BLF Image Extractor (UPDATED! Ver. 2)

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BLF Image Extractor (UPDATED! Ver. 2)

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I wrote this in C# with a lot of help from a lot of people here. I'll try to list them all at the bottom.

Version 2! Yay!

Ok, I added some things, and took away others. No more huge buttons! Here's whats new:
Menustrip, instead of buttons. Contains File>Open, Batch, Exit; About.
Batch processing, now you can specifiy a folder and the code will get and extract all the blf files.
Progress bar for batch processing.

I also changed the way the files are saved, so now the code determines the image format and saves it with that extension.

Files will be skipped if their extracted counterpart already exists, to save processing time.

The about link populates the textbox with the About information, including a list of the people that helped me out.

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People who helped:
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Corbin (from phpfreaks.com)

Thanks everyone. And like I said, I know this app is useless, but I figured I'd post my first attempt, so please be nice about it, I don't need to HEAR that it's useless.
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Re: My first program: BLF opener

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At least you made something for the community :)
Its better than i can do (Y)
Nice work dude!
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Re: My first program: BLF opener

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Thanks. I wish I could get a few more comments, it would really make me a little more liable to make more programs. If I think that anything I do is just gonna get ignored I'm not gonna do anything.
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Re: My first program: BLF opener

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You shouldn't program for attention, you should do it because you are interested in it and enjoy it.
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Re: My first program: BLF opener

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Sure but it's nice to get comments on what I do, how else do I know that anyone's even interested in it?

Even just a comment that would help me do better next time, like design and whatever.
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Re: My first program: BLF opener

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I'm not a fan of the large buttons.
I haven't tested it, but does it have Drag-and-Drop (Shell?) support? Could be a useful feature to be able to just drop a file on the program executable and have it process it without needing to load the UI, browse to the file, etc.
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If you want some help AIM me:

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Re: My first program: BLF opener

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Tural, I'm not a fan of the big button either, but idk, I just didn't want to mess with it. When I work on it again I'll probably change it.

Rogue, thanks for the offer, but I don't use IM clients.
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It takes two seconds to change the size of a button...
Just admit you thought it looked good.
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Re: My first program: BLF opener (UPDATED! Ver. 2)

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I hated it, I'm just lazy. I rewrote this program completely. No buttons, a new menu strip, batch processing, a progress bar. It looks loads better.

It might take 2 seconds to resize a button, but I didn't want to then have to mess with the size and position of the textbox, so I left it.

Edit: Version 2 is up, please check it out in the first post. New screenshot, new attachment.

Sorry Tural, I didn't add drag and drop, I couldn't figure out how, and even if I knew, I couldn't figure out how to validate that the file dropped is a real .blf file. I'll work on it though.
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Re: BLF Image Extractor (UPDATED! Ver. 2)

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So...is no one gonna try my updated version?
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Re: BLF Image Extractor (UPDATED! Ver. 2)

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Well, this isn't exactly a new, revolutionary idea. Johnson and Engineer already do this.
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Yeah, there's really nothing to test. You're fishing for people to test a design that has already been demonstrated and works fine, and there's not much to comment on. I think you're capable of testing its functionality, and the UI design has been spoken to. There's not much reason to invest a lot of time in a program like this, and as such, you'd be better taking the comments existing here and applying them when you're working on your next program rather than sinking more time in this one. Based on your previous posts, this appears to be a demonstration program, a learning program, etc. You have made it and you have gotten feedback, it's not as though there's a ton to do with it.
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Use this it practice you C# skills then make better more helpful apps ;)/.
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Re: BLF Image Extractor (UPDATED! Ver. 2)

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I redesigned the UI, that's mostly what I wanted comments on. I took away the big button, that's what you said you didn't like, I added the batch mode and the progress bar. Yeah, this was just a test program, but it was still my first ever.
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