Looking for C# programming help

**Maddog_rvo** · 09-23-2004, 06:57 AM

I`m starting to develop my own frontend, i would like to ask other people how they started,
what are you using as media-player, winamp or windows mediaplayer or something else?

How do you add the looks to your program, for example how do u make a playlist look integrated, i wanted to use a listbox but i cant find out how to change to looks of it.

**malcom2073** · 09-23-2004, 07:33 AM

I am currently using a combonation of the windows API to play music, and on a side project a nifty little thing called f-mod A bit hard to use, but I'll dig around for the c# class I made to interface with it. Not fully functional, but you can play,pause,stop. I just havent gotten things like the fx stuff working.

**Maddog_rvo** · 09-23-2004, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by malcom2073

I am currently using a combonation of the windows API to play music, and on a side project a nifty little thing called f-mod A bit hard to use, but I'll dig around for the c# class I made to interface with it. Not fully functional, but you can play,pause,stop. I just havent gotten things like the fx stuff working.

Hmm looks nice

, u also have a way to let the playlist show integrated with the form?

**veetid** · 09-23-2004, 01:08 PM

use Win32 and Directx..... Do it all yourself and don't embed anything... Thats how I did it... Works well...

**Gruneun** · 09-23-2004, 03:28 PM

I haven't played with the DirectX SDK much, but if you want a C# project that doesn't look like a Windows form, I suggest taking a look at the GDI+ library and how you can override the Paint() methods in the Windows controls. You can extend a lot of the controls, keeping all the functionality, but draw them however you want.

**hcker2000** · 09-24-2004, 12:50 AM

Another concern of mine is the fact that c# apps seem to take up a good chunk of ram. Any one know how to slim down the memory usage?

**Maddog_rvo** · 09-24-2004, 07:31 AM

Originally Posted by hcker2000

Another concern of mine is the fact that c# apps seem to take up a good chunk of ram. Any one know how to slim down the memory usage?

Same problem here, just started working on my app and its functional (playing movies + mp3`s not more) And it already takes up 40Mb

**modUlarBeing** · 09-24-2004, 08:26 AM

are you running in debug, or compiled in debug? if so most of that is all the debug and dev enviroment crap. compile it in release and it should be lower....somewhat haha but by at least half

**god_of_cpu** · 09-24-2004, 09:31 AM

Originally Posted by hcker2000

Another concern of mine is the fact that c# apps seem to take up a good chunk of ram. Any one know how to slim down the memory usage?

The # adds about 38 megs, drop it for just C and you'll see major memory improvments. It might take a weeeee bit longer to code though.

**zorro** · 09-25-2004, 01:54 AM

Originally Posted by Maddog_rvo

How do you add the looks to your program, for example how do u make a playlist look integrated, i wanted to use a listbox but i cant find out how to change to looks of it.

If you like, you have my permission to use the zControls Dll which is supplied with PhoneControl. It uses GDI+ for painting and the controls are optimzed for such projects.