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by dell_jockey
Thu Jan 14, 2016 10:30 pm
Forum: Tricks 'n' Tips
Topic: Getting server IP by host name or url (All OS)
Replies: 9
Views: 3717

Re: Getting server IP by host name or url (All OS)

Lunasole wrote:Very cool hack, just tested and it works fine on WinXP/Win7/Linux, looks like a perfect way to resolve DNS, without messing with APIs, etc
Perhaps this assertion is only correct if the remote site's firewall administrator indeed allows UDP connects?
by dell_jockey
Fri Oct 25, 2013 10:42 am
Forum: Tricks 'n' Tips
Topic: Morse code transceiver
Replies: 14
Views: 5789

Re: Morse code transceiver

Is morse-code still used these days? I used to be a ham-radio operator (VHF/UHF) and know for a fact that morse code as a requirement for SW ham-radio operator licensing (as well as licensing professional services on SW) was dropped some ten years ago?
by dell_jockey
Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:45 pm
Forum: Tricks 'n' Tips
Topic: TCP/IP Network Speed Check
Replies: 2
Views: 2148

Re: TCP/IP Network Speed Check

Hi Dige, thanks for this code. I don't really understand how I should interpret the results. If I start the application twice, one as server and one as client (through localhost), I get very different values for each of the thoughputs. How can the client receive more than the server transmits? For w...
by dell_jockey
Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:05 pm
Forum: Coding Questions
Topic: PureB app with completely transparent rectangle on its gui?
Replies: 13
Views: 3944

Re: PureB app with completely transparent rectangle on its gui?

so many options to wade through this weekend. Thanks a a lot to all of you!

Rashad: your first listing seems to fit the bill rather well. Have to check it out more thoroughly though.
by dell_jockey
Fri Jan 08, 2010 10:35 am
Forum: Coding Questions
Topic: PureB app with completely transparent rectangle on its gui?
Replies: 13
Views: 3944

Re: PureB app with completely transparent rectangle on its gui?

Another way, though with using a window region you don't get a themed caption and you can never put gadgets in the transparent part(s): OpenWindow(0,0,0,800,600,"My Holey Window",#PB_Window_ScreenCentered|#PB_Window_SystemMenu|#PB_Window_MinimizeGadget) GetWindowRect_(WindowID(0), wr.RECT...
by dell_jockey
Fri Jan 08, 2010 10:26 am
Forum: Coding Questions
Topic: PureB app with completely transparent rectangle on its gui?
Replies: 13
Views: 3944

Re: PureB app with completely transparent rectangle on its gui?

when you know the app you want to have "behind but visible thru a transparent region", you could perhaps also embed this second app into a container at this location? ... I'm just wondering what the idea is about... Hi Kaeru, the app 'behind the scenes' is an executable, for which I don't...
by dell_jockey
Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:37 am
Forum: Coding Questions
Topic: PureB app with completely transparent rectangle on its gui?
Replies: 13
Views: 3944

Re: PureB app with completely transparent rectangle on its gui?

Hi Rook, what I'm after is to write an app that has some buttons and other controls, and that also has a rectangle on its gui that is completely transparent - the idea being to have an already existing app running 'behind' it on the exact screen location of the transparent rectangle that my app woul...
by dell_jockey
Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:20 am
Forum: Coding Questions
Topic: PureB app with completely transparent rectangle on its gui?
Replies: 13
Views: 3944

PureB app with completely transparent rectangle on its gui?

Hi Group,

for a new project, I'd like to write a PB app that contains a rectangle that is completely transparent, i.e. it needs to show the desktop (or any other app) behind it.
Can someone please point me to documentation on how to do that? I haven't been succesful with searching MSDN...

Thanks!
by dell_jockey
Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:44 pm
Forum: Announcement
Topic: ATCsimulator3 - Tower Edition
Replies: 9
Views: 3583

Re: ATCsimulator3 - Tower Edition

Hi Russel,

great that this is happening to / with PureBasic. Like you I cut my teeth at Doc 4444 and Annex 11 (all of this in the early eighties...). From now on I'm tracking your project...

Dell_Jockey
by dell_jockey
Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:24 pm
Forum: Tricks 'n' Tips
Topic: Flat vs Gaussian Distribution (Demo)
Replies: 6
Views: 2520

Re: Flat vs Gaussian Distribution (Demo)

Thank you so much for this comparison. The Blueznl version I like best as it has some interessting properties: - by using four Random(250) terms, the likelyhood of values ending up in the middle becomes slightly larger, i.e. the tail ends get pinched a bit more. - by using two Random(500) terms, you...
by dell_jockey
Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:51 pm
Forum: Tricks 'n' Tips
Topic: Neuquant Quantize 1.05 (True Color to 8 bit) - Windows
Replies: 47
Views: 23247

Re: Quantize 1.02 (True Color to 8 bit) - Windows

Luis,

you get my vote for using a picture of a P51 - anytime.

As to the rest: :mrgreen:
by dell_jockey
Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:52 am
Forum: Tricks 'n' Tips
Topic: Getting the System Hardware Fingerprint (XP/2003/Vista)
Replies: 40
Views: 17095

Re: Getting the System Hardware Fingerprint (XP/2003/Vista)

XP-Prof, SP2:
b1a71c8505aa6326fd595b0b7cbdb4db
by dell_jockey
Thu Sep 17, 2009 2:28 pm
Forum: Tricks 'n' Tips
Topic: Bloat EXE Macro, bloat your exe
Replies: 26
Views: 10730

Re: Bloat EXE Macro, bloat your exe

netmaestro wrote:Thanks Rings, this gives me a great idea! I can just stuff a sock down my pants and... disco here I come! :mrgreen:
and come disclosure time.... :oops:
by dell_jockey
Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:05 am
Forum: Tricks 'n' Tips
Topic: Bloat EXE Macro, bloat your exe
Replies: 26
Views: 10730

Re: Bloat EXE Macro, bloat your exe

Oops, my tongue in cheek remark apparently struck a chord... I'm sorry about that.... :mrgreen:
by dell_jockey
Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:15 pm
Forum: Tricks 'n' Tips
Topic: Bloat EXE Macro, bloat your exe
Replies: 26
Views: 10730

ah, cool, now I can bloat initial releases and with each successive update claim smaller memory footprints due to further optimizations ... :lol: