Good morning
I am testing the metro interface,
i have compiled touch.prg and run it in fwh\samples folder , i can see the complete process
When i copy the touch.exe to my directory and the appropriate bitmaps, i can not see some of the images and at the company xbrowse , buttons have no action fired
Is there a particular dll or anything else that has to be present for this purpose ?
My freeimage.dll is the same than fwh.
Thanks for help,
There is no separate dll or anything else that is to be present.
The bitmap files should be available exactly in the same path as specified in the prg.
You may modify the path of the bmp files depending where you keep the bmp files while deploying.
The path is ok
i have a msginfo for the file names and it returns ok
IF file("..\bitmaps\AlphaBmp\handnew.bmp")
MSGINFO("handnew ok")
ELSE
MSGINFO("handnew absent")
ENDIF
DEFINE IMAGE oImgTouch FILENAME "..\bitmaps\AlphaBmp\handnew.bmp"
DEFINE IMAGE oImgEnd FILENAME "..\bitmaps\pngs\end.png"
the above 2 lines are not showing ...., what can prevent them ?
any idea ?
using fwh 13.02 windows 8 pro harbour
#include "FiveWin.ch"
#include "metropnl.ch"
#include "xbrowse.ch"
#define CLR_DIALOGS RGB( 123, 140, 223 )
static oWnd, oFontLarge, oFontMed, oFontUL, oFontSmall, c_Path[5]
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------//
FUNCTION MAIN()
local oVSlider, oImgTouch, oImgEnd
// starting from the FWH-sub-dir SAMPLES !
c_path[1] := cFilePath(GetModuleFileName( GetInstance() ) ) // Appl..path = Subdir of FWH
// MsgAlert( c_path[1], "Application-path ( Subdirectory SAMPLES of FWH\ )" )
lChDir( "..\" ) Â
c_path[2] := GETCURDIR() + "\"
// MsgAlert( c_path[2], "Get Fwh-Main" )
c_path[3] := c_path[2] + "BITMAPS\"
// MsgAlert( c_path[3], "Sub-dir Bitmaps  1. Image path" )
c_path[4] := c_path[3] + "ALPHABMP\"
// MsgAlert( c_path[4], "Sub-dir Bitmaps\ALPHABMP Â 2. Image path" )
c_path[5] := c_path[3] + "PNGS\"
// MsgAlert( c_path[5], "Sub-dir Bitmaps\PNGS Â 3. Image path" )
lChDir( c_path[1] ) Â
// MsgAlert( GETCURDIR() + "\", "back to Application-path" )
// SetDlgGradient( { { 1, RGB( 103, 120, 203 ), RGB( 153, 170, 253 ) } } )
DEFINE FONT oFontLarge NAME "Segoe UI Light" SIZE 0, -60 BOLD
DEFINE FONT oFontMed  NAME "Segoe UI Light" SIZE 0, -30 BOLD
DEFINE FONT oFontUL Â Â NAME "Segoe UI Light" SIZE 0, -30 UNDERLINE
DEFINE FONT oFontSmall NAME "Segoe UI Light" SIZE 0, -20 BOLD
DEFINE IMAGE oImgTouch FILENAME c_path[4] + "handnew.bmp"
DEFINE IMAGE oImgEnd FILENAME c_path[5] + "end.png"
DEFINE WINDOW oWnd STYLE nOr( WS_POPUP, WS_VISIBLE ) ;
COLOR CLR_BLACK, CLR_BLUE
...
...
Thanks Uwe
I finally got it working
I don't really know what happened, related to a test project (uestudio), i have done another project and it is working now.
Thanks for help anyway (as usual)
regards,
Rick
You are right, i have noticed the same odd behaviour from windows 8 interface
Though we are targetting a tablet pc in replacement of our pocket pc software and because there is a big demand from our customers. As business is low.... we try to go where the demand is.
I have an Ipad 3 and an android Samsung tablet , and to be honest i don't like them both for the programming part. I like the idea of windows 8 tablet more friendly to program and easier for communication (in our business world).
This is why i am exploring this interface and as you said we can combine both worlds (sliders metro btn and normal windows).
My son and other people at the company have done some work in java with Eclipse and sql , it is an alternative but communication with our main software (fwh) gets complex and so far not giving satisafaction.
I think we need to share experience , Otto has issued the process with a beautiful application (congrats), more has to come from other fivewinners. Antonio needs surelyy our feedback to improve this interface. Right now , Otto is alone (i may be wrong) , hopefully i will join shortly.
Best regards,
Another thing that bothers me is if you click anywhere on the screen the application will close
Antonio
I like your example of GitHub for Windows.. very Elegant!!
Rick Lipkin
Rick,
Yes, I agree, thats why it catched my attention 
Anyhow I think it is not very standard. Otto whats your opinion about it ?
http://github-windows.s3.amazonaws.com/GitHub.application#GitHub.application, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=317444273a93ac29, processorArchitecture=x86
A Java applet? 
EMG
