Irregular Shaped Windows in RunRev?

dickey · Post by **dickey** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:08 am

Hello all,

I was wondering whether it is at all possible to create an irregular shaped window in Revolution Enterprise? I can't see anything in the docs that would indicate what I seek is possible, however more experienced hands than I might know for sure.

I was toying with the design of a dashboard style application, and was just thinking aloud.

Kind regards,

Andrew

malte · Post by **malte** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:14 pm

What you are looking for is the windowShape property. It requires an image with an alpha channel to give the stack its shape.

All the best,

Malte

dickey · Post by **dickey** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:49 pm

Thanks Malte,

Apologies for my ignorance, I breezed past the windowShape property when skimming the docs.

Irregular shaped windows I believe, open up some nice possibilities for innovative UI.

PS: I hope to have time over Christmas to think and play with Animation Engine, with a view to developing something tangible with it in the new year.

Thanks again,

Andrew

malte · Post by **malte** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:29 pm

Hey Andrew,

if you do, please let me know. Always eager to learn what people do with my libs.

Cheers,

Malte

trevordevore · Post by **trevordevore** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:34 pm

There is a lesson on window shapes on the new lessons.runrev.com site that is worth checking out:

How to make a stack with a window shape

ukimiku · Post by **ukimiku** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:38 pm

That's a great link with useful code. Thanks for posting! Cheers,

dickey · Post by **dickey** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:56 pm

Hello Malte and Trevor,

Priceless help gentlemen, thank you again.

Trevor, I seem to spend a couple of hours everyday (lately) emersed in data grids. I am enjoying every minute of it. I have been building a revolution UI, control panels and dashboard for my web data mining suite, which is written in predominantly in PHP.

Malte, I will definitely let you know of my plans for Animation Engine (directly- off forum) when I have the spec a little more polished.

Kind regards,

Andrew