ShortCut bar gadget - (see updated post!)

srod · Post by **srod** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:18 am

REMOVED.

Upgraded version coming!

NoahPhense · Post by **NoahPhense** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:54 am

Very nice!

- np

Fangbeast · Post by **Fangbeast** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:12 am

/me bows to master srod!

Pantcho!! · Post by **Pantcho!!** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:05 am

Thanks man looks great

LuckyLuke · Post by **LuckyLuke** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:26 am

Looks cool ! Thanks.

Will test this evening.

Dare · Post by **Dare** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:48 pm

Thanks, srod

gnozal · Post by **gnozal** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:06 pm

Examples 1+2 tested with Win98 SE (Athlon XP1800 and ATI Radeon card).
Good news :
- no crash.
Bad news :
- the drawing is kinda slow when minimizing/maximazing the panels [arrow buttons] : I can see the frames.
- the window titlebars are strange : no more text and white background color (it even contaminates the others opened windows).
- there is some GDI? memory leak : I can't make a screen capture ('not enough memory error' when pressing PrintScreen button)

srod · Post by **srod** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:18 pm

Thanks everyone.

Gnozal, that is weird. I experience no such problems on XP, although on a slower machine I would think that some of the panel erasing/painting might be a little slow. I can think of no reasons for any gdi type memory leaks, but I'll certainly have a look. The only gdi commands used are LineTo_() and MoveToEx_(). All pens and brushes are deleted.

One thing might be the use of ResizeGadget() on Win 98; again I'll have a look, but without a Win 98 box, it's going to be difficult to get to grips with this one.

Thanks again.

rsts · Post by **rsts** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:40 pm

Wow - very nice.

srod · Post by **srod** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:30 pm

Gnozal, I can find no evidence of any kind of memory leak; gdi or other. There is a slight leak when dragging the shortcutbar, but this is evident in any program using the #WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN message.

The only slight problem I can identify is with the underlying scroll area gadget which could well interfere with some of the subclassing under win 98. I have streamlined the code somewhat though.

Any chance you might try this new version on your win 98 box? Use the original download link above.

Thanks again.

Actually, if a couple of others are able to test this code on win 98 I'd be grateful. Just to see if the problems persist on all such setups?

Regards.

gnozal · Post by **gnozal** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:39 am

@srod : I have tested again : same problems (and no capture possible).

srod · Post by **srod** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:52 am

FIXED!

Please download the updated version which fixes the massive memory leak on Win 98.