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TheDewd
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Create Pixel Color

01 May 2015, 12:26

How can I create a 1x1 pixel image from either RGB or Hex color code?

I found this code below that generates a 3x1 gradient image. How can it be modified to only generate 1x1, single color?

I use this code for example because I like the simplicity. I've seen other GDI example code but there seems to be many more lines of code involved.

If you're curious, the 1x1 image would be used as a picture control in my Gui. It will be stretched to any size needed, helping to create backgrounds for different Gui design elements. I would like for the script itself to generate the images needed so that they would not need to be included with the script externally.

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GradientColorBand(151515)

GradientColorBand(RGB) { 
  file= ColorPicker_3x1.bmp
  StringMid,R,RGB,1,2
  StringMid,G,RGB,3,2
  StringMid,B,RGB,5,2

   Hs1:="424d42000000000000003600000028000000030000000100000001"
   Hs2:="001800000000000c00000000000000000000000000000000000000"
   Hs3:="FFFFFF" B G R "000000000000"

   HexString:= Hs1 Hs2 Hs3 

   Handle:= DllCall("CreateFile","str",file,"Uint",0x40000000
                ,"Uint",0,"UInt",0,"UInt",4,"Uint",0,"UInt",0) 

   Loop 66 { 
     StringLeft, Hex, HexString, 2         
     StringTrimLeft, HexString, HexString, 2  
     Hex = 0x%Hex%
     DllCall("WriteFile","UInt", Handle,"UChar *", Hex
     ,"UInt",1,"UInt *",UnusedVariable,"UInt",0) 
    } 
  
   DllCall("CloseHandle", "Uint", Handle)

Return File
}
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Re: Create Pixel Color

01 May 2015, 14:07

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File= %a_scriptdir%\ColorPicker.bmp

GradientColorBand("ff80ff",file)
gui ,add,picture,w100 h100 ,%file%
gui,show
return



GradientColorBand(RGB,file) { 

 
   hex:="424D3A000000000000003600000028000000010000000100000001"
   . "0018000000000004000000130B0000130B"
   . "00000000000000000000" substr(RGB,5,2) substr(RGB,3,2) substr(RGB,1,2) "00"

file := FileOpen(File,"rw" )
Loop 58
    file.WriteUChar("0x" SubStr(hex,2*a_index-1,2))
File.Close()
Return 
}
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Re: Create Pixel Color

31 Dec 2015, 13:55

I modified some of the code... Posting updated function here:

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CreatePixelBMP("ADFF5F", "Test.bmp") ; Example

CreatePixelBMP(C, Filename)
{
	BH := "424D3A0000000000000036000000280000000100000001000000"
	. "01001800000000000400000000000000000000000000000000000000"
	. SubStr(C, 5, 2) . SubStr(C, 3, 2) . SubStr(C, 1, 2) . "00"

	File := FileOpen(Filename, "rw")

	Loop, % StrLen(BH) // 2 {
		File.WriteUChar("0x" . SubStr(BH, (2 * A_Index) - 1, 2))
	}
	
	File.Close()
}
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Re: Create Pixel Color

31 Dec 2015, 15:21

I modified the CreateDIB function by SKAN to create a single color using a HEX color code, and doesn't require saving to a file.

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#SingleInstance, Force

Gui, Add, Picture, % "x" 0 " y" 0 " w" 400 " h" 100 " +0x4E +HWNDhPicture1"
Gui, Add, Picture, % "x" 0 " y" 100 " w" 400 " h" 100 " +0x4E +HWNDhPicture2"
Gui, Add, Picture, % "x" 0 " y" 200 " w" 400 " h" 100 " +0x4E +HWNDhPicture3"
Gui, Add, Picture, % "x" 0 " y" 300 " w" 400 " h" 100 " +0x4E +HWNDhPicture4"

CreatePixel("FF0000", hPicture1) ; Red
CreatePixel("800080", hPicture2) ; Purple
CreatePixel("0000FF", hPicture3) ; Blue
CreatePixel("00FF00", hPicture4) ; Green

