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WhiteCloud
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 Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 11:53 pm Post subject: Create a graphical overlay |
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Right now I use a script that points out certain places on my screen using several simultaneous tooltip commands. The text in them is just %a_Space%. What I'd really like to do is have some sort of splash image that is transparent. I could just make a picture sized to the dimensions of my desktop. And color in some nice bright arrows in the places I wanted them and the rest would be see-thru. Is something like this too far out of the realm of possibility?
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| Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 2:31 am Post subject: |
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| I don't know the exact effect you want, so this might be a little off base: Since you can have multiple SplashImage windows per script, why not just display the image of an arrow at the desired spots on the screen? |
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WhiteCloud
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| Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 3:44 am Post subject: |
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I confess I only skimmed the documentation for splash image. I'll test it out to see if it can display non-rectangular images and animated .gif files.
Thanks!
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it doesn't look like animating gifs are supported. No big deal there.
I don't even know if .bmp, .gif, or .jpg files can have transparent areas in them...
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| Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 8:54 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | I'll test it out to see if it can display non-rectangular images |
Although the image itself doesn't have to be rectangular (by use of a transparent background color in the image itself), the window containing it does. However, there is a way to make a window's background transparent, which can be used to make on-screen displays.
I'll add this to the to-do list. Thanks for the idea. |
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