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herlock Homes has never been more gruesome. The Testament of Sherlock
Holmes, the sixth installment in developer Frogwares' long-running
series of adventures starring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's celebrated
detective and his sidekick, Watson, kicks off with the discovery of a
mutilated corpse. It then proceeds through suicides, another mutilated
corpse, poisoned dogs, an autopsy, an opium den, and a generally
desolate atmosphere that is a long way from the drawing-room mystery
style of this usually all-ages franchise. It might not be the best of
the line, given the very high bar set by Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
back in 2006. But the macabre plot, severe characterizations that show
Sherlock as an antihero, and lovely graphics combine to make this a
mesmerizing adventure.
Testament is not for the faint of heart. One of the first clues you have to examine is this severed thumb.
The basic style and setting of Testament are similar to what has gone
before in Frogwares adventures. You take on the role of Sherlock Holmes
as he investigates a new case, with odd diversions into the shoes and
paws of other characters, such as associate Dr. Watson and even a hound
dog (not the high point of the game). The story is considerably darker
than the stories of previous games in the franchise, however. Where
predecessors mostly chickened out on the gory stuff--even the Jack the
Ripper game released in 2009 hid the serial killer's shredded
victims--this one lays it all out there. This is evident from the first
crime scene that you investigate, which involves the horrific
torture-murder of a priest in a church.
Forget about genteel Victorian mysteries; one of the first things you do
here is pick up a severed thumb. This sets the depressing mood of the
entire game, which features more than one grisly corpse to examine.
There is much more here than just shock-factor gross-outs, though. The
darkness extends to characterizations, and even Holmes is depicted in a
rather unsympathetic manner. He was always well known to be a cold fish,
but here he is rude, insulting, and even a suspect in the crimes for a
little while. For the first time, you have cause to doubt Holmes, which
gives new life to the series.
For a while. Although Testament gets off to a roaring start with
corpses, mad poisoners, and cemetery exploration, everything settles
down to more of a traditional Holmesian romp by about the midway point
of the game. Yet this isn't a letdown. Too much blood would have given
the game a slasher-film vibe that would go against the premise of the
adventure series and the characters of Holmes and Watson as set forth by
Conan Doyle in the late 1800s. And it isn't as though the story coasts
to a finish. On the contrary, this is the most involved game in the
entire series, packed with the appearances of many of Holmes' most
noteworthy heroes and villains, loads of puzzles, and numerous
conversations that establish mood and deepen the portrayals of both the
leads and the walk-ons. The script is excellent, as are the voice-acting
performances. This is one game that you could enjoy just sitting back
to watch.
Where
murder victims were often covered up in Frogwares' previous Sherlock
adventures, here they are displayed in all their gory glory.
Only the too-slavish devotion to point-and-click adventure tropes causes
the game to drag. Rooms always need to be scoured for clues. Items are
typically buried in the scenery, forcing you to scroll around entire
screens waiting for the moment when the icon turns into Holmes' trusty
magnifying glass and lets you know that the game's afoot. This isn't as
much of a nuisance as it sounds, however. Most rooms are fairly small,
and you are allowed to move forward even if you don't examine every
little clue in every nook and cranny of the background.
Puzzles can be overwhelming; most are very tough, and there are a lot of
them. Virtually all are ingeniously designed, but there are so many
that you soon start questioning the sanity of it all. Would a priest
really hide love letters under a chessboard puzzle? Would anyone lock
boxes with everything from intricate hexagon puzzles to ciphers? This
all adds depth to play, at least, and increases the running time. And
some puzzles are totally entertaining, such as the board where you plot
out deductions about clues. Expect to spend a good 12 to 20 hours on the
game, depending on your noggin and your resistance to the temptation to
cheat by digging up a walkthrough online.
Testament vastly improves on the look and sound of previous games in the
franchise, with noticeably more detail in character models and scenery.
Visuals are mostly effective, especially when it comes to the ornate
chambers and slums of Victorian London. Character faces generally come
with finer features, too, although there are some strange miscues that
make the odd supporting figure come off like a mannequin.
