Modern software design

From the beginning Krento was designed to be a combination of Widget Engine and Application Launcher.  Later, the Application Launcher functionality received a higher priority and the Widget Engine development was frozen. Before Krento a few interesting and powerful widget engine alternatives existed but unfortunately the best of them have now been abandoned by developers. On 14 September 2011 Google discontinued the Google Desktop, it is no longer available for download and existing installations are not updated to include new features or fixes. Another popular application Yahoo! Desktop Widgets discontinued on April 11, 2012 and Yahoo Desktop Widgets can no longer be downloaded. While Microsoft is concentrated on the new Metro interface of Windows 8, the situation with Microsoft Windows Sidebar is unclear and finally my favourite application, Kapsules, has not been updated for more than 3 years. For this reason from version 3.1 of Krento the Widget Engine received a second life a...

Starting from version 3.1 Krento supports docklets. Krento Docklets are mini applications similar to Krento Toys with a variety of possible uses. They can connect to web services to deliver business data, weather information, news updates, traffic maps, Internet radio streams, and even slide shows of online photo albums. Docklets can also integrate with other programs to provide streamlined interaction. Krento comes with a set of docklets to get you started, and you can also develop your docklets to extend the Krento functionality using Embarcardero Delphi or Microsoft Visual C++ compilers. The Krento Docklets SDK is available for download: http://users.telenet.be/serhiy.perevoznyk/download/KrentoDockletsSDK.zip Docklets SDK documentation: 1. PDF http://users.telenet.be/serhiy.perevoznyk/download/Krento%20Docklets%20SDK.pdf 2. CHM http://users.telenet.be/serhiy.perevoznyk/download/Krento%20Docklets%20SDK.chm

I am pleased to announce the new version of Krento. After almost one year of development the Krento 3.0 is available for download. As always it's free and without any built-in ads . You can download it from http://users.telenet.be/serhiy.perevoznyk/krento.html At the moment Krento 3.0 is already translated to the following languages:   * English * Dutch * French * Russian * Japanese

Krento 2.1.1098.25 is available for download. I officially confirm that this is the last available release of Krento 2. The work on Krento 3.0 is almost finished and I do not plan to update Krento 2.1 anymore

The new release of Quricol - the open source freeware QR code generator library is available for download. In this release I added the possibility for developers to choose the error correction level by themselves. Download : http://users.telenet.be/ws36637/download/quricol.zip 

Valerij Romanovskij translated Smir to Russian. The translation is included in the archive. Smir is a freeware tools for backup and restore Windows desktop icons positions. The application is portable, no setup needed. The information is stored to the text file without accessing the Windows registry. Download Smir : http://users.telenet.be/ws36637/download/smir.zip  If you like this tool, please help me by link back to this site on your blog or your friend site.

eidreader library v.2.7 is available for download: http://users.telenet.be/ws36637/download/eidreader.2.7.zip In this release solved the problem with reading the photo from the eID card and other small bugs discovered in the previous version.

The new version of Quricol library is available for download. Download :  https://github.com/perevoznyk/quricol Update from 07.05.2012 The error correction level is changed to high.

James Rimell made a new skin for Krento "Blocks" You can download it from here: https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=b4508367face85d1&resid=B4508367FACE85D1!218&parid=B4508367FACE85D1!134&authkey=!AAh94mzQEjdgBbQ

The new release of EIDReader.dll 2.6 x32 and x64 is available for download. This new version is compatible with the EID Native library source code and fixed some problems discovered in the version 2.5 This is also the first release which included 64 bit version of the EIDReader.dll Update from 07.05.2012 http://users.telenet.be/ws36637/download/eidreader.2.7.zip

Krento 2.1.672.13 released and available for download from http://users.telenet.be/serhiy.perevoznyk/krento.html Reduced CPU usage during the circle rotation Added compatibility with Narrator for partially sighted people Fixed bug with the drawing of the complex skins Implemented smooth kinematic turning of the circle Central button shows now the list of the available rings for fast ring selection Windows + Z shows the ring selection even when Krento is not visible Added configuration parameter for the default number of the empty stones when creating the new circle. You can select the appropriate number or set it to 0 if you want to create an ampty circles always Added parameter to specify the name of the default circle (like the home page of the browser).  The home button can be used to navigate to the default circle The ico files can be used for stones images 

