Icon transparency not working correctly

[Mikeman27294 8]

Hey everyone.

I am currently working on making a fancy menu, but the transparency on some of my icons are not working as I would wish to have it work.

Unfortunately, it will not allow me to upload the image of the error, so I will explain it.

I have 2 icons which I created in gimp. They are a white band and a grey band, the grey one being a little longer than the white one.

They both have the edged fade out gradually, at different levels on either end, like large feathered edges.

The problem is, that when they overlap, the grey icon (which is behind the white one) is hidden behind the white band, even where the white is fully transparent, so I have a nice white band, with soft edges on either end, and a crisp top, then at the ends, suddenly pops up a grey bit, where the white band ends. The idea is for the grey icon to act like a cursor (but only on the y axis) and it is meant to somewhat highlight the other icon, however, it doesnt work.

Does anybody know how to fix this?

Also, I will try and upload later.

Thanks for any help.

EDIT

Ok, now I can upload so here is a zip file with 2 png images inside it, one what they do look like, and one what they should look like. error.zip

Edited January 12, 2011 by Mikeman27294

[shanet 0]

BUMP (For Michael)

[Mikeman27294 8]

I dunno how often it needs to be bumped to stay active but I really want help with this otherwise I have to completely start my design over which means days of hard work becomes pointless.

[JoHanatCent 12]

I dunno how often it needs to be bumped to stay active but I really want help with this otherwise I have to completely start my design over which means days of hard work becomes pointless.

It is a lot easier to help if we have some code/script to work with rather that do a complete design ourselves. "Means days of hard work becomes pointless" 2 "" U?

[Mikeman27294 8]

Oh sorry, I havent checked this in ages. I am trying to use GDI Plus, because I have images which have transparency through to solid graditenrs and I was unable to use an icon for this.

Basically, I am trying to create a main menu for a program (it will be a seperate program made in a completely different language and wil be a completely different exe and so on).

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#include <GUIConstantsEX.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <GDIPlus.au3>

GUICreate("GameMenu",@DesktopWidth,@DesktopHeight, 0, 0, 0x80000000)
_GDIPlus_Startup ()

Global  $Background         = _GDIPlus_ImageLoadFromFile(@WorkingDir & "Resources\MMBackground.jpg")

Global  $Option             = GUICtrlCreatePic("Resources\MMOption1.jpg", 0, @DesktopHeight*0.25, (@DesktopHeight/9)*16, @DesktopHeight/2)
Global  $crrntopt           = "1"
Global  $SPOption           = _GDIPlus_ImageLoadFromFile(@WorkingDir&"\Resources\MMoption1.png")


$sCLSID = _GDIPlus_EncodersGetCLSID ("PNG")
GUICtrlSetState($Background, $GUI_SHOW)
GUICtrlSetState($Option, $GUI_SHOW)
GUISetState()
While 1
    If (MouseGetPos(1) < ((@DesktopHeight/2)-(@DesktopHeight/8))) Then
        If $crrntopt="1" Then
            $crrntopt="1"
        Else
            GUICtrlSetImage($Option, @WorkingDir & "Resources\MMOption1.jpg")
            $crrntopt="1"
        EndIf
    ElseIf (MouseGetPos(1) >= (@DesktopHeight/2)-(@DesktopHeight/8)) And (MouseGetPos(1) < (@DesktopHeight/2)) Then
        If $crrntopt="2" Then
            $crrntopt="2"
        Else
            GUICtrlSetImage($Option, @WorkingDir & "Resources\MMOption2.jpg")
            $crrntopt="2"
        EndIf
    ElseIf (MouseGetPos(1) >= (@DesktopHeight/2)) And (MouseGetPos(1) < ((@DesktopHeight/2)+(@DesktopHeight/8))) Then
        If $crrntopt = "3" Then
            $crrntopt="3"
        Else
            GUICtrlSetImage($Option, @WorkingDir & "Resources\MMOption3.jpg")
            $crrntopt="3"
        EndIf
    ElseIf (MouseGetPos(1) >= ((@DesktopHeight/2)+(@DesktopHeight/8))) Then
        If $crrntopt="4" Then
            $crrntopt="4"
        Else
            GUICtrlSetImage($Option, @WorkingDir & "Resources\MMOption4.jpg")
            $crrntopt="4"
        EndIf
    EndIf

