How to copy CreateImage drawings to clipboard?

[BackupUser]

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by cor.

Has someone a solution for copying the drawings created with the

CreateImage command to a clipboard.

I need it very badly.

Registered user of PB

C. de Visser
Author of Super Guitar Chord Finder
http://www.ready4music.com

[BackupUser]

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by fred.

Try:

SetClipboardData_(#CF_BITMAP, UseImage(YourImageNumberHere))



Fred - AlphaSND

[BackupUser]

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Paul.

You beat me to it Fred

Anyways... here's a longer example:

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hnd=CreateImage(0,100,100)

If StartDrawing(ImageOutput())
  FrontColour(128,0,128)
  Circle(50, 50, 30)
  StopDrawing()
EndIf

OpenClipboard_(0)
EmptyClipboard_()
SetClipboardData_(#CF_BITMAP,hnd)

[BackupUser]

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by fred.

Ok, I beat you from few minutes but my code was incomplete. And yours too . Don't forget CloseClipboard() before quit.

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#CF_BITMAP = 2

If OpenClipboard_(0)
  SetClipboardData_(#CF_BITMAP, LoadImage(0, "c:\background4.bmp"))
  CloseClipboard_()
EndIf

Fred - AlphaSND

[BackupUser]

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Paul.

Doh !!

[BackupUser]

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by cor.

Thanks for your quick reply.

You can also use the following command to test if the copy was successfull.

If IsClipboardFormatAvailable_(#CF_BITMAP) = 0
MessageRequester("","Fault copy",#PB_MessageRequester_Ok)
EndIf

There is only one problem:

When I close the program it give the following code:

Stack fault in 'kernel32.dll'

Just test the code by yourself

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Gosub createimage


wndpl.WINDOWPLACEMENT
wndpl\Length = SizeOf(WINDOWPLACEMENT)
wndpl\showCmd = #SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED
wndpl\flags = 0; 

If OpenWindow(0, #CW_USEDEFAULT, #CW_USEDEFAULT, #CW_USEDEFAULT, #CW_USEDEFAULT, #PB_Window_SystemMenu|#PB_Window_MinimizeGadget|#PB_Window_MaximizeGadget|#PB_Window_SizeGadget, "PureBasic Demo")
SetWindowPlacement_(WindowID(), @wndpl)

Gosub createimage

Procedure WindowCallback(WindowID, Message, lParam, wParam)
    If Message = #WM_PAINT
      StartDrawing(WindowOutput())
        DrawImage(ImageID(), 100, 10)
      StopDrawing()
    EndIf
  EndProcedure
      
  SetWindowCallback(@WindowCallback())
  
OpenClipboard_(0)
EmptyClipboard_()
SetClipboardData_(#CF_BITMAP,hnd)
CloseClipboard_()

If IsClipboardFormatAvailable_(#CF_BITMAP) = 0
MessageRequester("","Fault copy",#PB_MessageRequester_Ok)
EndIf

; Wait for UserInput

  Repeat

  
      Select WaitWindowEvent()
      
      Case #PB_EventMenu
      
      Case #PB_EventRepaint

      Case #WM_CLOSE ; #PB_EventCloseWindow
        Quit = 1

    EndSelect

  Until Quit = 1


EndIf

createimage:
hnd=CreateImage(0,250,200)

StartDrawing(ImageOutput())
;  DrawingMode(1)
  FrontColour(255,255,255)
  Box(0,0,250,200) 
  FrontColour(0,0,0)

xpos=50
xwidth=100
yheight=100

; draw guitar box
For y= 35 To 37
  Line(50,y,xwidth,0)
Next

For y= 40 To 40   
  Line(50,y,xwidth,0)
  Line(50,y+20,xwidth,0)
  Line(50,y+40,xwidth,0)
  Line(50,y+60,xwidth,0)
  Line(50,y+80,xwidth,0)
  Line(50,y+100,xwidth,0)
Next

For x = 50 To 50
    Line(x,40,0,yheight)
    Line(x+20,40,0,yheight)
    Line(x+40,40,0,yheight)
    Line(x+60,40,0,yheight)
    Line(x+80,40,0,yheight)
    Line(x+100,40,0,yheight)
Next
StopDrawing()

Return


End

Registered user of PB

C. de Visser
Author of Super Guitar Chord Finder
http://www.ready4music.com

[BackupUser]

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by PB.

