# Anyone out there write Windows applications? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-out-there-write-windows-applications/156906 "2003-02-23T04:08:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-out-there-write-windows-applications/156906/1 "2003-02-23T04:08:00Z")
I need to find someone who knows how to program for Windows. There is a serious lack of a good webcam software, as I’ve found recently in my quest for a new one. The only decent one around was written by Neil Kolban, but he sold it to the ever-useless Surveyorcorp, which hasn’t updated it since 1999 or 2000. It has some serious problems with the newer versions of Windows. There is a market for good webcam software. I’m in a position to reach [yes, literally] thousands of webcam operators, so someone writing a new software app would have a good market for it, not just lil ole me. Anyway, I also know what webcam software needs to be able to do, and have access to a lot of people who could give good input. Anyone? Anyone know anyone? Anyone feel like learning? hehe ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-out-there-write-windows-applications/156906/2 "2003-02-23T04:15:12Z")
I’ve written Windows-based applications in both C++ and Visual Basic. I suppose i could take a crack at it. There’s pay in this, right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-out-there-write-windows-applications/156906/3 "2003-02-23T04:38:39Z")
I use ConquerCam the software but I agree the good software is hard to find. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-out-there-write-windows-applications/156906/4 "2003-02-23T05:05:59Z")
Q.E.D. I really can’t afford to pay, but I can offer to create a website and promote the crap out of it. Here are the features that are needed: - ftp at specified intervals - ability to specify ftp host and other info - ability to specify image name - ability to apply an overlay over the image - streaming video capability (jpeg push) - ability to embed streaming video into web page [webcam32 uses a java applet for this] - ability to add and position multiple captions - ability to add code into the captions to display things like time and date - ability to rename images on the ftp server in order to display a “last 10 images” type page. Bonus “would be really cool” feature: relay server on the webserver that allows a stream to go to the server first, then from there to individuals, rather than everyone making a connection to my machine, eating up all my precious bandwidth. Webcam32 has all of these features except the “bonus” one, but it’s a POS program and barely works on WinME. It has to be run in “win98 compatibility mode” on XP. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-out-there-write-windows-applications/156906/5 "2003-02-23T05:14:31Z")
Q.E.D. I really can’t afford to pay, but I can offer to create a website and promote the crap out of it. Here are the features that are needed: - ftp at specified intervals - ability to specify ftp host and other info - ability to specify image name - ability to apply an overlay over the image - streaming video capability (jpeg push) - ability to embed streaming video into web page [webcam32 uses a java applet for this] - ability to add and position multiple captions - ability to add code into the captions to display things like time and date - ability to rename images on the ftp server in order to display a “last 10 images” type page. Bonus “would be really cool” feature: relay server on the webserver that allows a stream to go to the server first, then from there to individuals, rather than everyone making a connection to my machine, eating up all my precious bandwidth. Webcam32 has all of these features except the “bonus” one, but it’s a POS program and barely works on WinME. It has to be run in “win98 compatibility mode” on XP.