Gui, Show, % "w" 400 " h" 400, % "CreatePixel"
return

CreatePixel(Color, Handle) {
	VarSetCapacity(BMBITS, 4, 0), Numput("0x" . Color, &BMBITS, 0, "UInt")
	hBM := DllCall("Gdi32.dll\CreateBitmap", "Int", 1, "Int", 1, "UInt", 1, "UInt", 24, "Ptr", 0, "Ptr")
	hBM := DllCall("User32.dll\CopyImage", "Ptr", hBM, "UInt", 0, "Int", 0, "Int", 0, "UInt", 0x2008, "Ptr")
	DllCall("Gdi32.dll\SetBitmapBits", "Ptr", hBM, "UInt", 3, "Ptr", &BMBITS) 
	DllCall("User32.dll\SendMessage", "Ptr", Handle, "UInt", 0x172, "Ptr", 0, "Ptr", hBM)
}
Last edited by TheDewd on 11 Feb 2016, 16:34, edited 4 times in total.
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Re: Create Pixel Color

17 Jan 2016, 01:37

Here's another similar function:

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#SingleInstance, Force

Gui, +LastFound -Resize +HwndGui1

Gui, Add, Picture, % "x" 0 " y" 0 " w" 400 " h" 100 " +0x4E +HWNDhPicture1"
Gui, Add, Picture, % "x" 0 " y" 100 " w" 400 " h" 100 " +0x4E +HWNDhPicture2"
Gui, Add, Picture, % "x" 0 " y" 200 " w" 400 " h" 100 " +0x4E +HWNDhPicture3"
Gui, Add, Picture, % "x" 0 " y" 300 " w" 400 " h" 100 " +0x4E +HWNDhPicture4"

CreatePixel2("FF0000", Gui1, hPicture1) ; Red
CreatePixel2("800080", Gui1, hPicture2) ; Purple
CreatePixel2("0000FF", Gui1, hPicture3) ; Blue
CreatePixel2("00FF00", Gui1, hPicture4) ; Green

Gui, Show, % "w" 400 " h" 400, % "CreatePixel"
Return

CreatePixel2(C, GuiHwnd, PicHwnd) {
	Global

	BMPH := "424D3A000000000000003600000028000000010000000100000"
	. "001001800000000000400000000000000000000000000000000000000"
	. SubStr(C, 5, 2) . SubStr(C, 3, 2) . SubStr(C, 1, 2) . "00"

	Loop, % VarSetCapacity(BMP, StrLen(BMPH)//2) {
		NumPut("0x" . SubStr(BMPH, (2*A_Index)-1, 2), BMP, A_Index-1, "Char")
	}

	BMPH := ""

	hBMP := DllCall("CreateDIBitmap", UInt, DllCall("GetDC", UInt, GuiHwnd), UInt
	, &BMP+14, UInt, 4, UInt, &BMP+NumGet(BMP, 10), UInt, &BMP+14, UInt, 1)
	hBMP2 := DllCall("CopyImage", UInt, hBMP, UInt, 0, Int, 200, Int, 200, UInt, 0)
	DllCall("DeleteObject", UInt, hBMP)
	SendMessage, 0x172, 0x0, hBMP2,, % "ahk_id " . PicHwnd
}
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Re: Create Pixel Color

19 Jan 2016, 16:59

Code from SKAN to embed a PNG image using Base64 encoding... Took a while to find this.

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#SingleInstance, Force

PNGData=
(LTrim
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	ACBAAAAAABkzAAAAABUqAAAAABIkAAAAABAgAA4cAAAAAA0ZAAAAAAwXAAAAAAAA
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)

Bytes := Base64Decode(BIN, PNGDATA)
VarZ_Save(BIN, Bytes, "Example.png")
VarSetCapacity(PNGDATA, 0)

Gui, Add, Picture, % " x" 10 " y" 10 "w" 241 " h" 78, % "Example.png"
Gui, Show, % "w" 261 " h" 98, % "Example"
Return

Base64Decode(ByRef Output, ByRef Input) {
	DllCall("Crypt32.dll\CryptStringToBinary" (A_IsUnicode ? "W" : "A"), UInt, &Input, UInt, StrLen(Input), UInt, 1, UInt, 0, UIntP, Bytes, Int, 0, Int, 0, "CDECL Int")
	VarSetCapacity(Output, Req := Bytes * (A_IsUnicode ? 2 : 1))
	DllCall("Crypt32.dll\CryptStringToBinary" (A_IsUnicode ? "W" : "A"), UInt, &Input, UInt, StrLen(Input), UInt, 1, Str, Output, UIntP, Req, Int, 0, Int, 0, "CDECL Int")
	Return Bytes
}

VarZ_Save(ByRef Data, DataSize, TrgFile) {
	hFile := DllCall("Kernel32.dll\_lcreat", (A_IsUnicode ? "AStr" : "Str"), TrgFile, UInt, 0)
	IfLess, hFile, 1, Return "", ErrorLevel := 1
	nBytes := DllCall("Kernel32.dll\_lwrite", UInt, hFile, UInt, &Data, UInt, DataSize, UInt)
	DllCall("_lclose", UInt, hFile)
	Return nBytes
}
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Re: Create Pixel Color

19 May 2018, 22:14

Hello,

I modified CreatePixel function a while ago to address GDI objects leak caused when applying color to the same handle again and again.
Came across the function today and decided this is the time to pay back the community that I have been following many years without contribution.

