Code in a corner?

[Berikco]

Well, we all now I'm a little bit lazy....just don't want to reinvent the wheel

Anybody has code somewhere in a dark corner of his hard disk for:

- Changing the mouse cursor.
- Set background of ContainerGadget (not with a ImageGadget, but the API Brush way like windows)

And...

How the hell can i make transparent png's using Paint Shop pro ? (on windows)

[dhouston]

How the hell can i make transparent png's using Paint Shop pro ? (on windows)

There are numerous PSP tutorials that cover this. Here's one...

• http://www.ehow.com/how_2034276_make-png-paintshop.html

[Berikco]

my psp version was to old

[walker]

Why you're not using the GIMP?
There is a Windows Version too and creating a transparent PNG can't be easier than with the GIMP.....

[Foz]

Because he is used to working in PSP?

No point halting everything else while you learn another tool when a simple upgrade will fix things for you.

[walker]

so... after rebooting from Win to Linux.. here's a way to change the background of EVERY widget as you wish:
I'm using a gtkrc-file to achieve this... there is a way without.. but I'd never used that way...

1st: create a file with the following content:

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pixmap_path "./images"

style "container_style"
{
bg_pixmap[NORMAL] = "my_background.png"
  bg[NORMAL] = {0.755, 0.755, 0.9555}
  fg[NORMAL] = {0.000, 0.000, 0.000}
}

widget "*mycontainer" style "container_style"

adapt the image name and the path to the images.. if in the same directory, imagepath = "."
The image should be seamless as it is used to fill the gadget regardless of it's size

in your code you'll need the following lines
somewhere at startup before creating the window/Gadget

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gtk_rc_parse_(rcfile);including path; best place is in the same dir as the executable

and the following line after the gadget is created

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gtk_widget_set_name_(GadgetID(<your_container_id>),"mycontainer")

if you made changes to your style, use

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gtk_rc_reparse_all()

to re-read all used gtkrc-style files...

that's the easy way to change a widgets background and color...

To set a cursor you'll need the following:

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mycursor=gdk_cursor_new_(#GDK_WATCH )
gdk_window_set_cursor_(WindowID(hwnd) , mycursor)

but I can't get this to work... regarding the GDK documentation that's all you need to change a cursor :roll:

[freak]

SetGadgetColor() ...

About the cursor:
WindowID() returns a GtkWindow, not a GdkWindow pointer.
So to use Gdk functions on it, do somethink like this:

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*Widget.GtkWidget = WindowID(...) ; A GtkWindow is also a GtkWidget
*GdkWindow = *Widget\Window

[walker]

SetGadgetColor() ...

well .. too easy

EDIT
uups.. your post is growing...

ha.. that's it pointing a gtk window to a gdk window to change the pointer

[Foz]

yup, that works a charm:

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If OpenWindow(0, 100, 200, 195, 260, "PureBasic Window", #PB_Window_SystemMenu | #PB_Window_MinimizeGadget | #PB_Window_MaximizeGadget)
  mycursor=gdk_cursor_new_(#GDK_WATCH )
  *Widget.GtkWidget = WindowID(0)
  *GdkWindow = *Widget\Window
  gdk_window_set_cursor_(*GdkWindow , mycursor) 

  Repeat
    EventID = WaitWindowEvent()

    If EventID = #PB_Event_CloseWindow  ; If the user has pressed on the close button
      Quit = 1
    EndIf
  Until Quit = 1
EndIf
End

[Berikco]

No need for a setgadgetcolor replacement

The image is created in memory, so no file can be used.

Now what are the possible build in cursors?

edit: Found the cursors...

[walker]

for all others who might be interestred see:
http://library.gnome.org/devel/gdk/unst ... #GdkCursor