    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case $Option
            if (MouseGetPos(1) < ((@DesktopHeight/2)-(@DesktopHeight/8))) Then
                Run(@WorkingDir & "\singleplayer\singleplayer.exe")
;               Exit
;                   MsgBox("Single Player", "Single Player", "Single Player Selected")
            ElseIf ((MouseGetPos(1) >= (@DesktopHeight/2)-(@DesktopHeight/8)) And (MouseGetPos(1) < (@DesktopHeight/2))) Then
                Run(@WorkingDir & "\singleplayer\multiplayer.exe")
;               Exit
;               MsgBox("Multiplayer", "Multiplayer", "Multiplayer Selected")
            ElseIf ((MouseGetPos(1) >= (@DesktopHeight/2)) And (MouseGetPos(1) < ((@DesktopHeight/2)+(@DesktopHeight/8)))) Then
                Run(@WorkingDir & "\options.exe")
;               Exit
;               MsgBox("Options", "Options", "Options Selected")
            ElseIf (MouseGetPos(1) >= ((@DesktopHeight/2)+(@DesktopHeight/8))) Then
;               Exit
            EndIf
;           consolewrite(8)
        Case -3
            _GDIPlus_Shutdown()
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Func _center($x)
    $bgsub      = $x*(@DesktopHeight - _GDIPlus_ImageGetWidth($Background))
    Return $bgsub
EndFunc

There is the code. It probably looks silly because I dont really know what is required for GDI Plus but I was hoping now that somebody could help me out with it.

Thanks, everyone.

And thanks for pointing out about the "G word" guys.

Edited July 12, 2011 by Mikeman27294

[monoscout999 9]

I dont understand you well(i´m read in native spanish) can you describe a little better. and i really need some pics to see the behavior..., try uploading here or imageshak or something..

PD: Try to avoid the G word

Edited June 22, 2011 by monoscout999

[Mikeman27294 8]

It's alright, it is working now.

By G word, did you mean graphic? if you did then that means image. If you meant GIF, then it is a file format for images, and if you meant GUI, then it stands for Graphical User Intrface.

Edited July 10, 2011 by Mikeman27294

[AdmiralAlkex 119]

He meant G as in Game, because game automation is forbidden. Read the forum rules.

[Mikeman27294 8]

oh. Hahaha. That is a good point. All it is is just a menu with 5 images, four transparent and 1 the background. the first 3 run executables, and the last one just quits the program. That is quite easy (I am much more experiencd now. I'm no proffessional, but I can do it perfectly fine.), but I only need to get image transparency to work, which will also help with more important scripts that I am working on. But thanks for pointing that one out to me mate.

[alankam58 0]

Hi Guys,

this tread may be a little old but i still need to ask. has been google for hours.

i m building my own backup software for my data. in the GUI window an icon is place but i cannot get the background of the icon goes transparent. has this problem been solve?

 

my code:

Func Main()

Local $msg

 

$Main = GUICreate("Smart Sync",450,360)

;GUISetBkColor(0xFFFFFF)

GUICtrlSetDefBkColor($GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT)

 

GUICtrlCreatePic(@ScriptDir&"ImageBlue White.bmp",0,0,450,400)

GUICtrlSetState(-1,$GUI_DISABLE)

 

GUICtrlCreateLabel("My Computer"&@CRLF&@ComputerName,50,35,100,60,$SS_CENTER);,BitOR($SS_CENTER,$SS_CENTERIMAGE))

GUICtrlSetFont(-1,13,500)

GUICtrlSetColor(-1, 0x974807)

 

$HomeDrive = GUICtrlCreateProgress(60,75,80,200,BitOR($PBS_VERTICAL,$PBS_SMOOTH))

$ProgressLabel1 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("",60,75,80,200,BitOR($SS_CENTER,$SS_CENTERIMAGE))

GUICtrlSetBkColor($ProgressLabel1, $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT)

GUICtrlSetFont($ProgressLabel1,13,500)

GUICtrlSetColor($ProgressLabel1, 0x974807)