I have a loop that changes the color of the picture pixel to make a flashing effect and each time the function was called - GDI objects were growing and sooner or later the 10,000 GDI objects limit has been reaching causing funky screen flickering.
Storing bitmap in a static variable and reusing the same bitmap has been an acceptable workaround that maintains a stable number of GDI objects no matter how long the flashing is happening.

If anyone knows how to keep the number of GDI objects stable without the use of static variable - please post your solution. Thanks

TheDewd, appreciate your functions.

P.S. I have tried CreatePixel2 functions and despite it is attempting to destroy objects - there is still GDI objects leak.

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CreatePixel(Color, Handle) {
	; 2015-12-31 TheDewd
	; 2018-03-02 MrRED
	; An improved CreatePixel function to keep track of previous Pixels and their Bitmaps
	; Reuse existing Bitmaps for the same Handle to prevent leaking GDI objects on reruns for the same handle
	static CreatePixelBitmapDB := {}

	if (CreatePixelBitmapDB[Handle])
		hBM := CreatePixelBitmapDB[Handle]
	else {
		hBM := DllCall("Gdi32.dll\CreateBitmap", "Int", 1, "Int", 1, "UInt", 1, "UInt", 24, "Ptr", 0, "Ptr")
		hBM := DllCall("User32.dll\CopyImage", "Ptr", hBM, "UInt", 0, "Int", 0, "Int", 0, "UInt", 0x2008, "Ptr")
		CreatePixelBitmapDB[Handle] := hBM
	}

	VarSetCapacity(BMBITS, 4, 0), Numput("0x" . Color, &BMBITS, 0, "UInt")
	DllCall("Gdi32.dll\SetBitmapBits", "Ptr", hBM, "UInt", 3, "Ptr", &BMBITS) 
	DllCall("User32.dll\SendMessage", "Ptr", Handle, "UInt", 0x172, "Ptr", 0, "Ptr", hBM)
}
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Re: Create Pixel Color

12 Nov 2019, 11:30

@MrRED,

Actually, the function only needed a simple tweak to solve the high memory consumption issue.

The updated function is posted below:

Function:

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CreatePixel(HWND, Color) { ; TheDewd / 2019-11-12
	hBitmap := DllCall("Gdi32.dll\CreateBitmap", "Int", 1, "Int", 1, "UInt", 1, "UInt", 24, "Ptr", 0, "Ptr")
	hBM := DllCall("User32.dll\CopyImage", "Ptr", hBitmap, "UInt", 0, "Int", 0, "Int", 0, "UInt", 8, "Ptr")
	VarSetCapacity(BMBITS, 5, 0), Numput("0x" Color, &BMBITS, 0, "UInt")
	DllCall("Gdi32.dll\SetBitmapBits", "Ptr", hBM, "UInt", 4, "Ptr", &BMBITS)
	DllCall("User32.dll\SendMessage", "Ptr", HWND, "UInt", 0x0172, "Ptr", 0, "Ptr", hBM, "Ptr")
	DllCall("Gdi32.dll\DeleteObject", "Ptr", hBitmap)
}

Usage Example:

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#SingleInstance, Force
#Persistent

Gui, +LastFound -Resize +HWNDhCreatePixel

Gui, Add, Text, x0 y0 w300 h300 +0x4E HWNDhText1 ; Text control
Gui, Add, Picture, x+0 y0 w300 h300 +0x4E HWNDhPicture1 ; Picture control

CreatePixel(hText1, "FF00DC") ; Apply color to Text control
CreatePixel(hPicture1, "7AA4FF") ; Apply color to Picture control

