Subject: Re: ODP: minute mascot
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 23:56:24 +0900
From: UENO Tomohiro <t-ueno@mtc.biglobe.ne.jp>
To: "| JG.| Janusz Gerszberg" <jginfo@infonet.com.pl>
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Hi, JG.

>because people take care if spend just $20 oposite to if got some free.

I think, if you program as your hobby, you shouldn't receive any money.
If you get money by your program, programming becomes 'business', not 'hobby'.

>(better: Pocket Mascot then Minute... I think).

I made this program with Jornada680 and Jornada720, so Minute Mascot is
not for only PocketPC. (Now I have PocketPC G-FORT, Japanese version of EG-800.)
But I don't think Minute Mascot is very nice name...

>1.load a collection of sound files like images

Yes, playing sound data is nice idea.
The reasons I don't install sound are the following.
 1) WindowsCE have very poor memory
 2) I don't know Minute Mascot's sound function makes any influence to
    another sound program (ex. WindowsCE Media Player) 
 3) To get good sound data is difficult.

>2. tapping and double-tapping into visible image of mascot will activate:

It is impossible to tap/double-tap the image by the method of Minute Mascot.
So, the image has no real body in screen, like a 'ghost'.
If you use API only usable of PokcetPC, tapping/double-tapping may become
possible.

>4. add parameters of internal timer for actual day, month and year %dd %mm
>%yy

I don't install year function, but is it nessesary? 
If you need, I'll program it.

>I think the programm must work invisible as default and showing certain
>animations only with scripting time or some randomized time. It will be more
>convenience to keep the progam all time working "hidden".

If you want to hide images, you can make animation group which displays 
no images.

>Att. a screen from my first mascot scripting for randomized action
>it uses two images of ballons for speaking and for thinking

It may be bug. I'll check it.

>also...I found that if I enlarge main size width more then 164px
>that images are displayed corrupted. Some bug?
>Height works without any limits fine.

I can't understand it. 
Could you send me your data?


bye. 

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