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Offline LePaul

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« on: December 11, 2001, 01:13:00 PM »
What are you coding, what do you code with, and what do you like?

Reason I ask is I'm fooling around with Delphi 6 (its free to download!) and it would be nice to know who else is.  I've been learning how to mess with the DelphiX/DirectX stuff...not terribly easy, but fun.

I was having fun with VB but for anything game/graphical, its really clunky.  A fellow pilot/friend works for Borland and suggested learning Delphi.  I was going to take another swing at C++   :rolleyes:

So...whatcha programming, what are you using, and what kinda tips can you pass along?
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Offline AKDejaVu

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« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2001, 01:24:00 PM »
Where did you get delphi 6?

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Offline AcId

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« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2001, 01:25:00 PM »
Perl, C, python, don't write crap fer winders so if thats what your looking for I cant help ya.    :D  As fas as advice is concerned, well....don't pet a burning dog.   :p
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Offline LePaul

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« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2001, 02:24:00 PM »
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Offline Mickey1992

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« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2001, 03:41:00 PM »
I am primarily a Lotus Notes/Domino programmer.  Nothing really exciting to report.   :D
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Offline Raubvogel

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« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2001, 03:47:00 PM »
I was in my 3rd year of a CSCI degree...worked alot with C++...decided to switch my major  ;)
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Offline Goner

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« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2001, 05:04:00 PM »
Originally posted by LePaul:
What are you coding, what do you code with,

all kinds of programs & interfaces for a large food company ... in Progress (4GL database progr. env.) and SQL (Oracle) mainly. started out waaaaay back in Cobol and Assembler   ;)

and what do you like?

women ...    :D  and Irish whiskey.

Goner

[ 12-11-2001: Message edited by: Goner ]
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Offline jihad

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« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2001, 05:12:00 PM »
I don't write programs, I use MS resource kits and utilitys to remove crap buried in MS operating systems.   :D

With some study and a little work you can turn Win98 into the OS Microsoft should have released.
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Offline Pongo

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« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2001, 08:25:00 PM »
VB6 and Delphi. I support a large N tier Sales tax system that I help develop in VB 6. And some of the supporting systems that are written in Delphi. I prefer Delphi and I have played with the direct X stuff a little last year.
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Offline Goner

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« Reply #9 on: December 12, 2001, 02:08:00 PM »
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Originally posted by jihad:
With some study and a little work you can turn Win98 into the OS Microsoft should have released.

got some tips ??

Goner
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Offline LePaul

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« Reply #10 on: December 13, 2001, 01:50:00 PM »
Have you tried this exercise, Pongo?
 http://www.savagesoftware.com.au/DelphiGamer/showarticles.php?articleid=1&page=1

I have DelphiX 6 in but the tutorial is for an older version.  The Direct Draw settings I have are different than what the author alludes to.  But, he does have a Listserver/Yahoo groups area (JEDI) and has been very helpful with clarifying a few things for me.

This one is really good too...
 http://www.delphigamedev.com/

The gentleman making the tutorials here has been very receptive to my emails, and essentially been asking me what he should write tutorials about.  A guru who really wants to help new guys out.
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Offline iceydee

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« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2001, 05:45:00 AM »
Umm, chronologically:

GWBasic
Pascal
Assembly language (still my favorite. =)
VB2.0 (hated it)
Delphi1, 2, 3 (just for the speed of development)
Perl
Asp (gone back to VB for components
     programming. I kinda like VB now,
     but I wouldn't do any Win32 programs
     with it.)
C/C++ (gnu, cygwin and lately VC++) (both Win32 and Palm OS)

Assembly language was the most fun.
Did graphics/music programming, and
tried some game programming aswell.
Did a working module-player in TASM.   :eek:

Haven't really done any DirectX programming,
but I've checked it out. Seems like a very
nice platform for programming games. Well,
compared to the assembly programming I did
back in the days, it should be fairly simple
I guess. I'm mostly in to networks programming
now since I'm running an IT-business with
a couple of friends. Don't have much time
left for "joy"-programming anymore. I spend
my spare time flying here with you guys,
or go out clubbing and meeting girls.   :cool:
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Offline LePaul

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« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2001, 09:53:00 AM »
The hard part, at least for Delphi, is finding current examples.  Now that I've found a few, its a matter of understanding the mechanics of them.  

I've managed to find a few good YahooGroups if anyone would like me to pass those along?  Not very many messages a day but some very sharp people who are willing to assist.
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Offline weazel

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« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2001, 04:12:00 PM »
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got some tips ??

Goner

Start with this program. 98Lite

After you understand what it does and how it works you will be ready to make modifications using the INF utility included in the Win98 Resource Kit.

 I can give you some advanced tips after you understand what your doing.  ;)

Jihad/weazel
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Offline LePaul

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« Reply #14 on: December 15, 2001, 05:57:00 PM »
Well, that URL wouldnt open but here's what I've been tooling around with...
 http://www.conitec.net/a4info.htm
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