After assembling the LCD device and mounted it into a small external box, I started the hunt for the software to use. Without doubt, CrystalControl is the top of the line!
Curiousity and an urge to utilize the 8 custom characters in the CGRAM got me into trying to program my own driver. I now have a fully working VC++ class which is running my display. It has no GUI as of yet and shows "only" what you see in the picture below which is (1'st line) the new email count (MAPI), (2'nd line) a scrolling list of email authors and subjects, (3'rd line) the current date and current time and finally (4'th line) the most interesting, namely a live bargraph of the CPU load (Show's the last 16 seconds of activity) and a more traditional Ram load percentage.
Curiousity and an urge to utilize the 8 custom characters in the CGRAM got me into trying to program my own driver. I now have a fully working VC++ class which is running my display. It has no GUI as of yet and shows "only" what you see in the picture below which is (1'st line) the new email count (MAPI), (2'nd line) a scrolling list of email authors and subjects, (3'rd line) the current date and current time and finally (4'th line) the most interesting, namely a live bargraph of the CPU load (Show's the last 16 seconds of activity) and a more traditional Ram load percentage.
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