On Tue, 30 May 2006 21:33:43 +0200 "A.J. Venter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Me and Felipe have been working on this patch for about 2/3 weeks, and we > finally think it is ready to submit. Thanks. Added. I added the packager/globallinks/popupnotifierlaz-0.lpl Mattias > > The patch creates a new component called "TPopupNotifier" used to show > pop-up messages anywhere on the screen. It can be used for a number of > purposes but I specifically wanted it to show messages to a user from a > program currently minimised to the tray. > That is the major function then - to pop up a small window to share some > sort of information with the user. > > The component supports icons (any TImage support format) and custom > colorization (which we did multiplatform - tested on win32, gtk1 and > gtk2). Each message is split into a title and a text section, both are > TLabels in practise but the text label is big enough to comfortably show > multiline messages. > Both labels automatically resise themselves to fit the size of the icon > picture. > The patch includes the component, a lazarus package for it and a small > demo program that shows how to use it. > If it's accepted, I'll write a wiki page documenting it in full. > > Ciao > A.J. > -- > "there's nothing as inspirational for a hacker as a cat obscuring a bug > by sitting in front of the monitor" - Boudewijn Rempt > A.J. Venter > Chief Software Architect > OpenLab International > www.getopenlab.com > www.silentcoder.co.za > +27 82 726 5103 > > ------------------------------------------------------- > _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives