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Published: 2009-06-14 17:09:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 154257; Favourites: 200; Downloads: 85192
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Now check out Glass Notepad v2.0Thank you for over 30,000 views and 25,000 downloads, just from DA!
WOW! I can't thank everyone enough! This app has been added to So[link] and has been added to DownloadTube! I didn't even ask for it either! And i have recieved an award from DownloadTube for this! This has been given the Top Software award from DownloadTube as well! Here are the links to the two new locations - DownloadTube and So [link] .
Coming soon: French and Arabic translations, thanks to Abderrahmane KASSAR
I have been receiving alot of messages about pasting into this app lately, and i want to clarify some thing. If you paste using right click or the edit menu instead of CTRL+V the text will be visible, also if you do insist on pasting with CTRL+V i added a button down at the bottom that says "Color to White", if you click that it should make your text visible. Also if you try to open a file with this and nothing shows up but the app, im sorry, you'll need to use File->Open, i am still working on it taking command line arguments to open files. Any other bugs, just PM or e-mail me, i love to get suggestions, and constructive crit. (just don't go to harsh on me!)
Program: Notepad (Glass Edition)
Programmed By: Tyler J. Colby-Wolter (That's me!)
Company: Matrix Softworksβ’
Copyright Β©: 2009
This Software is available under the creative commons liscence
Notepad (Glass Edition) is a program i made
in my spare time to try and make boring old
Microsoft Notepad look a little spiffier and
modern. It has a completely glassed surface
which goes well with the "Aero" theme on
Windows Vista and Windows 7. If you would
like the source code just PM me, i'll send you
the visual studio solution file. It is programmed
in C#.
Updates:
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v1.0:Initial release
v1.1:Fixed a minor bug
v1.2:Added Text Alignment
Requirements:
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OS: At least windows Vista, but i added code to make it
compatible on earlier OSes, you just wont have the glass effect. (No, this won't work on Mac or Linux, sorry guys)
.Net Framework 3.5
Links
===============
Lifehacker
AskVG
[link] >DownloadTube
So [link]
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Comments: 190
in code, if you are programming a windows forms application it would be this.Opacity = x; where x is the percent opaque you want your window to be. Or did you mean to lower the transparency of glass notepad itself?
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i like it, but same problem as dave. i really only use notepad literally for notes when im copying and pasting alot of stuff so it isnt a big deal to me but id love to see that fixed so its a bit more functional so to speak. great toy though.
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Sad. I liked it but wasn't able to use it as a notepad replacement, since I had to browse to a text to open. I was able to replace System32 notepad though, after taking ownership of the original Windows notepad.exe.
I hope you haven't given up on this.
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I like the ideΓ‘.. but WAY TOO simple to make.. s:
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What is simple to one person mey not be simple to someone else. Looking back now, it was simple to make. Back when i made it i was challenging myself. It was initialy never going to be a released program anyways.
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Well sure (:. but its just like 15 lines of coding in Visual basic 
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Add this code for font:
Add setting with name "Font" and tipe System.Drawing.Font
Then add this code to your project
VISUAL BASIC:
Public Sub SaveFont() Handles FontMenuItem.Click
If fontdialog1.show() = DialogResult.OK then
My.Settings.Font = FontDialog1.Font
Textbox1.Font = My.Settings.Font
End If
End Sub
C#:
public void SaveFont()
{
if (fontdialog1.show() == DialogResult.OK) {
My.Settings.Font = FontDialog1.Font;
Textbox1.Font = My.Settings.Font;
}
}
Hope this helps
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Unfortunately I have lost all source code to everything I have ever programmed, so I will not be able to add this code to my Project.
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so that means that you don't developing glass notepad 2.0?
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I am working on trying to get back to the point i was at.
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What program did you use to compile/decompile?
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I didn't decompile at all. But i did compile. The whole program was written in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008.
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Ok, I didn't expect that you didn't decompile that programs I just ment in general(if you did). I have MS Visual Studio 2010, bought it a few weeks ago. I'm trying to learn how to use it. I've tapped out on modifying system files to customize the OS so I wanted to learn how to make programs.
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I use VS2010 now too, as soon as i track them down i can send you links to where i learned how to code the glass effect in to the window.
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That would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your help.
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Congratulations Tyler! You did a good job with this little software. It is
really beautiful. But It has this problem: When I click on the file it just opens up glass notepad not the file.
I would appreciate the solution file visual studio to see the code and study this, I am learning to program in C# and read code helps me a lot to learn. My email is levi.g.silveira@gmail.com
I await your email, ok?
Thanks
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I am aware of this error already, but thanks for notifying me! Unfortunately I can't give you the source code as i lost the files in a computer crash a few months back (programming has it's downsides sometimes, like when you write something that crashes your system...).
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looks epic dude, this will go great in my app collection
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wow...thats something else...no srsly awesome work dude
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eii dude.
im a newbie.
can you help me plss. ?
its not working on my windows xp.
i thought it works like you said.. ??
im bored using ordinary notepad..
this kind of boredam kills me softly..
anyone plss elp me..
plss..
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Hey. Not to kill your enthusiasm, but this won't work on Windows XP, like it says in the readme AND the description above, you need at least Windows Vista to run this. I also believe i added in a messagebox to notify anyone of tis if they try running it on XP. Sorry that it won't work on XP, but it's just not possible.
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god damn.
thank you much
its ok.. hope someday you'll create
something for xp
by the way, may i know whats ur nationality ??
XP.
tenk yuh
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I live in America, but my Mom's family is English and my dad's family is German. How about you?
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ohh realy?
im a filipino,
my father is from london,
and my mother is from marikina,Philippines. ^_^
hope someday you'l gonna create a glassy notepad for xp..
^_^ ty
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Haha, well, i could try creating one, but like i said, it's impossible as far as i know.
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hei dude..
im a newbie.
can you help me plss.
i thought it will work to windows xp, but it's not.
im bored w/ my ordinary notepad.
any one pls help me
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Really nice ! Which desktop theme do you use ?
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Thank you! I believe when i released this i was using the "Squareo" theme, it's somewhere on DA, and i may have spelled it wrong. If i remember correctly, the author spelled it Squ4reo, with a 4 not an A
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Founded 2 others bugs:
_ a right click at the right of the menus close the program.
_ If I select a text, then change the font, the selected text is hided until I relaunch Glass Notepad.
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Very nice!
Found 2 bugs:
_ Cannot change the text color (stay on White)
_ Cannot open files by the "Open with..." way
It will be possible to change the original Notepad with this one?
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Very Nice.! 5*.!
Possible ?!
mncorp.net/Img/image/NotePad%20Glass%20v2.png
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Very Nice.! 5*.!
Possible ?!
www . mncorp.net/Img/image/NotePad%20Glass%20v2.png
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Very Nice.! 5*.!
Possible ?!
www.mncorp.net/Img/image/NotePad%20Glass%20v2.png
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Very nice.
Possible ?!
[link]
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hay man i cant open .txt with it with it they open blank
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That is a known bug that i am trying to fix. For now you'll just have to open all your files right from the "File|Open" menu, sorry for the inconvenience!
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thanks and will that be fixed in the 2.0
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It should be fixed in 2.0, yes
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Oh my GAWD! That's pretty nice! 
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Haha, thanks for the comment, glad you like it!
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I accept! Lol, thank YOU for the comment, glad you like it!
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Wow! Very Nice man! [2]
I User
faved!
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