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Visual Basic      notes on VB programming for dials including graphical dial plate drawing
                                      code for the 3 VB systems [ENVELOP, EXPRESS, and NET] in correct folders in WINZIP form
                                      VB NET 2003 executable file for an h-dial with graphics as well as text only, doesn't need
                                              a lot of extra files to be installed.
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ENVELOP:                  works on Windowx XP service pack 1 and 2

                             http://www.freebyte.com/programming/compilers/envelop.html

                             This is a download a seven files, one install and six other parts totalling only 7mb. It installs
                             easily, and works well. Its .exe files work, but cannot be easily exported to non Envelop
                             computers due to required .dll files. There is a "publish" tool available, but personal experience
                             shows that some .dll files are not in the exported version. Nevertheless, a 7mb download for
                             the Envelop Visual Basic is a lot better than the compicated 60mb download using the
                             Microsoft Visual Basic Express.

                             My notes may prove very helpful in getting started with Envelop. Click here. Six pages of useful
                             information, and two pages on Microsoft's Visual Basic Express.

MICROSOFT EXPRESS: works on Windowx XP service pack 2 (not on sp1)
                             Their Visual Basic 2005 Studio Express version for Windows XP service pack 2 only is about
                             60mb after an initial 3mb download and is downloadable for free for the hobbyist from their
                             website:

                            http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/downloads/default.aspx

                            Creating published programs from this system is a typical Microsoft experience.
                            The free Microsoft Visual Basic system is rather like lots of Microsoft software. Running the
                            program it produces on another system is not simply a case of exporting it, rather it generates
                            a series of tests of the target system, and a download of major proportions.
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                            L O W     C O S T
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KBASIC                     For between $35 and $40, this system is well worth looking at, and unlike the Microsoft
                            stuff, it is portable across some operating systems.
                            http://www.kbasic.com
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VISUAL BASIC .NET 2003 For less than $100 this product is available from many online stores, has a solid book
                            and the usual stack of Microsoft CDs. To locate this product, do an internet search on
                            "visual basic net 2003" and the product installs easily and works first time.
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For the free 7mb Envelop Visual Basic system...

a horizontal dial                  A very simple Visual Basic program using the free Envelop VB system.
and .exe also                    Virus checked as of March 10, 2007 using Norton is longitude corrected
                                      however the .exe file cannot be run until you install the free Envelop VB
                                      system on your computer. It works on Windows XP service packs 1 and 2.

and . . .                                 The notes here show not only the source code for the hour line tables,
                                      they also show the code for the graphical depiction of the dial plate.

The above in ZIP   220k    The Visual Basic source, executable, and notes in zipped format for the free
                                      Envelop system. The notes also discuss Microsoft's Visual Basic Express and Visual
                                      Basic NET 2003, and also show the code for drawing graphically the hours lines
                                      for a horizontal dial. The code is not in the .zip file because (1) it is in the
                                      document and (2) "source" for Visual Basic consists of a lot more than just
                                      the event driven code.

Illustrating Time's Shadow ~ ISBN 0-9765286-8-1 plus 0-9765286-9-X ~ Lib Cong 2005900674 plus 2006930654

Merges Illustrating Shadows and Illustrating More Shadows, deletes duplicated material, and techniques that are complex and
replaced by easier methods, adds new material.

Hands on, empirical, geometric, trigonometric, CAD, and spreadsheet dial design for small dials plus garden dials using common masonry supplies, clay, and glass, with emphasis
on many calendar line techniques, and inclined decliners, while providing details on the use of DeltaCAD programming including the animation of many sheets as parameters vary.
Get CD here. Case studies abound with associated problems solved, and cover the infamous inclined decliner, as well as all the other kinds of outdoor dials. You get a free CD of
booklets, spreadsheets, VRML/WRL files, templates, etc with the book. The CD has all books and booklets and programs along with source code. PayPal here to buy.