Re: Windows & backgrounds

The files are located at: http://www3.infoiasi.ro/~cosmin/down/10.xpm http://www3.infoiasi.ro/~cosmin/down/bg.xpm http://www3.infoiasi.ro/~cosmin/down/screen.jpg (this is how is supposed to look like in the end, that's the karamba app I was talking about, and my dog :)) I don't think I was trying to do the same thing you are suggesting. Let me give you an example from HTML: put a picture in the background(HTML, BODY, whatever ..) and then add text,pics, etc. ... meaning that I don't want to modify the image every time I want to modify the text. On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 19:59, Joel De Gan wrote: > I would need to see the XPM's you are using. > In the heading of the XPM, the color set for transparent needs to be > set to "None" in the colors definitions (it is always at the top).. > > >From a quick glance, it looks like you have everything set correctly > in how you are creating the images for display, so I will assume that > the XPM itself does not have transparency set.. please correct me if I > am wrong. > > I am assuming you are trying to do something similar to what I did here: > > http://lucifer.intercosmos.net/images/screenshot_2003-05-23_16:31:51.png > (on the right, the weather applet; that one is actually done in PHP, > but not done in php-gtk, it is a script that paints to the background > image and then refreshes the background image once every few hours, > but just for how it looks I am assuming that is what you are going > for). > > If you have a website somewhere that you can post the images you are > trying to use, it would help to see and I would be more than happy to > set up the image for you. > > -joeldg > > On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 19:52:05 +0300, Cosmin <cosminb@as.ro> wrote: > > First of all let me tell you what I'm to do: I'm trying to do a weather > > program. something that will tell me what's the weather in my city(no, i > > didn't stole your idea :), I've already did this thing using karamba&php > > almost a year ago and I've thought it would be nice to do it with > > php-gtk and use it on my windows machine) > > > > I've managed to put the image in the background. But now I have another > > problem. The images I add are not transparent. Here is what I've did so > > far: > > <?php > > dl('php_gtk.'.PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX); > > $window = &new GtkWindow(GTK_WINDOW_DIALOG); > > $window->connect_object('destroy', array('gtk', > > 'main_quit')); > > $window->set_uposition(gdk::screen_width()/3.7, gdk::screen_height()/4); > > $window->realize(); > > list($pixmap, $mask) = gdk::pixmap_create_from_xpm($window->window, > > null, dirname(__FILE__).'/images/bg.xpm'); > > list($pixmap1, $mask1) = gdk::pixmap_create_from_xpm($window->window, > > null, dirname(__FILE__).'/images/10.xpm'); > > $tpixmap1 = &new GtkPixmap($pixmap1, $mask1); > > $tpixmap = &new GtkPixmap($pixmap, $mask); > > $window->unrealize(); > > > > $window->shape_combine_mask($mask, 0, 0); > > $vbox = &new GtkVBox(); > > $vbox->pack_start($tpixmap1); > > $vbox->pack_start(new GtkButton('test')); > > $vbox->add($tpixmap); > > $vbox->show_all(); > > $window->add($vbox); > > > > $window->show_all(); > > gtk::main_iteration(); > > gtk::main(); > > ?> > > > > I don't know if the trick with $vbox->pack_start() and then $vbox->add() > > is bug or a feature but it works(only if I do pack_start() first and > > then add()) on my linux machine(I'll test it on windows later). If you > > have any code on how to make the images transparent or maybe another way > > to achieve this I'll be very grateful. > > > > ps: sorry for my bad english > > > > Regards, > > Cosmin Budinschi > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 18:53, Joel De Gan wrote: > > > (sorry didn't click to send to the list as well as you) > > > > > > Hi, I wrote that tutorial. > > > > > > Yes it is. > > > Look over the functions and you will see the function that creates the > > > base XPM that I use to draw on. > > > You can replace that with a different image (i.e. a transparent image > > > with a border) and draw on that as you need. I have played around with > > > LCD-like interfaces that do mouse-overs and hold button state etc. > > > > > > But that base xpm function is the one you need to focus on. > > > > > > -joeldg > > > > > > On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 14:46:33 +0300, Cosmin <cosminb@as.ro> wrote: > > > > Is it possible to put an image(.xpm) as background to a window? or at > > > > least to make the window transparent? > > > > > > > > I've read this tutorial: > > > > http://lucifer.intercosmos.net/tut/ but it only > > > > modifies some xpms and then displays them. > > > > I need to put an image in the background and the add some buttons and > > > > other stuff(who will also be images or created from one with > > > > shape_combine_mask()) to the window. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PHP-GTK General Mailing List (http://gtk.php.net/) > > > > To unsubscribe, visit: > > > > http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP-GTK General Mailing List (http://gtk.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > >