[Closed] Setting a Bitmap in a Diloag background

you are using wrong constructor for bitmap…
it has to be

dir = (getDir #preview + "/22.bmp")
anim_bmp = openbitmap dir

[left][color=yellow]bitmap <width <height> [ filename:<filename_string> ][/left]
[left] [/left]
[left]Creates an empty bitmap. The bitmap value returned is a savable bitmap.[/left]

[left]The filename: parameter allows you to set the name of the file the bitmap will be saved to using the save method. Specifying an existing bitmap file name does not load the contents of the bitmap file into the bitmap value.[/left]

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I have faced another problem here :

I have Created a Diloag using CreateDialog() , and have loaded a Bitmap in the Dialog option
It works cool … now i want to add maxscript control into the Dialog form … a Slider in this case, seems to work, but the problem is : When i Scurb time slider backward/forward the Slider have some ghoast there, it means it’s kindda mixing itself with bitmap background and screw up the background … I have atached the images before scurb and after …

hey Ehsan,
why you don´t use a imageButton inside a group, and controls (spinner/slider) inside another one ?

e.g (from help)

 rollout test "test"
 
 (
 	local W = 200, H = 200
 	group " "
 	(
 		button btn "Press To Render" width:W height:H
 	)
 	
 	group " "
 	(
 		spinner sp range:[0,100,0] offset:[0,0]
 	)
 
 
 	on btn pressed do 
 	(
 		IMG = render outputsize:[W,H] vfb:off
 		btn.images = #(IMG, undefined, 1,1,1,1,1 )
 	)
 
 )
 
 createDialog test 220 280
 
 

hope it helps

You could try using an imgTag control. Something like:

rollout testRoll "test"
(
	imgTag theImage height:140 width:140 bitmap:(bitmap 50 50 color:red)
	slider theSlider width:140
)
createDialog testRoll

It’s essentially like a bitmap control, but with no border, so if you use a bitmap file it will look very similar to using a background image, and since you can control the size and location there will probably be no drawing errors.

Macro is absolutely right. Definitely imgTag is the solution for you:

try(destroydialog testRol) catch()
rollout testRol "test"
(
 imgTag theImage width:200 height:60 bitmap:(bitmap 2 2 color:red) enabled:off pos:[0,0]
 slider theSlider width:180 pos:[15,12]
)
createDialog testRol width:200 height:60

Early test of an image tag based joy stick control.

try(destroyDialog testImgTag)catch()
rollout testImgTag "Test Img Tag" width:220
(
	local curBoxControl=undefined
	local curSliderControlX=undefined
	local curSliderControlY=undefined
	local boxControlItVal=[0,0]
	
	local crossCol=(color 255 0 0)
	local circleCol=(color 0 0 100)
	local bgCol=(color 100 100 100) 
	local gridCol=(color 120 120 120) 
	local gridSpace=25
	local dPos=[-1,-1,-1]
	
	imgTag boxControlIt "MouseTracker" \
		height:100 width:100 bitMap:undefined
	
	imgTag boxControlIt2 "MouseTracker2" \
		height:100 width:100 bitMap:undefined
	
	timer mouseTime interval:10
	
	
	fn boxControl control:undefined width:0 height:0 pos:[0,0]=
	(
		if control!=undefined then
		(
			local bm=bitmap width height color:bgCol
			for h = 0 to height by gridSpace do
			(
				for i = 0 to width do (setPixels bm [i,h] #(gridCol))
			)
			for w = 0 to width by gridSpace do
			(
				for i = 0 to height do (setPixels bm [w,i] #(gridCol))
			)
			for i = 0 to width do (setPixels bm [i,pos.y] #(crossCol))
			for i = 0 to height do (setPixels bm [pos.x,i] #(crossCol))
			
			r=10
			j=pos.x
			k=pos.y
			for i = 1 to 360 by 5 do
			(
				x=r*cos i + j
				y=r*sin i + k
				setPixels bm [x,y] #(circleCol)
			)
			
			control.bitmap=bm
			boxControlItVal=pos
		)
	)
	
	local rcMenuCon=undefined
	fn conMenus con:undefined=
	(
		rcMenu menu
		(
			menuItem reset "Reset"
			menuItem resetX "Reset X"
			menuItem resetY "Reset Y"
			
