Button/Graphic without GUI

[HanZ]

Hello,

I want to show a button and a Graphic on my screen. There should be no GUI visible or better none should exist. So I wanted to ask if it is possible to realize this. Is there a controlID for the "desktop"?

Also I want to have the Graphic always visible. For example if I have opened Firefox it should be visible for me. Is this realizable?

I searched a long time in the AutoIt Help but wasn't sucessful.

Greetings

HanZ

[torels]

You Could make a transparent window that has the $WS_TOPMOT attribute that is jaust the size of the 2 controls contained in it

[HanZ]

so in which context must I use this $WS_TOPMOT attribute?

When i create the gui or where?

I didn't find any information of $WS_TOPMOT in the AutoIt Help

or did you mean $WS_EX_TOPMOST?

Edited June 15, 2008 by HanZ

[d4rk]

i can't find $WS_TOPMOT in this document but i hope it's useful

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/a...x/GUIStyles.htm

[torels]

so in which context must I use this $WS_TOPMOT attribute?

When i create the gui or where?

I didn't find any information of $WS_TOPMOT in the AutoIt Help

or did you mean $WS_EX_TOPMOST?

yes

that one... sorry

...anyway in the gui

Edited June 15, 2008 by torels

[rasim]

Hello,

I want to show a button and a Graphic on my screen. There should be no GUI visible or better none should exist. So I wanted to ask if it is possible to realize this. Is there a controlID for the "desktop"?

Also I want to have the Graphic always visible. For example if I have opened Firefox it should be visible for me. Is this realizable?

I searched a long time in the AutoIt Help but wasn't sucessful.

Greetings

HanZ

Nice example from Larry Dalooza:

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; EXAMPLE SHOWING Bitmap to Region function ( BMP2RGN() )
;
; int BMP2RGN("str","path to BMP",
;    "int",red value,
;    "int",green value,
;    "int",blue value)
;
; The red, green, blue values should be the color of the pixel
; in the BMP that you DON't want to see.
;
#include <GUIConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

$gui = GUICreate("", 100, 100, -1, -1, $WS_POPUP)

GUICtrlCreatePic("larry.bmp",0,0,100,100)
GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_DISABLE)

$Button = GUICtrlCreateButton("button", 15, 40, 70, 20)

$a = DLLCall("BMP2RGN.dll","int","BMP2RGN", _
            "str","larry.bmp", _
            "int",0, _
            "int",0, _
            "int",0)

SetWindowRgn($gui, $a[0])

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    Select
        Case $msg = $Button
            Exit
    EndSelect
WEnd

Func SetWindowRgn($h_win, $rgn)
    DllCall("user32.dll", "long", "SetWindowRgn", "hwnd", $h_win, "long", $rgn, "int", 1)
EndFunc

Background.zip

[d4rk]

I see many great code come with a DLLCall, but how did you guys know about that ? i mean the function in DLL and usage ? i know about MSDN but is it the only way ?

[HanZ]

Thanks to torels, rasim and d4rk

Now i can work on

Thank you very much

[torels]

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
GUICreate("Example",100,50,Default,Default,$WS_POPUP,$WS_EX_TRANSPARENT + $WS_EX_TOPMOST)
GUICtrlCreateButton("Test Button",0,0,100,50)
GUISetState()

while 1
    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        case -3
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

here's an example

[HanZ]

Thx torels

your example seems to be also very useful

but now I have another question

I made a GUI with a image and a button and they are always on top ($WS_EX_TOPMOST)

But if I have a activ window and click on the image I have the invisible GUI activated.

Is there a possiblilty to deny this activation of the GUI?

[rasim]

HanZ

Use example example from Larry Dalooza, it`s little hard, but works fine and rightly

[HanZ]

I know that it works fine and rightly. That's why I used the code for my program but I have another problem with that code.

The GUI is always on top ($WS_EX_TOPMOST) but if I click on a image on my invisible GUI i have activated the GUI.

But I don't want to have it activated. The example of Larry Dalooza is just what my program is using. But I added a image on the invisible GUI.

Clicking on that images activates the program so that it is activ. But I don't want to have the program activated by just clicking on the image.