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 Published by Alexander G. M. Smith
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 Date Posted:   January 10th, 2001
 Last Updated:   January 10th, 2001
 License: Public Domain
 Downloads: 1,046 total; 1 recently
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About FastCounter:
A nifty time-lapse fade effect digital counter in a window. It just counts, but looks nice.

An example of fast animation using a backing storage bitmap, and a separate thread for timing (used to use Pulse, leaving behind some confusingly named functions, no longer used for the standard Pulse message), and alpha blending for a nice fade-out effect. For fun, try resizing the window while it is running.

By AGMS, July 2000. Public domain and not called AGMSFastCounter since it's just a hack.

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Details about this version:
1.0 is the release version of this hack, it uses a separate thread for fast and accurate timing. There was a previous one that used Pulse messages, but 10 updates per second (the max from the Pulse facility) was too slow.

 
Intel Version - requires R5   (63 KB) 927 downloads
 
 
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PowerPC Version - requires R5   (27 KB) 119 downloads
 
 
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Recent Talkback comments:
  • Simple and kinda weird...but interesting. - brian68
  • A good example, but it will never get reviewed! - Alexander G M Smith

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