LCD Monitor Calibration
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 by Paul Roberts Posted in Geeks Corner | No Comments »Towards the end of last year I finally made the switch from a good quality CRT monitor to a widescreen LCD, in this case HP's w2207. When I got the monitor, I loved it's crisp text and glossy look, but ... (Read full post)
ColorCache half price - Offer Lasts One Day Only!
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 by Susan Westlake Posted in ColorCache, Featured Announcements | No Comments »We're excited to announce that Technology Lighthouse will soon be featuring ColorCache on Bits du Jour, a 'deal-of-the-day' website that offers fantastic, one-time discounts on a variety of great software. Bits du Jour will be offering ColorCache on Thursday ... (Read full post)
Get a FREE copy of PTFB Pro, PromptPal or ColorCache
Sunday, March 9th, 2008 by Susan Westlake Posted in Offers and Discounts | No Comments »Thanks to TrialPay you can now get a FREE fully licensed copy of either PTFB Pro, PromptPal or ColorCache! How Does it Work? Sign up for one of TrialPay's partner services TrialPay pay us for your chosen product You get a free copy of either ... (Read full post)
CBalloonMsg - an easy-to-use non-modal balloon alternative to AfxMessageBox
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 by Paul Roberts Posted in Free Source & Utilities, Geeks Corner | No Comments »While working on a new app I decided it would be nice to use balloon-style tooltips to convey simple messages to the user rather than relying on ye olde ::AfxMessageBox. It would be a less disruptive way of warning the ... (Read full post)
Vista-specific UI
Monday, March 3rd, 2008 by Paul Roberts Posted in Geeks Corner | No Comments »Although Vista's UAC and lackluster file performance still bug me, I must admit I am starting to enjoy its graphical and user interface enhancements. I've been looking at how to add these to our products, and I came across one ... (Read full post)