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hot_pastrami · 11-12-2003, 11:59 AM

Well, in order to be useful for what I'm doing, I need it to be hands-off. The way I'm doing it right now takes only thirty seconds or so, but the fact that I have to do it by hand prevents me from completely automating the task.

What I hope to accomplish is the ability to set the build process to automatically start each morning as a scheduled task, but if I have to update these files by hand, it can't just run automatically. Not only that, but all of our products use splash screens like this one, so once I get around to making those processes fully automated, this same utility will be helpful.

If apps like PSP or Photoshop can do this hands-off, that might work, but I think my employers would be loathe to pay the pricetag on such software for once single task such as this.

Perl seemed like a bit of a dead end in this regard, so I'm looking at some ways to do it in Java right now... but my lack of graphics experience in Java is hanging me up a little. If I figure something out though, I'll post my solution.

11-12-2003, 11:59 AM	#4
hot_pastrami I am meaty Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 1,119	Well, in order to be useful for what I'm doing, I need it to be hands-off. The way I'm doing it right now takes only thirty seconds or so, but the fact that I have to do it by hand prevents me from completely automating the task. What I hope to accomplish is the ability to set the build process to automatically start each morning as a scheduled task, but if I have to update these files by hand, it can't just run automatically. Not only that, but all of our products use splash screens like this one, so once I get around to making those processes fully automated, this same utility will be helpful. If apps like PSP or Photoshop can do this hands-off, that might work, but I think my employers would be loathe to pay the pricetag on such software for once single task such as this. Perl seemed like a bit of a dead end in this regard, so I'm looking at some ways to do it in Java right now... but my lack of graphics experience in Java is hanging me up a little. If I figure something out though, I'll post my solution. __________________ Hot Pastrami!