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Comment on DateTimeControls 1.0.1, ProgressBar 2.1.2, TabStrip 1.3.0, TrackBar 1.2.2 by TiKu

TiKu — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:25:28 +0000

This approach has a major disadvantage: a textbox is a window and therefore consumes a lot more resources than a windowless label would consume. It doesn’t matter if you have only a few controls in your app. But the more controls you have, the more noticeable this disadvantage becomes.

Comment on DateTimeControls 1.0.1, ProgressBar 2.1.2, TabStrip 1.3.0, TrackBar 1.2.2 by Mike

Mike — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:16:09 +0000

I believe the solution to our previous discussion is simplest resolved by a few relatively simple additions to the “textbox” / edit control.

Adding the necessary properties for;

1) AutoSize (the control scales inherently by the length of the string displayed when set to True)
2) Transparent Background (allows the control to appear floating over backgrounds)

Even if it was only the addition of transparency in the control it would be great and I could work out the resize by the TextWidth property. (though with Unicode you might get an odd count)

All other properties and events in the Edit Control are already there to allow it to function as a title caption replacement once you get used to not type Caption but Text as the default property.

Then you wouldn’t have to mess with the rebuilding source in the other control, nor add more controls than necessary to the menu of a project.

Just an idea, I have not had time to weed through the source yet on the one you sent me but I do believe this could be a faster approach to a solution.

Comment on DateTimeControls 1.0.1, ProgressBar 2.1.2, TabStrip 1.3.0, TrackBar 1.2.2 by Mike

Mike — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:11:50 +0000

A million thanks TiKu. Had I not gone through my server logs today I would not have seen this reply from you. You can reach me through the website linked to the name displayed above the reply here.
I would be very interested in seeing the source to see how you did these things.
I will of course share again if I manage to find a fix for the drawing bug described.

Mike

Comment on ExplorerTreeView 1.15.0 by Mrx

Mrx — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:03:22 +0000

Thanks

Comment on Animation 2.2.1, ButtonControls 1.4.3, ComboListBoxControls 1.1.0, DateTimeControls 1.1.1, EditControls 1.4.2 by Anushka Camal

Anushka Camal — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:31:19 +0000

Great Job!

Comment on Why the desktop search of Windows Vista sucks by Mark/Canada

Mark/Canada — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:39:29 +0000

I started to avoid Windows search with XP when it started to miss things. Have been using http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/ ever since – especially when I actually need to find a file.
I often use Win7 search and when it doesn’t find what I need (btw – awful search result display and interaction) I start Agent Ransack.
I guess nobody working at the Microsoft Desktop search minds not finding what they want at all times – hm – wonder if Microsoft’s Bing search engine also hides things it thinks you don’t want to see…

Comment on Why the desktop search of Windows Vista sucks by registry

registry — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:48:43 +0000

I’ll tell you wht the desktop search of vista sucks, that is because Vista sucks. It is one of the greatest failures of microsoft. On the other hand, Windows 7 is something worth using. Great OS.

Comment on Why the desktop search of Windows Vista sucks by CRon

CRon — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:56:09 +0000

so, i think WDS is not so bad, but it´s to slow and need too much ressources. better is to take an external search tool, I found one from a german company, it´s called Lookeen.
This tool works only with Outlook and is specialized on Outlook Search but it also can search for files which are stored on your computer. This tool also works with an index (there is no other solution than index-search, every other method is slow and bad in finding).

In comparison to WDS, Lookeen indexes much faster (a 100.000 item .pst file needed about 1,5 hours). And if you do a search, the results are displayed under 1 second!!
Another big advantage is, that Lookeen even searchs within attachments (or documents). I was so amazed when I used that feature the first time!!

I somebody is interested in Lookeen, you can load a 14-Day-Trial Version of it under http://www.lookeen.net

Comment on Why the desktop search of Windows Vista sucks by Alex O.

Alex O. — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:54:04 +0000

I am currently running Win 7RC and I really liked it a lot until I needed to search for simple txt files in my documents. What a garbage! This thing is hideous! Cannot find two stupid text files no matter what I have tried.
Now, to be completely fair, I have my SearchIndexing service disabled, since I use search infrequently and don’t want to pay performance penalty for useless indexing all the time. But c’mon this pathetic search can’t find a regular text file under the folder I point it to?
I am really, NO REALLY! questioning the business strategy of Microsoft with its recent terrible setbacks with the basic day-to-day functionality like inability to see the total size of the deleted files in the Recycle Bin etc.
That’s just pitiful…
Thanks for Xplorer2 tip – I will now check it out

Comment on Why the desktop search of Windows Vista sucks by Customer

Customer — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:58:55 +0000

I really really really do not understand what kind of people are hired by Microsoft. Upgrading is downgrading.

First we were annoyed by an oh so pleasant animated character. Yes, Microsoft, we corporate users like cartoons. Then Windows Search came along. You stupid user, you wanna search? Build a f*n index first!!! Stupid user!!! Microsoft issued Windows Search that fast that the consistency of the looks of Explorer is broken, as long as you do not have an XP with Mickey Mouse Theme. MS loves cartoons and jokes.

Search in Vista: do not even try it. It was way too easy to click with the right mouse button and selecting search to get a search box where -sigh- you had to include hidden/protected/system files. MS thinks the ordinary user does nothing else than browse to the Windows folder, delete everything he doesn’t recognize and then start ranting against MS about how bad Windows is. That’s why files and extensions are multi-hidden by default. And that’s why an evil user without any knowledge whatsoever can cripple his machine in no time. Yes, Windows Search 4.0 (???) had to be released since Google released Google Desktop. A search engine that runs excellent, but is not that handy searching in particular folder.

What kind of people are in charge at MS? Some old school friends of Bill Gates who don’t know about computers? Here is another fine example. Lately IE8 was released as an important update. Nice. Yet another click-click-click-agree?-yes?-certain?-click-click-click eternal runonce ruining productivity and settings, throwing around tab pages for the thousandth time, making end users call support desks because they encounter a lot of text instead of the familiar web page. Great, MS, we love to clickclickclickclickclick on every computer we encounter, due to some ‘important’ releases! More! We love to click and agree with endless texts, we love to change our search engine, we love it, we were waiting for it! Over and over. The best shot MS performed in my opinion is to make IE8 to adapt secure server settings. This gives amazing results. Especially on a terminal server in a 24/7 corporation where users need to visit websites and enter stuff in web applications. The internet is Blocked with a B and there is no way in MS Hell to turn it off. Nothing. The brave souls at MS suggest reinstalling the server from scratch, without enhanced security. Something end customers just love, another expensive ICT project lasting for days while users cannot access web applications! What on earth, Microsoft?!! PS, you forgot to mention that installing Firefox does the trick too. However, MS should issue this advisory: Do not install IE8 on a terminal server. Ever.

MS needs to reconsider some people higher up on the payrolls. MS makes some fine products, but the typical MS attitude regarding updating is unacceptable. As an ICT professional with about two decades of experience I dare to say that the majority of money spent on ICT is spent on cleaning up MS Mess. Making things work again as they did and should. This is apart from the figures invoked by improductivity because of MS Cleverness.