Animate UDF

[Yashied]

LAST VERSION - 1.2

27-Dec-11

This UDF helps you to create animated icon in the system tray (only one icon can be used). Very easy to use! I hope that it will be useful for someone. To work properly the example which is shown below, you need to download an archive containing the necessary icons. Any feedback and suggestions please.

Available functions

_Animate_AddIcon

_Animate_IsAnimate

_Animate_LoadFromBitmap

_Animate_LoadFromFile

_Animate_SetDelay

_Animate_ShowIcon

_Animate_Start

_Animate_Stop

_Animate_Release

Animate UDF Library v1.2

Previous downloads: 1112

Animate.zip

Example

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#Include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#Include <SliderConstants.au3>
#Include <StaticConstants.au3>
#Include <WindowsConstants.au3>

#Include "Animate.au3"

Opt('MustDeclareVars', 1)
Opt('TrayAutoPause', 0)

Global $Button, $Slider, $Msg

_Animate_LoadFromFile(@ScriptDir & '\Flag.png')

;~For $i = 1 To 12
;~  _Animate_AddIcon(@ScriptDir & '\Flag\' & $i & '.ico', 0)
;~Next

_Animate_SetDelay(50)
_Animate_ShowIcon()

GUICreate('Animation Test', 400, 110)
GUICtrlCreateLabel('Fast', 10, 30, 28, 14, $SS_RIGHT)
GUICtrlCreateLabel('Slow', 355, 30, 28, 14)
$Slider = GUICtrlCreateSlider(42, 25, 310, 26, BitOR($TBS_AUTOTICKS, $WS_TABSTOP))
GUICtrlSendMsg(-1, $TBM_SETTICFREQ, 10, 0)
GUICtrlSetLimit(-1, 250, 10)
GUICtrlSetData(-1, 50)
$Button = GUICtrlCreateButton('Start', 160, 75, 80, 25)
GUICtrlSetState(-1, BitOR($GUI_DEFBUTTON, $GUI_FOCUS))
GUISetState()

While 1
    $Msg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $Msg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            ExitLoop
        Case $Slider
            _Animate_SetDelay(GUICtrlRead($Slider))
        Case $Button
            If _Animate_IsAnimate() Then
                GUICtrlSetData($Button, 'Start')
                _Animate_Stop()
            Else
                GUICtrlSetData($Button, 'Stop')
                _Animate_Start()
            EndIf
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Edited December 10, 2013 by Yashied

[Yashied]

Is it not interesting to anyone? 44 downloads?

[UEZ]

Nice work Yashied! In my opinion it is usefull because having just the standard icon in the taskbar an animated one looks much better!

What might be unfavorable is to have a lot of .ico files for animation. Is it possible to use animated GIFs/PNGs?

Thanks for sharing.

UEZ

[Yashied]

Nice work Yashied! In my opinion it is usefull because having just the standard icon in the taskbar an animated one looks much better!

What might be unfavorable is to have a lot of .ico files for animation. Is it possible to use animated GIFs/PNGs?

Thanks for sharing.

UEZ

Well, Gif`s not ideal, because they do not support full transparency, but I thought about PNG.

[1957classic]

Very nice work !

[nguyenbason]

Very nice Idea! Thanks

[Yashied]

This library has been updated.

[UEZ]

Thanks for the update Yashied! Now supporting animated PNGs

Are animated GIFs also supported? I tried one but no animation - just a still picture.

Further, how can I create animated PNGs? Or convert animated GIFs to PNGs?

UEZ

Edited July 10, 2009 by UEZ

[Yashied]

Thanks for the update Yashied! Now supporting animated PNGs

Are animated GIFs also supported? I tried one but no animation - just a still picture.

Further, how can I create animated PNGs? Or convert animated GIFs to PNGs?

UEZ

1. GIF`s are not supported. This is antiquity.

2. The easiest way - Photoshop (ImageReady), also there are many programs to do so. Creating animated PNG`s goes beyond this work.

[lordicast]

Wow you should have MVP status this like all your scripts are great!!

[Yashied]

Wow you should have MVP status this like all your scripts are great!!

[FastJMAN1]

Real nice but it is a shame we can't make them bigger. Size seems to only support 192 x 16, am I correct?

I think it would be real cool to be able to do this bigger and as a GUI. I have about 5000 png strips. LOL

From Pac-man to war png files.

[Richard63]

Looks Awesome!!!!

Now find a program to use it on

Thanks Mate!

[nuevito4]

Awesome

you could load the same "png"but in a window?

and larger images or to use such images? --> http://goo.gl/TuySE

[FMS]

all i can say---> NICE NICE NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

good work, i was looking for something like this;)

[coffeeturtle]

Awesome work!

Is there a way to do a digital clock (replacing the Windows System Tray clock)?

Thanks.

[nis]

i like it very much, tku

[Yashied]

The library has been updated.

v1.2

• Improved icons display that were loaded from the PNG files by using _Animate_LoadFromBitmap() or _Animate_LoadFromFile() functions.
• The title of the AutoIt window now does not change.
• Code improvement.

Edited December 27, 2011 by Yashied

[Acanis]

Hey,

cool stuff, but doesnt work anymore !

Could you fix it, please ?

Best Regards

Aca

[Yashied]

Works fine with 3.3.8.1.