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[digitaldon37]

Originally Posted by klaus

Hi Filippo,

As I could not test it, thanks for doing it.

Added at the beginning of the DrawText routine:

<font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff">If </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#800080"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#800080"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#800080">cPPC </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff">Then</font></font></font>
</font></font></font></font></font></font><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2">Font1.Size=fs</font></font>
</font></font><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff">Else</font></font></font>
</font></font></font></font></font></font><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2">Font1.Size=fs*scale</font></font>
</font></font><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff">End </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff">If</font></font></font>
</font></font></font></font></font></font>

I hope that this will remove the problem.

I tried to add version0.361 but there is a problem with the server.
Will try it later.

Best regards.

Hallo Filippo.
Danke für den VGA Test. Habe das Program wie oben stehend am Anfang der DrawText Routine geändert.
Hoffe dass das das Problem löst.
Wollte die neue Version posten, geht leider momentan nicht.
Versuche es später.

Grüsse.

I have made the changes and uploaded to the main post

[digitaldon37]

Originally Posted by digitaldon37

I have made the changes and uploaded to the main post

Klaus and Filippo (and anyone else that may help) - I posted .36 on xda-developers and the latest feedback has been:

1. VGA not displayed correctly (I don't have a VGA device so I can't test)
2. Fonts are 'fuzzy' - especially when using an image background

The xda thread is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?p=2905542

[Filippo]

Hallo Klaus,

If cPPC Then
Font1.Size=fs
Else
Font1.Size=fs*scale
End If

habe dein Änderung hinzugefügt und jetzt die die VGA-Auflösung OK!

[digitaldon37]

Originally Posted by Filippo

Hallo Klaus,


habe dein Änderung hinzugefügt und jetzt die die VGA-Auflösung OK!

Filippo, does this mean VGA is working?

I think I found a solution to the 'fuzzy' fonts. The complaints have been because the letters have a white blur around them. I made a change to load the theme settings at the program start and to set the form forelayer to what is in the INI (it was being set to white)

I'm attaching the pda exe if anyone wants to test, I've asked for feedback over at xda as well.

[klaus]

I have read the posts in the xdaa forum. I don't know where these white pixels around the texts do come from.
The Font in the program is Tahoma.
Even on Filippo's screenshot the texts have white pixels.
White color for fonts won't work because it is the transparent color. That means if we try to draw white texts they won't appear because they are transparent. If we need white texts then we must change this color.
That's also the reason why the xda testers got white texts with RGB(254,254,254), it's almost white but not exactly the true white.
I don't know if it is because I draw the texts on the forelayer. I ask Filippo to draw the texts onto the background image to see if there is a difference.

Best regards.

@Filippo
In Deinem Screenshot sehen die Texte wie verschwommen aus, mit weissen Pixeln drum herum und die Buchstaben sehen nicht sauber aus.
Weisst Du vieleicht wovon diese weissen Pixels herkommen ?
Hast Du das mit anderen Programmen auch ?
Oder kommt es daher weil der Text auf den Forelayer gezeichnet wird.
Könntest Du mal versuchen in der Zeile 122

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durch

<font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2">drw.New1(</font></font></font></font><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#800000"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#800000"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#800000">"Form1"</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2">,</font></font></font></font><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#800080"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#800080"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font color="#800080">False</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2">)</font></font></font></font>

ersetzen um zu sehen ob es besser wird wenn man direkt auf das Hintergrundbild zeichnet und nicht auf den Forelayer.

Grüsse, und schon mal Danke im voraus.

[digitaldon37]

Version .37 (developer's release) has been uploaded to the main post.

.37 (12/1/08)
================================================== ===================
- Changed how form color is set to reduce font 'fuzziness'
- Added optional themePCFont, themePDAFont variables
- Fix background image file to select fileP, fileL (portrait, landscape)
- Fixed minor bugs


OPEN ISSUES
- S2U loads current weather, request for day forecast
- Must restart program when selecting theme for best results

[agraham]

Originally Posted by klaus

I don't know where these white pixels around the texts do come from.

I think digitaldon37 got it right by correcting the forelayer background. I noticed something like this when developing the ImageLibEx library. I think that text drawn on the forelayer is being smoothed or anti-aliased (which mixes the background colour with the text color) while text drawn on the background is not smoothed. I can't explain why because, as this is not within my control being buried in the code for Form, I did not investigate further.

[klaus]

Thank you Andrew for the explanation.

Is this only the case on VGA devices, or newer WM operating systems ?
Can the smoothing be switched off ?
I tried on my Qtek9090 (WM2003) with Clear Type on or off there is no smoothing.

Best regards.

[agraham]

Originally Posted by klaus

Is this only the case on VGA devices, or newer WM operating systems ?
Can the smoothing be switched off ?

As I said in the post I don't really know. If I remember correctly (more of a challenge each year ) ) it occurred using Form.Drawstring and Form.FDrawString. I can't remember if I checked it with ImageLib.DrawString or ImageLibEx.DrawString. I did get the impression it might have been because the Forelayer supports transparency but the Backlayer doesn't. The two layers are not directly supported by the .NET Form class but are implemented by code within Basic4ppc. They exist to provide persistent bitmaps otherwise apps would have to keep repainting their graphics on request from the OS when other things covered or uncovered the form. Because they are within the code for a form they are not accessible for tweaking by the Door library and I don't know how font smoothing works on a device anyway!

[klaus]

Thank's again.

I will wait on Filippo's tests and also on digitaldon37's answers about what Form color he has choosen.

Thank's again and Best Regards.