[release] Candybar-ish Program For Windows Xp

Hi

I'm not exactly sure if this is the right forum category but I thought someone here might be interested in this. I've been working on a candybar clone for windows xp.

Here is a screenshot:

http://www.users.on.net/mwilson9/candyxp/screenshots/ss1.jpg

And you can download the current version of the program here:

http://www.users.on.net/~mwilson9/candyxp/candyxp-v0.1.6.zip

Its written in C# and so it requires the .NET framework v1.1.

It works on my computer but if it stuffs up your icons don't blame me! :lol: . I wouldn't recommend running it on anything other than Windows XP either.. because I have no idea what will happen there

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Topic tagged. It's a [release], [stevie]methinks[/stevie].

Pe8er

#188204

Didnt work for me.........

Application has generated an exception that could not be handled

Process id=0x984 (2436), Thread id=0xb30 (2864)

#188226

Looks good, hope it will work for me when I get back home, there are a few annoying cpl icons that are all pixelated.

#188233

Nice.... you beat me to it >.< .. We'll see how icadex (my app) comes out

#188234

great work, this is really cool, and i like the logo

now all you need is to make it support like an icontainer like thingy :naughty:

#188245

Originally posted by Enhanced@Jul 10 2004, 08:29 AM
Nice.... you beat me to it >.< .. We'll see how icadex (my app) comes out
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When is yours coming out Enhanced??? I'll bet it's going to be awesome......Lookin' forward to it big time!

Nate Dogg

#188249

How are people downloading this application since neither of his links work??? I'm willing to play around with it but I can't download it bro.....

Nate Dogg

#188250

Originally posted by Ghostwalker@Jul 10 2004, 01:10 PM
Didnt work for me.........
Application has generated an exception that could not be handled
Process id=0x984 (2436), Thread id=0xb30 (2864)
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When did that happen? As you launched it? Do you have the .NET framework (version 1.1) installed?

#188253

Hey man.......can you post a link to the .exe that works so I can mess around with it???

Thanks,

Nate Dogg

#188254

sorry about the link, it doesn't seem to work in IE. I don't normally use IE so I didnt notice.

This link should work:

http://www.users.on.net/mwilson9/candyxp.zip

#188255

Yes I have the net framework 1.1 and when I started it, running xpsp1

#188259

Its probably trying to open a registry key that you don't have. It has pretty much no error checking at the moment

I'll fix it tommorow probably.

#188262

Thank you

#188267

http://users.on.net/mwilson9/candyxp/candyxp-v0.1.1.zip

New version. Slightly harder to crash now

#188294

Works great man! Would you mind describing the technique you use for this program? Registry I assume? and refreshing icons? how?

Josh

#188295

New version again:

http://www.users.on.net/~mwilson9/candyxp/candyxp-v0.1.2.zip

I broke the ability to change the run icon the last version (oops)

Created an icon for the application too.

Originally posted by pixelmatrix@Jul 10 2004, 04:59 PM
Works great man! Would you mind describing the technique you use for this program? Registry I assume? and refreshing icons? how?

Josh

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I'm pretty much just using the same registry locations that IconPackager and various other icon changing programs use. Lots of tedious searching to find where these are :blink:

To refresh the icons you have to make windows refresh the icon cache. The way im doing this is to read the current icon size value from the registry. Save what the value was and then change it to something else, then use the SendMessageTimeout function (see MSDN) to send a message to HWND_BROADCAST with the message WM_WININICHANGE. Windows then sees that the icon size has changed and refreshes the icon cache.. of course you messed up the users icon size now so you set it back to the original value and send the message again.

If anyone wants the C# code for doing this they can have it

#188306

I still would like to know how you are downloading this program dude! I don't use Nutscrape so would you mind helping me get a copy of the "newest version" that you have put together. Since you have the app. I'm certain that you can get a working link together....yeah???

Thanks

Nate Dogg

#188314

My only problem with this and it goes for any .net program so it's not your fault is that when you change the font of the push buttons to anything other than the default font it does this weird wrapping effect.

I have one suggestion\request. Could you take out the underlines on all the menu entries?

Other than that it's a nice start for a nice program. Iconfactory should have you working for them, seriously.

#188316

@ natedogg, use firefox; it worked for me. If not, I can send it to your e-mail.

And wow this thing is awesome!!! Please keep up development!!

#188329

See I tried to make this same idea once, but I couldnt seem to map out which icon locations went to what icon... since theres tons... I could never figure that part out.

Josh

#188332

None of the versions have worked fore me.

When attempting to run v0.1.2 I get this error

I'm running XP Pro w/ SP2 RC1

#188492

I think i've gotten rid of all the start up bugs now.

http://www.users.on.net/~mwilson9/candyxp/candyxp-v0.1.3.zip

Untested on SP2 yet though (downloading it now :lol: )

#188524

Hey would someone either post a working link for this application or else send me the .exe to my hotmail account??? I would really appreciate it b/c for some reason this is the only time that I havent' been able to use the provided links for an author of an application here on Aqua Soft. Thanks a million.

Nate Dogg

Hotmail: natedee70@hotmail..com

#188790

I would like a working link as well...PM me please.

#188794