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Mnemonix
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Posted: 12th Sep 2006 02:36 Edited at: 12th Sep 2006 02:37
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I have produced a small utility that can be useful when using colors in DBP. It has a collection of nice colors which you can choose from and it will create you a .DBA file that you can include with your project and reference the colors by name rather than by number. It also gives you the option to make a set of color charts to go with your .dba so you can easily find the color you want.

Here is an example color card:



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Mnemonix
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Posted: 12th Sep 2006 02:38
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Oh, I also need to upload the actual application...


Comments and suggestions welcome. I have a feeling this could turn into a very useful utility.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 12th Sep 2006 02:38
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I don't have that same feeling.



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Posted: 12th Sep 2006 02:39
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Thats not a very helpful comment.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 12th Sep 2006 02:42 Edited at: 12th Sep 2006 02:51
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Actually I've just downloaded it and realised it is pretty neat. HOWEVER, I would prefer you made it export constants rather than globals. Other than that, good work, it's one of your programs I may actually use.

I would like to extend my kind post with a suggestion. Make it so it can export names like COLOR_1, COLOR_2, so you don't have to actually remember the names of the colours. Also, this way if someone wants to change the colorscheme in their application, they don't have to go through all their code replacing the colour names. It makes sense.

And.. precalculate the values if you change to exporting constants instead of globals.

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Posted: 12th Sep 2006 03:04
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Im having a bit of trouble getting the constants code to work.

I will include an option to export numbered variable names as per your example above and also the ability to export all of the colors into a simple array, for reference by number

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Posted: 12th Sep 2006 03:15
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Quote: "Im having a bit of trouble getting the constants code to work."

If the only problem is the reserved word problem then prefix the colors with COLOR_ which I personally do anyway. Or allow users to specify their own prefix/suffix. An options file is starting to sound like a good idea.

Quote: "also the ability to export all of the colors into a simple array, for reference by number"

Ah kind of like a pallete system then? That would be good.

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Posted: 25th Sep 2006 06:49
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hmmm, some old BASIC pallette manipulation anyone?

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