Tommy’s Tunes Software Status
I’m continuing to write this software and have just about completed the diagnostic program that I’ll run every time I turn on the laptop computers, to verify the presence of all the music files and check other essential; components of the system. So I’m very excited about that, and that will be just one more program I can add to my software suite for Tommy’s Tunes.
I learned how to get the XP-style controls to display in my application and lots of other tidbits about Microsoft Windows too. The progress bar control and the problem of how to make it scroll like a marquee particularly interested me. I know it can do this, because I’ve seen it in other XP wait-style dialog boxes such as what AutoPlay does while reading the songs on the music drives and so on. Something like this while starting services would be handy. There’s still much more to master. It’s daunting, that’s true. But it keeps me busy, and so I’m never bored. I plan today on continuing its development.
Tom Hesley