Yes, that's what I wanted to do at first but ... I was asked if it was possible to have a changing background and if buttons could be a bit transparent and freely placed on the screen.
I tried many roads, using layered forms. I also create a top level trasparent form for each button but... i noticed that i had to click over its border to activate it before the button or the image contained became enabled. The other problem was that I had a rectangular shape
of the form alo if the button is circular... it's a pity VFP don't support png trasparency :(
Actually I'm trying to put all the buttons on a single trasprent top level form..
The application is not a pos application but jus a totem information point :)
thank you for your reply
Alessio
>>What's that ?
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>It a doodle demonstrating the use of timers to control location and size of images. I use a version of it as an "atom" that spins in my tool bar. I read your previous post and responded.IMO - you may not need to consider timers and moving images.
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>If the app is a business app for a touch screen the a left menu for function and a horizontal for operations within the function (like the "My Computer" Dialog. It may be more efficient just to reuse the objects and [simply] change their captions [plus] include a switch routine in the method that will route to processes based on the current function.
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>>>Alessio
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>>>The answer is obviously to use one form instead of 2 and use the imgCanvas to fade in /out the images.
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>>>>Well, I made the image mixer myself by managing two different form using a timer and GDI+X
>>>>these two forms are the background of my application.
>>>>Actually I broke into this new problem :
>>>>As I need to place a certain number of commandButtons over this changing backgound, i placed each of this commandbutton over
>>>>a different form which is a toplevel form with the alwaysontop property set on .T. and a bit trasparent too.
>>>>What happened is that I cannot click the button unless I select the form first. What can I do ? The application need to be managed
>>>>by a touch screen.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>Alessio
>>>>
>>>>>>Hi all,
>>>>>>I want to switch the background picture of a form from a picture to another with a rtansition effect.
>>>>>>I was thinking about placing an ocx which can do the job on that form, but I havent- found one yet.
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>>>>>>thanks
>>>>>>Alessio
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>>>>>As Sergey said, an activex would cover everything on the form.
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>>>>>If it is only a simple Fade-In/Fade-Out transition that can be done easily using GDI+X and a timer.
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>>>>>Basically you add an imagecanvas object and a timer. You create 2 graphic objects and then you increase the Alpha of one while reducing the alpha of the other.
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>>>>>I have already created such a class so if your email here on the UT is current let me know and I will send the class and sample form to you.
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>>>>>Bernard