XP Icons w diferent behaviour/Interfaces

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   Hi,
 Why do some controls  implement the function SetImageList and some others do not ?
  How can I show XP icons in CXTPToolbar and CXTShortcutBar using the  CImageList that I use in other controls like CXTPTabControl ?
 Thank You
CImageList il;
// create image list with XP icons
//
// This works OK
CXTPTabControl.SetImageList( &il );
CXTPTaskPanel::SetImageList( &il );
// This shows a gray rectangle instead of the alpha layer...
CXTPToolBar::GetImageManager()->SetIcons( il, 0, 0, 0, xtpImageNormal);
CXTPShortcutBar::GetPaintManager()->SetIcons( il, 0, 0, 0, xtpImageNormal );

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andre Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 09 March 2005 Status: Offline Points: 27	Post Options Post Reply Quote andre Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: XP Icons w diferent behaviour/Interfaces Posted: 30 August 2005 at 1:02pm
	Hi, Why do some controls implement the function SetImageList and some others do not ? How can I show XP icons in CXTPToolbar and CXTShortcutBar using the CImageList that I use in other controls like CXTPTabControl ? Thank You CImageList il; // create image list with XP icons // // This works OK CXTPTabControl.SetImageList( &il ); CXTPTaskPanel::SetImageList( &il ); // This shows a gray rectangle instead of the alpha layer... CXTPToolBar::GetImageManager()->SetIcons( il, 0, 0, 0, xtpImageNormal); CXTPShortcutBar::GetPaintManager()->SetIcons( il, 0, 0, 0, xtpImageNormal );

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 August 2005 at 3:36am
	Hello, Are you sure your alpha bitmap is valid? As you can see ShortcutBar sample show Alpha bitmaps without problem. I suggest you don't use CImagList with alpha images because it supoprted only by WinXP, but to add directly alpha bitmap to image manager. CXTPImaegManager::SetIcons(IDB_BITMAP,...) it supports alpha images for all OS.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

andre Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 09 March 2005 Status: Offline Points: 27	Post Options Post Reply Quote andre Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 August 2005 at 8:07am
	Hi Oleg, I know CXTPShortcutBar show alpha bitmaps, I'm also using XP. The problem is that not all controls show the ImageList the same way. Anyway I do not know how to convert a XP icon file( check "super.ico" in attach ) to xtreme alpha bitmaps, can you please help out ? This screenshot shows the diferences 2005-08-31_080639_icon_problem.zip Thank you

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 August 2005 at 2:18pm
	What version do you have? If 9.70 use CXTPImageManager::SetIcon(nIDResourceIcon, nIDCommand) method to add alpha icon supported for all OS. Anyway check attached converted Alpha bitmap 2005-08-31_141650_super.zip Add it using SetIcons(nIDResourceBitmap, pCommands, nCount);
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

andre Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 09 March 2005 Status: Offline Points: 27	Post Options Post Reply Quote andre Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 September 2005 at 6:29am
	Hi Oleg, I have the latest 9.70. I admit I did not explain well the "super.ico" example, it is the user that chooses the icon file not me. so I'm not able to insert it in the resource, because I do not know which icon to insert...I have to load it at runtime with LoadImage. But what I don't understand is that some controls kind of like imagelist while some others don't. Why diferent behaviours ? If one control knows how to display XP icons loaded with LoadImage and then inserted in ILC_COLOR32 image list, why some others do not ? In the screenshot I send, you can see that TabControl, DockManager, and TaskPanel display the icon correctly while ToolBar and Shortcut bar don't. Since I do not have this problem with Alpha bitmaps, what I really need is something like this... HICON h; AlphaBitmap bitmap; bitmap = ConvertIcon2AlphaBitmap( h ); Is there a function like this in the toolkit ? Andr�

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 September 2005 at 8:56am
	You must say before, that you load it from file :) Here some source you can use: HBITMAP hBitmap = CXTPImageManagerIcon::LoadAlphaIcon(Path, 0); if (hBitmap) { SetIcon(hBitmap, Command, 0, (XTPImageState)imageState); DeleteObject(hBitmap); } else { HICON hIcon = (HICON)LoadImage(0, Path, IMAGE_ICON, 0, 0, LR_CREATEDIBSECTION \| LR_LOADFROMFILE); if (!hIcon) return; SetIcon(hIcon, Command, 0, (XTPImageState)imageState); DestroyIcon(hIcon); }
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

andre Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 09 March 2005 Status: Offline Points: 27	Post Options Post Reply Quote andre Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 September 2005 at 11:09am
	Hi Oleg, Thanks, using LoadAlphaIcon(...) all icons look fine. Regards