Hi Bob, 2 suggestions:
Buy a MacMini for the office. Hire a Mac developper for 1 day to arrange all that. Jim On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 5:20 PM, Bob Miller via 4D_Tech <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I'm in the process of going through a database to convert all the > pictures, icons, and such in it so I can use the database with 64-bit 4D > v16 (and eventually v17). > > The documentation is pretty clear that even though any images pasted in > did not start life as PICTS - and I'm talking about things like arrows, > some icons, line drawings, navigation tools, etc., that are part of the > user interface, not actual photo type pictures - 4D would receive and > store them as PICTS, so you have to find each one and convert it. > > To do this, I'm using JPR's Picture Conversion utility that he provided on > the 2017 4D Road Tour. It does a fine job as it can scan all the forms, > find the offending pictures, list them, and then provides a utility where > you can either convert them and put them into the picture library or > convert them and put them into an external folder. > > One thing I'm finding is that the conversion doesn't support transparency, > so I end up with pictures that have white backgrounds, which doesn't look > nice. Here is part of a thread from me to JPR: > > Me: When I drag a Static Picture to the converter, then back to the form, > it seems to lose its transparency, even though the 'Transparent' property > is turned ON. How can this be fixed? > JPR> It cannot. The transparency done previously by 4D was just a trick > replacing the white pixels with the background color dynamically, because > the concept of transparency didn't exist at this time (like in PICT, JPEG, > etc.) > JPR> Now 4D uses the modern toolbox which relies on the picture > transparency information coming from the alpha channel. So if you want > transparent pictures, you must convert into a format supporting alpha > channel (like PNG) and use any software able to add the alpha layer to > your pictures. On Mac, the simplest one to add alpha channel is > PaintBrush (from Soggy Waffles). You add transparency with the paint Fill > tool > > > The problem is that I'm on Windows. Does anyone have a recommendation for > fast technique that they've used that supports this "alpha channel' so I > can convert my non-transparent images so that they are transparent again? > It looks so bad having an arrow on a form with a big white background. > > Thank you - > > > Bob Miller > Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation > > > llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll > "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. > It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting > business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify > the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from > your system. Thank you for your cooperation." > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** -- Jim Dorrance [email protected] [email protected] www.4d.dorrance.eu PS: If you know of anyone that needs an experienced 4D programmer to add energy and experience to their team, please let me know. I have experience in many areas. Reasonable rates. Remote or Paris only. ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
