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Windows Magnifier - SMcNeill - 12-12-2022 Code: (Select All) Type POINTAPI Ever have a screen where everything is just too small to read? Or maybe it's one where you wish you could easily zoom out on so you could see how it'd look on a higher resolution device? Ever wish QB64-PE could solve the problem for you? WELL, NOW IT CAN!! Presenting the one and only, limited time offer, for only three easy payments of $49.97, Windows Magnifier! IT MAKES THINGS BIGGER! it can make things smaller. It can make your wife yell, "WOWZERS!!", when you step out of the shower and she sees you on your bathroom security cam! Just buy now and pay later, and you can have the power of CONTRL-M in the palm of your hands!! and what's control-m, you ask? WHY IT'S NOTHING LESS THAN THE MARVELOUS, AMAZING, STUPENDIOUS, ASTOUNDING HOTKEY TO YOUR OWN WINDOWS MAGNIFIER!! Written completely in QB64-PE! Zoom in with CONTROL-PLUS. Zoom out with CONTROL-MINUS. Position it wherever you want with CONTROL-P, and then when you're done, you can CTRL-Q to QUIT it! I'm the Ghost of Milly Hay Bayes, and I approve this product 100%!!! RE: Windows Magnifier - bplus - 12-12-2022 Ah so we can tell a gator from a bird RE: Windows Magnifier - OldMoses - 12-12-2022 I couldn't get it to display a round magnifier. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. It shows a jumble of magnifications in a square screen, which I'm assuming should be hidden... I did something similar at: https://qb64phoenix.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=741 That one grew out of an old riflescope effect I wrote while playing with _PUTIMAGE. RE: Windows Magnifier - SMcNeill - 12-12-2022 (12-12-2022, 12:49 PM)OldMoses Wrote: I couldn't get it to display a round magnifier. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. It shows a jumble of magnifications in a square screen, which I'm assuming should be hidden... What OS are you using. I didn't think to check for what releases the commands worked with. It may be your OS doesn't support the circle routine. RE: Windows Magnifier - Dav - 12-12-2022 Nice. It's bigger than mine was that's for sure. And your sales pitch is way better. I'm getting the square too, using Windows 7 32-bit. Petr made a version here that uses no API's but _MAPTRIANGLE, however I don't think it's Linux friendly because of _SCREENIMAGE. Still cool though. - Dav RE: Windows Magnifier - SMcNeill - 12-12-2022 (12-12-2022, 01:06 PM)Dav Wrote: Nice. It's bigger than mine was that's for sure. And your sales pitch is way better. I'm getting the square too, using Windows 7 32-bit. That's it then. I went and looked up the requirements. At the bottom of the list is: [quote] ext-ms-win-ntuser-draw-l1-1-0 (introduced in Windows 8)[\quote] So it's Windows 8 and above, for the SetWindowRgn function -- and it's the one making our circle. Kind of odd how it still compiles and doesn't error out with a "Function not found" type statement, though. RE: Windows Magnifier - Pete - 12-12-2022 I go the other route. Instead of Windows Magnifier, I wear Google glasses. My wife likes them, too. Oh, shes says they look stupid as hell, but she really appreciates the auto-complete function. Magnification 10 Mr. Sulu! Works better on my 1278 x 768 resolution at that setting. Did you consider trying this out with the app running as a transparent window? Press Esc to quit. Change level to 200 on another run to see that there is really something covering your screen. Code: (Select All) CONST HWND_TOPMOST%& = -1 I imagine the two would play well together, and that way your magnifier window isn't part of the desktop. Pete RE: Windows Magnifier - vince - 12-13-2022 I don't trust Steve with a monocular RE: Windows Magnifier - Pete - 12-13-2022 I scope you're kidding. Pete RE: Windows Magnifier - grymmjack - 12-27-2022 (12-12-2022, 09:24 AM)SMcNeill Wrote: This is rad! I've longed for a magnifier that actually didn't try to smooth the jaggies. All the ones I've found (including Glassbrick, which I paid for on GumRoad), have this 'smoothing' antialiasing nonsense hard coded into them. This one is just what the doctor ordered. Is there a way to keep it on top? Also - is the first post the latest version? I'm new to these parts and not sure what the protocol is or if you guys modify the OP source with iterations, etc. if they evolve in thread? |