			on reset picked do
			(
				boxControlItVal=[rcMenuCon.width/2,rcMenuCon.height/2]
				boxControl control:rcMenuCon width:rcMenuCon.width height:rcMenuCon.height pos:boxControlItVal
			)
			on resetX picked do
			(
				boxControlItVal=[boxControlIt.width/2,boxControlItVal.y]
				boxControl control:rcMenuCon width:rcMenuCon.width height:rcMenuCon.height pos:boxControlItVal
			)
			on resetY picked do
			(
				boxControlItVal=[boxControlItVal.x,rcMenuCon.height/2]
				boxControl control:rcMenuCon width:rcMenuCon.width height:rcMenuCon.height pos:boxControlItVal
			)
		)
		rcMenuCon=con
		menu
	)
	
	fn events control:undefined mouseEvent:undefined rolloutDef:undefined=
	(
		case mouseEvent of
		(
			#buttonDown:
			(
				dPos=[-1,-1,-1]
				curBoxControl=control
				circleCol=(color 200 0 0)
			)
			#buttonUp:
			(
				if curBoxControl!=undefined then
				(
					circleCol=(color 0 0 100)
					dPos=mouse.screenPos-(GetDialogPos rolloutDef)-[3,22]
					newPos=dPos-control.pos
					boxControl control:control width:control.width height:control.height pos:newPos
					dPos=[-1,-1,-1]
					curBoxControl=undefined
					gc light:true
				)
			)
			#mouseOut:
			(
				if curBoxControl!=undefined then
				(
					circleCol=(color 0 0 100)
					dPos=mouse.screenPos-(GetDialogPos rolloutDef)-[3,22]
					newPos=dPos-control.pos
					boxControl control:control width:control.width height:control.height pos:newPos
				)
				curBoxControl=undefined
				dPos=[-1,-1,-1]
				gc light:true
			)
			#RbuttonDown:
			(
				PopupMenu (conMenus con:control)
			)
		)
	
	)
	on boxControlIt lbuttondown pos flag do 
	(
		events control:boxControlIt mouseEvent:#buttonDown rolloutDef:testImgTag
	)
	on boxControlIt lbuttonup pos flag do 
	(
		events control:boxControlIt mouseEvent:#buttonUp rolloutDef:testImgTag
	)
	on boxControlIt mouseout do 
	(
		events control:boxControlIt mouseEvent:#mouseOut rolloutDef:testImgTag
	)
	on boxControlIt rbuttonDown do
	(
		events control:boxControlIt mouseEvent:#RbuttonDown rolloutDef:testImgTag
	)
	 
	on boxControlIt2 lbuttondown pos flag do 
	(
		events control:boxControlIt2 mouseEvent:#buttonDown rolloutDef:testImgTag
	)
	on boxControlIt2 lbuttonup pos flag do 
	(
		events control:boxControlIt2 mouseEvent:#buttonUp rolloutDef:testImgTag
	)
	on boxControlIt2 mouseout do 
	(
		events control:boxControlIt2 mouseEvent:#mouseOut rolloutDef:testImgTag
	)
	on boxControlIt2 rbuttonDown do
	(
		events control:boxControlIt2 mouseEvent:#RbuttonDown rolloutDef:testImgTag
	)
	
	on mouseTime tick do
	(
		p=mouse.screenPos-(GetDialogPos testImgTag)-[3,22]
		if dPos!=p then
		(
			dPos=p
			if curBoxControl!=undefined then
			(
				newPos=dPos-curBoxControl.pos
				boxControl control:curBoxControl width:curBoxControl.width height:curBoxControl.height pos:newPos
			)
		)
	)	
	 
	on testImgTag open do
	(
		boxControl control:boxControlIt width:boxControlIt.width height:boxControlIt.height pos:[boxControlIt.width/2,boxControlIt.height/2]
		boxControl control:boxControlIt2 width:boxControlIt2.width height:boxControlIt2.height pos:[boxControlIt2.width/2,boxControlIt2.height/2]
	)
)
createDialog testImgTag

could anyone please show some test code about the same thing using dotNET ??
i´m curious.