Thread: HQCT software development

Originally Posted by Putput

to let other people enjoy my great software and not have to wait for my frontend to be ready I inserted 1 parameter in the registry for each frontend application that is default set to 'stand alone', meaning that when started CPCTuner doesn't have to look for a server to respond to and can work as a standalone program. If you decide for this reason (or any other) not to work with CPCTuner anymore you can delete the CPCTuner.exe files and the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CPCSuite from your registry to get completely rid of it.

Well, that key has already been set, and I have understood from your explanation that CPCTuner only needs read access to it.
why not try opning that key as read only (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE has read-only permissions for a normal user) , if the key exist act as 'stand alone' else try to write it.
that way you only have to run CPCTuner as administrator only once so it can write the key and afterwards you can run CPCTuner as a normal user and read the key with read-only access.

Another way to make a 'Stand Alone' version is using #ifdef's (C++):

Code:

#ifndef STAND_ALONE_VERSION
// Code to be exluded from the standalone version e.g: socket comunnications.
.
.
.
#endif //STAND_ALONE_VERSION

I don't know if you can do that with delphi.

/Me.

Originally Posted by Pishaa

Well, that key has already been set, and I have understood from your explanation that CPCTuner only needs read access to it.
why not try opning that key as read only (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE has read-only permissions for a normal user) , if the key exist act as 'stand alone' else try to write it.
that way you only have to run CPCTuner as administrator only once so it can write the key and afterwards you can run CPCTuner as a normal user and read the key with read-only access.

Another way to make a 'Stand Alone' version is using #ifdef's (C++):

Code:

#ifndef STAND_ALONE_VERSION
// Code to be exluded from the standalone version e.g: socket comunnications.
.
.
.
#endif //STAND_ALONE_VERSION

I don't know if you can do that with delphi.

/Me.

I'll change the read function in the getregistry call to read only, just didn't pay much attention to this because I used this parameter to make an easy and quick change between stand alone or not.
And ifdef's also exist in Delphi, I don't think that there is anything in C++ that can't be done in Delphi, one way or another but that is not the issue here I guess. I used the registry instead of idef's so that I could change the parameter without having to re-compile the whole thing.

The next release of CPCTuner is almost ready (I hope before the end of the weekend) and has some major changes. I added a settings window to adjust all CPCTuner parameters, existing and a lot of new parameters like balance, fader, a whole bunch of tuner settings and RDS. Also 2 volume buttons next to the slider.

Putput

Originally Posted by Putput

The next release of CPCTuner is almost ready (I hope before the end of the weekend) and has some major changes. I added a settings window to adjust all CPCTuner parameters, existing and a lot of new parameters like balance, fader, a whole bunch of tuner settings and RDS. Also 2 volume buttons next to the slider.

Putput

will this also include changes to the hqct.dll? what improvements can we expect here? did you solve the loss of frequency on hibernate?

Originally Posted by mischka76

will this also include changes to the hqct.dll? what improvements can we expect here? did you solve the loss of frequency on hibernate?

Sorry for the delay, family bussiness got in the way. So update not finished yet, still working on it. The hibernate problem is solved but needs some more testing, and any changes in CPCTuner are also reflected in the DLL because both use the same HQCT component as a base. This also means that the settings form will be available in the DLL. (see image) AF and traffic/news are also still under construction. The volume buttons are implemented and the registry call is made read only. Are there any other improvements that you expect?

Putput

Originally Posted by Putput

Are there any other improvements that you expect?

Putput

Could you add an explanation for each option in the configuration screen? (maybe balloon tool tip?)
Another useful thing would be if you press somewhere in the frequency bar other then the knob, the would jump to that position.
Thanks,

/Me.

Does the HQCT support traffic information interruption?

Originally Posted by bes51659

Does the HQCT support traffic information interruption?

HQCT supports RDS which at its turn supports EON with data like traffic, AF and news. All RDS and EON decoding is finished, only thing necessary to get it working is to implement it in CPCTuner. I'm working on it right now together with the settings form. Al it takes is a little patience .

Putput

Excellent! Thanks for the explanation.

Any one have an example / or could explain me how you can change from AM to Fm and vice versa when skinning for RoadRunner.
Also everytime I start RRHQCT from my skin, it launched maximised and is clearly visible until the skin loads over it, anyway to suppress this ?

Sincerely,
Jurgen