Thanks Jeremy. Nice, clean and mostly straight-through :) See Brian, I told you someone more experienced with the bitmap module would be able to provide a simple-ish way to do it.
We're here to help :) Jason P. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeremy White Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 3:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [perl-win32-gui-users] A slightly OT question, how to create an icon on the fly >I'd like to be able to have an icon (displayed in the system tray) that is >created "On the fly". Something like the W2K/XP task manager icon, but >with >text indicating the percentage overlaid. > >I know that I could do this by creating 100 discrete icons, but what a pain >this would be. (Actually what I'd ultimately like to do would probably >require 1000 icons!) > >Is there a module to create simple graphics? I could create the icon, and >use BitmapInline to import/display it. > >Can this be done, or am I crazy. Hi, This is the way I would do it. Create a off screen bitmap, paint your 'source' icon onto the bitmap, add the text that you need to the bitmap. Now, create a off screen tool bar, add the bitmap to the toolbar, then use the GetIcon method from the toolbar to create an icon that you can use in the system tray. You wont need any external modules. Cheers, jez. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-GUI-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-GUI-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perl-win32-gui-users http://perl-win32-gui.sourceforge.net/
