CrySineWave » Programming

Startup Manager

matt — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:41:41 +0000

Here’s a simple startup manager for anyone trying to stop a program from running when their computer starts up.

In early development, it’s a pretty simple and straightforward program that allows the user to add and remove startup programs from the registry. There is also a feature allow the user to backup and restore that portion of the registry. It wont remove new entries when restoring backed up startup values, but it will restore starup values that were changed and values that were removed since the time of the backup.

Download Startup Manager

The Batch File (win32)

matt — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:00:58 +0000

Ancient and archaic, yet ever so simply useful. The batch file. With a virtually non-existent learning curve, these simple to write scripts can be a valuable for programmers most skill levels. If your lost, batch files (usually) end with the ‘.bat’ or ‘.cmd’ extension on Microsoft systems. They can handle the same commands you would enter in the command prompt (cmd.exe – 32bit; command.exe – 16bit). You can copy files, move them, add/delete reg key (CAREFUL!), search for strings in files. All the stuff to make an installer for that program you made!

md %TEMP%\thingy
COPY c:\thingy\*.* %TEMP%\thingy\
cd %temp%\thingy
START go.exe
REM This file will md the directory(folder) ‘thingy’ in the
REM system’s temp folder. Then Copy files to it and start ‘go.exe’

Really, there usefulness may lie in the simplicity in which they’re run, and the ease of writing one… oh, and they can, of course, call other batch files and run executables.

while your still interested… check it out! http://ss64.com/nt/

You really should check out autoexecuting zips and and winrar if your looking for easy ways to package your applications for easy installation.

Tweeaks.com

matt — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:24:33 +0000

Tweeaks, a site for web designers.
Tons of resources, tutorials, with an active online community.

Tweeaks Design

Tweeaks has daily posts, and an active online community of artists and web designer. If your not sure where to look for tutorials or resources you should definity check out this site.

Sprite Based Game Development

matt — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:06:39 +0000

If your looking for the right platform to make sprite based games (without having to have a degree in computer science) ‘Verge’ may be the engine for you.

Verge

It’s geared to sprite based game development (similar to games for SNES and Sega Genesis), specifically RPG’s, but can be used to create pretty much any type of game you would have seen in that era. There is some programming involved but the website has all the information you’ll need to get started.

Verge Engine

Example Game: Sully Chronicles