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#101 2011-02-20 15:00:44

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

This is really good!  big_smile
I'm posting from it.


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#102 2011-02-20 15:03:48

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

thebuilderdd wrote:

LS97 wrote:

fire219 wrote:

i will check it out, when i am at my computer. i am on the road, on my DSi, using Verizon Wireless Tether.

Wait... what's Verizon WL Tehther?

A thing that's USB and it will connect to a cell phone tower (or satellite) and give you wifi! But I don't think they make them for dsi...

So is it WiFi or GPRS/3G/E/etc?
And do you have to pay for it as you go, do you have a monthly subscription, or is it free?

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#103 2011-02-20 15:04:36

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

I've forgotten I'm using Windows at all!  big_smile
It looks nicer, but is quite slow.


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#104 2011-02-20 15:08:08

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

TheSuccessor wrote:

This is really good!  big_smile
I'm posting from it.

Thanks!  big_smile
No suggestions for me?  sad   tongue

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#105 2011-02-20 15:13:05

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

TheSuccessor wrote:

I've forgotten I'm using Windows at all!  big_smile
It looks nicer, but is quite slow.

I know, that's the main problem about it. Windows takes up so much space for itself and leaves so little space for me..  tongue
Something you can try, however, is to open up the task manager and set the SS_Crystal.exe process to a high priority (right click, set priority). That should reduce lag only so slightly!  smile

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#106 2011-02-20 15:34:46

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

LS97 wrote:

thebuilderdd wrote:

LS97 wrote:


Wait... what's Verizon WL Tehther?

A thing that's USB and it will connect to a cell phone tower (or satellite) and give you wifi! But I don't think they make them for dsi...

So is it WiFi or GPRS/3G/E/etc?
And do you have to pay for it as you go, do you have a monthly subscription, or is it free?

No, it is not what thebuilderdd said. In this case, it is my dad's rooted Droid X sharing it's data/internet connection, and functioning as a Wi-Fi hotspot.


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#107 2011-02-20 15:36:48

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

How do you get a window to take up the entire screen using VB?
Also, I can add a SilviSoft executable as a new program. How can I develop these?


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#108 2011-02-20 15:46:18

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

fire219 wrote:

LS97 wrote:

thebuilderdd wrote:


A thing that's USB and it will connect to a cell phone tower (or satellite) and give you wifi! But I don't think they make them for dsi...

So is it WiFi or GPRS/3G/E/etc?
And do you have to pay for it as you go, do you have a monthly subscription, or is it free?

No, it is not what thebuilderdd said. In this case, it is my dad's rooted Droid X sharing it's data/internet connection, and functioning as a Wi-Fi hotspot.

That's a method, because one time I went to the beach and there was no wifi, so we connected my dad's blackberry, now they make you pay $.  sad

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#109 2011-02-20 15:48:11

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

LS97 wrote:

thebuilderdd wrote:

LS97 wrote:


Wait... what's Verizon WL Tehther?

A thing that's USB and it will connect to a cell phone tower (or satellite) and give you wifi! But I don't think they make them for dsi...

So is it WiFi or GPRS/3G/E/etc?
And do you have to pay for it as you go, do you have a monthly subscription, or is it free?

I don't know about question 1, but there is a monthly or a yearly subscription.

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#110 2011-02-21 11:47:32

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

TheSuccessor wrote:

How do you get a window to take up the entire screen using VB?
Also, I can add a SilviSoft executable as a new program. How can I develop these?

To get a fullscreen window (assuming you're using VB.NET), you have to change the following properties in the Form:

FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None
WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized

If you want your fullscreen window to stay on top of other Windows, set
TopMost = True
This means that you can't have external programs running on top of it though, so I don't recommend it.

As for the SilviSoft Executable, in Crystal it's just a placeholder for either
a) an update to SS Crystal where a program interpreter will be included, or
b) SilviSoft Firedust, which will definitely include some kind of language! Don't get your hopes high, but it might implement a sort of block-based IDE like Scratch (And Chrome OS). This is because Firedust is designed to be a Shell OS for people which really hate all these useless options in Windows (which I personally like  tongue ) and want a simple, easy-to-use environment.

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#111 2011-02-21 14:14:20

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

LS97 wrote:

TheSuccessor wrote:

How do you get a window to take up the entire screen using VB?
Also, I can add a SilviSoft executable as a new program. How can I develop these?

To get a fullscreen window (assuming you're using VB.NET), you have to change the following properties in the Form:

FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None
WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized

If you want your fullscreen window to stay on top of other Windows, set
TopMost = True
This means that you can't have external programs running on top of it though, so I don't recommend it.

