RE: Re: Pictures as characters
RE: Re: Pictures as characters
- Subject: RE: Re: Pictures as characters
- From: "Peter Karlsson" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:46:08 +0100
That sounds interesting, do you have any sample code to get me started? I
know how to load the image, just need a little help with the fromRect code.
Peter
Ursprungligt meddelande
> Assuming you're using the images as characters for a more graphical
> font effect (the sort of effect you can't get just by changing font),
> one simple method is to create an array of NSImages to store all your
> characters in, load them all in at the start of the app and use
> NSImage's drawAtPoint method to draw the required images across a
> single view.
>
> A slightly more optimal method would be to draw all your characters in
> a single image, in rows (a single row if all you need are A-Z, or a
> grid of 128 characters if you're doing a full ASCII set). Load this in
> as an NSImage on initialisation. You can then use the fromRect:
> parameter of drawAtPoint to target the character to draw from within
> the source image. You should end up with a graphical text method that
> lets you draw a string of text in any view if you work on it :)
>
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> On 21 Jan 2005, at 14:19, Peter Karlsson wrote:
>
> > Dear list!
> >
> > I have 32 NSImageView's in my app, located as a row. I take a 32
> > character
> > NSString and convert the first char to a ascii filename (for example A
> > =
> > 65.tif) and load a picture in the first NSImageView. The 32
> > NSImageView's
> > is called view1Outlet, view2Outlet and so on. This is a lot of work. Is
> > there another and better way to use pictures as characters?
> >
> > Best regards Peter
> >
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