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image buttons without the border? |
27/11/2006 @ 08:23
by Dave O\'Brien
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Is there any way to use an image as a button without having the usual button border drawn around it?
I know I could use a plain IMAGE command, and then capture X-Y pen events on the screen etc., but that seems like too much work.
Does the Palm API support click events on images, or something like that? |
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27/11/2006 @ 21:03
by aldweb
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This is very well possible Dave.
I did not include this option in iziBasic's BUTTON syntax, like many other options in the various controls. Otherwise, the syntax for the controls would be gorgeous.
But, since this one is often requested, I will think about a new control to draw buttons without frame, in the next release of iziBasic.
Meanwhile, you will have to use a form designed with Bird (or RsrcEdit), put that kind of button in it, and open it with the OPENFORM statement.
Or a PP applet... Nothing too difficult, I could even design it for you if you wish.
Cheers,
aldweb
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27/11/2006 @ 23:42
by Dave O\'Brien
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For now, I'm fooling around with this:
- Put a normal button on the screen, with an empty label.
- Put an image on top of it (completely covering it.
The button can be clicked "through" the image, so that's handy - just write a normal handler for the button event.
Clicking it brings the button to the front, so the handler has to mask the button again with another IMAGE command.
This may be good enough until iziBasic offers an IMAGEBUTTON without the frame. Stay tuned... ;^) |
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29/11/2006 @ 23:01
by aldweb
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Hey Dave, this is a very smart way of doing.
Do you get any display side effect, like seeing the button's frame at some point? (especially if you keep the pen down on the button)
On my side, I checked the options offered by PalmOS when creating dynamically a button. Unfortunately, creating a button without frame would require some tricking on a ButtonFrameType parameter in the ControlAttrType of the button. And there here is what PalmOS specifies: "Your code should treat the ControlAttrType structure as opaque. Use the functions specified in the descriptions below to retrieve and set each value. Do not attempt to change structure member values directly.". The advice is very clear!
Now I remember why I did not offer this option in the BUTTON statement definition! 
Cheers,
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02/12/2006 @ 10:32
by Dave O\'Brien
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The button shows through while the pen is down.
The PUSHBUTTON works better for square button images because it's also square. (Normal BUTTONs are rounded, which doesn't match up so well.)
Seems to work pretty well, all told. Try out the Kaleida app to see it in action. |
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02/12/2006 @ 18:20
by aldweb
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Hello Dave,
My two children love this Kaleida app 
I will dig into your source code to learn how you managed to draw thick lines 
Cheers,
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03/12/2006 @ 02:43
by Dave O\'Brien
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For thick lines:
- I offset the starting and ending coordinates 1 pixel up from the original point, and draw a second line.
- I offset them 1 pixel left of the original point, and draw a third line.
For full symmetry, I should also draw the right and bottom offset lines, but I thought that may slow things down too much. The first 2 offsets seem to work well enough.
At some point I'll go back and look at the post about WAITEVENT, to see if I can get the drawing to respond quicker.
I also played around a bit with sound tones tied to X and Y offsets from the center, but I'll have to improve that before enabling it as an option.
Cheers! |
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03/12/2006 @ 22:38
by aldweb
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Thank you Dave for the explanations.
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22/12/2006 @ 11:11
by aldweb
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Hello Dave,
Kaleida is a hit!
It is one of the Top 50 downloads at PalmGear this month!
Look here: http://www.palmgear.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=software.top50month
Good job Dave!
Cheers,
aldweb
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