Gui, Show, w600 h300, CreatePixel
return

GuiEscape:
GuiClose:
	ExitApp
return

CreatePixel(HWND, Color) { ; TheDewd / 2019-11-12
	hBitmap := DllCall("Gdi32.dll\CreateBitmap", "Int", 1, "Int", 1, "UInt", 1, "UInt", 24, "Ptr", 0, "Ptr")
	hBM := DllCall("User32.dll\CopyImage", "Ptr", hBitmap, "UInt", 0, "Int", 0, "Int", 0, "UInt", 8, "Ptr")
	VarSetCapacity(BMBITS, 5, 0), Numput("0x" Color, &BMBITS, 0, "UInt")
	DllCall("Gdi32.dll\SetBitmapBits", "Ptr", hBM, "UInt", 4, "Ptr", &BMBITS)
	DllCall("User32.dll\SendMessage", "Ptr", HWND, "UInt", 0x0172, "Ptr", 0, "Ptr", hBM, "Ptr")
	DllCall("Gdi32.dll\DeleteObject", "Ptr", hBitmap)
}
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Re: Create Pixel Color

12 Nov 2019, 15:34

I use Progress controls for this purpose. The following looks equivalent in results to your example. Is there a reason this wouldn't suffice? I use them for big blocks of color as in your example, as well as for drawing lines with widths as small as a pixel.

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Gui, Add, Progress, x0 y0 w300 h300 BackgroundFF00DC
Gui, Add, Progress, x+0 y0 w300 h300 Background7AA4FF
Gui, Show, w600 h300, Progress Color
return

GuiClose:
ExitApp
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Re: Create Pixel Color

12 Nov 2019, 15:41

boiler wrote:
12 Nov 2019, 15:34
I use Progress controls for this purpose. The following looks equivalent in results to your example. Is there a reason this wouldn't suffice? I use them for big blocks of color as in your example, as well as for drawing lines with widths as small as a pixel.

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Gui, Add, Progress, x0 y0 w300 h300 BackgroundFF00DC
Gui, Add, Progress, x+0 y0 w300 h300 Background7AA4FF
Gui, Show, w600 h300, Progress Color
return

GuiClose:
ExitApp
I can't remember the reason I stopped using Progress controls. I think the appearance looked different on older Windows OS (Windows XP?). I just wanted a solution that was consistent in appearance across various OS versions.

Maybe I'm mistaken though. I can't remember, and I don't have any Windows XP computers available for testing anymore.
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Re: Create Pixel Color

12 Nov 2019, 15:46

That could be. I don't either. This might have the added advantage in that you can change the color of the control whenever you want without having to have one for each color.
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Re: Create Pixel Color

12 Nov 2019, 16:00

boiler wrote:
12 Nov 2019, 15:46
This might have the added advantage in that you can change the color of the control whenever you want without having to have one for each color.

If you prefer using Progress controls, you can change the color on demand:

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#SingleInstance, Force

Colors := ["Red", "Green", "Blue", "Yellow", "Silver", "Olive"]

Gui, Add, Progress, x0 y0 w300 h300 vProg1 BackgroundFF00DC
Gui, Add, Progress, x+0 y0 w300 h300 vProg2 Background7AA4FF

Gui, Font, S16
Gui, Add, Text, x0 y0 w300 h300 vText1 0x201 +BackgroundTrans
Gui, Add, Text, x+0 y0 w300 h300 vText2 0x201 +BackgroundTrans

Gui, Show, w600 h300, Progress Color

SetTimer, ProgChange, 1000
return

ProgChange:
	Random, RandColor1, 1, 6
	Random, RandColor2, 1, 6
	GuiControl, % "+Background" Colors[RandColor1], Prog1
	GuiControl, % "+Background" Colors[RandColor2], Prog2
	GuiControl,, Text1, % Colors[RandColor1]
	GuiControl,, Text2, % Colors[RandColor2]
return

GuiEscape:
GuiClose:
	ExitApp
return
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Re: Create Pixel Color

12 Nov 2019, 16:21

TheDewd wrote:
12 Nov 2019, 16:00
If you prefer using Progress controls, you can change the color on demand:
I may not have been clear, but that's what I meant. I was saying that is an advantage of using Progress controls for this purpose.

If you use a picture control, I believe there's no way around having to create another one for each color you want.
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Re: Create Pixel Color

12 Nov 2019, 16:27

boiler wrote:
12 Nov 2019, 16:21
If you use a picture control, I believe there's no way around having to create another one for each color you want.
To change the color of an existing picture control, only need to use the function again with a different color code... CreatePixel(hText1, "FF00DC")

The function can be called multiple times for the same Picture or Text control.

Using the same HWND for each control created (instead of vVariable), you should be able to update the color for all at the same time.

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