ImageList problem

[AVS]

Hi Guyz.

I'm just trying out Basic4PPC for a few day's now.
Looks promising so far

but....
I've encountered a problem wich i dont understand/can fix

I looked up some examples here and if i want to embed images in the exe i need to add them to the ImageList through the design-editor.
This i cant do......
Look at screenshot below....the place where i can type in the imagenames is greyed out....read-only so to say.
How can i get my filenames there ?


Thanks in advance.
AVS

[agraham]

Probably because you are using a trial version that doesn't support compilation so you cannot produce an exe. It works fine in the registered version - go on buy it, you know it makes sense!

EDIT :- For trial purposes you can add them in your code using ImageList.Add

[AVS]

Yup...ik know it doesn't compile...so thats the reason i cant embed the images ?
Before i buy i want to know if its really useable....this forum surely helps alot in seeing different options/possibilities

[Erel]

Are you using v6.50?

[AVS]

Originally Posted by Erel

Are you using v6.50?

Yes, i downloaded it from the basic4ppc.com site as a trial.

[Erel]

Are you sure that you've added an ImageList and not some other control?
Changing a control's name will not change its type.

[AVS]

Yes i'm Sure Erel
At start the name was ImageList1 and i just removed the 1 at the end....nothing more.

But are you saying that the 'data' field shouldn't be read-only even if i had a non-compiling version ?

I'm just building a little App just to see what basic4ppc can do for me.
I'm normally a VS C++ programmer (not proffesionally). But for 'simple' solutions a was looking for a way to get things 'done' in a quicker way
basic4ppc does thing sure in a quicker way. But its a bit figuring out at the same time.

I just encountered another problem.....
I've noticed that Labels are not transparant and a dialog with nice background and on top of it some labels really doesn't look nice.
I've looked at the DrawString option, but my problem is that i cant figure out how to get a text from the drawstring on top of a control. It only draws text on the dialog itself....
Is there a way to get text transparant over an Image control ?

[digitaldon37]

Originally Posted by AVS

Yes i'm Sure Erel
At start the name was ImageList1 and i just removed the 1 at the end....nothing more.

But are you saying that the 'data' field shouldn't be read-only even if i had a non-compiling version ?

I'm just building a little App just to see what basic4ppc can do for me.
I'm normally a VS C++ programmer (not proffesionally). But for 'simple' solutions a was looking for a way to get things 'done' in a quicker way
basic4ppc does thing sure in a quicker way. But its a bit figuring out at the same time.

I just encountered another problem.....
I've noticed that Labels are not transparant and a dialog with nice background and on top of it some labels really doesn't look nice.
I've looked at the DrawString option, but my problem is that i cant figure out how to get a text from the drawstring on top of a control. It only draws text on the dialog itself....
Is there a way to get text transparant over an Image control ?

I don't think there is a way with the standard B4PPC libraries, but there is a library developed by one of the members that has labels that have a transparent property. (you have to have purchased B4PPC to download)

From the fgControls help file:

Gets or sets whether an Label is transparent .

Syntax: Transparent

Example:
fgLab.Transparent = true

I started with B4PPC last year (I've done VB.NET programming as a hobby) and have been happy with it. B4PPC out of the box is simple but powerful, and if there's anything missing then someone has written a library to implement it.

[Erel]

It is possible to draw over images.
I've attached a small program that stores an image in an ImageList.
This image is displayed in an Image control and a string is written on it.

The ImageList part is not really necessary.

[AVS]

Aha....
I had looked at that B4PObject(5) stuff in the helpfiles...but couldn't get a hold on it
Now i understand.

I started with B4PPC last year (I've done VB.NET programming as a hobby) and have been happy with it. B4PPC out of the box is simple but powerful, and if there's anything missing then someone has written a library to implement it.

I'm very enthousiastic about b4ppc
Is it written in Vb.net ?