Creating a Picture in the background

[shavenh]

Hi,

I'm trying to get a form with a GuictrlcreatePic in the background and buttons on top (in the foreground),

this works, except when i hide and then display the gui, some of the buttons visually dissappear (they reappear if you move you mouse over them)

the only fudge/ workaround is to delete the form and redraw the gui

is there a cleaner better way??

many thanks

[GaryFrost]

Note the GUICtrlSetState in the example below (used beta for this example):

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

; Find a picture to use as Gui background.
Global $picture
If FileChangeDir(@WindowsDir & '\Web\Wallpaper') Then
    $handle = FileFindFirstFile('*.jpg')
    If $handle <> -1 Then
        $picture = FileFindNextFile($handle)
        FileClose($handle)
    EndIf
EndIf

; Setup the Gui
$title = 'Test Background with AutoIt ' & FileGetVersion(@AutoItExe)
$handle = GUICreate($title, 320, 240)
If FileExists($picture) Then
    GUICtrlCreatePic($picture, 0, 0, 320, 240)
    GUICtrlSetState(Default, $GUI_DISABLE)
Else
    MsgBox(0, '', 'A picture was not found to test with in ' & @WorkingDir)
    Exit
EndIf
$button = GUICtrlCreateButton("test",10,10)

GuiSetState()
While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then Exit
WEnd

Edited February 22, 2006 by gafrost

[shavenh]

THANKS

looks good, will put the bit of code into my program,

> GUICtrlSetState(Default, $GUI_DISABLE)

how does this fix it? or is the new beta making it work better?

[GaryFrost]

THANKS

looks good, will put the bit of code into my program,

> GUICtrlSetState(Default, $GUI_DISABLE)

how does this fix it? or is the new beta making it work better?

disabling the pic stops it from accepting clicks, etc...

Not new to beta, just looked it up in the release help, so should work with release also.