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Re: [OT] Possible bulk buy on 128 by 64 graphic displays with touch screen



> I think the language of choice can be left up to you. My choice of VB6
 is
> mainly because it is simple to follow and use and I have the compiler
etc.
> This is not however a simple program to read and is Windows based. I
think
> I am using something like six 2, 3 and 4 dimensional arrays to keep
track
> of designing a screen and this is only a small part of the project. I
am
> up to nearly 6000 lines of code which is a little frightening.
With liberal comments, I hope ;-)

> I suspect there would need to be a GUI as folks would want  a
graphical
> way of designing the screen.
I could do with suggestions for what the thing would do, how people would
want to use it.
I guess I should take a close look at prontoEdit as an example, not that I
know whether
people *like* it.

> It may be possible to share my current VB
> tool as I save all the setup data into an Access database. Entire menu
> systems are stored this way with hundreds of screens (subject to
memory).
> For the most part I use byte arrays as the micro works in bytes and it
> saves a lot of hassle later.
Makes sense.

> Where are you based in the country?
Half way between Oxford and Reading. Where are you?

Paul




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