FastCounter Download

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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.


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.

Submitted On:

10 Jan 2001

Submitted By:

Karl vom Dorff (karl)

Submitted On:

10 Feb 2008

File Size:

61.55 Kb

Downloads:

44

License:

Public Domain

File Version:

1.0

File Author:

Alexander G. M. Smith

File HomePage:

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