Hello Lebeau-Software subscribers,

For you Borland C++Builder developers out there, I'd just like to mention
that my first-ever technical article has just been published in this month's
issue of C++Builder Developers Journal (http://www.bcbjournal.com). My
article got the top slot in the issue, as well as the cover art, and I got
some major praise from the journal's editor:

"Let me first say that your article was, hands down, one of the best
we've had. It was *extremely* well-written, both grammatically and
technically, and the demo application was just perfect (not too simple, but
not too loaded with irrelevant features). You should take pride in your
technical writing skills. I sincerely appreciate the time and effort you
put into providing such a well-polished submission--thank you. And, I hope
you will consider writing for us again."

Not too bad for a first-time writer, huh?

Ok, enough bragging for now. That made my day. Now on to other news.

With the recent announcement
(http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms695905.aspx) that
Microsoft Agent has been updated in Windows Vista to finally support SAPI 5,
I have begun updating my AgentCB application to support it as well. More on
this to follow when a new version is ready for testing.

My Microsoft Agent processing/rendering engine is coming alone nicely.
Being able to display and run ACS, ACF, and ACA files without using
Microsoft's products is quite refreshing, from a programmer's standpoint. I
recently updated my engine to use GDI+ on Windows systems. This will allow
me to support transparent images, as well as resizing images (such as when
the character window is stretched), much easier. I'm also working on
incorporating the engine into a new application now (adding a Preview tab to
the Properties dialog of ACS files) to help me iron out the interfaces
better so that I can then start incorporating the engine into the other
appications that I have planned (which are listed on my website).

That's all for now.


Until next time...

--
Remy Lebeau
Lebeau Software - Owner, Software Engineer
http://www.lebeausoftware.org



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