[DUG] png buttons, actionbars

[Stephen Barker]

Thanks Alister,

Steve 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alister Christie [mailto:alister at salespartner.co.nz] 
> Sent: Wednesday, 3 October 2007 10:34 a.m.
> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> Subject: Re: [DUG] png buttons, actionbars
> 
> I've been using PNGComponents (http://thany.org) for awhile now and 
> found them pretty good.  I've never actually used a TActionToolBar (I 
> probably should investigate more) but can verify the problem your 
> having.  It will probably relate to the TActionToolBar trying to draw 
> the shadows and not having support for the alpha channel - I suspect 
> fixing this would be challenging, I've had a quick look at the source 
> but can't find the code that specifically draws the shadow - however 
> many of the related methods are virtual so you maybe able to write a 
> descendant with better PNG support.  I unfortunately have to 
> disappear 
> onsite with a client (otherwise I'd try to track it down).
> 
> Alister Christie
> Computers for People
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> 
> Stephen Barker wrote:
> > I know this has been discussed here before, but are there any more 
> > recent opinions on the merits of
> >  
> > 1. using TActionManager, TActionMainMenuBar, TActionToolBar.
> > It seems to be a better framework than the original TMainMenu and 
> > TActionList etc.
> >  
> > 2. decent PNG handling in conjunction with the above.
> >  
> > 3. any other preferred alternatives?
> >  
> > My first tests show that when using the freeware TPNGComponents, 
> > specifically the TPngImageList, along with the standard 
> action bars, 
> > the glyphs are highlighted during mouse-over with an ugly 
> rectangular 
> > background.
> > There are 2 style options: XP, and Standard. Standard looks ok, but 
> > I'd like to get the more modern XP style working without the 
> > background/shadow drawing. The box around the whole control 
> is ok, but 
> > not the extra rectangular shadow behind the glyph part.
> >  
> > Using RS2007, or whatever it is called now.
> >  
> > Another related question:
> > By setting the TActionManager's FileName property, the user can 
> > customise the actionbars and have these changes persisted.
> > But if you distribute an updated exe with say a new menu item it is 
> > not shown, as the user's saved settings take priority over your 
> > design-time changes.
> > How do you handle this? By erasing their settings file if a 
> new update 
> > is run for the first time, or what?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Steve Barker
> > *Webdata Ltd*
> > *ph +64 9 4103074*
> >
> >  
> > 
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