Updating GUICtrlCreatePic with image URL

[colombeen]

Hi guys

is it normal that when I try to update the

$test = GUICtrlCreatePic ("", 20, 20, 100, 100)

with

guictrlsetimage ($test, $the_URL, 0, 0)

that nothing changes?

i get the result 0

when I do the same thing with an image that's in the same folder with just the image name it works.

can't the function handle URLs ?

Edited September 19, 2014 by colombeen

[Melba23]

colombeen,

 

can't the function handle URLs ?

From the Help file for:

 

GUICtrlCreatePic:

filename: filename of the picture to be loaded : supported types BMP, JPG, GIF(but not animated)

GUICtrlSetImage:

filename: The filename containing the picture to be display on the control.

Nothing about URLs there.

M23

[colombeen]

it doesn't say that it doesn't support urls... does anyone know how to fix this with urls?

[Melba23]

colombeen,

 

it doesn't say that it doesn't support urls

True, but it does not say that it does not support paper drawings from my neighbour's school kid either. What it does say is that it only supports filenames.

Perhaps you could download the image to a temporary file and use that.

M23

[colombeen]

for an active directory app that needs to be fast... it would take to long to load everything if i have to download them seperately first... :-s

and downloading them all would be crazy... it would be like 12.000 images

Edited September 19, 2014 by colombeen

[Melba23]

colombeen,

As you are dealing with an Active Directory app you might like to post in water's Active Directory UDF thread - he may be able to help.

M23

[colombeen]

yeah but showing an image in a GUI isn't really AD related...

until I find a solution, i've just added a button that starts IE with the image URL.

Edited September 19, 2014 by colombeen

[UEZ]

Try this:

;coded by UEZ 2011
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GDIPlus.au3>

_GDIPlus_Startup()
Global Const $STM_SETIMAGE = 0x0172
Global Const $hBmp = _GDIPlus_BitmapCreateFromMemory(InetRead("http://aut1.autoit-cdn.com/forum/public/style_images/master/logo_autoit.png"), True) ;to load an image from the net
Global Const $hBitmap = _GDIPlus_BitmapCreateFromHBITMAP($hBmp)
Global Const $iWidth = _GDIPlus_ImageGetWidth($hBitmap)
Global Const $iHeight = _GDIPlus_ImageGetHeight($hBitmap)
Global Const $hGUI = GUICreate("Display PNG Image in picture control", $iWidth, $iHeight)
Global Const $idPic = GUICtrlCreatePic("", 0, 0, $iWidth, $iHeight)
_WinAPI_DeleteObject(GUICtrlSendMsg($idPic, $STM_SETIMAGE, $IMAGE_BITMAP, $hBmp))
GUISetState()

While True
    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case $idPic
            MsgBox(0, "Information", "PNG image was clicked")
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            _WinAPI_DeleteObject($hBmp)
            _GDIPlus_BitmapDispose($hBitmap)
            _GDIPlus_Shutdown()
            GUIDelete($hGUI)
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Br,

UEZ

[iamtheky]

But UEZ, he wants to do it magically without downloading the image first.  You know, like how you dont have to download resources when using the URL   /sarcasm 

 

edit:  was not necessarily sarcastic enough to be identified as sarcasm

Edited September 19, 2014 by boththose

[colombeen]

But UEZ, he wants to do it magically without downloading the image first.  You know, like how you dont have to download resources when using the URL   /sarcasm 

 

edit:  was not necessarily sarcastic enough to be identified as sarcasm

If this is the kind of response I can expect I just won't ask anything anymore.

[Melba23]

colombeen,

If you ask silly questions then you must expect a certain degree of banter in return, as witnessed by my post above. Ask sensible questions and you will get sensible replies. Your choice.

M23

[iamtheky]

If you are going to dismiss the downloading of images as 'taking too long'  when your stated method downloads the images, then you could stand to be less sensitive when it gets pointed out.  Regardless of the tact i so severely lack.

 

Melba wins the race again...

Edited September 19, 2014 by boththose