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Work in Progress / MSDesign - (QuarkXPress from DBPro)

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MSon
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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 22:26 Edited at: 24th Mar 2007 15:38
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I'm fedup of only seeing people making games on DBPro so I thought I'd try making a Useful Application for a change so heres my Desktop Publisher

I Tried making it look more like QuarkXPress than Boring MSWord

Please post comments on any items you think are nessesary for a Useful Desktop Publish Programme

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http://forumfiles.thegamecreators.com/?i=1149710
Please list any problems, bugs or ideas on how to improve...
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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 22:28 Edited at: 19th Mar 2007 22:29
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Edit Mode, (Using Sprites as Layers)

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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 22:30 Edited at: 19th Mar 2007 22:30
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Preview Mode

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Roxas
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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 22:31
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Oh My god! Maybe this proves something to Cash Curtis II That dbpro can made apps if used correctly!! But still Cash Curtis II u are great!

Oh and this looks like MS Word! or was it that!?



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MSon
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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 22:36 Edited at: 19th Mar 2007 22:37
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Ho Yes, I still need to add the Data Window

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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 22:47
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Very, very nice!

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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 23:37
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Great work!

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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 23:46 Edited at: 20th Mar 2007 00:28
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Thanks for the nice comments, No Complaints, (Yet)

I've now added the Data Bar at the bottom, But it could still use some work to make the DataBar look better.

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Posted: 20th Mar 2007 01:11
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Hey, excellent looking so far

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MSon
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Posted: 20th Mar 2007 09:49 Edited at: 20th Mar 2007 09:50
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Here ya go, a Few changes, (The TabBar)
This will be the last update till tonight, (Got to go to work)

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Posted: 21st Mar 2007 01:36 Edited at: 21st Mar 2007 01:41
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Howdy!!!, One step closer to a demo...

Hopfully I can upload the Programme Tomorrow, Just need to fix a few bugs first

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Posted: 21st Mar 2007 02:06
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Still WOW!



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Posted: 21st Mar 2007 02:08 Edited at: 31st Mar 2007 20:31
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As well as doing a Standard Load & Save, I'm trying to make other Types Like:

Export Page As BMP


Dont think i can export to MSWord though

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Does it allow you to work with CYMK file formats?
Is there future implementation of a Pantone colourset?

It looks great to start with, but no GD would use it if its all in RGB, the colour correction components would be unsuitable for printing etc.

Dont get me wrong, kudos for giving it a go, but if there is no CYMK / Pantone /etc control its not viable for GD's

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Posted: 21st Mar 2007 10:38 Edited at: 21st Mar 2007 10:45
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The Full Metal Coder
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Indi
1 = I`m only making this for fun
2 = I dont know what "CYMK file Formats" Means
3 = I dont know what a "Pantone colourset" is
4 = I dont know what a GD is???????????????????

I know its not 100%, But its only 1 weeks work, (Between my day job)

At the moment to select a color im using a free DLL from DarkSide to open the Windows Color Selector, But I do want to make my own because the windows default one looks plain

The text works with Bold, Italic, Underline, StrikeThrough, Font Change & Size Changing, But only 1 style Per Layer, (Per Sprite)

Design a Map for 2DGames
There is Also another Tab which I need to add still for 2D Games giving options for sprites like Make Solid (For floors and walls), Make Movable, Make Collectable, Apply Gravity, Ect.

Once Ive added that you could use this to make the map for a 2D Platform Game, and simply load it in DBPro or Classic

I'm doing this bit to be compatable with a MetalSlug Platform Game i'm making
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Posted: 21st Mar 2007 17:22
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i think CYMK is color set like RGB? Am i right?



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Posted: 21st Mar 2007 20:10
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Enter your friendly mobile dictionary from stage left ...

CYMK is a colour-space, like RGB : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMYK_color_model

Pantone colours are a standardised set of colours : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantone

GD = Graphics Designer.

