Win32::GUI

Steve,

This should help you

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=12601142

Regards,
Rob.


Steve Loughran wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> Not being a programmer by trade, I try to try things over and over again 
> until I admit to myself that I dont have a clue :) So far, everything in 
> Win32::GUI has seemed straight forward(ish), but I think I have run into 
> a problem due to the fact that I dont know what its supposed to be 
> doing, and therefore dont actually know what *I* should be doing :)
> 
> I am trying to place bitmap images (via DIBitmap) into the background of 
> a window, and still have Buttons appear in the window (on top of the 
> image). I have spent the last 5 hours looking through the docs, through 
> the BitmapScroll.pl, and searching the mail list for any clue as to how 
> to get this working (or even half working and doing something odd... it 
> would be a start!).
> 
> Would it be possible for someone to help me with this, in a simple "do 
> this, then do this, then.." kind of way? I have all my windows, buttons, 
> tabs, status bars, timers and everything else working.... its just 
> putting a single image in the window has totally baffled me :(
> 
> (Please dont say read the docs or look at the example files, they havent 
> helped in the last 5 hours, so I doubt they will magically help me now :)
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
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Thank you Robert, I`ll digest this and bang my head against it later 
this evening :)

(as the message is truncated in the archive, I am guessing that there is 
nothing after the get_bitmap() routine)

Steve


Robert May wrote:
> Steve,
> 
> This should help you
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=12601142
> 
> Regards,
> Rob.
> 
> 
> Steve Loughran wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> Not being a programmer by trade, I try to try things over and over again 
>> until I admit to myself that I dont have a clue :) So far, everything in 
>> Win32::GUI has seemed straight forward(ish), but I think I have run into 
>> a problem due to the fact that I dont know what its supposed to be 
>> doing, and therefore dont actually know what *I* should be doing :)
>>
>> I am trying to place bitmap images (via DIBitmap) into the background of 
>> a window, and still have Buttons appear in the window (on top of the 
>> image). I have spent the last 5 hours looking through the docs, through 
>> the BitmapScroll.pl, and searching the mail list for any clue as to how 
>> to get this working (or even half working and doing something odd... it 
>> would be a start!).
>>
>> Would it be possible for someone to help me with this, in a simple "do 
>> this, then do this, then.." kind of way? I have all my windows, buttons, 
>> tabs, status bars, timers and everything else working.... its just 
>> putting a single image in the window has totally baffled me :(
>>
>> (Please dont say read the docs or look at the example files, they havent 
>> helped in the last 5 hours, so I doubt they will magically help me now :)
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Perl-Win32-GUI-Users mailing list
>> Perl-Win32-GUI-Users@...
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perl-win32-gui-users
>> http://perl-win32-gui.sourceforge.net/
>>
> 
> 
> 
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>

Steve Loughran wrote:
> (as the message is truncated in the archive, I am guessing that there is 
> nothing after the get_bitmap() routine)

Correct.

Regards,
Rob.

I know I keep saying this, but the people on this list who know what 
they are talking about are absolute stars! Always there to help when 
asked. From those of us who are still learning, I`d like to say a HUGE 
thank you for your continued help :)

Steve
(code in and running!!)

Robert May wrote:
> Steve Loughran wrote:
>> (as the message is truncated in the archive, I am guessing that there is 
>> nothing after the get_bitmap() routine)
> 
> Correct.
> 
> Regards,
> Rob.
> 
> 
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>