VB.Net FrontEnd with SourceCode (formerly VB6)

**Tidder** · 01-20-2010, 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by ClockWorK

It uses WMP as a control embedded into the app. It doesn't just execute Media Player as a separate window. You'd never even know it's WMP. The only part of it you ever see is the visualization. Also, it's VB.Net 2008 now.

Yeah, I wrote an app like that for a VCR-PC. It worked good enough, but there's just not the control there that I want, it just feels clumsy to me.

Plus on my carPC, I strip out WMP. I wonder it it'll even work. I'm trying to get the smallest install footprint I can, and including WMP would be out of the question I think.

But I'll keep an eye on this and probably will end up trying it anyway since I love this damn hobby.

**baillie11** · 08-22-2010, 04:02 PM

Hi ClockWork.

I just downloaded your app and source code.

It looks great. I will test it out and give you feedback when I can.

I have wanted to build a similar app for a while but wasn't sure how to do a lot of what you have done.

Keep up the good work.

Cheers
Andrew

**kriswinner** · 09-11-2010, 05:18 PM

Great work so far.

Something you may want to consider. I develop industrial applications for a "major automotive manufacturer". When I upgraded to VB.Net 2010, it always wanted to compile using references to .Net Framework 4.0. Most users do not have this installed on their computers.

My users are all over the globe...sometimes with very slow internet connections. Telling them that they all had to download the latest from Microsoft wasn't going to fly.

If you go to the Properties for your project, select the Compile Tab on the right, click the "Advanced Compile Options..." button on the bottom of the page, you get the option to change the "Target framework" for your application. Change this to ".Net Framework 3.5".

I've already tried this on your application, and it builds just fine.

Net Framework 3.5 is built into most computers running XP or newer, so your users won't have to install anything additional.

Again...great work. Keep it up!

KW