... exits to stage right to rapturous applause

For free Plug-ins and source code
http://www.matrix1.demon.co.uk
New Utility plugins collection
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Posted: 22nd Mar 2007 04:06
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thanks IanM, dont worry Mson I didnt realize it was for your game, I was assuming it was going to be for graphic designers and printed material.

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Posted: 24th Mar 2007 14:06 Edited at: 24th Mar 2007 15:47
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I Figure the app might aswell be multi-purpose because any "Document" I make in this I can just load in DBPro.
And i cant do that with Word, Quark, Ect

PS: DOWNLOAD HERE
http://forumfiles.thegamecreators.com/?i=1149710

Please list any problems, bugs or ideas on how to improve...

This is only a demo so a few items have been disabled as i've not finished them yet.

Edit: I've just wrote a quick list of things still do to...

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Posted: 25th Mar 2007 17:59 Edited at: 25th Mar 2007 18:03
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I have a question for any DBPro Wizards out there, Why is it sometimes the programme will load an image, And sometimes it simply says, "Unable to load image", then crashes?

Will this happen if I run low on memory because I know the filename is correct?

And if so is there anyway I can stop it from Crashing, say by checking first?

Ps: Customize the TitleBar for a Vista look in XP

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Posted: 25th Mar 2007 21:01
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If you have lots of code and you know everything is right on palpalp line.. The error could be in somewhere else.. Dbpro ide likes to give wrong lines and wrong error reports.. Code Sugre prevents this by well by 25% (i never got CS to report right the errors) anyways..



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Posted: 25th Mar 2007 21:19
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The load image problem is mostly due to an incorrectly renamed image file (changes extension by renamming only) and corrupt image files which could be caused by low memory if your program made the image and then tried to reload it. Short of manually parsing the file to see it the format is correct ... I don't think there is a way to tell before trying to load it.

Also CYMK support would not be that hard to add if you ever wanted to.

Looking great man, keep it up.

PS ... Actually you can use this:

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=76662&b=5

To catch your image loading error.

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Posted: 28th Mar 2007 15:18 Edited at: 28th Mar 2007 15:29
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Thanks guys, That CatchEndCatch DLL works a treat

Ho yes almost forgot to mention when I next post the App, Ill include the Load/Save, Examples and the code to load into DBPro, Maybe classic aswell

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As well as being a programmer, I also write technical documentation for my employer, a multinational packaging machinery manufacturer. My primary too-of-trade is Adobe InDesign, although I'm really starting to fall in love with Word 2007. It hasn't blinked once with the huge number of images I'm putting in a document, unlike Word <= 2003. Typically, I am overseeing the translation of my work into a dozen languages.

One thing I feel that is critically important in a DTP program is good cross-referencing - something that InDesign (and, as far as I know, Quark) are spectacularly inept at. Word, however, does a stellar job of cross-referencing.

Essentially, you have a picture or some other object placed on a page. You have text somewhere in the document that says "see the illustration on page xx". As pages are inserted and deleted, the xx reference updates with the current page number of the referenced object.

Another thing that is important is layers. A technical document needs multiple layers to put different languages on to.

Finally, make sure you have unicode support. I've been bitten once with Pagemaker over it's supposed unicode support, and it virtually required me to switch over to InDesign.

Good luck.

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Posted: 3rd Apr 2007 10:29 Edited at: 3rd Apr 2007 10:30
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It may be another week or 2 until I can add a full working version as i've made a few changes

Windows Default Menus, (Through System DLLs)
Plugins using DarkScript
Multipul Color Selectors
Set BackImgColorKey
Set Layer ColorKey

The following are a few events I've also added so you can control the befavore of a layer, (Uses DarkScript)
OnClick1
OnClick2
OnOver
NotOver
OnScreen
OffScreen


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Posted: 3rd Apr 2007 10:36
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There is also a Resolution Requirment of 1280,1024, For the reason of why see Attached Picture

Is this too much, (I use this Resolution), But I can reduce this a little if required to 1024x768

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