Skin a control with SVG Widget in Datagrid

[richmond62]

My example above is extremely inefficient as the 2 iconPaths
should be stored as custom properties inwith the SVG widget itself,
as should the "1 or 2" state indicator.

[bwmilby]

Here is a tiny LCB library that will allow you to easily convert icons to drawings. It adds several handlers:

• generateXmlForSvgPath - same code as posted earlier with a different name
• drawingSvgCompilePath - takes a path and generates the drawing
• drawingSvgCompileIcon - takes an icon name (from the SVG Icon Library) and generates the drawing

To install, download/unzip the lce file and open the Extension Manager (Tools menu). Click on the "+" icon and choose the lce file.

After install, use is as simple as:

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set the text of image 1 to drawingSvgCompileIcon("thumbs up")

[bn]

Thank you Brian,

a very useful and instructive file

Kind regards
Bernd

[Klaus]

Thank you very much, Brian, waaaay cool!

[richmond62]

Undoubtedly Brian's code to convert SVG objects into images is very clever,
but I fail to see any advantage over a simple screenshot of the object.

This is NOT intended to denigrate Brian's work at all.

[Klaus]

Well, enlarge a screenshot and a converted SVG image and spot the difference!

[richmond62]

Well, enlarge a screenshot and a converted SVG image and spot the difference!

Got it: no "jaggies" . . . BUT, who is going to enlarge one of those images?

Does this mean that Brian's things are converting the SVGs to internal graphic objects rather than images-qua-images?
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[Klaus]

Well, enlarge a screenshot and a converted SVG image and spot the difference!

Got it: no "jaggies"

Bravo!

Does this mean that Brian's things are converting the SVGs to internal graphic objects rather than images-qua-images?

Brians and LCs "drawcompile..." stuff actually creates a resolution independant image object, no graphic!
Its magic, ladies and gentlemen!

[richmond62]

Here's some rubbishy work that may have potential . . .
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[richmond62]

The problem with my stack is that each "interpretation" of an SVG widget uses a single
polygonal graphic.

[marksmithhfx]

Hi all, turns out you don't need to skin a button, you can just use the SVG Icon in its place and script it to function like a control. Will post example tomorrow as the rest of my day is shot.

Thank you so much for all of your input. I am going to work through it as time permits because I am sure there are some great examples I can learn from.

Mark

[richmond62]

Just take a screenshot of the SVG widget and use that image as your icon.

[bwmilby]

I don't suppose there is a way one can use an SVG widget as an icon for a button is there?

See the icondrawing library that I posted above. That will allow you to convert an SVG icon into the drawing format that can be set on an image.

[marksmithhfx]

Here's an example of using an SVG Icon as a checkbox in a datagrid. If you open the contents pane and lock it you can watch the values update in realtime. All the code for the check box is in the column behaviour script.

[marksmithhfx]

Here is a tiny LCB library that will allow you to easily convert icons to drawings. It adds several handlers:

Hi Brian, how do you scale images or shrink them once you've read them? I tried your code example using a check mark and it took up the whole screen

Mark