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post #101 of 192
5/25/05 at 1:43pm
Where does one normally find xpsutils.dll (aside from being bundled with your ZIP file I am guessing it is installed with QuickSet since this utility exercises control of the LED's)? And is there documentation for using this dll somewhere?
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post #102 of 192
5/25/05 at 1:52pm
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Originally Posted by anettis
Where does one normally find xpsutils.dll (aside from being bundled with your ZIP file I am guessing it is installed with QuickSet since this utility exercises control of the LED's)? And is there documentation for using this dll somewhere?
No it was made by Itzbitz and can be found earlier in this thread.
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post #103 of 192
5/25/05 at 1:54pm
Tride thats a lot of APIs to go through and i still cant see any example code for monitoring CPU usage. Could you just give me an example then i will be able to get the idea.
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post #104 of 192
5/25/05 at 2:41pm
You'd be better off looking at the modification of i8kfangui that was done for the xps2 in this forum. The program is open source and you can see how the values are read in there.
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post #105 of 192
5/25/05 at 2:45pm
i am not familiar with the Visual Basic too bad you guys using Visual Basic
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post #106 of 192
5/25/05 at 3:00pm
I use to use c++ but now tend to use c# and vb.net. vb.net is a big advance on the old visual basic, in fact under visual studio app written in VC++ C# and vb.net all generate the same intermediate code.
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post #107 of 192
5/25/05 at 3:03pm
SIRBA, extracting .NET code is very easy, tool i like is Reflector, you can protect your code if you need to. But not sure what you were trying to ask in your post.
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post #108 of 192
5/25/05 at 3:37pm
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Originally Posted by qualar
SIRBA, extracting .NET code is very easy, tool i like is Reflector, you can protect your code if you need to. But not sure what you were trying to ask in your post.
reflector is the one i hate doesn't work properly, actually there is no such thing as %100 decompilers anyways, just to give you ideas
i like the remotesoft's

they don't teach us at the school C# or VB how sad but only C++
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post #109 of 192
5/25/05 at 4:47pm
OK, thanks qualar. I don't believe I have the .net framework installed. Will installing the .net framework install any memory resident programs or otherwise slow my system down?

Thanks,

Mark
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post #110 of 192
5/25/05 at 4:51pm
No, infact windows update usually installs net framework for you. at some stage you will need the net framework anyway because a lot of new commercial apps will start using it.
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post #111 of 192
5/25/05 at 10:12pm
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Tride thats a lot of APIs to go through and i still cant see any example code for monitoring CPU usage.
Qualar, I found more detailed explanations and some code here:

http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/W-P/syst...cle.php/c2845/

... still no way of reading GPU temperature though
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post #112 of 192
5/25/05 at 10:22pm
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You'd be better off looking at the modification of i8kfangui that was done for the xps2 in this forum. The program is open source and you can see how the values are read in there.
They also read GPU temp ! Thanks for the link, I am going through the source code right now.
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post #113 of 192
5/25/05 at 10:32pm
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Qualar, to read GPU temp, the function 'readTemp' from file 'i8kfanctrl.cpp' is used (yet another DeviceIoControl call).

The call to retrieve GPU temp is in function 'readTempData' from file 'TempControl.cpp'. I do not yet have all the values for the DeviceIOControl call, but they should be easy to track.
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post #114 of 192
5/25/05 at 10:38pm
Thread Starter 
Ok, not that easy
It seems the program is itself installing a driver - which explains the DeviceIOCtrl - Well it might still be fine since we can simply access this driver for our apps.

However, the GPU temperature is not displayed on my XPS 2 ... ITZBITZ, does it work on yours ?
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post #115 of 192
5/25/05 at 10:45pm
It works with the xpsfangui that was posted in another thread, somebody modified the original i8kfangui to work on the xps2 specifically -- might check with them to see if they'll share the codes.
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post #116 of 192
5/26/05 at 4:43am
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I updated the system monitor:
- load at startup
- save configuration

Download here

No need to install, just uncompress and launch the program.
If you choose to launch it automatically at startup it will create an entry in the registry. When you uncheck the option, it will remove its entry from the registry.

Enjoy !
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post #117 of 192
5/26/05 at 5:09am
Ok i just created a windows media plugin.

Currently what it does is put an extra entry call XPS Lights on the visualization menu of media player and gives you the option of lights beating the brightness to the music, or cycling the colours to the music.

Currently i am still using Itzbitz com object dll, but it would be nice if I had the code for this so i could compile the plugin into just one file.
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post #118 of 192
5/26/05 at 4:40pm
well i didnt follow this thread, but you actually made it? dancing lights.. how awesome..!!! good job
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post #119 of 192
5/26/05 at 5:24pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tride
I updated the system monitor:
- load at startup
- save configuration

Download here

No need to install, just uncompress and launch the program.
If you choose to launch it automatically at startup it will create an entry in the registry. When you uncheck the option, it will remove its entry from the registry.

Enjoy !
Very very nice This program is great!

But here's a question though. Is there a way you could create something that allows the user to cycle colors over a set amount of time and then repeat the cycle again? What I'm talking about is something I mentioned in my NBR review where I said it'd be great to have a light color show that you see on modern Intamin AG-built rollercoasters such as Millenium Force and Storm Runner. See http://www.rcdb.com/ig594.htm?picture=3 as an example. The light show typically goes on for a while until it repeats and there are different effects from colors rising and falling in intensity, mixed colors on supports, same colors on supports, and on to random flashing and cycling.

Is there anyway you could create something like that allowing the user to specify the amount of time for an effect, the effect to be done, and then the colors to be used? It's hard to explain what I'm getting at here, but it's similar to what you've done so far, just time and effect dependent instead of useage dependent. I can explain in further detail in a note or with a picture if you're interested.
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post #120 of 192
5/26/05 at 5:37pm
New update for app to allow disable of app when windows media player is launched so the media player plugin does not fight for control. Also did a tidy up so that any threads are terminated before app is closed. Media Player Plugin is working quite nicely too and i have included it in the zip below. To access the plugin you can find it in visualizations in media player.

Download

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