Thrawn Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 (edited) Here we have a basic Longhorn-style tray clock. Version 0.5 ---> New Release! Version .75 , see later post. Download links are updated LonghornClock, download here Important Points!!: **Run clockConfig.exe to select a skin, before you run LonghornClock **Right-click the clock to make it disappear for 3 seconds, so you can access the real system clock and any of its functions. **Double-click the clock to make it exit. There are a few more points in Release Notes.txt in the zip file. Please look at that before you ask any questions. It's using VB.NET as I couldn't get ClearType with VB6. As a result, it's a memory hog but leak-free and easy on the processor. VERSION .75 had an integer overflow, how stupid of me. Now .751 Questions? Comments? Feature-Requests? Bugs? This is meant to be really basic. I don't really like the windows API... -Suneet U. LonghornClock_R2.1.zip Edited March 30, 2004 by Thrawn Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted March 24, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 24, 2004 Looks like you need a few more pixels between the hour and the minutes... The 6 seems cut off to me, at least from the pics. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1880080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorwing Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 how come I get an error when pressing clock config? :huh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1880278 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomis_nehc Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 whoa, this is really cool. i like it. hopefully we'll get more support from the community. also, i tried to make a skin for it, but it doesn't show up... is it coded in the config exe? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1881070 Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 pretty cool. downloading right now. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1881075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chode Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Not bad, but not compatible with all skins. Instead of building a database of skins in the config, you should find a way to make it self-modify based on the currently applied theme. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1881094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrawn Posted March 24, 2004 Author Share Posted March 24, 2004 gameguy: I think you were right, I fixed that real quick Razorwing: You probably don't have the .NET framework 1.1 or above, which this uses Also, the skinning thing should work for all themes, but the image needs to be a Windows .bmp . The skins aren't hard-coded or anything. As for making it self-modify... Humn, bitmap.FromResource() exists, I'll see if I have time. Thanks Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1881873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma-penguin Veteran Posted March 24, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 24, 2004 nasty memory hole in there that keeps sucking up mem over time.. the larger the refresh the bigger the drain.. yeah the "bitmap.FromResource()" might be a good idea ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1882451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medievil Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 erm, it adds the clock in the above left corner of my screen its funny to see, but it should be in the other corner next to my taskbar lol Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1882749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCoz Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 screenshots aren't showing... i'm curious what this looks like Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1882806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isakowski Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 server too busy??? :angry: i cant download... please make someone an attachemant... and screenies Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1882851 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrawn Posted March 24, 2004 Author Share Posted March 24, 2004 Strange, that server is made of steel... We're on spring-break, mabey the network guy is home too. Attached As for the memory hole, the thing only uses like 9 variables, and they're set to "Nothing" most of the time. .NET just has a lot of overhead. But there's a bug when resuming the system from Standby or Hibernate, i'll fix that in ~48 as I have a stack of physics problems to solve. LonghornClock.zip Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1882935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isakowski Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 let him his holidays :cool: Thanks btw Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1882940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raum Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 screenshots aren't showing... i'm curious what this looks like mmhmm Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1883030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hidea Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 you are a huge nerd!!!!! YOU MAKE GOOD CLOCKS! :D YOUR CLOCK IS USEFUL! :D :D hahahha, just kidding about the nerd thing, all that joking aside, do you think it's possible to create a skin for LunaVX? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1883034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hidea Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 MikeCoz, it looked exactly like Longhorn's clock! :p Mmm, I'm talking a litlte too far ahead here, possible to have other features? like.. alarm... or stuff like that. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1883039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hidea Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 opss... double post. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1883042 Share on other sites More sharing options...
y_notm Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 nice program... but it doesn't work too well with windows classic. the bottom 4 or 5 pixels get cut off if the taskbar is set to 1 row high Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1883083 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorwing Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 gameguy: I think you were right, I fixed that real quickRazorwing: You probably don't have the .NET framework 1.1 or above, which this uses Also, the skinning thing should work for all themes, but the image needs to be a Windows .bmp . The skins aren't hard-coded or anything. As for making it self-modify... Humn, bitmap.FromResource() exists, I'll see if I have time. Thanks ummm soo where can I get it?? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1887990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelsinho Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Here we have a basic Longhorn-style tray clock.Version 0.5! LonghornClock, download here http://webdisk.berkeley.edu/~thrawn/long3.gif http://webdisk.berkeley.edu/~thrawn/long1.gif http://webdisk.berkeley.edu/~thrawn/long2.gif Important Points!!: **Run clockConfig.exe to select a skin, before you run LonghornClock **Right-click the clock to make it disappear for 3 seconds, so you can access the real system clock and any of its functions. **Double-click the clock to make it exit. There are a few more points in Release Notes.txt in the zip file. Please look at that before you ask any questions. It's using VB.NET as I couldn't get ClearType with VB6. As a result, it's a memory hog but leak-free and easy on the processor. Questions? Comments? Feature-Requests? Bugs? This is meant to be really basic. I don't really like the windows API... -Suneet U. Hy SuneetU Thanks, thanks, thanks very for Longhorn clock is beatiful and works 100% on my XP SP2-v2.096 I am Very Happy thanks again... Nelsinho Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1889560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Someone should ask for permission to copy his design and make it out of something else other then VB....you see....I'm on 56k and can't download The .nET Framework 1.1. It would take me two long and I don't have the time to do that. It looks sexy. I love it. I hope to see it improve and grow. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1889620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidic-e- Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 have a friend d/l it for you and burn it to a cd it's not that hard :huh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1889627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windows X Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 13MB resources is too high. Can you shrink it down to 1-5MB with other languages like C or C++? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1890970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted March 26, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 26, 2004 13MB resources is too high. Can you shrink it down to 1-5MB with other languages like C or C++? Please stop complaining about the memory usage. You have no idea how the .net framework manages memory. it reserves the memory until another app needs it then releases it. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1891625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banzai Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 its different, good work Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/151437-longhorn-style-system-tray-clock/#findComment-1891636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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