ProGUI V1.38 UI Library (Small Bug Fix)

[Zach]

I received an email for the update release.

btw, Chris. your forum is being attacked by spam bots.

[PrincieD]

btw, Chris. your forum is being attacked by spam bots.

Thanks dude I've sorted them, bloody spam bots!

Chris.

[Zach]

Things have been quiet in ProGUI-land lately.... gearing up for a new release?

[PrincieD]

Things have been quiet in ProGUI-land lately.... gearing up for a new release?

Hey mate! yes things have been a bit quiet lately due to me having a bit of a coding slump/coders block but feel ready for the final push now. There's been some compatibility problems with getting the 'masking' system working in a unified way on both the GDI drivers and Direct2D drivers. For example under GDI masks are created using hundreds of pixel sized clipping regions based on a single 'transparent color' which only allows for opaque/fully transparent masks where as Direct2D doesn't support this type of clipping but does a great job on using an alpha mask with varying degrees of transparency (the trouble is there is no way to do this in just GDI). So I think what needs to be done is a combination of GDI and GDI+ to get alpha masks working under the GDI drivers and drop the existing clipping region method. Nothings ever straight forward lol

The following screen shows a spherical gradient alpha mask in Direct2D with absolutely no performance drop:



On a plus note I think I've eradicated the spam bots once and for all on the ProGUI forums by dropping the captcha method, now asks a simple question like "How many bits in a byte" which every programmer should know heh

Chris.

[Zach]

Hey man that is pretty cool

I haven't written any code in Ages either.. kinda feel bad about it, hrmm.. I dunno, just can't seem to get moving I suppose.. But then these things keep happening between my breaks, New PB, new ProGUI, new PB Beta w/New Form Designer Beta and new ProGUI on the horizon!

lol.. I think its one of those "waiting on the tools" deals where the tools are never finished

I wish I had half the brain as some of you guys seem to have. You can learn to do all this neat stuff, and know how to work at it.. I'm just struggling to stay interested at times

[PrincieD]

Hey man that is pretty cool

Thanks! trying to get the same effect working in GDI without it crawling is giving me some real headaches though

I haven't written any code in Ages either.. kinda feel bad about it, hrmm.. I dunno, just can't seem to get moving I suppose.. But then these things keep happening between my breaks, New PB, new ProGUI, new PB Beta w/New Form Designer Beta and new ProGUI on the horizon!

It sucks when the dreaded coders block happens, it's like a perpetual cycle of procrastination that's really difficult to get out of. I think the only way to move forward is just to start coding, code anything but just write some lines and hopefully you'll get your 'codejo' back

lol.. I think its one of those "waiting on the tools" deals where the tools are never finished

lol I know I know, me too! and I'm one of the dudes writing the tools lol I wish I could fast forward into the future where it's all done and working nicely heh

I wish I had half the brain as some of you guys seem to have. You can learn to do all this neat stuff, and know how to work at it.. I'm just struggling to stay interested at times

Bah don't put yourself down mate, we're all clever chaps here! just takes patience (I've actually been feeling pretty dumb lately, might have killed too many brain cells drinking lol)

Chris.

[ruslanx]

Hi PrincieD, I use the Userlibrary to compile this example. (Last version)
.. I find a bug, memory leak with the 'AddPanelExImagePage' command, ('AddPanelExPage' same thing) .. try example .. open-close window and look in taskmanager how is increased amount of memory used ...thx.

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StartProGUI("", 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)


Enumeration
  #Window_0
  #Window_1
  #Panel_1
  #Shortcut_F2
  #Shortcut_Esc
EndEnumeration


Procedure OpenWind()
  ExamineDesktops() : Global width = DesktopWidth(0) : Global height = DesktopHeight(0)  ; 1920x1080
  
  OpenWindow(#Window_1, 0, 0, width, height, "In Fullscreen", #PB_Window_BorderLess | #PB_Window_Maximize | #PB_Window_ScreenCentered | #PB_Window_Invisible)
  AddKeyboardShortcut(#Window_1, #PB_Shortcut_Escape, #Shortcut_Esc)
  
  ; creates a new pannelex
  CreatePanelEx(#Panel_1, WindowID(#Window_1), 0, 0, width, height, 0)
  