 

$Free = DriveSpaceFree($SourceDir)

$Total = DriveSpaceTotal($SourceDir)

$Size = 100-(($Free/$Total)*100)

GUICtrlSetData($HomeDrive,$Size)

GUICtrlSetData($ProgressLabel1,Round($Size))

 

$SourceBtn = GUICtrlCreateButton("Browse",50,285,100,30)

 

$BackUpLabel = GUICtrlCreateLabel("My Backup Drive"&@CRLF&$BackupDisk,280,35,140,60,$SS_CENTER);,BitOR($SS_CENTER,$SS_CENTERIMAGE))

GUICtrlSetFont(-1,13,500)

GUICtrlSetColor(-1, 0x974807)

 

$BackDrive = GUICtrlCreateProgress(310, 75, 80, 200,BitOR($PBS_VERTICAL,$PBS_SMOOTH))

$ProgressLabel2 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("",310,75,80,200,BitOR($SS_CENTER,$SS_CENTERIMAGE))

GUICtrlSetBkColor($ProgressLabel2, $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT)

GUICtrlSetFont($ProgressLabel2,13,500)

GUICtrlSetColor($ProgressLabel2, 0x974807)

 

$Free = DriveSpaceFree($BackupDisk)

$Total = DriveSpaceTotal($BackupDisk)

$Size = 100-(($Free/$Total)*100)

GUICtrlSetData($BackDrive,$Size)

 

$DestBtn = GUICtrlCreateButton("Browse",300,285,100,30)

 

$SyncBtn = GUICtrlCreateIcon(@ScriptDir&"ImageSync_Green.ico",-1,181,131,88,88,BitOR($GUI_SS_DEFAULT_ICON,$SS_CENTERIMAGE))

;$SyncBtn = GUICtrlCreatePic(@ScriptDir&"ImageSync_Green.png",-1,181,131,88,88,$GUI_SS_DEFAULT_ICON)

 

;GUICtrlSetBkColor($SyncBtn,$GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT)

 

;GUIRegisterMsg(0x000F, "WM_PAINT")

 

$Setting = TrayCreateItem("Setting")

$About = TrayCreateItem("About")

TrayCreateItem("")

$Exit = TrayCreateItem("Exit")

 

TraySetState()

GUISetState()

 

$List = _DriveList()

 

; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed

While 1

Switch TrayGetMsg()

Case $Exit

ExitLoop

Case $About

MsgBox(64,"About","Smart Sync)"&@LF&@LF&"Software Ver. "&$Version&@LF& _

"Copyright © 2013 Alan Kam"&@LF&"AlTech Soft",5)

Case $Setting

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW,$Main)

EndSwitch

 

Switch GUIGetMsg()

Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

;GUISetState(@SW_HIDE,$Main)

ExitLoop

Case $GUI_EVENT_MINIMIZE

GUISetState(@SW_MINIMIZE,$Main)

Case $SyncBtn

GUICtrlSetImage($SyncBtn,@ScriptDir&"ImageSync_Silver.ico")

If StringCompare($DriveRtv[0],"Not Found") <> 0 Then

_FileProcess($SourceDir,$DriveRtv[0]&$DriveRtv[1]&"")

EndIf

Case $SourceBtn

 

Case $DestBtn

 

EndSwitch

 

Switch _DriveList()

Case $List

;MsgBox(0,"","New Drive")

Case Else

$List = _DriveList()

If $List <> $New Then

$New = _DriveList()

;MsgBox(0,"","New Drive")

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW,$Main)

$DriveRtv = _BackupDriveSearch()

$BackupDisk = $DriveRtv[0]

GUICtrlSetData($BackUpLabel,"My Backup Drive"&@CRLF&$BackupDisk)

GUICtrlSetData($DestBtn,$BackupDisk)

$Free = DriveSpaceFree($BackupDisk)

$Total = DriveSpaceTotal($BackupDisk)

$Size = 100-(($Free/$Total)*100)

GUICtrlSetData($BackDrive,$Size)

EndIf

EndSwitch

WEnd

GUIDelete()

EndFunc

 

 

Edited July 30, 2014 by alankam58