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Re: Help wanted from the programmers among the LUGNET group
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 18 Aug 2001 02:57:09 GMT
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"Gary Williams" <gwlego@gw.ro> wrote in message
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> "ludo soete" <ludo.soete@village.uunet.be> wrote in message
> news:GI8EzH.Gn0@lugnet.com...
> > I'm >> Trying << to write a ** SIMPLE ** VB (Visual Basic 5) utility to
> > resize the bitmaps from the LDRAW/VEC directory into pre-defined (HEIGHT • &
> > WIDTH) bitmaps to place on AVERY labels (3 sizes pre-defined : • J8160,J8159
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> > J8651 labels).
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> You have inspired me. I can produce a simple label printer by re-using • code
> I've already written for my Lego CAD application. The user would specify • a
> list of DAT files to use as input, then select a label sheet style, then • the
> program would render the parts onto device-independent bitmaps in memory • (at
> optimal resolution for the printer so that no stretching needs to be • done),
> then blit them directly to the printer. I don't think it would take me • more
> than a few hours to produce a working program, so I will work on it
tonight.
After watching a movie I returned home and wrote this application in about
an hour.
However the user interface needs work. I will clean it up a bit, then make
the program available for download sometime tomorrow. :)
-Gary
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