Gregory Lypny wrote/ schreef:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Can I set the icon of a button to a graphics object which I've
> created with MetaCard's draw tools? That is, this is an object of type
> "graphic" and not of type "image". I've noticed that the statement
>
> Set the icon of button "X" to graphic "Y"
>
> does nothing.
It is not possible to directly use a graphic as image icon, but there is a
work around.
For setting the icon to an image use:
set the icon of button "MyButton" to "45"
-- in which "45" is the ID of the image object containing the icon
For setting the icon to an graphic use:
import snapshot from rect (the rect of graphic "MyGraphic") of window (the
windowID of this stack)
-- a snapshot is taken from the graphic, which is imported as image
-- so make sure that nothing overlaps the graphic
-- assuming that there are no other images on this card
-- (so that the number of the image will be "1"):
set the icon of "MyButton" to the ID of image 1
> I'm a beginner (obviously) in the graphics-in-MetaCard arena. I've
> imported a number of graphics created in Adobe Illustrator, but I'm not
> getting the quality I'd like to have. For example, I've imported
> graphics as JPEG, which were created at a "high" quality setting and a
> resolution equal to the screen depth. These appear in MetaCard as nice
> crisp images, but they are bounded by a white rectangle, which is a
> problem on non-white backgrounds. If I use MetaCard's colour tools and
> set the image's ink to transparent, the white rectangle is largely
> removed but some annoying white pixels remain on the perimeter of the
> image.
>
> Is there a best format for imported images?
Well, I always use GIF, because that supports transparency and is cross-
platform (unlike BMP or PICT). Also PNG is possible.
> Regards,
>
> Greg
Hope this helps,
Sjoerd
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