OT: One-color Lava Lamp

atari_eric · #1 March 26th, 2005, 04:00 AM

Put a one-second delay before it tests for a mouse press.
That should work.

IF you're testing for a mouse move, test to see if it has moved MORE that x pixels (x about 5 or 10), and not just if it moved at all.

NullAshton · #2 March 26th, 2005, 11:40 AM

I just had it to where if the program was sent a WM_MOUSEMOVE event, it posted the quit message.

The program uses SetTimer() in order to keep it at a steady pace. SetTimer() calls TimerProc() every 25 milliseconds to change the global color values.

This isn't that advanced, it just clears the screen in a slowly shifting color.

On another note, I never knew that all these people on these fourms programmed in C++...

kerensky · #3 March 27th, 2005, 06:24 PM

nifty..

Instar · #4 March 29th, 2005, 12:21 AM

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NullAshton said:
I just had it to where if the program was sent a WM_MOUSEMOVE event, it posted the quit message.

The program uses SetTimer() in order to keep it at a steady pace. SetTimer() calls TimerProc() every 25 milliseconds to change the global color values.

This isn't that advanced, it just clears the screen in a slowly shifting color.

On another note, I never knew that all these people on these fourms programmed in C++...

C++ is an easy language to get started with, so I'm sure people here know a bit. Most people here probably don't do programming as a job, I'd bet.
I'm a Java programmer at the moment, but my favorite language is by far C#. I also do C/C++, COBOL, FORTRAN, Perl, SQL, JCL, and things like HTML, Javascript, databases, web programming, XML, etc..
Yay programming.

NullAshton · #5 March 29th, 2005, 10:15 AM

C++ is easy? It's a whole lot harder than Visual Basic.

Fyron · #6 March 29th, 2005, 04:25 PM

Compared to languages like COBOL, FORTRAN, LISP, etc., C++ is quite easy to work with. A huge number of modern languages (Java, Python, C#, PHP, Delphi, etc.) are based off of C++, so you get the advantage of getting a head start on them as well...

NullAshton · #7 March 29th, 2005, 04:35 PM

C++ in concept is very simple. You set varibles, then do various operations on them with functions. In practice, however, it can get complex. The hardest part I believe is remembering the functions, as well as 'thinking' in C++. There are many functions to interact with the user, and those can be difficult to work with at times. Also, programming forces you to think in other directions than you're used to. It took a bit of work to get that program to cycle the colors. I had a varible that told the program what colors it needs to decrease or increase.

geoschmo · #8 March 29th, 2005, 05:23 PM

I just started a C++ class. Had my first class Monday. Yay me.

Slynky · #9 March 30th, 2005, 06:47 PM

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Imperator Fyron said:
Compared to languages like COBOL, FORTRAN, LISP, etc., C++ is quite easy to work with. A huge number of modern languages (Java, Python, C#, PHP, Delphi, etc.) are based off of C++, so you get the advantage of getting a head start on them as well...

I think I got ruined along the way somewhere. Started in Fortran IV, then Cobol, CICs Command level (MF stuff), JCL (and all that crap). Then began dabling in Basic on a Honeywell and then on an IBM PC. That evolved to Borland's Pascal and Clipper. Then, I got tired of languages and started messing with graphics. Now, all the object-oriented stuff confuses me. You know, old dog, new tricks (yada, yada, yada).