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//echo -a $window(@example).bw $window(@example).bh | //echo -a $window(@example).bw $window(@example).bh | ||
</source> | </source> | ||
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| + | A better example would be: | ||
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| + | <source lang="mIRC"> | ||
| + | //window -dfep @example -1 -1 500 400 | ||
| + | </source> | ||
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| + | Now the canvas has the desized size. | ||
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| + | There are 11 commands to draw to a picture window, all of them support the -n switch, which prevents mIRC from painting the change you just made to that window, this allows you to make smooth draws: if you make several draws at the same time or periodically without using the -n switch, you'll see a flicker between the draw, using -n on all your draws and then allowing mIRC to paint the changes 'merged' once will get rid of these flickers, it is not faster to draw with -n and vice versa. | ||
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| + | Once you have made all your draws and are ready to paint the changes, any call to one of these /draw commands without the -n switch will do it (makes sense when we know not using the -n switch always paint the changes, causing flickers). You naturally want to use the simple /drawdot @mywin for that. | ||
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| + | '''/drawdot''' can be used to draw dots at specific coordinates with a specific size and color. | ||
| + | '''/drawline''' can be used to draw lines at specific coordinates with a specific size and color, if more than four points are given, the next line is drawn from the end of the last line to that point, chaining lines. | ||
| + | '''/drawrect''' can be used to draw rectangle or ellipses at specific coordinates with a specific size and color, you can specify more than one set of 'x y w h' parameters and they are drawn seperately. | ||
Revision as of 18:00, 22 December 2013
Template:mIRC Guide Picture Windows in mIRC are a special type of custom windows that can be used a drawing canvas. mIRC provides a set of commands, identifiers, and events for manipulating them. Picture windows provide an alternative mean of creating a graphical user interface.
Creating a window
Picture windows can be created via the /window command in combination with the -p switch.
Note: -p only creates the canvas, the size used in /window will by default set the window's size, to sets the size of the canvas, you need to use the -f switch, which will automatically resize the size of the window for you.
Note 1: The only way to get a window canvas/size bigger than your actual maximum screen resolution is to open the window once using the switches +Lt and then call /window -f again with the actual width and height.
A simple example:
//window -dep @example -1 -1 500 400
will create a desktop picture window named @example with an editbox and a size of 500x400, the actual size of the canvas is not 500*400, it will be close, you can check its size with: //echo -a $window(@example).bw $window(@example).bh
A better example would be:
//window -dfep @example -1 -1 500 400
Now the canvas has the desized size.
There are 11 commands to draw to a picture window, all of them support the -n switch, which prevents mIRC from painting the change you just made to that window, this allows you to make smooth draws: if you make several draws at the same time or periodically without using the -n switch, you'll see a flicker between the draw, using -n on all your draws and then allowing mIRC to paint the changes 'merged' once will get rid of these flickers, it is not faster to draw with -n and vice versa.
Once you have made all your draws and are ready to paint the changes, any call to one of these /draw commands without the -n switch will do it (makes sense when we know not using the -n switch always paint the changes, causing flickers). You naturally want to use the simple /drawdot @mywin for that.
/drawdot can be used to draw dots at specific coordinates with a specific size and color. /drawline can be used to draw lines at specific coordinates with a specific size and color, if more than four points are given, the next line is drawn from the end of the last line to that point, chaining lines. /drawrect can be used to draw rectangle or ellipses at specific coordinates with a specific size and color, you can specify more than one set of 'x y w h' parameters and they are drawn seperately.