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LED-Wiz Dll on line! (with a sample of use in Delphi)
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headkaze:
loadman: I replied to your PM, I really only made a comparison with LEDWiz to emphasise the difference of expectations people have when it comes to paying for software and hardware. I'm not to say creating hardware like LEDWiz is like writing software. Sorry for the confusion.


--- Quote ----Mame is (until now) Free , Most of other emulator are free.
Why you should have to pay for a "simple" menu software to choose a game and run a free emulator?
Honestly give your money to Emulator developpers not to Front End Devs.  They are the real magician who makes our dream true!
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Of course Mame and the other emu developers are the magicians that make our hobby possible. And I agree, you should donate to them. But that doesn't take away from the work involved in writing a FE also. Who says that people who donate to the Mame project then can't afford to donate money to their FE author? Have you ever received a donation Youki? Your being a hypocrite if you have, and I have seen the Paypal donate button on your site. Asking for donations on your website is no different to a nag screen, one is just more annoying than the other.


--- Quote ---There are some character traits i can bear, that's all.
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Yeah I hear you there!


--- Quote ---And this part should be totally Free, without Nagscreen.  So why don't cripple some other features (which are already crippled if i well understood headkaze) and remove the NagScreen.
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This comes down to personal taste and opinion. I would prefer to have less options crippled than no nag screen. Your making it sound like you have to wait half an hour for the FE to start up! I mean have a little patience, it's like 10 seconds or something, probably the same time it takes to boot Windows!
youki:

--- Quote ---Have you ever received a donation Youki?
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Yes, i have donation. Some in money, other in items for my collections , others people gave me some time to help me.
And i really appreciate that. thanks to all!


--- Quote --- Your being a hypocrite if you have, and I have seen the Paypal donate button on your site. Asking for donations on your website is no different to a nag screen, one is just more annoying than the other.
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I think there  is a big difference.

The nagscreen and crippleware is like :

ok  i give you a car (said of a value of 5000$)  for Free  , but the tank is empty , and a tire is flat,  the first  gas station is at 10 km .  If you want i give you some fuel and repair the tire, give me a Donation of 3000$ .

asking for a donation on a website is like :

Ok, i give you a car , it is fully operationnal you have fuel and all is ok . Use it freely  and if you like it , you can if you whish give me a donnation of the amount you want. It will be really appreciated.

Anyway, Tom is free to do what  he wants as i am and as you are.

I just disagree with the Nagscreen concept for a FE , I don't force you or every body else  to agree with me.

And i did'nt want speak about that. I just post  a DLL at the begining....

If FE Dev wanted use my DLL , he had just to ask me by PM or mail   and if i disagree i would said why and we could discuss.

I remind you , i just wrote in my readmy that to use my DLL for a Front End it needs my authorization. That's all.

Minwah having it by Default.

headkaze:

--- Quote ---ok  i give you a car (said of a value of 5000$)  for Free  , but the tank is empty , and a tire is flat,  the first  gas station is at 10 km .  If you want i give you some fuel and repair the tire, give me a Donation of 3000$ .
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That better describes crippleware that has basic functionality you expect from a FE removed. So a better analogy would be a $5000 car for free where you will only get an extra subwoofer at the back and turbo for the donation fee. And it takes 10 seconds for the car to start after you turn the key. *shugs* well you started the car thing!

For the record I originally started setting up MameWah on my cab and even helped WinWah by giving him the source for volume control. If MameWah was just a little bit easier to setup at the time, the chances are I would still be using it as my FE and writing tools for it. But when I tried GameEx, I donated the money to get the reg version and remove the nag screen. I had no issue in doing that, as I had already paid a heap of money on getting my cab setup anyway and paying for the software didn't seem extrodinary.

But lets just agree to disagree otherwise this thread will never end. It's nice of you to make a dll for LEDWiz and share it with other developers as you have no obligation to do that. There are two other options for LEDWiz now anyway. Mala for example has a new plugin using the official ocx.
headkaze:
Youki: I don't mean to rub it in, but I notice your using my chankast_launch wrapper in your Chankast plug and play module. It's okay I give you permission to use it  ;D
youki:
Oups...sorry, i didn't make myself  that  plug'n play module . And i have to admit i didn't look what there is inside exactly.

Anyway , thanks for the permission.  :)
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