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(...) ... (...) One basic difference between TrackDraw and Track Designer is that TrackDraw uses vector-based graphics; Track Designer uses bitmaps. With vector graphics, the drawing can be scaled arbitrarily large, and can be easily transcoded as (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hehe, looks like I'll go out in my garden and dig a hole for my LTrax project. :) /Tore (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I looked at the presentation on the replacement for Track Designer. You did not explain why a replacement is need or what extra facilities it will have. One of the advantages will be that the code will be available to enhancements can be made. (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Don Heyse wrote: ... (...) In short, it's an application platform written for Windows. TrackDraw itself is just a self-contained executable. Unlike traditional Windows applications, it doesn't touch the registry. (...) No, but (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) If you're willing to spend the hours and hours and hours required to write the project, use whatever you want! Otherwise, you have the choice of using the tool that Cary is working on, or not... I'm not a fan of Microsoft by any means, but I (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) OK sorry for posting my negative post about .NET and MICRO$$$$$$$OSFT I just don't understand why I was forced to do all my LEGO videos in MPG just to make happy some idiots "linux and mac users" and why I find that all lugnet cad are (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Fantastic news. Thanks for all the hardwork. I am really looking forward to this. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) Cool, new code! I'll have to go easy on the Microsoft bashing for a little while. By the way, what is .Net anyhow? I thought it was the latest name for SOAP (perhaps that explains the XML). And hey, since TrackDraw seems to import and export (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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"Eduardo" <eduvazhar@telefonica.net> wrote in message news:HJ8vDK.1zBC@lugnet.com... (...) six months (...) little about (...) (URL) > (...) need to (...) haven't (...) That's pretty harsh. If you don't like it, don't use it. Write your own (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Having been one of the more vocal MS bashers around here, let me say that you should never feel the need to apologize for releasing free software to people. You have obviously put a lot of thought and effort into writing a new utility, and you (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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<snip> (...) There's absolutely nothing wrong with .net, other than the MS haters don't like it and there are more .net apps out there than you think. As someone else has already mentioned, most of the .net framework is built in to XP and even if (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) ... (...) ... I work for Microsoft. Although I am writing TrackDraw for fun, it is helpful in my work job to gain more experience with XML and .NET. I understand Microsoft offends some people. I apologize. (...) ... Track Designer is a pretty (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) ... (...) I've heard about Linux-based versions of .NET, but I don't have any personal experience with them. It may be very reasonable to port to Linux -- I think the largest stumbling block will be an accurate port of GDI+, the 2D drawing (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Dude, This might be an English as a second language issue but there is a right way and a wrong way to criticise someone about their work. Your way was definately the wrong way -Orion (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I wonder if you would feel the same when it was programmed in Java, which needs a Java Virtual Machine installation first. .Net is perfectly acceptable IMHO. I guess it's more an anti Microsoft thing than anything else (the $ is a good hint (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) There is nothing wrong with using .NET, and most of the "crap" you refer to is already present in Windows XP. I've developed many .NET programs and they all work well and my clients are all happy with the way .NET works on their systems. (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Why you did it in MICRO$OFT .NET now if we want to use your program we need to install 30mb of crap .NET anyway your program is the 1st ine to use it I haven't seen any yet apart from MICRO$OFT LONGHORN a.k.a next windows in 2005 (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I noticed you're using .Net So it might actually work on Linux boxes since the Framework is also available for Linux. See: (URL) for more info about a .Net framework implementation. -Frank (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Another solution is to leave things alone, but change the applications palette to suit the user's taste. Color is tricky. (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I've been working on TrackDraw, a replacement for Track Designer, for six months or so. I'll talk about it at BrickFest on Saturday. You can read a little about it, and see the BrickFest PowerPoint slides here: (URL) not ready to release the program (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.cad.dev) !
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