Back to Normal
January 20th, 2009, by Paul Lefebvre in Graphics
I don’t know the exact cause of the malware attack on RBDevZone early this morning. Originally I suspected it was related to the new custom theme I was using, but it also could have been a flaw in WordPress 2.6 I have removed the offending code from the templates, have upgraded the site to use...

PNG Utilities Replacements
October 3rd, 2008, by Paul Lefebvre in Graphics
In a prior post, I noted that PNG Utilities has been deprecated. It still works fine in REALbasic 2008 Release 4, but if you’re looking to replace it with something that is supported you have two (non-free) option: Monkeybread Plugins or Einhugur GraphicsFormats plugin Switching to either of this...

PNG Utilities Deprecated
August 26th, 2008, by Paul Lefebvre in Graphics, Open Source
I just noticed that one of my favorite plugins, PNG Utilities, has been deprecated by the developer (Chaotic Box). I often used PNG Utilities in my projects to load icon files because it worked well and was free. Although it still works fine with REALbasic 2008 Release 3.1, it will no longer be updated...

PNG Utilities Tip
February 6th, 2008, by Paul Lefebvre in Graphics
I have a lot of icons in PNG format with built in masks that I like to use in my toolbars. Although REALbasic loads the pictures fine with FolderItem.OpenAsPicture, it doesn’t load the mask, so I use the free PNG Utilities plug-in instead. One annoyance I’ve had with this is that the PNG...