Read file to 2D Array

[iamtheky 603]

This grabs pixel locations from a preset file, then draws them in different colors. It seems the load function is spectacularly slow, any suggestions for speeding that up would be welcomed.

Also if you reverse the X and Y coordinates in the setpixel it will draw it vertically and mirrored, yay math.

Loading.txt is attached = the preset file of the pixels for the string LOADING...

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#include <Array.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>


$fromFile1 = _load("c:\test\LOADING.txt")

_DrawPicfromArray ($fromfile1)



Func _DrawPicfromArray($Srcarray)

$MAX = ubound($SrcArray) - 1
$Half = $MAX / 2


While 1
  Local $dc = DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "GetDC", "hwnd", 0)
    Local $D, $E



     For $i = 0 To $MAX
        $D = $SrcArray[$i][0]
        $E = $SrcArray[$i][1]
        _PixelSetColor($E , $D, 0xFFFFFF)
        next
    For $i = 0 To $Half
        random(0, $Max)
        $D = $SrcArray[$i][0]
        $E = $SrcArray[$i][1]
        _PixelSetColor($E, $D,0xFF0000)
        _HPSleep(100,0)
    Next
      For $i = $Half To $MAX
        $D = $SrcArray[$i][0]
        $E = $SrcArray[$i][1]
        _PixelSetColor($E, $D, 0x00FF00)
        _HPSleep(100,0)
    Next
    For $j = 0 to $Max * 100
        $i = random (0, $MAX)
        $D = $SrcArray[$i][0]
        $E = $SrcArray[$i][1]
        _PixelSetColor($E, $D, random(0x000000 , 0xFFFFFF))

    Next



  DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "ReleaseDC", "hwnd", 0, "hwnd", $dc[0])
WEnd
EndFunc

; Modified from http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=7315&view=findpost&p=178779
Func _PixelSetColor($XCoord, $YCoord, $Color)
    Local $dc = DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "GetDC", "hwnd", 0)
    If Not IsArray($dc) Then Return -1
    DllCall("gdi32.dll", "long", "SetPixel", "long", $dc[0], "long", $XCoord, "long", $YCoord, "long", _
            "0x" & StringRegExpReplace(hex($Color,6), "(..)(..)(..)", "\3\2\1")) ; Change to 0xBBGGRR hex colour format.
    DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "ReleaseDC", "hwnd", 0, "hwnd", $dc[0])
EndFunc ;==>_PixelSetColor

Func _HPSleep($iSleep, $fMs = 1)
    ; default is milliseconds, otherwise microseconds (1 ms = 1000 µs)
    If $fMs Then $iSleep *= 1000 ; convert to ms
    DllCall("ntdll.dll", "dword", "NtDelayExecution", "int", 0, "int64*", -10 * $iSleep)
EndFunc



Func _load($file)

    $J = 11008
    $H = 11008 / 2
    Dim $BArray [$H][2]
$file = fileopen ($file , 0)
for $K = 0 to $H - 1
$line = filereadline ($file)
$BArray[$K][0] = $line
$line = filereadline ($file)
$BArray[$K][1] = $line
Next

FileClose ($file)
Return $BArray
EndFunc

LOADING.txt

Edited November 7, 2010 by iamtheky

[MvGulik 86]

Relevant remarks from FileReadLine help:

If no line number to read is given, the "next" line will be read. ("Next" for a newly opened file is initially the first line.)

...

From a performance standpoint it is a bad idea to read line by line specifying "line" parameter whose value is incrementing by one. This forces AutoIt to reread the file from the beginning until it reach the specified line.

Ergo: ditch those line parameters on your FileReadLine code to get up to normal speed.

[iamtheky 603]

Thank you sir, I would have never suspected that in a loop it would just remember where it left off. And the helpfile wins again.

edited first post reflects the much speedier version.