Comments by DarkTyranno (Top 26 by date)

I don't know if I need to use 2 forms, but for me it was the easiest way to make the lights semi-tranparent.I have form2 with background picture 'lights only' and Opacity xx% and my form1 (mainform) with the flying car and Opacity 100% + all controls. Don't know if there is an easy way that will get the same result yet using Winforms, so if anyone knows, that would be cool.

If I use 1 form, it will mean that my whole image will be semi-transparent right?
Using TransparencyKey means removing that color, I just want to look through specific parts of the picture as you can see on my demo picture in the question link.
You can see that I already removed the borders as well ;)

It sounds hard. I'm working with C# for just some weeks, so I don't really get how to do that. But the idea sounds great, I can try to do some research for this option. Maybe some other options will appear, I go try it.

Yes, ReadOnly = True and Enabled must be True, because disabling the richTextBox prevents some custom settings to work.
I know it's not the regular setting for applications, but I make a NFO Viewer which I put with releases. I just want to view the text as ending credits in a movie. I don't get why people often hammer on others who want to use settings that are abnormal. This is no real application which end users have to install and use, it's just a standalone executable which reads the file. Please refer to my project in question if you want to get why I want to use these settings ;)

No one interested in helping me out with this? :(

I may have the solution, as you said to change the encoding in the resource file itself, I don't need to read the file again (String doesn't support .ReadToEnd()?) and encode it again. I've tried what I did before:

string file_name = Properties.Resources.DARTY;
richTextBox1.Text = file_name;

and got rid of:
System.Text.Encoding encoding = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding(437);
System.IO.StreamReader file = new System.IO.StreamReader(file_name, encoding);
richTextBox1.Text = file.ReadToEnd();
file.Close();

Now suddenly the text appears! :D

So as a summary:
Add the nfo-file to resources using the Resources tab of Project Properties;
View detailed mode and change the FileType and Encoding of the added Resource nfo-file.
Call it using Properties.Resources.FileName;

No need to convert or read. Thanks for the steps that I needed to get this working, now I can go figure how to add .it music to resources as well ;)

In that situation I still deliver the file with my application, which means users have to put it in specified location and run the program. I want to melt it together with my application, but nothing appears after I've added it in my project as a resource. Hope other people will have a look into this, I'll try some more in the meantime ;)

That step did work to change that value, it seems you don't get all options when you select the properties of the file in the Resource folder. I had thumbnail view, but detailed view gave more properties. I changed to Text and the encoding to 437.
Now I still have the problem of no file showing up when I try to call the resource... Any idea?

I don't exactly get what I need to do...
Where do I have to change setting Binary to Text? Which dropdown?

I got some answers, but still have to try them out somehow.
I got this:

"Try loading the resource into a memory array. Then you can easily play it using AddSoundSourceFromMemory(). If you are able to IOStream from your resource, you could also use AddSoundSourceFromIOStream, which might be even easier."

And:
"he string you need to give to play2D is usually a filename, but if you add your sound using a custom sound source, you can use the name of the sound source you used.
About how to get the IOStream from your resource: That's up to you."

I don't want to play from memory, this will generate 100's of lines of code, which I have to create using some software to make code from music files.. -.-
I'm interested in the IOStream, but I didn't have the chance to get any simple thing working from resource, so don't know the format. Still trying out when I have the time.

I've tried something like it, to directly call the track from source with the name and looping to true, now I tried your suggestion too, both didn't work, no sound...
It's getting very late, I'll try the irrKlang community soon then. I'll keep you posted!

I saw I could use the option 'include in project' from the resource folder, but it didn't make any difference. Maybe you're right, I go ask the admin of irrKlang about using it as a resource, maybe they can help me out. Thanks for the efforts, if there are no other options, I have to deliver the music with the executable.

What do I have to place for Resources.'test'?
I have small options and I chose the track from resource without extension.
Does it really read the last argument (the string file?)
I can fill it with whatever I want, no errors, but no sound as well...

Thanks, that would help me a lot. I have to go dinner and work now, try more tomorrow.

oh no, I used source as the first argument.

IrrKlang.ISoundSource source = engine.AddSoundSourceFromMemory(Properties.Resources.Xaser_Aeolus, "Xaser_Aeolus");
engine.play2D(source, false, false, true);
engine.Play2D("C:\\Test\\Xaser-Aeolus.it", true);
The play2D that tries to get the source gives the error for play2D I mentioned before, the last line works as it is now, but means I have to load the file from a location. I want to build it in the project. Any id?

MemoryStream can't be found, and in the first case, if I create the engine, add the source, all is okay.
When I try to put the source in the play2D, then it marks play2D with error:

Error 2 'IrrKlang.ISoundEngine' does not contain a definition for 'play2D' and no extension method 'play2D' accepting a first argument of type 'IrrKlang.ISoundEngine' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

It almost seems to work, but I'm still not there yet.
Default path (string) works, but when I try to add the resource in the engine, either way play2D doesn't support it.

Still one big questionmark for me...
I tried StreamMode myStreamInResource = Properties.Resources.Xaser_Aeolus;
Where the error was:
Error 1 Cannot implicitly convert type 'byte[]' to 'IrrKlang.StreamMode'

this means StreamMode belongs to my music player and I still can't use my song from the resources, now what?
I've never used open files or stream or anything related to resources, so can you try to code it correctly for me?

I have different dll's that came with the music player, it's build for all .NET variants and also for other scripting languages. I'm wondering if that can cause the problem I have, that I'm not able to switch from .NET dll... if I do, the music player options will be marked as unknown etc. Maybe I have to build my apps from scratch, if it can be converted to an older .NET version. This should be the troublemaker of my apps not running on other machines I think. I made such great progress, till I found out I can't run it on any other computer... -.-

I don't really get how it works.
I have imported a dll file for .NET 4 which came with the music player, but it had .NET 1.1 and 2.0 too. But I tried to change to those today, it got me a lot of errors.. :/
I also can't just add the installer file for .NET 4 with my exe somehow?

Okay, this is something I need to figure out (tried something like this before, but couldn't get it to work)
How can I acces an .it file, which I have to add as 'other'?
It's music, but no default music extension...
I can't use image Musictrack = ... .nameoffile, as it can't draw that file, but I can't replace image with whatever I want. What do I need to use when I want to access that file for instance?

The problem is, even if I install .NET 4 manually and apply all Windows updates for it, it still won't run... My laptop is the only thing that seems to be able to run it...
And a setup... I don't want to put those things on the client pc's. Even if I have to, I don't want to include all those dll's and .NET 4 in all my small apps every time (I have more versions which all require that of course). I want a standalone executable that just runs immediately and does its job.