Funny how Arthur Conan Doyle didn't write about all the numerical puzzles Holmes constantly had to solve.
More powerful visuals have also been adapted to allow for three
different control schemes. For the first time, you can freely switch
back and forth between a first-person view, a third-person gamepad-style
perspective, and a third-person mouse-click movement angle. So you have
a choice whether you prefer using a gamepad, a keyboard and mouse, or a
mouse alone. Audio is a cut above what has been previously featured in
Frogwares' Holmes games. Music is far more varied and more reminiscent
of a theatrical score, and the voice acting is, as has previously been
mentioned, absolutely superb.
If you like traditional adventure games, you should love The Testament
of Sherlock Holmes. Fans of the genre will be heartened to see how much
effort has been expended on such a complex, adult adventure. Even with
the minor issues with pixel hunts and puzzle overloading, this is an
uncompromising, riveting adventure game.
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On August 1, Microsoft
released Windows 8 to PC manufacturers. As of the 15th, developers can
download this final build of the operating system from TechNet or MSDN
and reviewers like me are finally allowed to write about the near-final
version of Microsoft's big gamble for the future of Windows. The public
release of the operating system and PCs running it won't happen until
its General Availability on October 26. I got an early look, and tested
the latest version of the OS by upgrading an Intel-based Windows 8
Samsung tablet to RTM. The public can still get a pretty close idea of
what Microsoft's re-imagining of Windows is like by downloading the Release Preview and installing it on any Windows 7–capable hardware.
Never has there been a more apt application of the acronym FUD—fear,
uncertainly, and doubt—when it came to an approaching operating system.
Uncertainty can certainly characterize a lot of people's thoughts about
Windows 8, and one of the main uncertainties is that they're not sure
whether it's a tablet operating system or a desktop one…because it's
both. And that, for some reason, confuses people. Microsoft has often
used the phrase "no compromises," meaning you get the best of both
worlds, but a lot of desktop users will feel that their Windows 8
interface is compromised in favor of touch tablets.
Anyone following the computer industry knows that Microsoft would
have been foolish to carry on producing only a desktop-centric OS that
ignores the sea surge moving computing to the tablet format, with
Apple's iPad in the vanguard. Microsoft made the bold choice of deciding
to build one OS to rule them all, offering more than just a tablet OS
as the iPad does. People clearly want tablets, but they also want PCs:
Since its launch in 2009, Windows 7 has sold over 630 million licenses,
compared with 84 million total iPads sold since its launch in 2010. Why
not offer an OS for both platforms in one shot?
The tablet and touch friendly face of the OS, formerly called Metro,
and now called simply Windows 8-style (and which I'll call new-style to
avoid confusion), can be used to launch the new set of Windows 8-style
apps, which run full-screen and are designed for touch with simple and
consisent interfaces. But it can also serve as a launcher for the
desktop-style apps that Windows users have been accustomed to. In RTM,
the Start screen tiles for desktop apps get a slight face-lift, with
larger and in some cases redesigned icons.
Before delving into an analysis of Windows 8 RTM, which I've had just
a day with at this point, let's take a moment to enumerate what the new
OS brings to the party for everyone:
Much faster startup.
Let's be honest, there's no comparison with the time it takes to
start using an iPad versus a Windows 7 laptop. Windows 8 makes
great strides towards eliminating this difference.
New Start screen with live tiles that update with app info such
as arriving emails, news items, weather, and stock tickers.
Default apps are included that provide all this.
Syncing with all your PCs through Microsoft account sign in.
This capability syncs personalization preferences, Internet
Explorer favorites, backgrounds, WiFi passwords and more with
cloud-connected accounts.
New App Store. The apps sold here will run on both Windows 8
tablets and full PCs. The apps will have to pass standards, and can
be updated and installed on multiple PCs in your account (just as
with the Mac App Store). They'll also get the ability to connect
with other apps for services like email or social network updating.
Improved battery life for laptops as well as tablets.
Faster Wi-Fi reconnect times.
Faster graphics and text performance, thanks to hardware acceleration.
A much improved Internet Explorer 10, with far better support for the new HTML5 standards and faster performance.