Thanks! I've always wanted to know how to do that. I have Visual C#, and I don't know whether it's .NET, but it still works.  big_smile

As for the SilviSoft Executable, in Crystal it's just a placeholder for either
a) an update to SS Crystal where a program interpreter will be included, or
b) SilviSoft Firedust, which will definitely include some kind of language! Don't get your hopes high, but it might implement a sort of block-based IDE like Scratch (And Chrome OS). This is because Firedust is designed to be a Shell OS for people which really hate all these useless options in Windows (which I personally like  tongue ) and want a simple, easy-to-use environment.
Cool! I'm working on an editor in C# for my new programming language, Whistle. Maybe I could make it so it can export executables for your OS!

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#112 2011-02-21 15:34:30

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

TheSuccessor wrote:

LS97 wrote:

As for the SilviSoft Executable, in Crystal it's just a placeholder for either
a) an update to SS Crystal where a program interpreter will be included, or
b) SilviSoft Firedust, which will definitely include some kind of language! Don't get your hopes high, but it might implement a sort of block-based IDE like Scratch (And Chrome OS). This is because Firedust is designed to be a Shell OS for people which really hate all these useless options in Windows (which I personally like :P) and want a simple, easy-to-use environment.

Cool! I'm working on an editor in C# for my new programming language, Whistle. Maybe I could make it so it can export executables for your OS!

That would be really great! We could discuss that more in detail... Skype/Hamachi?
I would be very glad if we could manage that. Shouldn't be too hard...

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#113 2011-02-21 16:13:15

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

LS97 wrote:

TheSuccessor wrote:

LS97 wrote:

As for the SilviSoft Executable, in Crystal it's just a placeholder for either
a) an update to SS Crystal where a program interpreter will be included, or
b) SilviSoft Firedust, which will definitely include some kind of language! Don't get your hopes high, but it might implement a sort of block-based IDE like Scratch (And Chrome OS). This is because Firedust is designed to be a Shell OS for people which really hate all these useless options in Windows (which I personally like  tongue ) and want a simple, easy-to-use environment.

Cool! I'm working on an editor in C# for my new programming language, Whistle. Maybe I could make it so it can export executables for your OS!

That would be really great! We could discuss that more in detail... Skype/Hamachi?
I would be very glad if we could manage that. Shouldn't be too hard...

Can i make raw exectutables  in VB .net 2010 for that?

Since, after all, they are the same language?


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#114 2011-02-22 11:01:54

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

bbbeb wrote:

LS97 wrote:

TheSuccessor wrote:


Cool! I'm working on an editor in C# for my new programming language, Whistle. Maybe I could make it so it can export executables for your OS!

That would be really great! We could discuss that more in detail... Skype/Hamachi?
I would be very glad if we could manage that. Shouldn't be too hard...

Can i make raw exectutables  in VB .net 2010 for that?

Since, after all, they are the same language?

No, it doesn't work like that. VB had no tools whatsoever to interpet VB code on the spot and I am using a different language anyway, a brand new one.

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#115 2011-03-09 15:32:31

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

Uh, bump.

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#116 2011-03-09 17:11:08

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

LS97 wrote:

bbbeb wrote:

LS97 wrote:


That would be really great! We could discuss that more in detail... Skype/Hamachi?
I would be very glad if we could manage that. Shouldn't be too hard...

Can i make raw exectutables  in VB .net 2010 for that?

Since, after all, they are the same language?

No, it doesn't work like that. VB had no tools whatsoever to interpet VB code on the spot and I am using a different language anyway, a brand new one.

C# 2011?

SMALLTALK?  tongue

What is this language you speak of?


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#117 2011-03-10 15:06:21

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

bump

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#118 2011-03-10 15:08:16

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

bbbeb wrote:

LS97 wrote:

bbbeb wrote:


Can i make raw exectutables  in VB .net 2010 for that?

Since, after all, they are the same language?

No, it doesn't work like that. VB had no tools whatsoever to interpet VB code on the spot and I am using a different language anyway, a brand new one.

C# 2011?

SMALLTALK?  tongue

What is this language you speak of?

Scratch 2.0  big_smile

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#119 2011-03-10 15:09:55

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

LS97 wrote:

bbbeb wrote:

LS97 wrote:


No, it doesn't work like that. VB had no tools whatsoever to interpet VB code on the spot and I am using a different language anyway, a brand new one.

C# 2011?

SMALLTALK?  tongue

What is this language you speak of?

Scratch 2.0  big_smile

LOL. can you do that?!?!?

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#121 2011-03-10 15:38:02

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

00000000


Hey.  It's me SSSS, back from the dead!  smile

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#123 2011-03-10 16:11:07

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

ProgrammingFreak wrote:

LS97 wrote:

bbbeb wrote:


C# 2011?

SMALLTALK?  tongue

What is this language you speak of?

Scratch 2.0  big_smile

LOL. can you do that?!?!?

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#124 2011-03-10 21:53:19

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

Cant update i get a error that the server may be down

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#125 2011-03-11 16:01:10

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Re: My new OS, this time in VB! SS_Crystal

Max4344 wrote:

Cant update i get a error that the server may be down

Ouch. That's been happening too often lately... I'll need to change my installation wizard for firedust!

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