Hi there, I'm glad to be here. I'm using a generic parallel 20x4 LCD, unfortunately, I found out about CrystalFontz after I had bought it. Now, I'm using CrystalControl software, which I must say is a work of art.
However, there are three minor glitches, which I have dealt with using some little hacking of my own.
One is there is no option to disable the splash screen at the startup of the program. I solved that by removing the spash bitmap data, making the splash window 1x1 pixels wide and making the delay 1 instead of 4200.
Second, the pop-up menu that pops when right-clicking the icon on the tray won't dissappear if you click on something else (suppose you right-click on the CC icon by accident); instead, you have to click something on the menu. That was solved by adding a dummy line on the pop-up menu that does nothing, but satisfies the program's need for something clicked.
Third, on the main settings window, there's no "Close" button; instead, you have to click on the "X" top-right button, which is quite small. That was solved by (surprise-surprise) adding a "Close" button.
Well, I did a little bit more hacking than that, but that's purely decorative, and there's no reason I should go into details. So, if the great (and I mean that) programmers over there should like to deal with these, then maybe it will make some people happier, besides me not having to hack into every new version of CrystalControl.
Thank you for your time!
However, there are three minor glitches, which I have dealt with using some little hacking of my own.
One is there is no option to disable the splash screen at the startup of the program. I solved that by removing the spash bitmap data, making the splash window 1x1 pixels wide and making the delay 1 instead of 4200.
Second, the pop-up menu that pops when right-clicking the icon on the tray won't dissappear if you click on something else (suppose you right-click on the CC icon by accident); instead, you have to click something on the menu. That was solved by adding a dummy line on the pop-up menu that does nothing, but satisfies the program's need for something clicked.
Third, on the main settings window, there's no "Close" button; instead, you have to click on the "X" top-right button, which is quite small. That was solved by (surprise-surprise) adding a "Close" button.
Well, I did a little bit more hacking than that, but that's purely decorative, and there's no reason I should go into details. So, if the great (and I mean that) programmers over there should like to deal with these, then maybe it will make some people happier, besides me not having to hack into every new version of CrystalControl.
Thank you for your time!
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