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oh, right, I saw that in the FAQ section. thanks.]]> Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:23:39 GMT http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/comments.php?id=52#comments http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=52#68 http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=52#67
Cyou,

DeskTask does not support Unicode characters.

This is a known limitation.

Thanks,]]> Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:11:50 GMT http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/comments.php?id=52#comments http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=52#67 http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=52#66
maybe the key to the language thing is in the unicode?

some of my chinese tasks don't show in DeskTask, and some are shown like: "???? ??"]]> Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:35:11 GMT http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/comments.php?id=52#comments http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=52#66 http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=51#64
Really Like TwistPad. I use it almost everyday! Keep up the good work.]]> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:58:04 GMT http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/comments.php?id=51#comments http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=51#64 http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=19#48
anon,

Thanks a lot for the tip, i can now successfully draw text without Clear Type.

Regards,]]> Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:18:25 GMT http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/comments.php?id=19#comments http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=19#48 http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=19#47
Windows doesn't force you to use ClearType.

Just specify ANTIALIASED_QUALITY instead of CLEARTYPE_QUALITY with CreateFont.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms534214.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/06/14/630864.aspx
]]> Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:01:43 GMT http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/comments.php?id=19#comments http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=19#47 http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=19#46
Hi,

"That not true. You can definitely pick the type of font rendering in GDI/GDI+, etc."

Not in the research I done, DeskTask uses the traditional TextOut API to draw the text and there is no option on the canvas to disable ClearType.

Maybe using GDI+ it can be done, will check that later, thanks.]]> Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:32:19 GMT http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/comments.php?id=19#comments http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=19#46 http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=19#45
"Also ClearType is automatic, there is no way a programmer can say to Windows : "Don't draw this text with Clear Type"."

That not true. You can definitely pick the type of font rendering in GDI/GDI+, etc.]]> Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:35:20 GMT http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/comments.php?id=19#comments http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=19#45 http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=51#44
Can't wait for MemInfo and DeskTask.
Whats going to be new on MemInfo?
Have been missing DeskTask for my new laptop.
Keep up the great work.]]> Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:37:07 GMT http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/comments.php?id=51#comments http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=51#44 http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=46#41
I love desktask but since moving to multi monitors its been a right pain, the window disappears, cant drag it around anymore, doing restore position makes it flash and disappear. have reset top/right positions in registry...

no love on multiple monitors

just wanted you to know I still love it tho. thanks for a cool utility mate!
]]> Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:17:28 GMT http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/comments.php?id=46#comments http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=46#41 http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=46#39
I would like to help, but don't know how Desktask was developed (delphi?)
Yahoo widgets can attach to the desktop with transparency, so maybe there is a solution.

Do you consider to release a temp solution with no transparency? (As you can see, I am desperate to get Desktask back in my desktop
]]> Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:29:38 GMT http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/comments.php?id=46#comments http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=46#39 http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=35#36
The only difference for Vista that i see is that it just takes more space.... Sure there are not fewer problems with it than with previous OS.

<a href="http://easyfiledownloads.com/">Easy Downloads</a>]]> Fri, 03 Aug 2007 05:07:57 GMT http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/comments.php?id=35#comments http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=35#36 http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=35#32
It's strange, it doesn't work for me in vista RTM]]> Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:00:08 GMT http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/comments.php?id=35#comments http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=35#32 http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=34#31
Looks good, will test it out today. Thanks for this, I really hope your software takes off.]]> Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:23:07 GMT http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/comments.php?id=34#comments http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=34#31 http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=32#30
Feature Request:
Word-Wrap, so i can snap to right border an have a fixed with of display used...]]> Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:04:52 GMT http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/comments.php?id=32#comments http://www.carthagosoft.net/blog/blog.php?id=32#30