New to Coding. Stuck now.. Need help

[prajeesh K]

Hello to all,

I am completely new to coding, but found livecode as very interesting. I am just playing around by creating a test app. I have been able to successfully add image. Now i dont want to use the standard Paint tools provided by livecode. Instead i want to code it out. Especially the rectangle , and also help in selecting part of images through cursor movement.

[dunbarx]

Hi.

Try this in a button somewhere:

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on mouseUp
   create graphic "newGraphic"
end mouseUp

Now this is just to show you that the "create" command is your friend. But were you comfortable with "in a button somewhere"? Did you know how to place a "mouseUp" handler in such a button's script? In other words, where are you in your LC learning curve? Write back. What would you do if it was NOT a rectangle graphic you wanted? That sort of thing is where this roads starts...

Craig newman

[dunbarx]

Just reread the latter part of your post.

Firstly, as I said, let's find out where you are with learning LC.

But then, what exactly did you mean by "selecting part of images through cursor movement"? LC can do anything at all, but I am not sure what you intended.

Craig

[jmburnod]

Hi,
"import snapshoot" could be the trick.

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import snapshoot

and you can select a part of screen with cursor and LC import it in a new img
Best regards
Jean-Marc

[prajeesh K]

Hi All,

Thanks for the reply. I have just started. Created the basic calculator app. That's how i got some confidence of creating an app by myself. yes i am comfortable with the mouseup ... My idea is to have a button to select image externally.(this is working fine for me). Then edit the image using custom paint tool (similar to the one provided by livecode tool kit). I want to place the paint tool in my app. . Make some changes and save it ( I have not reached to that level )

The idea for cursor movement is to crop a part of image which is not defined by any geometric shape mentioned in the paint tool. I should be able to crop the image in any shape.

Hopefully i am able to clarify myself


Prajeesh

[Klaus]

Namaste Prajeesh,

well, your wishes are quite advanced stuff
I would recommend to get the basics of Livecode first and start small, one step after another.

Here some really great learning resources:
http://www.hyperactivesw.com/revscriptc ... ences.html


Best

Klaus

[prajeesh K]

Hallo Klaus,

.... I just came up with this idea so thought of working on it. Well advised ... ... i will start going through the link provided by you.

But, would love to know the basic approach of it

Regards,
Prajeesh