **steven8** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:13 pm

Okay, here are the pics of the new program:

http://www.freewebs.com/stevenrf/projectsgallery.htm

psYco · Post by **psYco** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:22 pm

very nice! I like the logo, and you seem to have made alot of progress! It looks like youve recoverd almost all the time you lost in the crash! good work!

steven8 · Post by **steven8** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:35 pm

Thanks. The logo is actually a heavily touched up photo of crop circles!! I've actually recovered and gone beyond where I was by a bit. It's very heartening.

Microman171 · Post by **Microman171** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:09 pm

is this funtional how it is?? or is it just touched up photos to make it luk real

steven8 · Post by **steven8** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:07 am

Microman171 wrote:is this funtional how it is?? or is it just touched up photos to make it luk real

It will not produce a menu.ini file yet, as I have not coded that in, but these are actual screenshots of the program running. Not a hoax.

Microman171 · Post by **Microman171** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:53 am

awsome. I cant wait to use this. It sucks having to have to make it in an ini file.

steven8 · Post by **steven8** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:50 pm

Okay, I have the code imported into my virtual machine, and it has no errors. That's good. It means I have al lthe right files in all the right places. . .with bright shining faces!!

Now I have to look it over to see what I had to do next. I'll post as I move along.

steven8 · Post by **steven8** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:44 am

Whew. First I had to look at my code and figure out just what the heck kind of logic I was using at the time.

Then I spent some time trying to solve some of my most seemingly simple yet horribly annoying issues. I had success!

My virtual machine won't let me use the print screen button, so I am going to have to d/l irfanview, so I can get some shots.

steven8 · Post by **steven8** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:19 am

Okay, quick screen:

This shows where the user selects the area of the bitmap to use as buttons and applies them to the menu. Then each button can be dragged and dropped into place on the menu. You use the radio buttons to assigned the area to a particular button, then click and drag to crop out the area you want. The program keeps track of the size of the crop to apply to the menu.ini file.

A big thank you to Juutis for creating the way cool graphics I borrowed for this demonstration.

zany_001 · Post by **zany_001** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:07 am

wow cool steven8!

i thought those graphics looked familiar....

Post by **bernie** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:14 pm

Great stuff Steven. A man of many talents I see. I wish I could code. I used to code machine language 6502 and 6809 processors but never got to grips with the Z8+ series processors. I could manage BASIC (the old fashion stuff), "C" and a bit of C++ but I found these days my head just won't take stuff in so fast and even when it takes it in, it gets lost in the fog.
I'm still struggling along with simkin (rather like C ) for the scripting and I'm getting there slowly. I got a lot of help just reading posts by jay and juutis (thanks guys) and struggling with the Docs. I do always mange to achieve the goal in the end but some of my scripting is very long winded and untidy.

steven8 · Post by **steven8** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:59 pm

Thanks guys. I was happy with my progress last night. Although there is a long way to go.

@bernie: I get very lost in C and C++, and simkin I can kind of understand when I read it, but have issues when having to do anything on my own. That's why I use Visual Basic. It just makes sense to me.

Post by **bernie** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:07 pm

You should use whatever works best for you, thats my opinion anyway. Why struggle to learn something new when you can use what you've already got and are comfortable with.

steven8 · Post by **steven8** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:21 pm

bernie wrote:You should use whatever works best for you, thats my opinion anyway. Why struggle to learn something new when you can use what you've already got and are comfortable with.

I totally agree. When I click a button and the computer does what I asked it to do, I get all warm and fuzzy inside! It's the sense of accomplishment!!