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Possible to make transparent .bmp icons transparent with an Access 2010 ribbon?
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Re: Possible to make transparent .bmp icons transparent with anAccess 2010 ribbon? -
02-08-2012
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On Sun, 5 Feb 2012 21:22:39 -0700, "Albert D. Kallal" How are you loading the icons. Like this: !-- * * * * * *<button id="btnToday" size="large" label="Today" image="table-edit.bmp" onAction="OnOpenFormNewRec" tag="frmToday"/ -- Good to know, but I am just using the image property. *Axialis gave me a break on the cost of their icon workshop program that will do batch changes. -paul |
loadpicture()
Albert k
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On Feb 7, 5:46*pm, PW <emailaddyin... (AT) ifIremember (DOT) com> wrote: On Sun, 5 Feb 2012 21:22:39 -0700, "Albert D. Kallal" How are you loading the icons. Like this: !-- * * * * * *<button id="btnToday" size="large" label="Today" image="table-edit.bmp" onAction="OnOpenFormNewRec" tag="frmToday"/ -- Good to know, but I am just using the image property. *Axialis gave me a break on the cost of their icon workshop program that will do batch changes. -paul right but show your code for the image call back - you'll see it uses loadpicture() Albert k |
-paulw
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On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 02:00:17 -0800 (PST), "Albert D. Kallal" kallal (AT) msn (DOT) com> wrote: On Feb 7, 5:46*pm, PW <emailaddyin... (AT) ifIremember (DOT) com> wrote: On Sun, 5 Feb 2012 21:22:39 -0700, "Albert D. Kallal" How are you loading the icons. Like this: !-- * * * * * *<button id="btnToday" size="large" label="Today" image="table-edit.bmp" onAction="OnOpenFormNewRec" tag="frmToday"/ -- Good to know, but I am just using the image property. *Axialis gave me a break on the cost of their icon workshop program that will do batch changes. -paul right but show your code for the image call back - you'll see it uses loadpicture() Albert k Yep. Sorry about that! Where do I get loadpictureGDI from? -paulw |
I found it in the sample iconinribbon.zip on the page you gave me a
link to, but I am having trouble getting it to work.
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I found it in the sample iconinribbon.zip on the page you gave me a link to, but I am having trouble getting it to work. |
My code is this:
Sub CallbackLoadImage(strImage As String, _
ByRef image)
Dim strImagePath As String
' Callback loadImage
If Left(strImage, 4) = "mso." Then
strImage = Mid(strImage, 5)
image = strImage
Else
strImagePath = CurrentProject.Path & "\ribbon\" & strImage
Set image = LoadPictureGDIP(strImagePath)
'Set image = LoadPictureGDIP(strImagePath) ' old built in
End If
End Sub
So the routines were just copy + lifted from the ribbon example. That
suggests that basGDI code module is required. Since the samples work, then
the use of that LoadPictureGDIP should also work.
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Albert D. Kallal (Access MVP)
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Pleasenospam_kallal (AT) msn (DOT) com
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"PW" wrote in message news:btc5j79uces5aj0dub7clcr4o7rnev07hj (AT) 4ax (DOT) com... I found it in the sample iconinribbon.zip on the page you gave me a link to, but I am having trouble getting it to work. Excellent. My code is this: Sub CallbackLoadImage(strImage As String, _ ByRef image) Dim strImagePath As String ' Callback loadImage If Left(strImage, 4) = "mso." Then strImage = Mid(strImage, 5) image = strImage Else strImagePath = CurrentProject.Path & "\ribbon\" & strImage Set image = LoadPictureGDIP(strImagePath) 'Set image = LoadPictureGDIP(strImagePath) ' old built in End If End Sub So the routines were just copy + lifted from the ribbon example. That suggests that basGDI code module is required. Since the samples work, then the use of that LoadPictureGDIP should also work. |
Where is this located? LoadPictureGDIP(strImagePath)
I don't have it here. Access no can find it.
-paulw
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Looking good Albert, but Where is this located? LoadPictureGDIP(strImagePath) I don't have it here. Access no can find it. |
So from the access ribbon site, there are 31 examples on this page:
http://www.accessribbon.de/en/index.php?Downloads
Quite sure the sample code module is included in each example?
So you have to include (lift) from one of those examples the code module
called basGDI
I also have a copy of that code module in my ribbon class here:
http://www.kallal.ca/Ribbon/ribbon.htm
As noted, that load routine has support for:
bmp, gif, jpe, jpg, tif, png, wmf, emf, ico
I not ever looked at or bothering to even see what the code does.
I simply used it from the access ribbon site since anything else I used to
load icons looked like crap.
In other words, I never spent anytime looking at this issue - just used what
that web site suggested...
