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Your first, otherwise you would not ask.
Learn docking.
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Doesn't require an engine. Just requires you to learn.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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For many controls TableLayoutPanel(s) are good, for a small number of controls Splitcontainer(s) are better.
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so far this TabLayoutPanel is my only choice.
I play around with it: it can add more rows in run-time, so it basically fits my needs.
diligent hands rule....
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If you're not using Visual Studio already, download the Visual Studio Community edition.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Remember "A Whiter Shade Of Pale"?
Yes, an absolute classic.
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Sad R.I.P.
I loved the song "Whiter Shade of Pale" but it's the only one I remember.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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Gary Brooker was the pianist. The organist on that track was Matthew Fisher, and they composed it together. They did a great live album with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.
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I was like 7 when that song came out, gave me the creeps for some reason.
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I have to admire those of you who continue to look at and respond to those posts. Five minutes was all I could take.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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Try QA, it's even more fun.
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Then Java is not your cup of tea
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I reactivated the widget button on my Windows 11 machine, since it's now away from the all the button and also nicely display the weather.
Apart from that, every now and then, I keep wondering what are those widgets good for?
All I know is that I click on it and it display weather details and tons of useless boring click bait headlines... (going to sites with barely any content and lots of ads....)
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Wait another six months. MS will decide widgets are a security threat again, and remove them.
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Super Lloyd wrote: I keep wondering what are those widgets good for?
Super Lloyd wrote: tons of useless boring click bait headlines... (going to sites with barely any content and lots of ads....)
I believe you've answered your own question.
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I want to upgrade some hardware and one of my requirements is to include a panel mounted touch screen PC for the machine control. Such PC's are advertised as just a base unit and one with 4Gb of Ram and an Atom processor costs over £800. If I want something with a more powerful processor there is a huge price hike and they start at £1800 - both options include Windows 10 IOT in the price.
I see there are quite a few single board Windows PC's such as the SEEED Odyssey with Windows 10 Pro [^] costing approx £210 or a Latte Panda with Windows 10 Home[^] at £109. (Amazingly, both of these PC's also include an embedded Arduino with all of its I/O but I don't need this).
On paper either would do the job and I am considering giving them a try and see what the pitfalls are.
I am thinking that as Windows 10 IOT is specific for machine control and Edge devices I should install that instead of the supplied W10 Pro or Home. It has to be Windows OS and sadly the new Raspberry Pi's no longer offer Windows as an OS.
Has anyone been down the route and if so have you any comments on either the hardware or which OS to use?
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Raspberry Pi?
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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It has to be Windows as the software already exists and the Pi 4 does not support Windows as did the Pi 3
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Yeah after I posted I investigated the Oddessy(sp) and it has a lot more to offer than the Pi.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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I have a Pi 4 and running Windows 10 for the past 6 months without any problems.
To get Windows 10 on there was a lot of work.
Downloading the ISO, up-packing it, removing incompatible parts, etc.
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Thanks very much .
It is an issue because it is not officially supported so I cannot expect a service technician to re-install it if necessary.
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The Micro-SD cards are so cheap, you can have several setups with Windows and the apps you need.
Just make sure you have backups of your data.
Mine has been running for over 6 months, never a crash.
I still have 2 spares.
Just don't expect the same performance as a 'real' PC.
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Is there any reason you can't use a PI3? The PI4 has more horsepower and memory, but unless you specifically need that, a PI3 may work.
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I had considered that but in my mind the Pi3 is on its way to being yesterdays product.
I am surprised to see that some of the systems we put in 25 years ago are still in regular use and spares are still being ordered so I am reluctant to put in something that may be obsolete in the near future. Hence the consideration of a generic PC platform and (rather foolishly maybe) an OS that will have a few years of support
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