If you haven't seen Scott Rossi's work, you should. He's created some amazing controls. Buy or use for inspiration.
http://www.tactilemedia.com/ click software; click TMGauge ------------------------- Stephen Barncard San Francisco http://houseofcubes.com/disco.irev 2009/9/12 Len Morgan <len-mor...@crcom.net> > I'm working on a new project and I'd like some advice on how to create > custom controls to use on a graphical process display. This will display a > water pipeline system with all it's tanks, pipe, valves, flow/pressure > meters etc. One of the items I have to display is a water tank and I need > to display how much water is in it as both a number and a graphical > representation of the water level. I've got the gist of the drawing managed > but I'm going to have to have several of these and I don't want to hand > create them every time so I'm looking to make a "water tank" custom control. > > I need to put it somewhere, send it a current level which would update the > numeric display and set the "water" level. I'd also like to size them so I > could have big ones and small ones. > > That's a long introduction to my actual question. I know I can make a > group of the various parts and script the updating and possibly sizing using > behavior scripts but once I've created it, where to I put it? Do I create a > stack with this group on it and then clone it where I need it? Do I copy > and paste (via script)? I can't add it to the Rev graphic object pallet > like the datagrid is now. > > This is not the only custom control I'm going to need so I'm looking for a > generic way to handle this kind of thing. In the end, the program will not > only have a display of our pipeline but I'd also like to have a separate > design program to create the system diagrams in case any other pipelines > want to use the program. > > len morgan > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution