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**Eric Pearson** · 12 Feb 2001, 08:43 AM

Scott --

You could edit the bitmaps so they have a gray background (using Paint's "flood" feature makes it pretty easy to change a background color) but the problem is that not all versions of Windows use the same gray. Windows 2000, for example, uses a slightly "browner" gray than Windows NT.

While some of the bitmap APIs do support truly transparent drawing, it would be much easier to convert your graphics to the "icon" format. Icons support both animation and transparent backgrounds. I use and like MicroAngelo (impactsoft.com), and it has the ability to load a bitmap and save it as an icon.

-- Eric

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**Gafny Jacob** · 12 Feb 2001, 08:50 AM

Download The Paint Shop Pro Test Version, they have a program called
Animation Shop. With that program, convert your animated gif to avi file
file, (a little biger). then, you'll have no problem to display it.
HTH

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**Scott Turchin** · 12 Feb 2001, 08:52 AM

I use PSP all the time, bought it years ago!

I took it apart in Animation shop, hmmm so I can save it as an AVI file, but how do you display an AVI file on the dialog box then?
Mark had mentioned something about this too..

And, is there any way of just tapping into MS's AVI that is used in the file copy dialog from Explorer???

Thanks!

Scott

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**mark smit** · 12 Feb 2001, 09:13 AM

Hey Scott,

Do you want the actual AVI that Explorer uses?

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**Scott Turchin** · 12 Feb 2001, 09:17 AM

Sure!!
I'd *LIKE* to use the built in one so I don't have to add the overhead to my program but either way is good..

Scott

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**Semen Matusovski** · 12 Feb 2001, 09:35 AM

To draw bitmap transparently is very simple.
There is a lot of samples in MSDN, based on classic way (some BitBlt).

I posted some times a code, which do this much faster (creation of DIB-section with direct access to bits).

Well .. For me is interesting a question --
somebody know a tool (better freeware) to convert GIF to BMP ?

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**Scott Turchin** · 12 Feb 2001, 09:40 AM

Wingif will convert it, it's 16 bit but is still available...it's not really FREEWARE but doesn't cut out on you after a certain time...
I was reading that some BMP's just can't be transparent....

Scott

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**Sven Blumenstein** · 12 Feb 2001, 10:53 AM

If you need the Windows Explorer AVI File, I can send it to you. I've a collection of 270 Windows Program AVI's

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**Scott Turchin** · 12 Feb 2001, 12:22 PM

You bet, I'd love to take a look at it or them..

Thanks!

Scott ([email protected]tngbbs.com)

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**Doug Gamble** · 12 Feb 2001, 01:15 PM

I would love to display an AVI file during a file copy of so other
type of action in a separate dialog (sometimes with a progress bar)
but have not found a workable way to do so without the dialog that
displays the AVI getting and keeping the focus (modal).

I've asked before but since we are on the subject does anyone know
how to display a dialog with a running AVI (no sound) like the
filecopy.avi and execute some piece of code at the same time. The
code executing could even be in the dialog with the AVI but it would
be much easier if it did not. I've tried message loops but with out
success. Perhaps someone would like to share some code to a small
app that works in this manor.

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**Patrice Terrier** · 12 Feb 2001, 10:02 PM

Scott,

See my animated bitmap example in the PowerBASIC graphic section.
Also WinLIFT has several functions that allow to do this.

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**Gafny Jacob** · 12 Feb 2001, 10:08 PM

To display avi on a dialog

In the rsource file add

101 AVI "C:\MEDIA\\AVI\\FILES\\PRINTING\\PRINTOUT.AVI"

In your code add

Code:

STATIC Avi  as long

  SELECT CASE CBMSG
       CASE %WM_INITDIALOG
          avi = CreateWindowEx(0, "SysAnimate32", "", 6 OR %WS_VISIBLE OR %WS_CHILD, _
          72, 110, 80, 80, hDlg, 101, hInstance, BYVAL %NULL)
          SendMessage Avi, %WM_USER + 100, 0, 101    
       CASE %WM_DESTROY 
          SendMessage Avi, %WM_USER + 102, 0, 0
          SendMessage Avi, %WM_USER + 100, 0, 0
          DestroyWindow Avi

HTH

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**Scott Turchin** · 12 Feb 2001, 10:29 PM

Lookie at what I found!!

http://pjs-inc.com/vb-avi/Microsoft%...s%20Static.htm

http://pjs-inc.com/vb-avi/Microsoft%...s%20Static.htm

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**Scott Turchin** · 12 Feb 2001, 10:50 PM

OK There has to be a way to do this with DDT, has to!

I'm playing around with this, can anyone else get it to work this way?

Control Add "SysAnimate32",pDlg,%PROGRESSIMAGE,"#2020",1,1,20,20

#2020 is the 2020 id of the avi file in the resource file.
%PROGRESSIMAGE is the id set aside for the AVI (Was for a bitmap).

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**Scott Turchin** · 12 Feb 2001, 11:01 PM

Disregard. Unless someone has a good example of the AVI for future use, but The avi is 56k, my bitmaps total 36k at most.
I just use the timer and a static variable to increment the count until it gets to the last bitmap, then switches back to #1 and continues every 75ms, same thing as an animated GIF and/or bitmap..

It works, I'm going to just leave it alone.

Thanks,

Scott

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**Hanns Ackermann** · 12 Feb 2001, 11:51 PM

Originally posted by Semen Matusovski:

somebody know a tool (better freeware) to convert GIF to BMP ?

Hi Semen,

on my NT4-PII, I used Microsoft's Photo-Editor(PHOTOED.EXE)

Cheers, Hanns.

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**Bern Ertl** · 13 Feb 2001, 06:17 AM

Originally posted by Semen Matusovski:

somebody know a tool (better freeware) to convert GIF to BMP ?

Semen, try searching for LVIEW PRO. They have a free demo version which lets you convert images among many different formats. I'll look up the site for you if you can't find it.

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**Wyman A Belts** · 13 Feb 2001, 06:58 AM

Hi Semen,
If you're trying to do the GIF to Bitmap from code, can't help.
But if you only need to change one or two GIF's and save as BMP's
The Paint Program that comes with at least Win2000 (don't know
about other versions) will do it. Also, Paint Shop Pro will do
Batch converts. Anyway, hope that helps.

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**Sven Blumenstein** · 13 Feb 2001, 08:16 AM

Originally posted by Scott Turchin:
Lookie at what I found!!

http://pjs-inc.com/vb-avi/Microsoft%...s%20Static.htm

http://pjs-inc.com/vb-avi/Microsoft%...s%20Static.htm

Oh, this is the Homepage, where most of my AVI's come from. I had just lost the Link!

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