Krzysztof Michalowski modified the code to load library dynamically. This allows you to run a program when there is no library. Here is the code provided to me by Krzysztof. unit QuricolCode; interface uses Windows, SysUtils, Classes, Graphics, Dialogs; type TQRCode = class public class procedure GenerateBitmap(const FileName : string; const Text : string; Margin : integer = 4; PixelSize : integer = 3); class procedure GeneratePng(const FileName : string; const Text : string; Margin : integer = 4; PixelSize : integer = 3); class function GetBitmap(const Text : string; Margin : integer = 4; PixelSize : integer = 3) : TBitmap; class procedure GetPng(Stream : TStream; const Text : string; Margin : integer = 4; PixelSize : integer = 3); end; implementation { TQRCode } class procedure TQRCode.GenerateBitmap(const FileName, Text: string; Margin, PixelSize: integer); type TGenerateBMPWProc = procedure (fileName: PWChar; text : PWCh...

Some time ago I received the request for Krento Screen Saver from one of the Krento fans and finally found free time to implement it. You can download freeware Krento Screen Saver from my site: http://users.telenet.be/ws36637/download/KrentoSaverSetup.exe

Stan Ragets designed a new skin for Krento: This skin is available for download from his website:  http://blog.stanragets.com/2012/01/18/chrome-window-krento-skin

Last year I published the Quricol library for Delphi 2010 or better, but some users still need the support for older Delphi versions. As a result I made an update to Quricol library with support not only the Unicode, but also ANSI Delphi code. //=============================================================================== // Copyright (c) Serhiy Perevoznyk. All rights reserved. // THIS CODE AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY // OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT // LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND // FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. //=============================================================================== unit QuricolCodeAnsi; interface uses Windows, SysUtils, Classes, Graphics; type TQRCode = class public class procedure GenerateBitmap(const FileName : string; const Text : string; Margin : integer = 4; PixelSize : integer = 3); class procedure GeneratePng(c...

Update 11.09.2013: Quricol 2.0 is available for download. More information about this version on http://delphi32.blogspot.com/2013/09/quricol-20-qr-code-generator.html program QuricolDemo; {$APPTYPE CONSOLE} uses SysUtils, Graphics, Classes, QuricolCodeAnsi in 'QuricolCodeAnsi.pas'; var bmp : TBitmap; MS : TMemoryStream; begin try //Generate Windows bitmap and save to file TQRCode.GenerateBitmap('delphi1.bmp', 'http://delphi32.blogspot.com'); //Generate PNG image and save to file TQRCode.GeneratePng('delphi1.png', 'http://delphi32.blogspot.com'); //Generate TBitmap bmp := TQRCode.GetBitmap('http://www.krento.net'); bmp.SaveToFile('delphi2.bmp'); //Generate PNG to the memory stream MS := TMemoryStream.Create; TQRCode.GetPng(MS, 'http://www.krento.net'); MS.Position := 0; MS.SaveToFile('delphi2.png'); MS.Free; ...

DesktopPaparazzo is a tool to help you capture difficult screenshots. Some elements are camera shy. Perhaps you want to capture a hint, popup or menu item but every time you press the print screen button your subject disappears from view.  Well DesktopPaparazzo is here to help, simply specify a time interval and a folder then DesktopPaparazzo will snap away and provide you with a collection of screen shots leaving you free to set up the screen how you want it. DesktopPaparazzo is extremely easy to configure, you can even decide whether you want to capture the mouse pointer in your screenshot. Download DesktopPaparazzo: http://users.telenet.be/ws36637/download/DesktopPaparazzoSetup.zip   Watch Desktop Paparazzo Video Tutorial done by Softoxi.com.