[Support]

Hello

Quote:

1. Get the normal state color or gradient or texture of a section.

Look these several links, they should help, I think:

http://www.alphaskin…ndtip.php?num=8

http://www.alphaskin…dtip.php?num=14

http://www.alphaskin…dtip.php?num=21

Colors may be changed easily, but changing of gradient or texture a more complex. You should know a format of gradient for creating own gradient data

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2. Get the border image of a section.

Look this example of code

Code:

const
SectionName = 'SectionName';
var
SkinIndex, ImgIndex : integer;
begin
SkinIndex := sSkinManager1.GetSkinIndex(SectionName);
if sSkinManager1.IsValidSkinIndex(SkinIndex) then begin
ImgIndex := sSkinManager1.GetMaskIndex(SectionName, 'BORDERSMASK');
if sSkinManager1.IsValidImgIndex(ImgIndex) then begin
sSkinManager1.ma[ImgIndex].Bmp <- This a the image
sSkinManager1.ma[ImgIndex].R <- Rectangle of the image
end;
end;
end;

If you need just draw the border then more easy ways exists (like DrawSkinRect or DrawSkinRect32 procedures).

You can specify what you need to do, I can help better then, I think.

[Saeidd2016]

'Support' wrote:

You can specify what you need to do, I can help better then, I think.

Thank you for early reply.

I don't want to change any options of sections at run time. But I want two things:

1. Setting of common colors and options of sections from Master.png (like colors, border, text color , etc).

For example about section EDIT I want to set the normal state color from Master.png instead of setting it from color picker. so I've drawn a rectangle in Master.png width wanted color and I set the normal state texture with that rectangle.

2. Getting some options of sections at run time to use them in other third party components like VirtualTreeView, DBGridEh, etc.

For example I want to set the VirtualTreeView colors from my own sections at run time (such as background color, selection color , etc). So I need accessing to my own section color that given it as texture.

Another example: I have created a section and set it border image from Master.png . At run time I want to access to that image and save it in temp folder and then add it to a AlphaImageList and use it for VirtualTreeView node images.

Another example: Now if we want to use icons for buttons (TsButton, TsBitBtn, TsSpeedButton) we add all icons to a AlphaImageList and set the images property of buttons to it. But I have created a section for each button that I have in project and set it's icon from Master.png in BorderImage.

The advantage of this idea is that by replacing the Master.png with another one, all common colors and all options of skin sections and all Icons used for components such as buttons, edits, third party, etc will be change without any changes in ImageLists, colors, etc.

Please add this ability to set colors (all common colors and own colors for each skin section) from Master.png like textures.

Excuse me for bad English.

[Support]

Ok, look this link: http://www.alphaskin…ndtip.php?num=8

There you can see how to receive an access to the array of properties for any skin section.

'GD' is an array of TsGeneralData records, where properties of sections are stored.

Here is a declaration of this record:

Code:

TsGeneralData = record
ParentClass, // Name of parent skin section (if exists)
ClassName: string; // Name of skin section
Props: TsProps; // Array of properties for different control states

UseState2,
GiveOwnFont, // Gives own font color for transparent child
ShiftOnClick,
ReservedBoolean: boolean; // Reserved

States, // Count of defined control states
ScrollBorderOffset, // Internal value which used for calculation of border width
// Text Glow
GlowCount, // Reserved
GlowMargin, // Margin for glowing effect
GlowSize,
HotGlowSize,
// Initialized values
BorderIndex, // Index of border mask
ImgTL, // Indexes
ImgTR, // of
ImgBL, // corner
ImgBR: integer; // images

HotGlowColor,
GlowColor: TColor;

// Outer effect
OuterMode,
OuterMask,
OuterOpacity: integer;
OuterOffset: TRect;

OuterBlur,
OuterRadius: integer;
OuterColorL,
OuterColorT,
OuterColorR,
OuterColorB: TColor;
end;

“Props: TsProps” is an array of TsGenState (drawing properties for different state of the section):

Code:

TsGenState = record
GlowSize, // Size of text glowing
ImagePercent, // Percent of texture in BG
TextureIndex,
Transparency, // Transparency of control
GradientPercent: integer; // Percent of gradient in BG
Color, // Color of background
GlowColor: TColor; // Color of text glowing
FontColor: TsFontColor; // Text color structure
GradientArray: TsGradArray;
end;

Also, common colors of the current skin are accessible in the TsSkinManager.Palette array:

Code:

sSkinManager1.Palette[pcSelectionBG] := clRed; // Normal selection color
sSkinManager1.Palette[pcSelectionBG_Focused] := clMaroon; // Focused selection color
sSkinManager1.Palette[pcBorder] and others

[Saeidd2016]

Thanks a lot,

What is the TextureIndex? How can I access to the section texture and get it's color? (I have set the color of state as texture)

Is it possible to add an ability to set common colors or state colors from Master.png like textures?

[Support]

'Saeidd2016' wrote:

What is the TextureIndex? How can I access to the section texture and get it's color? (I have set the color of state as texture)

This is an index of texture in the array of available images. This array may be received like this:

Code:

sSkinManager1.CommonSkinData().ma[]

Structure of image data from “ma” array:

Code:

TsMaskData = record
Bmp: TBitmap;

ClassName,
PropertyName: string;

R: TRect; // Rectangle of the image piece in MasterBitmap

ImageCount, // Count of States, allowed for control (count of images in piece)
MaskType, // Type of used mask (0 – not used, 1 – AlphaMask, 2… – reserved)
DrawMode: smallint; // Fill type if ImgType is texture (0-tiled, 1-stretched, 2-tiled horizontal top, 3-tiled vertical left, 4-stretched horizontal top,
// 5-stretched vertical left, 6-tiled hor. bottom, 7-tiled vert. right, 8-stretched hor. bottom, 9-stretched vert. right, A-discrete tiled,
// B-stretch horz, C-stretch vert) (BDM_ACTIVEONLY used in borders)

ImgType: TacImgType; // itisaBorder, itisaTexture, itisaGlyph //, itisanOldType (default)
Manager: TObject;

WL, // Border width / Left
WT, // Top
WR, // Right
WB: smallint; // Bottom

Cfg, // 1 – has transparent pixels, 2 – control region must be changed, 4 – external
MulPPi,
DivPPI,
SkinIndex,
Width,
Height: integer;
end;

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Is it possible to add an ability to set common colors or state colors from Master.png like textures?

Do you mean a receiving of pixels from Master.png? I think, it's not a good idea, because there stored not finish images of the control.

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