User defined shapes?

[hfheatherfox07]

these aren't the knobs i was looking for, but similar
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/desaijm/KnobControlusingWindowsForms11182005004925AM/KnobControlusingWindowsForms.aspx
more from the same guy
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cpp/knobcontrol.aspx

the ones i remember had a variety of controls
you also had the option of adding a slider along side the knob - different colors/sizes, etc

maybe when i become a bit more proficient, i may attack something like that   :P





couldn't resist - my current rig....

it would be cool to have a library to make a panel like that - meters and all   :P

This would be a cool Idea...
I found some example of circular rotation... I am not sure if it will help or not but I will upload them...
I also found an example of a working meter ASM but it is in C language here:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/3dmeter.aspx

My idea was to make an animated gif meter using bmp's I will attach an animation example

Also for the LCD display there is an example in the MASM examples in MASM v9

Finally I have seen example like this ( not ham radios) ...but I know that you need to use any software that you like ( most people use adobe photo shop) to create a main skin that is missing all the buttons and than each button set separately ...see  main+button bpm inside.zip to see what I mean


Also than just create a region for the main skin ( don't include the buttons area's as part of the skinning other wise the buttons wont show there! ) that is why I made the area to region in mangenta

[hfheatherfox07]

here is the rest of attachment

[hfheatherfox07]

Sorry it would let me upload more than a certain size so here is one more ( animate using bmp -you can use that to make the meter)

[dedndave]

when i have a large file i put it on a fileshare and provide a link
i use www.4shared.com, but there are a number of free ones

[dedndave]

also, i use http://imageshack.us/ for free image hosting



unfortunately, they only store the first frame of an animated gif for some reason   :'(

[dedndave]

you can rename the image to .ZIP and attach it, then post the link as an image



the attachment is the above GIF image renamed to ZIP

[hfheatherfox07]

when i have a large file i put it on a fileshare and provide a link
i use www.4shared.com, but there are a number of free ones

I thought I 'd upload  7-zip portable for you:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SNUIPKMP

No need to install it ... I added a fun Icon to the folder  :bg

This little puppy will compress big files pretty small ( you can set the compression levels ) it does .zips  :bg

I forgot I had this LOL  ::)

[dedndave]

i use 7-zip for all kinds of things
you can also use it for CAB and MSI files, as well as ISO files   :U

[hfheatherfox07]

these aren't the knobs i was looking for, but similar
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/desaijm/KnobControlusingWindowsForms11182005004925AM/KnobControlusingWindowsForms.aspx
more from the same guy
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cpp/knobcontrol.aspx

the ones i remember had a variety of controls
you also had the option of adding a slider along side the knob - different colors/sizes, etc

maybe when i become a bit more proficient, i may attack something like that   :P





couldn't resist - my current rig....

it would be cool to have a library to make a panel like that - meters and all   :P

I remembered this post ...I found a rotating knob ASM  I think it is Fasm ...but the only one I have seen of an actual rotating knob ...if you want it

[dedndave]

well - that one is vector generated
but, a rotating BMP might look nice
it does give some ideas, though - thanks

[MichaelW]

I don't know how to do this for a dialog, but for an application window you should be able to achieve the transparency effect by specifying zero for the hbrBackground member of WNDCLASS or WNDCLASSEX.