The Blog Revisited - 5
By now I had jumped into using WinAPI function to the level I never imagined that I would get into… I always had some queries as how not to make rectangle forms etc that always got answer that can only happen on C++… was it totally true… NO that’s what I realized when dug into MSDN library and the answer was manipulating Device Context, the virtual device that we always write on to in Windows. For starting on it see WinAPI : Starting with Device Context
How do we make a form transparent, now doing it seemed like a child’s play. See it for yourself at WinAPI : Making Form Transparent or how to make it translucent at WinAPI : Making Forms Translucent.
Can you hide or show minimize or maximize button after a form has loaded. No if you are not using WinAPI functions. Modifying Minimize, Maximize buttons during runtime shows how to do it.
You might have tasted Mint with a hole… have you seen a form with a hole? See it here at Form With a Hole
While reading about different I came across various terminologies as
Characters, Glyphs and Fonts… how do they differ is what is discussed in the post.
What is Unicode know about it in Unicode Standard and what are the stuff like UTF-8 etc read it here at The Unicode Storage Issues
What is a timer control that we often use in developing applications that require some action to be performed at regular intervals? It is an implementation of a few WinAPI functions that instruct operating system to callback based on some condition. Learn about this and other WinAPI CallBack functions, Where’s TimerProc Function?, More WinAPI functions for CallBack
I have worked for years on computing in Hindi Language and my last effort was to create a generic program to convert text written in various non-unicode fonts into Unicode. The project did not finish but successfully implemented a few fonts including popular Shusha font. Learn about it in Shusha font to Unicode Conversion
WinAPI functions GetPiixel and SetPixel allows you get info on color present at a particular co-ordinate on a device context, or set the desired color. For details read WinAPI : SetPixel Function and
WinAPI : GetPixel Function
