I think your are right about that. A button is a numeric value. The button's picture is an [appendage?] that needs a source. Didn't someone come up with a way to "create" variables at runtime?
Keith - CDI > On Aug 22, 2017, at 5:30 PM, Kirk Brooks via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Keith, > > I'm trying to avoid using process vars, on one hand, and a separate var for > the button image, on the other. Pushing the envelope for totally portable > code on forms, I guess. The stuff I'm doing is very simple (things like > plus signs, the small triangular arrows in round buttons, that sort of > thing. The SVG is fast enough - I just want a way to feed it directly into > the button object. > > But I think there's nothing in 4D at the moment to support this sort of > thing. > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Keith Culotta via 4D_Tech < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> This got somewhere, but "pic" has to be a process variable, and can't be >> cleared (pic:=pic*0). >> >> $svg:=SVG_New >> SVG_New_rect ($svg;1;1;4;4) >> pic:=SVG_Export_to_picture ($svg) >> $format:="1;1;pic;0" >> OBJECT SET FORMAT(OBJECT Get pointer(Object named;"Button")->;$format) >> SVG_CLEAR ($svg) >> >> Keith - CDI >> >>> On Aug 22, 2017, at 4:56 PM, Kirk Brooks via 4D_Tech < >> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> I'm playing around with some SVG to create simple button graphics and >>> icons. >>> >>> How can I set an SVG object as the picture source for a button without >>> writing it to a file or saving it in a process var? >>> >>> Many thanks >>> >>> -- >>> Kirk Brooks >>> San Francisco, CA >>> ======================= >>> >>> *The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do >>> nothing.* >>> >>> *- Edmund Burke* >>> ********************************************************************** >>> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >>> FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html >>> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >>> Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >>> Unsub: mailto:[email protected] >>> ********************************************************************** >> >> ********************************************************************** >> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >> FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html >> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >> Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >> Unsub: mailto:[email protected] >> ********************************************************************** >> > > > > -- > Kirk Brooks > San Francisco, CA > ======================= > > *The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do > nothing.* > > *- Edmund Burke* > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
