Guide to getting started with guages

[Guest PhilipManwaring]

Greetings! I have some programming experience but am new to guage design. I was hoping to begin playing with guage construction and was wondering if anybody here knows a good resource to help me get started. Ideally I'd like to program in VB as the project I have in mind will require some complex algorithms, but I really don't know where to start in terms of the various system variables, function calls, etc. available. Any pointers would be appreciated.Thanks,Philip.

[badderjet 181]

Hi,well, you cannot make gauges with VB. You either make them with XML or with C. I personally use C. For a free compiler goto www.borland.com and get the BCC5.5 that works fine for me. For some 'tutorial'... Well I think there's no real 'step-by-step' instructions out there, but you MUST get sd2gau13.zip from Dai Girffiths (available here). You also should get the Panel and Gauges SDK from Microsoft.Hope I could help

[Guest PhilipManwaring]

Thank you so much! I'll get the files you suggest and start digging in. I appreciate your response. Regards,Philip.

[badderjet 181]

No problem! Any questions, just ask here in the forum. I'm also still a beginner, so... :-smoochGood luck!Etienne