Multiple PNG Images on GUI

[dantay9]

I was surfing through the forums looking for something that I had previously missed and came across JRowe's topic on creating a gui out of multiple png images. I saw the complexity of using several guis so I thought I would post what I have used for quite a while to make this process much easier.

This is a fairly simple udf for newcomers (or anyone new to GDI+) that allows you to add images and strings to an array and they will be automatically be drawn on top of the background when SetBitmapEx is called. There is only one gui so you won't have to juggle several windows just to get a good looking gui.

This example was meant to be edited based on personal preference. I refrained from adding too much complexity to the code without sacrificing a whole lot of functionality. Everyone is free to change this udf to suite your project.

The files can be downloaded here.

Updated 3/11/10: Fixed a few bugs; added gui centering; added examples

Updated 3/3/10: Added ability to draw strings

Edited May 12, 2010 by dantay9

[picea892]

Any chance you could give an example with more than one image? I've tried a couple times to tweak. Also is $Style defined in a udf, maybe I'm using an old autoit build.

Is this how you would do it?

Dim $Images[1][9] = [["Dice.png", 0, 100, 50, 50, 0, 0, 100, 50]]

_GDIPlus_Startup()

$GUI = GUICreate("", 300, 300, -1, -1, $WS_POPUP, $WS_EX_LAYERED)
AddImage($Images, "Dice.png", 50, 100, 50, 50, 0, 100)
AddImage($Images, "Picture1.png", 150, 100, 150, 50, 200, 100)
;AddString($Images, "STRING", 25, 25, "Arial", 20, 1, 0xFFFF0000)
SetBitmapEx($GUI, "Dice.png", 255, $Images, -1, -1)
SetBitmapEx($GUI, "Picture1.png", 255, $Images, -1, -1)
GUISetState()

[dantay9]

Oops. $Style was the old name of my variable but I changed it to $Attribute. Fixed it now.

SetBitmap should only be called once. There is going to be a single background and then the images in the array will be painted on top of the background.

Maybe the small example that I gave was a bit too small. I will work on adding more examples. Anyways, here is another example that shows a bit of a different look to the code. This is also in the new download.

#Region Create Images Array
Dim $Images[1][9] ;doesn't have to be initialized, but can be
AddImage($Images, "Image 1.png", 50, 50, 50, 50, 0, 50)
AddImage($Images, "Image 2.png", 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 150)
AddString($Images, "STRING", 15, 115, "Arial", 20, 1, 0xFFFF0000)
#EndRegion Create Images Array

_GDIPlus_Startup()

$GUI = GUICreate("", 300, 300, -1, -1, $WS_POPUP, $WS_EX_LAYERED) ;don't forget, the window must be layered
SetBitmapEx($GUI, "Dice.png", 255, $Images, -1, -1) ;set the background that will be drawn on top of
GUISetState()

;Loop until ESC is pressed
Do
    Sleep(100)
Until _IsPressed("1B")

_GDIPlus_Shutdown()

Edit: Added a few more examples. The examples are a little more diverse now.

Edited May 12, 2010 by dantay9

[picea892]

Okay, it makes complete sense now.

You're right, it is very easy to use, I think you'll get a bit more interest with your new examples.

[dantay9]

Thanks. At least someone found this interesting.

[qwert]

This ID doesn't exist!

Any chance of getting this link restored? ... or maybe post the script inline?

[nino11]

Same as qwert ?

I would like get your UDF

[BrewManNH]

Unfortunately it appears that the OP hasn't been on the site since June of last year, unless another user has the code I wouldn't hold my breath too long waiting.