New file folder window choices.
New Task Manager
Trusted Boot. This prevents malware from loading before the OS,
on systems with UEFI boot. In general, security is much tighter in
Windows 8 than in Windows 7 (though we've heard that song before).
Built in Consumer apps—People, for social network contacts; Photos, Mail, Messaging, Calendar, Video,
ISO mounting. The OS can now make a disc image file appear as a drive.
You'll get all this and more for a mere $39.99 upgrade from Windows XP
and later. And don't forget that Windows 8 runs on any hardware that
can runs Windows 7. It will also be able to run any programs that run
under Windows 7, unless you opt for a Windows RT tablet, which will only
run new-style Windows 8 apps. What's New in Windows 8 RTM vs. Release Preview? Very
little changes from Windows 8 Release Preview to RTM. Microsoft has
mostly squashed bugs and made performance improvements. But there are a
few visual differences you'll notice right after upgrading to RTM: The
default lock screen now shows the Seattle Space Needle, with mountains
in the background and a green hill that evokes the original Windows XP
default desktop. And in the desktop view, we can finally see the
"flattened" look of the new windows borders, which do away with the
glassy transparency of Windows 7 interface elements.
Something I consider extremely important for new Windows 8 users
debuts in RTM the first time you log in: You're now treated to a
mini-tutorial on using Windows 8 during initial setup: Simple text and
diagrams show you how to swipe in from the sides of the screen (if
you're on a tablet) or to move the mouse pointer to the corners of the
screen if you're using mouse and keyboard. Once users digest these two
simple gesture types, they've got a lot of what's needed to operate
Windows 8 under their belts.
In another instance of new eye candy, 14 new personalization
"tattoos" have been added for the Start screen. To choose one of these,
head to PC Settings > Personalize > Start screen. These tattoos
are variants on the background swirls behind the tiles of the Windows 8
Start screen. The new ones range from discreet brush strokes to some
that are more colorful and elaborate than any we've seen up to now. Each
tattoo is customized to match the basic color scheme you chose from the
25 options.
A new app-switching option has also been introduced in Windows 8 RTM:
Instead of always having your last app pop in to take over the screen
when you swipe in from the left, you can now set this action to just
bring up the list of recently used apps in a left panel. These tiles
formerly only appeared when you swiped in and out—a gesture
that took me some time to discover. Changing the setting makes the full
app list display whenever you swipe in from the left.
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check this out and if have any errors, inclinations please leave heare..,
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thank you, Have fun...!
database : Sales
Login UserNAme: AdminJIK
Password : 1234
Copy 'POS' folder to "C:\Program Files\"
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I only developed this urgent program after almost 24 hours of programming .
This project includes the ff.:
*Cash register - ready for barcode reader
*product Inventory
*Critical Stocks
Reporting :( Crystal report 8.5 requsted by the clients ^_^ )
*Day to day Transaction report
To Beginners out there, this is not a pure OOP code due to lack of
time. And Intend to give you ideas on how to create a basic CASH
REGISTER SYSTEM ( POINT OF SALE ),PROCESS FLOW as well as the Database
Designs, So you could start developing a system like this in your own.
For your inquiries please dont hesitate to email me @
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In
this program you will know on how to create a complete online Point of
Sale(POS) using PHP/MySQL.The system also help you on how to create an
Online Point of Sale that cater both cash, check, and credit.
The system can generate different report such as:
Individual sales report
Inventory report
Daily/weekly/monthly/yearly sales report
Collectibles report
Supplier Report
Receipt
Customer Report
The system can also retrieve OR, generate individual customer ledger and etc. Happy coding and hope this code will help you.
Database name: inventory
Username:administrator
Password:administrator
Car Spareparts Sales and Inventory System is a program that uses ADO
and some good functionalities. It uses listview control in displaying
list of records,flexgrid and other activex controls that beautify the
interface of the system.
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ActiveX Controls Download:
ctrlNSCombo.ocx
StyleButton.ocx
HookMenu.ocx
lvButton.ocx
b8Controls.ocx
actrpt2.dll