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Albert D. Kallal (Access MVP)
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Pleasenospam_kallal (AT) msn (DOT) com
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"PW" wrote in message news:0og6j75g1atsoemq8it6t94llk06s151c0 (AT) 4ax (DOT) com... Looking good Albert, but Where is this located? LoadPictureGDIP(strImagePath) I don't have it here. Access no can find it. From any example from the ribbon site I linked to quite sure has this code. So from the access ribbon site, there are 31 examples on this page: http://www.accessribbon.de/en/index.php?Downloads Quite sure the sample code module is included in each example? So you have to include (lift) from one of those examples the code module called basGDI I also have a copy of that code module in my ribbon class here: http://www.kallal.ca/Ribbon/ribbon.htm As noted, that load routine has support for: bmp, gif, jpe, jpg, tif, png, wmf, emf, ico I not ever looked at or bothering to even see what the code does. I simply used it from the access ribbon site since anything else I used to load icons looked like crap. In other words, I never spent anytime looking at this issue - just used what that web site suggested... |
I am using converted .ico files to .bmp with transparancy preserved.
Using LoadPictureGDIP is not respecting the transparant backgrounds of
the images. The backgrounds are black instead of transparant.
I will try .png files and see if there is a difference.
-paulw
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"PW" wrote in message news:0og6j75g1atsoemq8it6t94llk06s151c0 (AT) 4ax (DOT) com... Looking good Albert, but Where is this located? LoadPictureGDIP(strImagePath) I don't have it here. Access no can find it. From any example from the ribbon site I linked to quite sure has this code. So from the access ribbon site, there are 31 examples on this page: http://www.accessribbon.de/en/index.php?Downloads Quite sure the sample code module is included in each example? So you have to include (lift) from one of those examples the code module called basGDI I also have a copy of that code module in my ribbon class here: http://www.kallal.ca/Ribbon/ribbon.htm As noted, that load routine has support for: bmp, gif, jpe, jpg, tif, png, wmf, emf, ico I not ever looked at or bothering to even see what the code does. I simply used it from the access ribbon site since anything else I used to load icons looked like crap. In other words, I never spent anytime looking at this issue - just used what that web site suggested... |
..bmp files with transparent backgrounds that I converted from .ico
files makes the backgrounds black. These are how they actually appear
when I look at them on disk. Howeverif I use the original LoadPicture
function, it somehow transposes the black backgrounds and makes them
appear transparent.
Now with LoadPictureGDIP I can use other file formats like the
transparent .png icons that I have. They appear transparent like they
do on disk. But not any crisper.
So at least I will not have to go through a conversion process like I
did with the .ico->.bmp icons.
Thanks again,
-paul
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In other words, I never spent anytime looking at this issue - just used what that web site suggested... Howeverif I use the original LoadPicture function, it somehow transposes the black backgrounds and makes them appear transparent. |
I had real bad luck with Loadpicture so I just started using something that
worked and that was quite much the end of it for me.
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Now with LoadPictureGDIP I can use other file formats like the transparent .png icons that I have. They appear transparent like they do on disk. But not any crisper. So at least I will not have to go through a conversion process like I did with the .ico->.bmp icons. Thanks again, |
program with some "re-sizing" options if the image in question is not the
right size
(a good paint program will have better options for re-sizing then letting
the system do it for you).
As noted, I wrote some routines and right now I really don't even read xml -
but just cut + paste from one ribbon I made and this I find faster then even
building menu bars like how we had to do in the older system.
--
Albert D. Kallal (Access MVP)
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Pleasenospam_kallal (AT) msn (DOT) com
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"PW" wrote in message news:q258j79glslvkbsv20h0g8gvc61o5l6psq (AT) 4ax (DOT) com... In other words, I never spent anytime looking at this issue - just used what that web site suggested... Howeverif I use the original LoadPicture function, it somehow transposes the black backgrounds and makes them appear transparent. Gee, thanks for sharing the above. I had real bad luck with Loadpicture so I just started using something that worked and that was quite much the end of it for me. Now with LoadPictureGDIP I can use other file formats like the transparent .png icons that I have. They appear transparent like they do on disk. But not any crisper. So at least I will not have to go through a conversion process like I did with the .ico->.bmp icons. Thanks again, Excellent, the above is also my experience. I also often use a good paint program with some "re-sizing" options if the image in question is not the right size (a good paint program will have better options for re-sizing then letting the system do it for you). As noted, I wrote some routines and right now I really don't even read xml - but just cut + paste from one ribbon I made and this I find faster then even building menu bars like how we had to do in the older system. |
can't do it every day. One and done (until the next release) :-(
Thanks again Albert,
-paul
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