Archive for January, 2008

16 Jan

Drawing text on desktop

Using this simple trick, you can write any text right on Windows desktop. You can choose text color, transparency, position…

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06 Jan

Own items in application system menu

When you rightclick application title bar (or leftclick icon on title bar), the system menu will appear. Here are common commands to close, minimize or maximize window. But you can add your own commands if you like. Here is how.

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06 Jan

Right justify a main menu item

If you use standard main menu component, all items are usually on the left side of the window and there is not much you can do about it using Object Inspector. Here is a little trick to move one main menu item on the right side while the rest remains on the left side. It’s [...]

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01 Jan

CRC32 (Cyclic Redundency Check)

One of the most effective method to check if the file is ok is to calculate CRC32 checksum and compare it with previously saved value. Using CRC check, you can also compare two files, verify downloaded files etc…

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