There is only one problem:
When I close the program it give the following code:
Stack fault in 'kernel32.dll'

Not a bug: you just left out the End command before your createimage:
label, as per our discussion in the "Bugs" forum.


PB - Registered PureBasic Coder


Edited by - PB on 22 January 2002 21:01:31

[BackupUser]

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by PB.

SetClipboardData_(#CF_BITMAP, UseImage(YourImageNumberHere))

Fred, do you know a way to copy the clipboard bitmap data to an Image gadget?


PB - Registered PureBasic Coder

[BackupUser]

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Paul.

Not the exact answer to your question but here's how to get it back off the clipboard...

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OpenClipboard_(0)
hnd=GetClipboardData_(#CF_BITMAP)
CloseClipboard_()
  
If OpenWindow(0,10,10,200,200,#PB_Window_SystemMenu,"Test")
  StartDrawing(WindowOutput())
  DrawImage(hnd,0,0)  
  StopDrawing()  
EndIf
Delay(2000)
End

[BackupUser]

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Paul.

OK... being a little less lazy this time, here's your answer

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OpenClipboard_(0)
hnd=GetClipboardData_(#CF_BITMAP)
CloseClipboard_()
 
InitGadget(1) 
If OpenWindow(0,10,10,200,200,#PB_Window_SystemMenu,"Test")
  If CreateGadgetList(WindowID())
    ImageGadget(1,10,10,100,100,hnd)  
  EndIf
  
  Repeat
    EventID.l = WaitWindowEvent()    
  Until EventID=#PB_EventCloseWindow   
EndIf
End

Edited by - paul on 22 January 2002 22:00:12

[BackupUser]

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by PB.

OK... being a little less lazy this time, here's your answer

Thanks, Paul! I worked out the hnd=GetClipboardData_(#CF_BITMAP) part, but
for some reason I could never work out how to "paste" it to an Image control.


PB - Registered PureBasic Coder

[BackupUser]

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by fred.

I see than some of you are becoming expert in PureBasic + Win API .

Fred - AlphaSND

[BackupUser]

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by PB.

I see than some of you are becoming expert in PureBasic + Win API .

Hehehe, yeah. As mentioned in another post, about 40% of the actual code of all
my PureBasic apps are just API calls and API constants.


PB - Registered PureBasic Coder

Edited by - PB on 22 January 2002 23:52:11

[BackupUser]

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Franco.

... about 40% of the actual code of all my PureBasic apps are just API calls and API constants.

Yeah, that seems to be normal this days...
But that is because of the lack of build in commands of PureBasic!
And that's very, very bad for the Linux or Amiga world!
To recompile applications to these OS are very difficult if you use WinAPI.
(Normally you don't know much about Linux or Amiga API as you know about WinAPI...)



Have a nice day...
Franco

Sometimes you have to go a lonely way to accomplish genius things.

[BackupUser]

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by PB.

But that is because of the lack of build in commands of PureBasic!

No, not always. I prefer an API instead of the equivalent PureBasic command
because it makes your executables smaller. For example, compile both these
lines into an executable, and you'll see that the API version is smaller...

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; Example 1: This compiles to an exe of 6688 bytes.
MessageRequester("Test","hmm",0)

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; Example 2: This compiles to an exe of 4640 bytes.
MessageBox_(0,"hmm","Test",0)

One other reason why I like using the API: it makes translating source code
both to and from both C and Visual Basic so much easier. Quite often I read
the Visual Basic groups/help sites to find a way to do something, and as they
normally use API routines it makes it very easy to convert to PureBasic.


PB - Registered PureBasic Coder

Edited by - PB on 23 January 2002 19:01:19