Set icon of button to a graphic
I want to show if an object is either too hot, too cold, or within normal temperature range? I was thinking that a simple circle filled with green, blue, or red with the temperature next or under it would be an easy way to tell at a glance if things are normal. I was thinking that if I create a button with the icon set to one of the 3 images and setting the label of the button to the temperature would do the trick. I would simply set the icon of the button to one of the three "colors". I created a 3 small circle graphics (one with each color) but I can't seem to select those for the button icon as they are a "graphic" not an "image". How can I convert a graphic to an image? Bill Vlahos ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Set icon of button to a graphic
Hi Bill You can try this. Creat a button and put this in the script: on mouseUp put the windowId of this stack into tWinID put the rect of grc "redCircle" into tRect import snapshot from rectangle tRect of window tWinID set the name of last img to "redCircle" end mouseUp This will create an image from the graphic "redCircle" which you can now use to create your buttons. best, Chipp Bill Vlahos wrote: I want to show if an object is either too hot, too cold, or within normal temperature range? I was thinking that a simple circle filled with green, blue, or red with the temperature next or under it would be an easy way to tell at a glance if things are normal. I was thinking that if I create a button with the icon set to one of the 3 images and setting the label of the button to the temperature would do the trick. I would simply set the icon of the button to one of the three "colors". I created a 3 small circle graphics (one with each color) but I can't seem to select those for the button icon as they are a "graphic" not an "image". How can I convert a graphic to an image? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Set icon of button to a graphic
>How can I convert a graphic to an image? Bill, You can just take a snapshot of the screen. When you have the graphic looking the way you want it, it cmd-shift-F3 (mac) or alt-printscreen (pc) to take a screen snapshot. Then use a graphics program to save this as a png, adding transparency if you want, and then import it back into the stack as an image. -Ben ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Set icon of button to a graphic
Thanks Chipp and Ben. Chipp's script did the trick and I'll use Ben's suggestion of converting it to a PNG for transparency. Bill Vlahos On Jan 9, 2005, at 7:07 PM, Chipp Walters wrote: Hi Bill You can try this. Creat a button and put this in the script: on mouseUp put the windowId of this stack into tWinID put the rect of grc "redCircle" into tRect import snapshot from rectangle tRect of window tWinID set the name of last img to "redCircle" end mouseUp This will create an image from the graphic "redCircle" which you can now use to create your buttons. best, Chipp Bill Vlahos wrote: I want to show if an object is either too hot, too cold, or within normal temperature range? I was thinking that a simple circle filled with green, blue, or red with the temperature next or under it would be an easy way to tell at a glance if things are normal. I was thinking that if I create a button with the icon set to one of the 3 images and setting the label of the button to the temperature would do the trick. I would simply set the icon of the button to one of the three "colors". I created a 3 small circle graphics (one with each color) but I can't seem to select those for the button icon as they are a "graphic" not an "image". How can I convert a graphic to an image? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Set icon of button to a graphic
Message: 13 Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 15:07:00 -0800 From: Bill Vlahos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Set icon of button to a graphic To: How to use Revolution Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed I want to show if an object is either too hot, too cold, or within normal temperature range? I was thinking that a simple circle filled with green, blue, or red with the temperature next or under it would be an easy way to tell at a glance if things are normal. I was thinking that if I create a button with the icon set to one of the 3 images and setting the label of the button to the temperature would do the trick. I would simply set the icon of the button to one of the three "colors". I created a 3 small circle graphics (one with each color) but I can't seem to select those for the button icon as they are a "graphic" not an "image". How can I convert a graphic to an image? Bill Vlahos Bill, I tried Chipp Walter's solution and I get a "Rev has unexpectedly quit" message at the line: import snapshot from rectangle tRect of window tWinID Don't know why. According to the docs it should work. Could this be an OS X problem? (Rev 2.2.1, Mac OS X 2.3) Could you just use a single circle graphic (with a text field below) and then just set the background color of the circle graphic as needed? Jim ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Set icon of button to a graphic
On Jan 10, 2005, at 6:40 AM, James Hurley wrote: Bill, I tried Chipp Walter's solution and I get a "Rev has unexpectedly quit" message at the line: import snapshot from rectangle tRect of window tWinID Don't know why. According to the docs it should work. Could this be an OS X problem? (Rev 2.2.1, Mac OS X 2.3) I believe this is a bug in version prior to 2.5. If you try to import a snapshot using a windowID then Rev crashes. -- Trevor DeVore Blue Mango Multimedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
