PsyCadelik LIVE

This will be my last post on this blog because I'm moving to a new home, at :

http://egrossinger.blogspot.com

So update your links and have a happy and productive new year!

Dear Windows Live users,

I CAN'T PM YOU BACK !

Two person messaged me but unfortunately, their Windows Live settings to receive messages are set to OFF (apparently automatic when you join.. wtf). So whoever's trying to reach me, either make sure your can receive replies or put your email in the message. (This is the last time I'll say it)

On another note, I've been working a lot on my Video Focus and Video Kiosk lately but no worries, the Terrain Editor and xWinForms are still alive. Although both (and my other sites) have been suffering from 404's for the past 2 days, the problem has been solved (called my ISP). Feels good to be back on the intertube!

The bug indexer has been fixed, sorry for any inconvenience. Apparently the apostrophe was causing a problem when sending the report..

xWinFormsLib has been updated to work with XNA 2.0 for those who requested it. Visit GameProjects.com to get the new version. The remaining bugs will be fixed as soon as possible.

Also I've started a new project, called VideoFocus, which is a greasemonkey script for Firefox users. The script is compatible with more than 30 video sharing sites. When viewing a video while using this script, everything on the page will be removed except for the video itself.

You can read a more detailed description and download this script here : http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/19701

Enjoy!

To chrische : I cannot reply to you, so in Windows Live, select Options, then Communication preferences and fix this entry : "Send messages to your Spaces inbox:"

Anyway, to answer your question as best as I can, you must have your background drawn first, and the form or formCollection last, after the base.draw from the game class if possible. Also, the drawOrder property of a form is only used to know when to draw it within the formCollection. I hope that helps.

To anyone else : The project will be updated to work with XNA 2.0 Beta as soon as possible, and I'll take some time to fix the remaining bugs as well. A DataGrid control will probably be added. If anyone has other ideas/suggestions, I'll be happy to take it/them into consideration.

xWinForms 1.3 has been release on GameProjects.com.
This new version includes a library DLL which you can use instead of adding the source to your project. It can be found in xWinFormsLib.

1.3 Updates :

xWinFormsLib.DLL created from xWinForms v1.3
Added Menu/Submenu mnemonics (key shortcuts)
Added Menu/Submenu keyboard control (alt, arrows, enter and escape)
Added Textbox multiline support (not editable, fixed line width)
Added TAB/Shift-TAB input to set focus on the next/previous control
Added CTRL-TAB input to set focus on the next form
Fixed Progressbar to use it's full length
Fixed Submenus (OnMouseOver open submenu)
Fixed Textbox input keys (added every symbols)

Known remaining bugs :
Slider doesn't slide yet.
Cannot load more than 2 layers of submenus from xml files.
User does not see which control is focused.
Textbox timer/cursor issue when the text is too long.
Minimized form positioning issue when more than 3 are minimized.
TextButton not merged with Button class yet.

Hopefully I will resolve all the remaining bugs in v1.4 and be able to focus my energy on other projects.