Hi Peter, You can do it all from code if you like. Create a new stack, drop a button onto it, and set its script to:
## on mouseUp CreateTwoColorGraphic "Peter", "10,50,110,85", "255,0,0", "0,0,255" answer"Created:"&& theresult end mouseUp private command CreateTwoColorGraphic pName, pRectangle, pTopColor, pBottomColor --> prepare the fillGradient array local tFillGradientA put "linear" into tFillGradientA["type"] put (item 1 of pRectangle),(item 2 of pRectangle) into tFillGradientA["from"] put (item 1 of pRectangle),(item 4 of pRectangle) into tFillGradientA["to"] put (item 3 of pRectangle),(item 2 of pRectangle) into tFillGradientA["via"] put 0.00000,pTopColor & return & \ 0.49999,pTopColor & return & \ 0.50000,pBottomColor & return & \ 1.00000,pBottomColor \ into tFillGradientA["ramp"] --> now create the graphic local tGraphicLongId resetthetemplateGraphic settherectangleofthetemplateGraphictopRectangle settheopaqueofthetemplateGraphictotrue setthefillGradientofthetemplateGraphictotFillGradientA create graphic pName put it into tGraphicLongId --> and cleanup before returning the long id of the graphic resetthetemplateGraphic return tGraphicLongId end CreateTwoColorGraphic ## Then click the button, and you'll get a graphic named "Peter" in the specified rectangle, with the two colors each taking up half of the height of the graphic, even when you resize it. HTH, Jan Schenkel. ===== Quartam Reports & PDF Library for LiveCode www.quartam.com ===== "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time." (La Rochefoucauld) ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 10:08 PM Subject: Re: Gradients (was "Re: Table field") Thanks Scott. As usual, a very useful learning tool. Here's what I can't figure out though. Your stack fades in the colors from top to bottom. How can I get the graphic to contain two separate colors, one that fills the top half of the graphic and another that fills in the bottom half, with no fading just a clean horizontal break between them. Maybe gradients are not the way to do this, although Bern'ds table stack uses them for the graphic involved in coloring alternate lines - I just can't figure out all the values for the different gradient array keys. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
