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Socrates · 12-05-2001, 04:01 PM

I agree pro programmers would normally be able to do it faster.

But I am concerned that prolific would do it any faster.

They have a shippable product that they are making money on.

Just getting prepayed customers the version 1.0 download is taking forever (in relation to how long it took one user on this board to solve the "problem").

I just wonder why Prolific will be real interested in spending it's own money on improving a part of the product that will make it better, but probably won't sell too many additional copies.

Other than bug fixes that could cause them liability (like a security problem, etc.) or extras they can sell, I don't see Prolific moving real fast on anything.

It's probably best if Jim takes the "ideal" setting panel, and then does something easier to implement that accomplishes many of the same things.

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As for the programming stuff, I know squat about C++, but I made a drag and drop page in Visual Basic 5 last night that allowed fish to drop from one half to the other and back in about 2 hours. It's all about using two arrays of "PICTURE" objects in VB and then setting "DragDrop" parameter to 1. Then I used "MouseDown" to set a variable and the "DragDrop" event to retrieve it. I doubt this helps much in C++, but it is easy as heck in VB.

12-05-2001, 04:01 PM	#43
Socrates Sage Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: West Hills, CA Posts: 1,529	I agree pro programmers would normally be able to do it faster. But I am concerned that prolific would do it any faster. They have a shippable product that they are making money on. Just getting prepayed customers the version 1.0 download is taking forever (in relation to how long it took one user on this board to solve the "problem"). I just wonder why Prolific will be real interested in spending it's own money on improving a part of the product that will make it better, but probably won't sell too many additional copies. Other than bug fixes that could cause them liability (like a security problem, etc.) or extras they can sell, I don't see Prolific moving real fast on anything. It's probably best if Jim takes the "ideal" setting panel, and then does something easier to implement that accomplishes many of the same things. ----- As for the programming stuff, I know squat about C++, but I made a drag and drop page in Visual Basic 5 last night that allowed fish to drop from one half to the other and back in about 2 hours. It's all about using two arrays of "PICTURE" objects in VB and then setting "DragDrop" parameter to 1. Then I used "MouseDown" to set a variable and the "DragDrop" event to retrieve it. I doubt this helps much in C++, but it is easy as heck in VB. Bat rays? We don't need no stinking bat rays!