  ;AddPanelExImagePage(#PNLX_IGNORE, #PNLX_IGNORE, #PNLX_IGNORE, #PNLX_IGNORE, #PNLX_IGNORE, #PNLX_IGNORE, #PNLX_CENTRE)  ; --- Bug (Memory Leak + 10MB)
  AddPanelExPage(-1)    ; same thing


  HideWindow(#Window_1, 0)
EndProcedure
; 


OpenWindow(#Window_0, 0, 0, 400, 200, "WebCAM_Fullscreen", #PB_Window_ScreenCentered |#PB_Window_SystemMenu)
AddKeyboardShortcut(#Window_0, #PB_Shortcut_F2, #Shortcut_F2)

; press F2 (to open window_1) and Escape to close window_1 ... look in taskmanager how memory is up with 10MB ..
; ******************************************************************************************************************

Repeat
  Event = WaitWindowEvent()
  
  Select Event
    Case #PB_Event_Menu
      Select EventMenu()
          
        Case #Shortcut_F2
          OpenWind()
          
        Case #Shortcut_Esc
          CloseWindow(#Window_1)
          FreePanelEx(-1)
          SetActiveWindow(#Window_0)
          
      EndSelect
  EndSelect
  
Until Event = #WM_CLOSE

End

[PrincieD]

Thanks for reporting ruslanx, I've confirmed the bug - looks like the buffers aren't being released correctly doh!

Chris.

[PrincieD]

V1.38 out guys, see top of thread

Chris.

[ts-soft]

In the resident of ProGUI you have defined:
#background = 30
You use constants without a suffix, names like #background in the resident is not good!

Greetings - Thomas

[PrincieD]

In the resident of ProGUI you have defined:
#background = 30
You use constants without a suffix, names like #background in the resident is not good!

Greetings - Thomas

Thanks for reporting Thomas, yep that's not good lol I'll make sure I rename all the constants with a "#ProGUI_" suffix in the next update.

Chris.

[Zach]

Just nitpicking but, "#ProGUI_" is a prefix in this case

[PrincieD]

Just nitpicking but, "#ProGUI_" is a prefix in this case

hehe yep prefix not suffix

Chris.

[akee]

Hi PrincieD,
Any possibilities of giving more details in the documentation? I feel it is a little insufficient to quickly get started and running.

I am running through the examples and help file. Tried to add a gradient CreateGradient() to a panel AddPanelExImagePage() but it does not seem to work? -1 to 11 is ok.

BTW SetWindowFont() sets the windows's title bar font or all other gadget fonts from there.

Thanks...

[PrincieD]

Hey Akee,

Hi PrincieD,
Any possibilities of giving more details in the documentation? I feel it is a little insufficient to quickly get started and running.

I've been thinking of writing some kind of tutorial for a while but it's difficult to know what to base it on as there are so many things that ProGUI could be used for in an application The examples cover most of the features of the API and I've designed them to be used as 'templates' which are easy to follow and understand when cross referenced with the help manual.
Perhaps you could give me some suggestions for a tutorial that would help you best? and if anyone else would like to make some suggestions I'd appreciate it!

I am running through the examples and help file. Tried to add a gradient CreateGradient() to a panel AddPanelExImagePage() but it does not seem to work? -1 to 11 is ok.

To add a gradient to a PanelEx page, simply pass the returned handle from CreateGradient() (make sure the colours are made using the MakeColour() command) to the Background parameter of AddPanelExImagePage, the DCCManagerUI_Example is a good example of this.

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; create main PanelEx
mainPanelEx = CreatePanelEx(#PannelEx_0, WindowID(#Window_0), 0, RebarHeight(rebar), w_width, w_height-RebarHeight(rebar)-23, @myPannelCallback())
    
; create nice gradient for transfers page backgorund
Gradient = CreateGradient(#VerticalGRADIENT, MakeColour(255, 133, 133, 126), MakeColour(255, 46, 44, 38))
    
;- create new transfers page
page = AddPanelExImagePage(Gradient, image(43)\normal, 0, 0, 0, 0, #PNLX_CENTRE|#PNLX_VCENTRE)

BTW SetWindowFont() sets the windows's title bar font or all other gadget fonts from there.

The SetWindowFont() command is just a WinAPI helper command and is really meant to be used on the HWND returned from a common control not an actual top level window. It isn't really needed for PureBasic just other languages, which of course ProGUI can be used with.

Let me know how it goes anyway Akee!

Chris.