How To Make A Gui Look Better....

[Sardith]

Well Im not really impressed with the looks of my trainer, coded it.. but I feel the GUI is really lacking. This is my first GUI ever, but id like to make it look alot better, if anyone could show me some code/with examples or give me ideas that would be great.

Here's a picture for you all.

[Valuater]

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Center the buttons

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Add a pic as a backgound instead of that red color

see this

http://xpcleanmenu.hostrocket.com/image/Favorites-screen.jpg

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Edited May 12, 2006 by Valuater

[Sardith]

Question how do you add a picture as the background.. I was trying but had no luck. Also when I compile it, how can I add the Picture to the compiled file?

[Valuater]

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fileinstall()

this installs the picture into the exe

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right after creating the gui..

guictrlcreatepic()

guictrlsetstate( -1, $GUI_DISABLE) ; this disables the picture

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[Sardith]

Why do I want to disable the picture?

[Valuater]

to make sure that the controls you place ontop of the picture are giving messages... that they were clicked

used in $msg = GUIGetMsg()

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Edited May 12, 2006 by Valuater

[Sardith]

I can't get the picture to appear as the background for the life of me.

GUICtrlCreatePic("C:\logo.bmp",50,50, 200,50)

Well it appears but it's left justified.. is there any way to make it have auto strech it and make it fill the entire GUI window?

Edited May 12, 2006 by Sardith

[Valuater]

maybe

GUICtrlCreatePic("C:\logo.bmp", 0, 0)

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[Sardith]

Nope :/

[Sardith]

The image just appears in the left corner, does anyone know how to correct this and make the image strech the entire area of the GUI window?

[Valuater]

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you can change the attributes of the pic ( size )

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to make sure...

GUICtrlCreatePic("C:\logo.bmp", 0, 0, gui width, gui hieght)

set this the same as the gui... width and hieght

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Edited May 12, 2006 by Valuater

[Sardith]

Figured it.. I really should trial and error, seems to be working for me XD.

[Zedna]

Or you can use gradient background color:

#include <Color.au3>

Global $GUI_GR_LINE     = 2
Global $GUI_GR_MOVE     = 6
Global $GUI_GR_COLOR    = 8

$color1 = 0x000066
$color2 = 0x0000FF

$gui = GUICreate("Gradient Demo")
$size = WinGetClientSize($gui)
_GUICtrlCreateGradient($color1, $color2, 0, 0, $size[0], $size[1])
GUISetState()

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg = -3 Then Exit
Wend

Func _GUICtrlCreateGradient($nStartColor, $nEndColor, $nX, $nY, $nWidth, $nHeight)
    Local $color1R = _ColorGetRed($nStartColor)
    Local $color1G = _ColorGetGreen($nStartColor)
    Local $color1B = _ColorGetBlue($nStartColor)

    Local $nStepR = (_ColorGetRed($nEndColor) - $color1R) / $nHeight
    Local $nStepG = (_ColorGetGreen($nEndColor) - $color1G) / $nHeight
    Local $nStepB = (_ColorGetBlue($nEndColor) - $color1B) / $nHeight

    GuiCtrlCreateGraphic($nX, $nY, $nWidth, $nHeight)
    For $i = 0 To $nHeight - $nY
        $sColor = "0x" & StringFormat("%02X%02X%02X", $color1R+$nStepR*$i, $color1G+$nStepG*$i, $color1B+$nStepB*$i)
        GUICtrlSetGraphic(-1, $GUI_GR_COLOR, $sColor, 0xffffff)
        GUICtrlSetGraphic(-1, $GUI_GR_MOVE, 0, $i)
        GUICtrlSetGraphic(-1, $GUI_GR_LINE, $nWidth, $i)
    Next
EndFunc

Edited May 12, 2006 by Zedna

[Sardith]

Interesting thanks.

[Sardith]

This is my updated GUI look:

Any improvements that I could make? Also How do you go about making colored buttons?

[Valuater]

at the top of this page.. click "search"

in search type "colored buttons"

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[Sardith]

Valuater <3, thanks for all your help today.

Side note: Any other ideas on how to make it look better would be great.

Edited May 13, 2006 by Sardith

[JoshDB]

I've worked a little bit on it, look here: (You need Beta)

F.E.A.R. Trainer GUI

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#NoTrayIcon

#include <GUIConstants.au3>
#include <File.au3>

$BackgroundJPG = _TempFile()
FileInstall("Background.jpg",$BackgroundJPG)

$FEARTrainerGUI = GUICreate("F.E.A.R. Trainer", 400, 400, -1, -1, $WS_POPUP + $WS_SYSMENU + $WS_MINIMIZEBOX)

$Minimize = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 361, 8, 15, 15)
GUICtrlSetTip($Minimize, "Minimize")

$Close = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 377, 8, 15, 15)
GUICtrlSetTip($Close, "Close")

; Functional Buttons

$Health = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 92, 168, 216, 30)
$Armor = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 92, 202, 216, 30)
$Ammo = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 92, 236, 216, 30)
$About = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 92, 271, 216, 30)
$Run = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 92, 304, 216, 30)
$ChangeDirectory = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 92, 336, 216, 30)

$Background = GUICtrlCreatePic($BackgroundJPG, 0, 0, 400, 400)
RoundGUI($FEARTrainerGUI, 0, 0, 12, 12)

DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "AnimateWindow", "hwnd", $FEARTrainerGUI, "int", 200, "long", 0x00080000)
    
GuiSetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $Message = GUIGetMsg()
    
    Select
        Case $Message = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Or $Message = $Close
            DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "AnimateWindow", "hwnd", $FEARTrainerGUI, "int", 100, "long", 0x00090000)
            Exit
        Case $Message = $Minimize
            GUISetState(@SW_MINIMIZE)
; Functional Buttons
        Case $Message = $Health
;Your Code
        Case $Message = $Armor
;Your Code
        Case $Message = $Ammo
;Your Code
        Case $Message = $About
;Your Code
        Case $Message = $Run
;Your Code
        Case $Message = $ChangeDirectory
;Your Code
        Case Else
            DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "ReleaseCapture")
            DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "SendMessage", "hWnd", $FEARTrainerGUI, "int", 0xA1, "int", 2, "int", 0)
    EndSelect
WEnd

Func RoundGUI($h_win, $i_x1, $i_y1, $i_x3, $i_y3)
   Dim $pos, $ret, $ret2
   $pos = WinGetPos($h_win)
   $ret = DllCall("gdi32.dll", "long", "CreateRoundRectRgn", "long", $i_x1, "long", $i_y1, "long", $pos[2], "long", $pos[3], "long", $i_x3, "long", $i_y3)
   If $ret[0] Then
      $ret2 = DllCall("user32.dll", "long", "SetWindowRgn", "hwnd", $h_win, "long", $ret[0], "int", 1)
      If $ret2[0] Then
         Return 1
      Else
         Return 0
      EndIf
   Else
      Return 0
   EndIf
EndFunc

Background image: (Put in same directory as source before compiling)

Edited May 15, 2006 by JoshDB

[slightly_abnormal]

crap!!!.. this thing looks sweet..

[JoshDB]

Thanks, I like making GUIs ( :