To draw a string with colors into a GDI screen

[shaolindragon]

Hello people, I have started AUTOIT a few days ago and I love it.

My goal is to make 3D graphics, but not built in ones. I have my reasons.

I have a virtual color page made in vir[$y] and i want this string with colorbytes copied into a GDI.

SETPixel is way too slow for that and I am stuck with find the correct method.

Can anyone help me out please?

I salute you, fellow coders :)

[Sidley]

Not entirely sure what you're looking to achieve here, but if it's just to present a coloured string then check out the _GDIPlus_GraphicsDrawStringEx function.

[shaolindragon]

1 hour ago, Sidley said:

Not entirely sure what you're looking to achieve here, but if it's just to present a coloured string then check out the _GDIPlus_GraphicsDrawStringEx function.

No I have a string filled with colorbytes, it's not about characters, so you can expect 4 byte groups which represent alpha,red,blue, green. Just to make things faster than just plotting.

[caramen]

Look my avatar. We could help you much better on your issue if we could see your code. 

 

Regards.

Edited October 6, 2020 by caramen

[shaolindragon]

4 minutes ago, caramen said:

Look my avatar. We could help you much better on your issue if we could see your code. 

 

Regards.

I see. I get that part. Only I am writing a library, so that won't be as easy. But I will try, thank you!

[shaolindragon]

Sorry but showing a code would inappropriate at this time. I can't even think about where to start.

I just have 1 simple question:

I have a string filled with colorbytes and i want the whole string to be put on a screen as fast as possible

plot can not do that.

 

 

 

[JockoDundee]

13 hours ago, shaolindragon said:

I have a string filled with colorbytes and i want the whole string to be put on a screen as fast as possible

have at it champ

https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/libfunctions/_GDIPlus_BitmapCreateFromMemory.htm

 

[shaolindragon]

On 10/8/2020 at 1:17 AM, JockoDundee said:

have at it champ

https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/libfunctions/_GDIPlus_BitmapCreateFromMemory.htm

 

yeah I was already wrestling with this one, then I realised there is just no normal way of simply put a colorbyte string somewhere. I investigated this, and I wanted to see if i could fake the handle somehow, but it showed me a pointer. So, another dead end. Why are there allways so many dead ends one might think. Anyway, I think I solved it, because this routine could also handle a .BMP file instead of a .GIF file. And I can make BMP'S in a string. That should do it. I'll just keep wrestling, thanks 😊

[JockoDundee]

6 hours ago, shaolindragon said:

yeah I was already wrestling with this one, then I realised there is just no normal way of simply put a colorbyte string somewhere.

Honestly, you seem confused.

What do you mean no “normal way” of putting a colorbyte string somewhere? What’s a normal way?

And while were at it, what exactly do you mean by “colorbyte string”? It’s not a term of art typically used in GDI.

6 hours ago, shaolindragon said:

I investigated this, and I wanted to see if i could fake the handle somehow, but it showed me a pointer...

You don’t need to “fake the handle”, you use the handle to draw your “string”.

6 hours ago, shaolindragon said:

So, another dead end. Why are there allways so many dead ends one might think.

One might also think “hey maybe I should post some code”.

6 hours ago, shaolindragon said:

Anyway, I think I solved it, because this routine could also handle a .BMP file instead of a .GIF file. And I can make BMP'S in a string. That should do it.

Oh you solved it, now? Using just dead ends?  And the routine doesn’t “also handle a .BMP file”, it handles a string in BMP format, which is about as close a thing to a “colorbyte string” as you are gonna get.  That’s why it was recommended in the first place.

6 hours ago, shaolindragon said:

I'll just keep wrestling, thanks 😊

Wait, is it solved or not? 
Like I said, you seem confused.

[shaolindragon]

3 hours ago, JockoDundee said:

Honestly, you seem confused.

What do you mean no “normal way” of putting a colorbyte string somewhere? What’s a normal way?

And while were at it, what exactly do you mean by “colorbyte string”? It’s not a term of art typically used in GDI.

You don’t need to “fake the handle”, you use the handle to draw your “string”.

One might also think “hey maybe I should post some code”.

Oh you solved it, now? Using just dead ends?  And the routine doesn’t “also handle a .BMP file”, it handles a string in BMP format, which is about as close a thing to a “colorbyte string” as you are gonna get.  That’s why it was recommended in the first place.

Wait, is it solved or not? 
Like I said, you seem confused.

 

[shaolindragon]

ok, well if I sound confused then just drop it.  I have no way of explaining this any further.

and thanx for the sarcasm

[shaolindragon]

it is amazing how fanatic you defend yourself. if i sound confused is it me or is it you?

 

I have never seen a person that does not understand the term colorstring.

 

in asperger language that would be: a collection of characters that represent a series of bytes that form a color, is that clear enough? or do you still not understand that term?

I come from the old days of assembly programming. this autoit seriously sucks big time. whatever i want is just completely impossible without an intensive study.

 

and i won't anymore abstract terms for it, because then you get all freak out again, but this language is simply terrible ok?

 

have fun yourself!

 

[shaolindragon]

you know all you robots here, you might wanna look into a persons question ok? i have explained myself EXTREMELY WELL TO THE UTTER LIMITS OF MY BRAIN. or did I not??????? what other language should i speak to make myself even more clear? robotlanguage? are you bots? and why you need my code? that's gonna make things easier? wtf?

[shaolindragon]

and yes, NOW you can call me confused thank you. I hope you're happy now

[Jos]

enough. 

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