No problemZach wrote:Good to hear some more from you Chris.
Yes the new update will officially be V2 now (don't worry you haven't missed an updateZach wrote:Is this V2 part of the same update work you mentioned earlier? (wondering if I missed an update)..
), what started out as a PB V5.10beta userlib compatibility update has now morphed into the huge V2 update, finally combining the months of previous work developing the core new technologies Once I get the border code completed I'm hoping that it should be 'plain sailing' so I reckon 2 weeks, give or take. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiKpEvUShtY hehe). It's kind of like all the shiny new bits of ProGUI are laid out on my virtual workbench ready to be assembled but a few small integral pieces remainZach wrote:Wondering if you have a time frame ( won't hold you to it exactly) for the V2 and what that means feature-wise, and PB version wise. As you know we've been getting a lot of Betas lately.
Feature-wise V2 will be pretty awesome
The whole rendering inside ProGUI will be replaced with the new Img subsystem which is based on an easily update-able driver model. This means that drivers can be quickly added for different low level rendering APIs and operating systems without the rest of the higher level parts of ProGUI having to know the specifics of the actual rendering (making the eventual transition to cross-platform pretty straight forward). The Img API is also made directly available to the programmer and is very simple and elegant giving you awesome power at your finger tips without having to worry about back compatibility and your code working on different OS's in the future. V2 will initially be released with just the accelerated/improved GDI drivers (the Direct2D drivers will follow shortly) but are extremely fast none the less (game quality at 60fps) including full alpha transparency and alpha masking, realtime-scaling, borders, border alpha masks etc..As I mentioned previously the Direct2D drivers will follow shortly after the initial release and then I'll probably work on adding the full window skinning as that will need to be done before the Direct2D to DirectX interoperability (rendering to texture etc..). I'll also be adding support for developing Windows 8 Metro apps thanks to the Direct2D driversZach wrote:I guess I'm mostly curious what the state will be of progress towards Full GUI Skinning and the new DirectX/Direct2D rendering system (assuming this is what you've been working on based on previous comments).
It's been very poor the past few months with hardly any registrations and I've found it tough but I think people may be waiting for the new update and be holding off purchasing right away. I'm very excited about V2 though and think it will bring unrivalled power when combined with PureBasic to any applicationI'm also just wondering how your finances are going. I know you had to slow down work on ProGUI to concentrate on other revenue generating projects. Do you still get ProGUI registrations? Its kind of hard to tell, since there isn't a lot of activity about it here on the PB forums, or your own forums.. I'm wondering if its just really self-sufficient people buying licenses, who don't need a lot of help. Cause that would be better than no customers!
Chris.
