> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello. >> One of my first attempt at developing something >> useful with RR 1.1.1 was a >> very simple note pad (something like the one we used >> to have on Mac) for my >> girlfriend's PC. >> >> Lately I was looking at the brand new RR 2.0 and >> noticed a WindowShape >> property that would be quite interesting to re-vamp >> my note pad with >> "lightly rounded edges". >> >> However I have no idea of how to resize the stack >> while KEEPING the rounded >> edges. Does anyone have a hint ? >> >> Romain >> > > Bonjour Romain, > > I experimented with this for a bit last week, and > here's my conclusion : by updating the image that the > windowshape is linked to, you can update the look of > the stack. > > However, the same experiment shows that as you enlarge > the image using the built in commands, you get jagged > edges as everything is resized proportionately. > > So here's one idea of how we could use this > information by maintaining a separate image solely for > the windowshape of the stack > - first read up on the structure of imageData and > maskData properties > - the width and height of the imageData and the > maskData must match, so : > length(imageData)=length(maskData*4) > - if you use rounded corners, you have transparent > pixels in each of the corners, on the first 5 lines > and the last 5 lines presumably > - if you make sure that the minimum window size is > 10x10 pixels, the following should work > - basically you're going to be building a maskData on > the fly and then the matching imageData > - start with a clean 10x10 maskdata (ie 100 chars > representing the transparency of the 4 corners ; > ASCII-value 0 = transparent, ASCII-value 255 = opaque) > - start with the new width (say 150), and insert a > string of 150-10=140 times numToChar(255) after char > 5,155,305,455,605,755,905,1055,1205,1355 of your new > maskData > - now we'll insert enough numToChar(255) to cover the > new height ; say the new heightr is 250, then we need > to insert a string the length of 150*(250-10)=36000 > times numToChar(255), after char 1500 of the new > maskData > - before we can change the maskData we also need to > build new imageData ; since we're not actually > displaying the image anywhere, colour is not an issue > ; so we can safely fill it up with 150*250*4=150000 > spaces > - then update the width,height,maskData and imageData > of our windowshape image, and the window should > reflect our updates and have nice rounded corners > > I came up with this theory as I was investigating a > way of building drawers and still keeping things in a > single stack. However, I don't have time to > investigate this path anymore. > It is very well possible that this is horrendously > slow, as Transcript doesn't have a built-in > replicate() function. > > Nevertheless, I hope this helps in some way, > > Jan Schenkel. Hi, Jan.
That's what I was afraid of, this solution look quite slow but i'll give it a try later tonight. Thanks Jan. Romain _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
