String gadget

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Tue, 2012-04-24 13:34

Massi

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String gadget

Hello!
I need to render a string gadget with custom (say user defined) background and text colors. I couldn' t find any helpful example.
Any idea?

Thanks, regards

Massi

Tue, 2012-04-24 15:04

thomas

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Which GUI engine? MUI,

Which GUI engine? MUI, ReAction, GadTools, native Intuition?

Tue, 2012-04-24 15:09

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Massi

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Well I have ReAction in mind.

Tue, 2012-04-24 16:24

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thomas

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Did you consider reading the

Did you consider reading the autodocs and making an example by yourself? STRINGA_Pen and STRINGA_ActivePens are probably the attributes you are after.

Tue, 2012-04-24 16:47

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Massi

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Yes, I also focused on those

Yes, I also focused on those attributes, but how to fill them?
My guess so far is through IGraphics->ObtainBestPenA() / IGraphics->ReleasePen() but I am not sure about it.
Investigation ongoing.

Tue, 2012-04-24 17:33

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Fresh example:

Fresh example: http://thomas-rapp.homepage.t-online.de/examples/getstr.c

Tue, 2012-04-24 18:00

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Thanks, really handy example.

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