[RBASE-L] - Re: Glowing Button ?

Jason Kramer Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:14:24 -0700

Frank,
    Assuming you are not already using the timer for something, you can do it like this:

1 - Set a list of colors to create the glow in the On Before Start EEP for the form:
SET VAR vcolorlist TEXT = '$00DE1712,$00EE3531,$00F26360,$00F79593,$00FBCBCA'
SET VAR vcolorloop INTEGER = 1
SET VAR vcolordirection TEXT = 'UP'
SET VAR vselcolor TEXT = NULL

2 - Activate the timer. Pick a setting that you like.

3 - Set the Timer EEP to cycle the colors on the button (my button is named pbglow):
SET VAR vselcolor = (SSUB(.vcolorlist,.vcolorloop))
PROPERTY pbglow color .vselcolor

IF vcolordirection = 'UP' THEN
IF vcolorloop < 5 THEN
    SET VAR vcolorloop = .vcolorloop + 1
ELSE
    SET VAR vcolordirection = 'DOWN'
    SET VAR vcolorloop = .vcolorloop - 1
ENDIF
ELSE
IF vcolorloop > 1 THEN
    SET VAR vcolorloop = .vcolorloop - 1
ELSE
    SET VAR vcolordirection = 'UP'
    SET VAR vcolorloop = .vcolorloop + 1
ENDIF
ENDIF
RETURN

    This will give you a glowing button. You will probably need to use a longer list of colors to create a smoother glow, but you can get the idea from this. I also suspect that it would be possible to come up with a formula to calculate the color so that you don't need a list, but I don't know how R:BASE converts RGB values to the COLOR property values to do it myself.

                                                            Jason

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On 3/14/2012 9:11 AM, Frank Taylor wrote:

I am not sure if this function exists or if anyone has accomplished this in the past that they would like to share, but I would like to have a button (speed,bit,etc., or shape button) that when on the form appears to be glowing, or inviting the user to push it.  I would prefer not to have a "Flashing button" that is too distracting from the other fields on the form, more of a gentle glow that grows in intensity then fades back down.  I have also been looking for an animated Gif that I could use, but cannot find any that are generic enough or does not cost $30 to download...  Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.




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