I have decided to allow textsynth to create the first post posted in the textsynth thread. I understand that there may be some difficulties with this shot in the dark, but all should turn out well. I have a lot of faith in technology to espouse only the finest for our pleasureful delight.
I have not had time to test textsynth out yet, but I would be pleased to hear if people are having success. I would like to know if I can just run it and what not. My main concern is getting it working on my laptop. It's just a very old, very slow laptop that I am forced to use. I can't upgrade it or something like that because it's a laptop that only has 3 gig of memory. I would have to have another computer and hook it up to a TV and some video cards, which is a pain. With the new Windows 7 it seems a lot more complicated than it was in Windows 2000 and XP. I have never had much of a problem running it in XP and Windows 2000. When I first installed Win7, it would freeze every time I ran textsynth. I was a little worried about how many memory and graphics cards I would need, but I think this would be great.
I will try to check in here again today if people have an interest in the tool.
Also, if anyone has any ideas on how to do this in the Windows XP/Windows 2000 style or can provide me with some sort of resource to download for doing this in Windows 7, I would appreciate that too.
I have seen a few Windows 7 programs written with VB6 or C++. Perhaps that could be used to get started. The main problem with this is the software would not be very portable, but I don't really care since it's just for personal use. I just thought I would mention it, because the software I have done has used VB6 or C++.
On a side note, here is a screenshot of my Windows 7 machine. I guess I would be running it in a virtual machine with WInXP or Windows 2000.
P.S. I haven't tested it on Windows 7 yet, but I am pretty sure it will run fine.
P.P.S. I think someone has used it in a Windows Vista virtual machine, and a Windows 7 virtual machine. I would think it would work fine in Win7 as well.
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Just create a blank new form and set its size and color. Then drag as many "textsynth" components (objects) onto the form that you like the most, and it should work right away!