by JasonMc » Sat Sep 18, 2010 1:24 am
Incidentally, the XP version has its own glitches (i.e. video support, .gif animation issues, and transparency issues with most effects), which makes it untenable for my company.
As I mentioned in another topic, I switched my work to Visual Basic Express 2010. It is far easier than one might think (especially if you have an understanding of vbscript,) and the results are amazing! Not to mention, you can build for literally any version of Windows, including their mobile devices.
Visual Basic Express 2010 is free. The only difference between that and the expensive pro version is the templates available.
If anyone is interested, check out James Foxall's "Teach Yourself Visual Basic in 24 Hours." Excellent course. I now know all the basics, and the rest I am learning through experimentation, help documentation, and a visual basic programmer's forum.
So far, I've been able to duplicate the "hotspot" effect by using the Picture Box tool (transparent by default). If you have the creativity, it is literally possible to do anything with VB. I'm taking some of the AM plugin concepts and carrying them over to my code. Most of them are rather portable, once the syntax is changed from VBScript to VB (a very small jump).
BTW, we might want to grab all of our codes, plugins, and tutorials off of here and save them, because if AM is discontinued instead of updating it (rather possible, considering how long we've been waiting...), the forum would end up going down with it.
-Jason McDonald
Manager, Programmer
MousePaw Games
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